Slang Terms That Just Confuse You

[Doc ock rokc]

Originally Posted by Sir Pinkleton

Honky tonk.
I don't know what it is, or where it comes from. I just know there was a crappy video game somewhere where a redneck trucker would constantly yell that.

honky tonk is a type of bar with musical entertainment common in the Southern and Southwestern United States. The term has also been applied to various styles of 20th-century American music mostly country and country rock.

honky was a term used to be racist to white people (that we found hilarious and used it ourselves)
Tonk was a brand name for pianos commonly found in such bars.

[Donomni]

Fag(As in the word, durp).

How the hell did it become a term for everyone insulted by a middle-schooler?

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by Donomni

Fag(As in the word, durp).

How the hell did it become a term for everyone insulted by a middle-schooler?

Well, the term "faggot" actually means a bundle of wood, and you can see how that could transmute into male anatomy. As for why it got applied as a catch-all insult, it's just a matter of "gay" being used as a negative label to slap on anything and everything, so calling someone a fag is just a quick and dirty insult one can spit in a syllable.

Personally, I think it's retarded that people are still spewing that crap, but then high school students aren't exactly known for their wisdom and maturity. Actually, even from the standpoint of having walked among them while in high school, they're about as idiotic as you can get, with a maturity level of about that of a ten-year-old, little-dog syndrome, and the delusion of being bulletproof.

[Funka Genocide]

this entire thread is wack yo

[katiuska]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

Well, the term "faggot" actually means a bundle of wood, and you can see how that could transmute into male anatomy. As for why it got applied as a catch-all insult, it's just a matter of "gay" being used as a negative label to slap on anything and everything, so calling someone a fag is just a quick and dirty insult one can spit in a syllable.

Personally, I think it's retarded that people are still spewing that crap, but then high school students aren't exactly known for their wisdom and maturity. Actually, even from the standpoint of having walked among them while in high school, they're about as idiotic as you can get, with a maturity level of about that of a ten-year-old, little-dog syndrome, and the delusion of being bulletproof.

My 10th grade English teacher told us that the word became an epithet in concentration camps, because they viewed homosexuals with so much contempt that they considered them like kindle for the other bodies they were burning; a quick search, however, fails to back that up, so that's probably just BS.

Incidentally, my dad occasionally uses the word maricón in the same sort of general way 14-year-old boys use fag/gay, which I understand isn't uncommon for his time and place.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

Personally, I think it's retarded that people are still spewing that crap, but then high school students aren't exactly known for their wisdom and maturity. Actually, even from the standpoint of having walked among them while in high school, they're about as idiotic as you can get, with a maturity level of about that of a ten-year-old, little-dog syndrome, and the delusion of being bulletproof.

I like how while condoning the use of derogatory terms about homosexuals we can just insult a whole different swathe of people.

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

I like how while condoning the use of derogatory terms about homosexuals we can just insult a whole different swathe of people.

First off, did I say I was condoning anything? I thought I was doing the opposite.

Also, I was posting a (lightly) supported opinion on the maturity of American high school students.

To clarify my stance, I have nothing against gay people, but I do have something against a rampant lack of maturity. For specific examples, see "random humor," the need for GSAs, high school cliques, liberal use of homosexual epithets to deride others, and the heavy emphasis of high school sports over more artistic endeavors, often resulting in such lovely terms as "band queer" and actions such as potatoes being thrown at the marching band whenever they got in range (hint, people have NO idea how much it costs to clean those uniforms :shifty.

[Azisien]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

First off, did I say I was condoning anything? I thought I was doing the opposite.

Condoning maybe not. But you did say 'retarded' which is a derogatory term particularly for peoples with intellectual disabilities. It's a slang trend of oppression against various groups, like 'faggot' and 'slut.'

[Premmy]

whack yo' what?

[DFM]

Originally Posted by Premonitions

whack yo' what?

Whack yo' faggot.