Theos-Talk Archives (May 1996 Message tl00223)

At 11:52 PM 5/3/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Alex,
>In popular parlance, the word "fruitcake" does not refer to sexual
>orientation, but to sanity, or lack thereof, coming from the phrase "nutty as
>a fruitcake."  I'm sure Keith meant nothing else than to say that Bubba Free
>John (as opposed to the Bubba Pay JOhn they have in the train station) was
>crazy.
>
>Chuck the Barbarian MTI, FTSA, M G of 5
>Heretic
>Troublemaker
>
>Chuck:

I have lived in New York City where it clearly means a variant on "fruit" I
have lived in Boston where it is used thesame way, now in both places when
used to mean "crazy" it is part of the phrase "nutty as a fruitcake"...and
most of all I have served in the Army where it was also used that way...Jim
Meier assures me that in Texas where Keith lives it is never used as a
reference to Gay men, and I'm willing to accept that. But I'd really like to
hear it from Keith. You see, I've been called a "fruitcake" usually in
conjunction with "fuckin fag" or "queer bastard" and so perhaps I'm a little
sensitive.

alexis d.