An exploration of the uses and misuses of the English language, including amusing signage, mind-boggling linguistic contortions, grammatical debates, etymological musings, and other forays of interest to those of us obsessed with this strange and often absurd language.

5.05.2009

Joe the Asshole, Part 2

*Cross-posted at Is It Luck*
I am so stupid. Rather than make the departure to "tank" to show the obvious stupidity of "Joe's" "argument", I rather should have referred to the word "gay."
Gay means "joyously excited." Over time, it has come to mean "homosexual." Therefore, by "Joe's" "logic", homosexuals are joyously excited.
QED.
Or perhaps, as I indicated in my earlier post, abuse of the dictionary is not a proper basis for a syllogism.

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