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Is the word fabulous overused?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by HuskyPup, Jun 11, 2013.

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Is the word fabulous overused among gays?

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  2. No

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  3. Maybe So

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  1. HuskyPup

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    Maybe it's just my own pet peeve, but at one point, I would hear this in every other sentence where I worked, by other gay men there. I live in a neighborhood with a high % of gays, in a kind of 'arts district'. Use of the word seems to have waned some, but what do you think?

    Do gay men overuse the word Fabulous?

    Again, I don't judge anyone for it's use; just one of those little things that will occassionally get to me.
     
  2. Rakkaus

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    No. :eek:

    This thread is so NOT fabulous! :newcolor:
     
  3. HuskyPup

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    *giggles*

    That's cause it's awesome :slight_smile:
     
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    NEVER!!!!! :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

    Joking. I like to use the words fabulous and marvelous a lot when I talk.
     
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    I don't think gay guys use it as often as the stereotype would make you think, except some of the really feminine guys. Most of the gay guys I know act like every other guy except that they like guys, so they don't talk any different either.
     
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    This^^

    Me and all of my friends only use it in a joking stereotype mocking sort of way.
     
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    I use it on occasion, and only to intentionally act stereotypically flamboyant.
     
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    Straight guys use "awesome" but would never say "fabulous". If gay guys don't say "fabulous", the poor word would be forgotten and never used....
     
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    Eh.... I'm not worried about the word or its usage. I honestly don't hear it that often. Once in a while, I'll use it, but not normally.
     
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    OK, but let's not neglect marvelous, fantastic and brilliant :slight_smile: I think part of this is where I live...it does seem to get used more in an almost mock-stereotypical way now, than it did say, a decade ago, when shows like 'Project Runway' came out.
     
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    How do you feel about fierce? :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
     
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    I think the word is fabulous!
     
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    It's fine, I don't really use it
     
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    I like that one! Has a feral sound to it, like a sleek jungle cat.
     
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    No. Simply no.

    I'll take fabulous over fierce any day.
     
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    I sometimes think it is. At any rate, I hate the word.
     
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    It's sort of like this in my mind:

    Most gay guys don't use the word fabulous.
    But most guys who use the word fabulous are gay.


    A couple of times I've used the word gorgeous to describe a tourist place or some really expensive digs, and only one time, about the digs, did the person raise an eyebrow. I don't know. Is gorgeous off-limits too?
     
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    I can't really remember the last time I've used it. I do use words like fabulous, awesome, marvelous, etc. when the adjective fits the situation.
     
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    I never use it.
     
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    Not used enough