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References are a retarded mess. Lots of books like "Green" referred to without actually providing info as to what frigging book it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.250.21.152 ( talk) 15:39, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Am I missing the commonly used "pansy" and "cocksucker" for slang terms for gay men Dre0303 ( talk) 19:55, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian ( talk) 02:58, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
List of LGBT slurs →
List of LGBT slang – Some of these aren't even slurs. And more importantly with a new title, we can incorporate
LGBT slang, as that has no list, and very few examples.relisted--
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The article in current state is a list of slurs, not slang. I would like it moved to List of LGBT Slurs so that this article space is free for me to create a List of LGBT slang. As the lede and article are currently clear, "The following is a list of LGBT slurs" - not slang. The article cannot be expanded to incorporate both as it is currently formatted and written. Please post up some responses before i start the process of a requested move. Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 12:31, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
May we add that some of these are rather offensive? 216.195.228.107 ( talk) 03:28, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
Someone above said:
I agree. If this page stands, then we might as well import the whole of Roger's Profanisaurus into pages such as "List of slang terms for sexual intercourse", "List of slang terms for an unpleasant person", etc. 212.159.102.166 ( talk) 16:39, 29 November 2013 (UTC) KJN
Yes please delete or change this page significantly! Wikipedia isn't urban dictionary! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.165.178.170 ( talk) 20:57, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
I have to agree that this is a poor article. It is very far from comprehensive, little attempt is made to group slang terms regionally, many explanations of derivation are questionable or absent, etc. etc. -- Ef80 ( talk) 19:44, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
While this page could be better defined, a list defining slurs of different minority groups is appropriate do to the historic changes in cultural identities. There is a difference between defining pejorative terms and terms which may only be seen as offensive, this page is relevant for this reason. KillingsBjorn ( talk) 17:17, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
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Obviously, this page needs a HUGE trim-down. So many of these terms are derogatory and out-of-date. I propose that it is revised and incorporated into the LGBT Slang ( /info/en/?search=LGBT_slang) page. The LGBT Slang page offers a better format for defining slang terms and also has a small section on the history of LGBT slang. Smnananm ( talk) 15:55, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
The word trap in the transgender section is incorrect. The word is used to refer to men who like to trick others into thinking they are women. The LGBT slurs page claims it to be a transphobic slur, yet here it states it is used by trans people to trick cis people. I'm confused.
I must also mention that I have noticed that this word has been up for debate over the past few years.
--- As a trans woman, I agree that the Trap noted in this list is incorrect, Trap is used occasionally in an offensive fashion towords Transpeople in general, however in this article it makes it seem like the term is excluisvely used towords trans women and trans men, when thats not the actual meaning of the slang. Trap, and reverse trap, refer to crossdressers who pass so well that men/women get "trapped". you can see how this can be offensive when used towords transpeople however the term actually refers to crossdressers and is used within the crossdressing community all the time. I believe the article should be edited to note this nuance rather than let it give the idea that the word trap is *only* a transphobic slur when in reality it only *sometimes* is. I do not feel it is a good idea to give off a misconception on the meanings of terms and to make people believe that words cannot have a different meaning that is unrelated to transpeople. NariHari ( talk) 20:37, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
Removed the term "Trap" do to it not being used in the General community & being stated on the List of LGBT-related slurs page as OFFENSIVE! — Thedued ( talk) 09:57, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
This page includes many Harvard-style short citations that don't work well with the other normal-form citations. For example the citation for "Green 2005" does not link to an actual book. Can I change all uses of Template:harv to the equivalent Template:R or Template:Rp templates with working Template:cite book citations? GrahamCracker325 ( talk) 05:49, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
Is there a reason why half the entries are in boldface and half are not? Should all be converted to italics per MOS:WORDSASWORDS? — Sangdeboeuf ( talk) 16:14, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
Why are other pages that list slurs (ethinic slurs, etc.) actually called "slurs" but those used against LGBT people are minimalized and called merely "slang"? The page should be called "LGBT Slurs" or similar, as opposed to "slang terms." Inhighspeed ( talk) 10:52, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
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Change “Shemale” & “Lady Boy” to also be listed as slurs. 2607:FEA8:F1C0:A100:B95F:6D2D:130E:5822 ( talk) 20:19, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
Regarding the
self-published slang dictionary here:
Is this source is adequately reliable for our purpose in this article? Elizium23 ( talk) 00:55, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
I am moving unsourced terms here so that we can locate WP:RS for them.
