Actually, thinking about the word "gay", which some people regard as having been unjustly usurped by gay people, I think it's great that such a direct, simple word which has an upbeat feel challenges all those horrid words we used in the 60s when I was at school (and I was as bad as everyone else) such as queer, puffter, bum-bandit, shirtlifter, freddie, homo and all the rest. Not replaced 'em, maybe, but we've now got a word we can agree on and which has been embraced by gay people. That'll do me.