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> pansy This is a homophobic term of abuse. Please reconsider attacking people by saying that they are gay. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pan

• camperman 11y ago
  He's using the last of the definitions you linked to: "one that is generally unmanly." No homophobia anywhere to be seen.
  • riskneural 11y ago
    I also grew up using pansy as in weakling, as in like the flower. Gay men can be pansies or not. Straight men can be pansies or not. Sometimes I am a pansy. Sometimes I am not.
  • ghaff 11y ago
    There is a connection to offensive meanings even if it's not strictly a slur. It's the wrong word here anyway--really the opposite of what I would take as the intended meaning. The behavior being argued here certainly isn't weak; those arguing against it are saying that it's overly aggressive.
    • tempodox 11y ago
      Sometimes being overly aggressive is exactly what marks you as a weakling.
    • camperman 11y ago
      "There is a connection to offensive meanings even if it's not strictly a slur." Honi soit qui mal y pense.
• pc86 11y ago
  If you really felt that strongly about it I don't think you'd create a new account just to say so.