"Sure, you may hear about some random 'dyke tyke' or 'lesbro' (two terms that, unlike fag hag, are hardly part of the popular slang vocabulary and actually required me to do some intensive googling), but their existence is clearly minimal." [1]
"The term fag hag is normally used in gay male culture to describe a straight woman who associates with gay men." [2]
"noun Slang: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a heterosexual woman who seeks out or particularly enjoys the company of gay men." [3]
"Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used by gay people to refer to a heterosexual person." [4]
"offensive a heterosexual" [5]
References
I have doubts about the appropriate use of dictionary.com to source a few entries as has recently been done. I would note that on the bottom of the page to these entries, there is a disclaimer: NOTE This is not meant to be a formal definition of enby like most terms we define on Dictionary.com, but is rather an informal word summary that hopefully touches upon the key aspects of the meaning and usage of enby that will help our users expand their word mastery. and I would suggest that dictionary.com is actually disclaiming these terms as outside of their canonical lexicon, and would not be suitable for inclusion here. Elizium23 ( talk) 01:10, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
This article as I understand it is a list of words referring to LGBT people, therefore it should not include cisgender heterosexual people. I think that either the article should be reformatted to specify "words used by the LGBT community" or the cisgender section should be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Linguist97 ( talk • contribs) 01:59, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
Huffington Post Contributors are not reliable, per WP:RSP. The source cited was indeed by a Contributor and has remained online since their discontinuation of the featured content. Elizium23 ( talk) 02:13, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
Let's undo this unfortunate WP:CFORK. The topic area is completely duplicated. Elizium23 ( talk) 02:17, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
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change "List of LGBT slang terms" to "List of LGBT slurs" 99.41.160.124 ( talk) 10:41, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
There's already List of LGBT slang terms and LGBT slang that already need to be merged and have a number of these already. There does NOT need to be a separate article for this subset of slang terms. Reywas92 Talk 14:17, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
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References are a retarded mess. Lots of books like "Green" referred to without actually providing info as to what frigging book it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.250.21.152 ( talk) 15:39, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Am I missing the commonly used "pansy" and "cocksucker" for slang terms for gay men Dre0303 ( talk) 19:55, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian ( talk) 02:58, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
List of LGBT slurs →
List of LGBT slang – Some of these aren't even slurs. And more importantly with a new title, we can incorporate
LGBT slang, as that has no list, and very few examples.relisted--
Mike Cline (
talk) 15:17, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
CTJF83
13:10, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
The article in current state is a list of slurs, not slang. I would like it moved to List of LGBT Slurs so that this article space is free for me to create a List of LGBT slang. As the lede and article are currently clear, "The following is a list of LGBT slurs" - not slang. The article cannot be expanded to incorporate both as it is currently formatted and written. Please post up some responses before i start the process of a requested move. Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 12:31, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
May we add that some of these are rather offensive? 216.195.228.107 ( talk) 03:28, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
Someone above said:
I agree. If this page stands, then we might as well import the whole of Roger's Profanisaurus into pages such as "List of slang terms for sexual intercourse", "List of slang terms for an unpleasant person", etc. 212.159.102.166 ( talk) 16:39, 29 November 2013 (UTC) KJN
Yes please delete or change this page significantly! Wikipedia isn't urban dictionary! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.165.178.170 ( talk) 20:57, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
I have to agree that this is a poor article. It is very far from comprehensive, little attempt is made to group slang terms regionally, many explanations of derivation are questionable or absent, etc. etc. -- Ef80 ( talk) 19:44, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
While this page could be better defined, a list defining slurs of different minority groups is appropriate do to the historic changes in cultural identities. There is a difference between defining pejorative terms and terms which may only be seen as offensive, this page is relevant for this reason. KillingsBjorn ( talk) 17:17, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
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Obviously, this page needs a HUGE trim-down. So many of these terms are derogatory and out-of-date. I propose that it is revised and incorporated into the LGBT Slang ( /info/en/?search=LGBT_slang) page. The LGBT Slang page offers a better format for defining slang terms and also has a small section on the history of LGBT slang. Smnananm ( talk) 15:55, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
The word trap in the transgender section is incorrect. The word is used to refer to men who like to trick others into thinking they are women. The LGBT slurs page claims it to be a transphobic slur, yet here it states it is used by trans people to trick cis people. I'm confused.
