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shrug, I feel the same way about "Protip"

• KirinDave 16y ago
  I feel the same way about saying physical gestures like "shrug". And also about "Wow. Just Wow." But I can master my distaste for those; they're not why I mentioned it. Who knows what the line is? Maybe it's more because using gay terms as pejoratives is a nasty habit and we should stamp it out rather than try and equivocate just because they're familiar.
  • kscaldef 16y ago
    I don't believe the gay community has a monopoly on the use of the misspelling "boi", if that's what you're trying to suggest. It's certainly not the context in which I first saw it commonly used.
    • KirinDave 16y ago
      I don't think you understand what fanboi originally meant. Go read the definition and think about it. "Mac Fanboi" was originally part of the "Macs are for fags" school of insults.
      • kscaldef 16y ago
        No, I guess I don't. Could you provide a link to the definition you have in mind or some discussion of the etymology of the term?