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Reflecting this in their recommendations for the use of the term queer, the National Lesbian and Gay Journalist Association (NLGJA) queer: Originally a pejorative term for gay, now being reclaimed by some lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people as a self-affirming umbrella term.— Pam's House Blend - Front Page
Stubb knows him best of all, and Stubb always says he's queer; says nothing but that one sufficient little word queer; he's queer, says Stubb; he's queer--queer, queer; and keeps dinning it into Mr. Starbuck all the time--queer--sir--queer, queer, very queer.— Moby Dick, or, the whale
Lovers of language and frequent users of dictionaries would probably not consider these words to be "objectionable material"; nor would they consider the following words, and/or specific definitions of them, to be "blatantly offensive language": bastard G-string lay easyrider head (as in queer fag acidhead) shack fairy john (prosti - slut gay tute's customer) tail tail-end The removal of the five dictionaries from the purchase list in Texas did not go unnoticed.— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 4
Stubb knows him best of all, and Stubb always says he's queer; says nothing but that one sufficient little word queer; he's queer, says Stubb; he's queer -- queer, queer; and keeps dinning it into Mr. Starbuck all the time -- queer -- sir -- queer, queer, very queer.— Moby Dick: or, the White Whale
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