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To think that the word 'straight' to refer to sexual orientation will become a slur in the next couple of decades?

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 13/03/2026 16:14

Because of the opposite meaning technically being a slur?

I picture my dd rolling her eyes at me for using the word at the dinner table in 20 years time 😅

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 13/03/2026 17:28

BTW I am not calling anyone bigoted for calling someone straight!! At all

The idea just came to me whilst I was watching peppa pig with dd 😄

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faithfultoGeorgeMichael · 13/03/2026 17:24

Please delete your racist post @mumofoneAloneandwell it is incredibly upsetting

What?

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faithfultoGeorgeMichael · 13/03/2026 17:20

"Vanilla" a word for people who like regular non fetish sex is used as an insult by edge-lords now - you see it on here.
But the terms you have used above are deeply racist. I am not half anything, these have always been an insult and a slur.

Hard agree that half cast is racist

But 30 years ago it was very normal to hear it, I grew up in the 90s and nobody really thought anything of it

The idea that you were 'cast' with blackness like it was a disease came about slowly and later

The idea that gay men and women are 'bent' kinda goes hand in hand with saying that hetero people are 'straight'

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faithfultoGeorgeMichael · 13/03/2026 17:24

Please delete your racist post @mumofoneAloneandwell it is incredibly upsetting

Betano · 13/03/2026 17:23

Good grief, no. The vast majority of humans are straight ie have heterosexual sex in order to reproduce so it’s highly unlikely the word is going to become a slur.

RedToothBrush · 13/03/2026 17:20

No. That's not the way the trend is going.

It's burning out with bullshit.

faithfultoGeorgeMichael · 13/03/2026 17:20

"Vanilla" a word for people who like regular non fetish sex is used as an insult by edge-lords now - you see it on here.
But the terms you have used above are deeply racist. I am not half anything, these have always been an insult and a slur.

SisSuffragette · 13/03/2026 17:17

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How is that at all the same. Ridiculous

Ratsbananas · 13/03/2026 16:37

Unlikely

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 13/03/2026 16:37

I don’t expect so. It might get used less and less but I can’t see it being considered offensive.

Words only usually become offensive if they’re linked in some way to oppression of a group.

Like calling someone a “limey” isn’t offensive

mumofoneAloneandwell · 13/03/2026 16:34

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Lararoft · 13/03/2026 16:34

Er no

rfgtc43c4 · 13/03/2026 16:33

God i hope not. But I'm surprised "gay" is still a slur these days

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 13/03/2026 16:31

😄 really?

I can see it tbh, I can see some 20 year old with a mullet or whatever is cool then saying

'Well actually I am a OSAM - Opposite Sex Attracted Male - which is actually the correct terminology to use'

whilst eye rolling at the old millenial for calling him straight 😄😄

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Echobelly · 13/03/2026 16:22

No

Eightdayz · 13/03/2026 16:18

Words become slurs if you allow them to offend you.

In the future someone called me a straightie or whatever term you choose. I am straight so hows that going to be offensive. I am straight.

I think you're clutching at straws here tbh.

BlueJuniper94 · 13/03/2026 16:16

No, because youngsters already roll their eyes at peers who claim "queer" identities but only ever participate in heterosexual relationships.

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