Word: queering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have permitted himself to be crucified by Roman soldiers? But later, though he still thought the claims of the disciples absurd, Barabbas found himself wandering through the alleyways of the lower city, where the new faith flourished among the poor. Barabbas liked to hear them talk about their queer doctrines-love one another, they said. He could not fathom it, but he wanted to hear...
Although white shoes in a country club may symbolize the Princeton man to Harvard undergraduates, to the sons of old Nassau Princeton means perhaps more than anything else a jumble of queer and extraneous traditions. Bell clappers, cannon, haircuts, and "dinks" all are words whose significance makes the nostalgic Tiger grad's heart warm, and causes him to chuckle and slap his thigh at the thought of his gay college years...
...read, and Laughton seized on the idea as an effective way to present his favorite piece of Shavian writing. When Laughton applied for Shaw's permission (and terms), the old man sounded almost as skeptical as the Hollywood agent had been. "The Hell scene is such a queer business," he wrote, "that I can't advise you to experiment with it, but I should certainly like...
Buckley's Christianity and individualism are both queer animals. He condemns, for example (in detailing the Godlessness of Yale's student organizations) a magazine whose position is that "the Christian philosophy is the most adequate, the most persuasive, the most conducive to understanding." Hogwash, says Buckley: "...such a utilitarian conception of Christianity, coupled with...steadfast refusal to proclaim Christianity as the true religion (which is what all genuine Christian leaders proclaim it to be...) is a sample of the adulteration of religion to the point that it becomes nothing more than the basis for 'my most favorite way of living...
...would be all right to start dating her. The boss pondered the matter for a moment and replied that, on the contrary, it was probably a good idea: "If you don't take her out, Robbie, people will just start saying you're a little queer...