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[xoder]

Why does the other always start with "g"? Gringo, gaijin, goy/im, gay.
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[ellf.livejournal.com]

Stops. Most of the "hard" words you'll find in any language will have a glottal or palatal stop in them -- a tongue or throat movement that produces a hard, sudden sound.

I imagine that the evocation of spitting has something to do with it -- say "fuck" sharply enough, and there's a definite shower. It also may be related to the sounds we perceive predators as making -- low, dangerous, hard noises that indicate superiority or threat.

..not that I'm a geek.

[codepoet.livejournal.com]

Now you're making me wonder who took the word that used to mean "happy" and applied it to homosexuals so much its original meaning was lost.