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November 25th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Meh. His usage fits the non-sexual slang for it.
November 25th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
I’m more shocked about the use of “&c” for “etc.”
November 25th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Down Low:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=down+low
On The Down Low:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=on+the+down+low
There’s a difference.
November 25th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
I can picture the response:
“I did not know that.”
-a stupified Jay Nordlinger
John
November 25th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
&c. is perfectly fine, “et” means “and.” So et cetera = and cetera = & cetera = &c..
But yeah, good burn on Derbyshire for being gay.
November 25th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
The first paragraph of the article just adds to the awesomeness. If you have to keep it on the DL in San Francisco, man, you are really, really Republican.
November 25th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
&c. is perfectly fine, “et” means “and.” So et cetera = and cetera = & cetera = &c..
Not only does “et” mean “and” which is symbolized by “&”,
but the “&” character originated as a compact script for “et”. So “&” = “et”, no need to cite “and” as a middleman.
November 25th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Recent Washington Post headline:
November 25th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Interesting point, whick. I’m still chuckling at the idea that Derbyshire is gay, though. How shameful for him! How funny for us.
November 25th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
I thought Derbyshire liked underaged girls?
November 25th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
DTM stole my joke.
November 25th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
who the fuck is derbyshire and why should I know of him?
I suspect that whosoever he is, he must be down-low with jonah lucianne.
November 25th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Derbyshire is the kind of guy who’d make a pass at Mario Lopez and when rejected turn Tancredo.
November 25th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
YES, the snark is back!
Where you been, man?
November 25th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
there’s a Coulter broken jaw joke in here somewhere….
November 26th, 2008 at 1:41 am
He’s using the term right, and the sexual double entendre (which is a pretty selective usage) is arguably deliberate. You and Ackerman are the ones who look square and clueless here. But, by all means, don’t listen to me and everyone else whose pointed it out here if it means that much to you to laugh at the twerps at National Review. They should be laughed at for the ridiculous “persecuted” slant of the piece if for nothing else. (But you do have to admit that Nordlinger’s right about that girl who should dump her boyfriend.)
November 26th, 2008 at 2:27 am
Good call Steve Canadian. There is clearly a parallel here between San Fran Republicans and closeted/on the DL gays. It actually makes the article semi-clever if you accept that Nordlinger is aware of the connotation.
November 26th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Straight British men often seem to Americans to be gay. Just sayin’.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:12 am
More evidence for Matt’s interpretation:
“It’s just that no one had ever opened his mouth.” [Referring to the two sets of parents.]
All the parents are male? No wonder they didn’t want to admit they were Republicans. They would have been run out of the party.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Ugh at the gay jokes from alleged progressives.
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