Vampire [any] to askchapo • 11 months agoDo you think people in the USSR ever called each other "comrade" in an ironically aggressive way? "You fucking wot, comrade? Cmere and say that to my face, comrade!"message-squaremessage-square17 fedilinkarrow-up153
arrow-up153message-squareDo you think people in the USSR ever called each other "comrade" in an ironically aggressive way? "You fucking wot, comrade? Cmere and say that to my face, comrade!"Vampire [any] to askchapo • 11 months agomessage-square17 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareRetrosound [none/use name]hexbear19·11 months agoToday in China, the word comrade means gay. Don't know how the change happened but it had to start as irony. link
minus-squareWIIHAPPYFEW [he/him, they/them]hexbear11·11 months agoThe heirs of the revolution tbh link
minus-squareaxont [she/her, comrade/them]hexbear8·edit-211 months agoI was told it started in Hong Kong because the word for comrade (tóngzhì) is vaguely phonetically similar to the word for homosexual (tóngxìngliàn) Does comrade mean gay in the mainland or is it just a Hong Kong and Macau thing? link
Today in China, the word comrade means gay. Don't know how the change happened but it had to start as irony.
The heirs of the revolution tbh
I was told it started in Hong Kong because the word for comrade (tóngzhì) is vaguely phonetically similar to the word for homosexual (tóngxìngliàn)
Does comrade mean gay in the mainland or is it just a Hong Kong and Macau thing?