Pupils get an earful in my class if I hear them using the word ‘gay’ to mean ‘rubbish’ (largely because it would be horrible for any gay kids on the class to have that always in the background).

Today I overheard some kids getting around this:

‘Dude, stop being such a vegan[/i]‘

‘Oh man, I have maths next. That is sooo vegan[/i]‘

Much better, no?

Well, strictly speaking veganism is a lifestyle choice, being gay isn’t so in that regard it’s not in the same league for offensiveness 😉

What about describing something naff as a bit Catholic or a smidgin Jewish

Just a thought, mind.

Sorry to break it to you, but that started out as ‘What a vegana’ a somewhat phonetic pronunciation.

veganism is a lifestyle choice, being gay isn’t

Oh right, this one again 🙄 so

from memory, teachers are gay 😈

Do you teach in the USA??

If not, i’d be more upset/annoyed about them saying ‘Dude’ & ‘Oh Man’.

‘tarded?
pants?
soil?

used all these @school…

from memory, teachers are gay

not all of them, but probably the ones that bummed you.

The restaurant is rubbish because it’s vegan.

The restaurant is vegan because it’s rubbish.

Hmmmm… I think the kids are right.

Homo and spaz served me well at school. Oh and mongie.

To be honest “gay” sounds a bit, well, gay.

current trends in nursery world courtesy of the boy are:

“ya witness”
“ya mister”
“daddy’s a girl”
“you’re not coming to my samauri power ranger party”

all pretty harsh, but then it’s a cruel world out there

I seem to remember that “spastic” was an often-used insult that got chucked around when I were a nipper (long, long time ago).

Different era, different hate word.

Kids are evil little b’stards though, aren’t they?

Lord of the Flies, anyone?

bumder

how about ‘roadie’ thats a real insult

Different era, different hate word.

**** off, spaz wasn’t a hate word – you could call your mate a spaz, didn’t mean you hated him.

Gary_C – the pupil’s don’t really speak like that. Was exaggerating that part for (as they might say) ‘teh megaLULZ’.

Joey. Best derogatory term ever. Fact.

Out with a “real gay” on Friday night, I’ll ask him!

Sorry but the word that homosexuals stole has been stolen back. My kids and their pals don’t even use the word in reference to homosexuals now. Gay = rubbish, pants, naff. I’ve had to let that one go now as it’s in too common usage. Just like when something bad happens it’s a bit of a bummer, but I don’t hear anyone getting up in arms about that.

What about “SCAB”, that word will be used a lot in the near future.Especially by the union reps.

“pish”

Just like when something bad happens it’s a bit of a bummer

That’s ‘cos its etymology is American, different root from our bummer

‘Joey’.

what about ‘pants’?? as in ‘look at that bike, its well pants’ 😉

Caught a lad using jewgle.com today

We had joeys too (as above) and the ‘remi’ – short for remedial (as in remedial classes for the slow of thinking).

Spazzy or mongy were two I remember from my schooldays, hadn’t heard the term gay especially to describe Homosexuals, they were known mainly as ginger or irons and homos

The last one confused me when I first heard it a a nipper, wondered what it had to do with washing powder (didn’t pronounce the H and the powder was called Omo)

Joey. Best derogatory term ever. Fact.

I believe it refers to Barton these days.

Bummer is related to being ‘bummed’ which has nothing to do with anal sex in the US.

‘Man, I’m really bummed about that’ is not as explicit as it would be here.

To be fair, kids don’t use the words knowingly. They just like the sound of them.

What about describing something naff as a bit Catholic or a smidgin Jewish

Some people in our school used the word ‘Jew’ as an insult. It was a pretty meaningless term to them I think.

We used “Simps and dumbers” for the slower kids at college.

i just use ‘shyte’.

Homo and spaz served me well at school. Oh and mongie.

To be honest “gay” sounds a bit, well, gay.

+ 1

We called people ‘Divs’ for some reason.

Did write a massive thing, deleted it.

it’s not nice, doesn’t bother me massively (I know it’s not aimed at me) just isn’t nice.

😕

Yeah, Div / Divvy is a strange one, never sure of the origins of that

I know a guy who is gay, who uses gay as an insult.

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=GB#/watch?v=in9SiDtJLaU

Aussie comedian Steve Hughes does a brilliant skit about the ‘gayness’ of straight men, link above

I should point out that I think using something that you have no control over (sexuality, disability) as an insult is poor form and a bit witless. It’s 2011 for flips sake.

However, vegans just plain deserve it.

Advise your pupils to use the word ‘****’ instead.