wasn't Broke as "I was feeling pretty broke t'other day" meaning I was
sick; homosexuality as sickness meme
On 8/4/06, Robin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > hahaha. the wonders of sociolinguistics.
> >
> > KS
>
> A more conventional lexicographical observation may be pertinent.
>
> BROKEN-BACKED, a
>
> 1. Having a broken back; formerly, also, having a deformed or dislocated
> spine, hunch-backed. Also transf. and fig.
>
> Recorded in the OED2(3) from c1400.
>
> The specific term "brokebacked" only occurs once. (Actually, it occurs
> twice in there, but it's the same citation both times):
>
> 1470 Harding Chron. clvii. iii, This Edmond ... Brokebacked and bowbacked
> bore.
>
> The occurence in Brokeback Mountain is presumably transf. and fig.
>
> R.
>
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