All those words, Jim, can still be used in their original primary senses also, without any concomitant sense of strain or embarrassment ~~ you can still have weeds in your garden, a joint for your Sunday dinner, an adultress can still be stoned in Saudi, the Sears Tower is still a high building ~~ now go & tell a guy in a colourful tie that he looks gay & see what kind of a look you get.