ignorance of some people truly amazes me

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

It did not start out in a derogatory manner. Just cause people say something for so long does not make it correct. Just like ya'll isn't a word but people use it everyday.

Meanings for words are only "correct" because usage makes it so... Dog=a four legged animal because we have decided that it is what it means. There have been many words that have changed meaning over the history of language. Are you honestly saying that the current meaning/usage is invalid because you say so or because there was a previous meaning? Again, cunt, bitch, slut all had different and even innocuous meanings in the past. Usage has changed that.