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kevin_thibedeau on June 12, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: '1984' at Seventy: Why We Still Read Orwell

The word "gay" today conjures a completely different image than it did 100 years ago. Culture controls language.

godelski on June 12, 2019 [–]

For a little while it was taking on a new meaning too. Same with another similar word. Hell, there was a South Park episode about the latter.

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