Lavender Linguistics and Connotations of certain words

Question 1

Define Lavender Linguistics

Answer 1

The study of language in the context of sexuality

Question 2

What was the old definition for the word “Queer”?

Answer 2

It meant unusual

Question 3

What acronym is the word “Queer” now a part of?

Answer 3

LGBTQ

Question 4

What semantic process has the word “Queer” gone through?

Answer 4

Semantic reclamation

Question 5

Name a country that has recently created a gender neutral pronoun

Answer 5

Sweden

Question 6

What is a common gender neutral pronoun in English?

Answer 6

They

Question 6

Name a gender neutral pronoun that has been invented in English (not used much)

Answer 6

Thon

Question 7

What decade was the word “Thon” created?

Answer 7

1850s

Question 8

What year was a gender neutral pronoun proposed in Brighton?

Answer 8

2012

Question 9

What was the suggested gender neutral pronoun in Brighton?

Answer 9

“Mx”

Question 10

What decade did people use “homosexual” instead of “gay” in?

Answer 10

1990s

Question 11

Is “Homosexual” or “Gay” more acceptable in 2025?

Answer 11

Gay is more acceptable

Question 12

Is “Gay” more offensive as a noun or an adjective?

Answer 12

Adjective

Question 13

What are the implicatures of using “Gay” as an adjective?

Answer 13

It implies inferiority

Question 14

Give a determiner which, premodifying the noun “Gay” makes it offensive

Answer 14

“The”

Question 15

What year was it considered acceptable to use “gay” as an adjective?

Answer 15

2022

Question 16

What group of people using the word “Dyke” instead of “lesbian” classes it as offensive?

Answer 16

People who are not lesbians

Question 17

Which linguist said gay men talk in a feminine way?

Answer 17

Lakoff

Question 18

What is the issue with Lakoff’s statement about gay men’s speech?

Answer 18

It is a generalisation