LANGUAGE IN MOTION
(Sunday) McDonald's is annoyed with the latest Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary because they define the new word "McJob" as "low paying and dead-end work." They were going to sue but they couldn't find any lawyers willing to work for $5.15/hour.

The term "queer" is changing again. Originally it referred to someone who was strange or eccentric. Then it was applied to homosexuals. But now the term has come to mean any kind of sexual deviant -- gay, lesbian, bisexual, questioning, heteroflexible, omnisexual, or pansexual. I don't even want to know what all of those words mean. Link

The word "gay" is also in transition again. Originally it was a reference to cheerfulness or lightheartedness. But then the homosexual community adopted it for themselves. However, the more prevalent definition today, if you listen to teens and preteens, is to use the word to refer to anything that is strange or weird. In other words, gay is now pretty close in meaning to what queer used to be.

One of my favorite new expressions is "talking hairdo" -- "A television journalist who is superficial or who is concerned with appearance more than substance." Link to Word Spy