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Word: fag (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fag end of an American retro-decade that filches its economic policies from the 1920s, its deco furniture from the '30s, its favorite movies from the '40s, its short haircuts from the '50s, its dirty- dancing music from the '60s and its galloping egotism from the '70s, why shouldn't the flashiest tour in Los Angeles mix camp nostalgia with giddy grave robbing? And why shouldn't a necromantic like Greg Smith, Grave Line's ! "director of undertakings" and occasional tour guide, make some clean money washing his Forest Lawndry in public? Grave Line is a haunt and a howl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: And Now, Hollywood Babble-On | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

...first person they auditioned, a University of Richmond student from hardcore band Megadosage, refused to play without his army helmet and sang lyrics like "Frankie was a flaming fag." After a few more failed attempts, they stumbled on a "cool guy who had never sung before, but who was really into the same kinds of music we were," Tarver says. Kurt Davis, otherwise known as Yukki, performs in a bathrobe, changes the color of his mane of hair every few weeks and drinks two liters of Jolt cola daily...

Author: By Maia E. Harris, | Title: And His Band Plays On | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

Your article on the Defeat Homophobia poll ("Students Support Gay Rights, Survey Reveals," May 9, 1988) was extremely informative. As presented, there seems to be a contradiction in the results; Harvard students overwhelmingly support gay, lesbian and bisexual rights, yet there is widespread use of epithets such as "fag," "dyke," and "queer" on campus. I would like to add a few comments on this point...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Homophobia | 5/13/1988 | See Source »

Most students don't understand that words such as "fag," "dyke," and "queer" are not just generic swear words; they are slurs against a specific community...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Homophobia | 5/13/1988 | See Source »

...other states, police have begun forming so-called rolling roadblocks. Those are walls of LTDs that straddle the highway and, cruise along at no more than 55.06 miles an hour. Unless you want to pass a State Trooper in the breakdown lane (about as bright a move as shouting "Fag!" at him), you don't have much choice about whether to drive 55. The rolling roadblock made its debut July 3 on Interstate...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Those Men in (Baby) Blue | 9/21/1985 | See Source »

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