-Someone pointed out to me that, twenty years ago, were you to say the word "sucks" at school around a teacher, it would've been considered a sexual insult and you would've been sent home. Now you can say something sucks and teachers will wholeheartedly agree with you. Think of this in terms of words used frequently today in sexually negative ways, like "gay" or "fag." My question to you: How was it that "gay" and "fag" became associated with bad things? Will our kids one day use those words like we use "sucks" today? ~EtymologyGuy

Dear ETY.

The English language is all fucked up because of slang. Blacks make it up, whites don't understand it, and Asians don't even know what it is. slang is bad because it never stays the same. Once youve learned the meaning of a word, its meaning is changed. If the meaning can't be changed, it can be replaced with a new word or an existing word that already has a meaning that doesn't even relate to the original meaning of the original word. Shit. Lets take "suck" for an example. Its officially defined as: to draw (as ligquid) into the mouth through a suction force produced by movements of the lips and tongue. Whomever told you this had sexual referense twenty years ago is a complete moron. Not even the blacks could twist this word enough to make it sexually offensive. I susgest you consult an elderly educator. Try Mr. Ayers. He would've been a student at that time and may give you a clear answer. 

Certainly words are picked by the blacks to become "bad" words. Most of them are existing words with "good" meanings. You mentioned the word "Gay", which means to be joyous or happy. Yet, if you tell someone they are fucking gay, you've insulted them by implying they're fucking homosexuals. Obviously, being happy has nothing to do with being a faggot. So why would the blacks choose the word Gay? To find the answer I asked a black friend. He pointed out to me that only rich southern whites used "gay" as a "good" word. By changing its definition, the blacks could laugh at their former slave maters when they'd say something like, "What a gay party." The meaning of "gay" was changed for a reason, most words are changed to simply piss people like off.

Lobes