I must also mention that I have noticed that this word has been up for debate over the past few years.
--- As a trans woman, I agree that the Trap noted in this list is incorrect, Trap is used occasionally in an offensive fashion towords Transpeople in general, however in this article it makes it seem like the term is excluisvely used towords trans women and trans men, when thats not the actual meaning of the slang. Trap, and reverse trap, refer to crossdressers who pass so well that men/women get "trapped". you can see how this can be offensive when used towords transpeople however the term actually refers to crossdressers and is used within the crossdressing community all the time. I believe the article should be edited to note this nuance rather than let it give the idea that the word trap is *only* a transphobic slur when in reality it only *sometimes* is. I do not feel it is a good idea to give off a misconception on the meanings of terms and to make people believe that words cannot have a different meaning that is unrelated to transpeople. NariHari ( talk) 20:37, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
Removed the term "Trap" do to it not being used in the General community & being stated on the List of LGBT-related slurs page as OFFENSIVE! — Thedued ( talk) 09:57, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
This page includes many Harvard-style short citations that don't work well with the other normal-form citations. For example the citation for "Green 2005" does not link to an actual book. Can I change all uses of Template:harv to the equivalent Template:R or Template:Rp templates with working Template:cite book citations? GrahamCracker325 ( talk) 05:49, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
Is there a reason why half the entries are in boldface and half are not? Should all be converted to italics per MOS:WORDSASWORDS? — Sangdeboeuf ( talk) 16:14, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
Why are other pages that list slurs (ethinic slurs, etc.) actually called "slurs" but those used against LGBT people are minimalized and called merely "slang"? The page should be called "LGBT Slurs" or similar, as opposed to "slang terms." Inhighspeed ( talk) 10:52, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
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Change “Shemale” & “Lady Boy” to also be listed as slurs. 2607:FEA8:F1C0:A100:B95F:6D2D:130E:5822 ( talk) 20:19, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
Regarding the
self-published slang dictionary here:
Is this source is adequately reliable for our purpose in this article? Elizium23 ( talk) 00:55, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
I am moving unsourced terms here so that we can locate WP:RS for them.
"Sure, you may hear about some random 'dyke tyke' or 'lesbro' (two terms that, unlike fag hag, are hardly part of the popular slang vocabulary and actually required me to do some intensive googling), but their existence is clearly minimal." [1]
"The term fag hag is normally used in gay male culture to describe a straight woman who associates with gay men." [2]
"noun Slang: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a heterosexual woman who seeks out or particularly enjoys the company of gay men." [3]
"Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used by gay people to refer to a heterosexual person." [4]
"offensive a heterosexual" [5]
References
I have doubts about the appropriate use of dictionary.com to source a few entries as has recently been done. I would note that on the bottom of the page to these entries, there is a disclaimer: NOTE This is not meant to be a formal definition of enby like most terms we define on Dictionary.com, but is rather an informal word summary that hopefully touches upon the key aspects of the meaning and usage of enby that will help our users expand their word mastery. and I would suggest that dictionary.com is actually disclaiming these terms as outside of their canonical lexicon, and would not be suitable for inclusion here. Elizium23 ( talk) 01:10, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
This article as I understand it is a list of words referring to LGBT people, therefore it should not include cisgender heterosexual people. I think that either the article should be reformatted to specify "words used by the LGBT community" or the cisgender section should be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Linguist97 ( talk • contribs) 01:59, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
Huffington Post Contributors are not reliable, per WP:RSP. The source cited was indeed by a Contributor and has remained online since their discontinuation of the featured content. Elizium23 ( talk) 02:13, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
Let's undo this unfortunate WP:CFORK. The topic area is completely duplicated. Elizium23 ( talk) 02:17, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
Update: User:Reywas92 merged these pages on April 20, 2022. --- Another Believer ( Talk) 17:06, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
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change "List of LGBT slang terms" to "List of LGBT slurs" 99.41.160.124 ( talk) 10:41, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
There's already List of LGBT slang terms and LGBT slang that already need to be merged and have a number of these already. There does NOT need to be a separate article for this subset of slang terms. Reywas92 Talk 14:17, 20 April 2022 (UTC)