Comments on: Portmanteau cleverness, plus drama kings http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/portmanteau-cleverness-plus-drama-kings/ A blog mostly about language Fri, 24 May 2013 15:22:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: X porn « Arnold Zwicky's Blog http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/portmanteau-cleverness-plus-drama-kings/#comment-21433 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:17:48 +0000 http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/?p=6699#comment-21433 [...] X queen (link) [...]

]]> By: Isn’t it bromantic? « Arnold Zwicky's Blog http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/portmanteau-cleverness-plus-drama-kings/#comment-7437 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:06:40 +0000 http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/?p=6699#comment-7437 [...] Bromance has come up on this blog a number of times, starting with “Manecdotes and brobituaries” (here). (And was paired with male-odrama here.) [...]

]]> By: Rolig http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/portmanteau-cleverness-plus-drama-kings/#comment-7218 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 11:46:02 +0000 http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/?p=6699#comment-7218 It’s always fascinating to see how words from gay culture become adopted in mainstream society (e.g. “drag” and “X queen”). The transformation into “X king” seems a defensive move (no pun intended), a way of straight males distancing themselves from the word’s gay origin.

As for “male-odrama”, all I can say is: it’s malodorous.

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