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Rumpus Book ClubAmerica Wants to Gay Marry the Phrase “Gay Marry”
Mark Peters takes a look at the linguistic and cultural meanings behind America’s favorite new idiom: “gay marry.”
You know, as in…
“‘I going [sic] to do unspeakable things to this sandwich. Like gay-marry it.’
June 23, 2009, Alison Agosti, Twitter
‘@everythingpre I’m so in love with Universal Search I might just try to gay marry it. Sigh.’
June 9, 2009, Gary Gaston, Twitter
‘Had to waylay. See, I’m a dirty whore for salsa. I’d gay-marry salsa if it was legal. When I run out of chips, I resort to drinking it.’
May 15, 2009, Andrew Kiraly, Las Vegas CityLife Blogs”
Peters discusses why he believes the acceptance of the term “gay marry” points to a growing comfort with the idea of same-sex marriages in general in his most recent post at GOOD: “In Slang, to ‘Gay Marry’ Is Legal.”
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