by Bach Polakowski | May 31, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
Linton Weeks at NPR Digital News recently explored the use of “faggot” as an epithet: Is the Fa-word the new N-word? What is the Fa-word, you ask? It’s a six-letter, two-syllable term that starts with the letters fa and rhymes with maggot. It’s...