Raquel is a slut VS. Raquel is slutty

[_elle_est_morte]

I was doing some research...

are nouns more offensive than adjectives?

Is "he's a Jew" more offensive than "he's Jewish"?
Is "he's a gay" more offensive than "he's gay"?

Is it more offensive to be proclaimed as something or to be described by it?

Comments

[unopend_letter]

good point..

I say it's more offensive to be proclaimed as something..

you always see people saying "I didn't call you a BITCH..I just said you were being bitchy"...lol I think one is less offensive than the other..

[_elle_est_morte]

totally agree.

p.s. you should be a penguin for halloween.

[unopend_letter]

oh em gee that is a great idea! now help me brain storm some costume ideas...lol

what are you gonna be?... oh and what do you wanna do!? go to a bar...club...party?..make a party?...wha?

[_elle_est_morte]

making a party is too expensive. i just wanna go somewhere i can drink and dance. i duno what i'm gonna be yet. probably elvira or a geisha.

[indiangurlie]

nouns are definitely more offensive, they're absolute.

[raynala]

I'm not sure about the Jewish one, but I don't think it's more "offensive" to say "he's a gay;" it just makes the speaker sound more ignorant, since it isn't proper terminology...