I feel 'lame' as a pejorative or even just as a description of a situation is far more accurate than 'gay'. Gay used to mean happy but is now exclusively used to describe someone's sexual preference.
Very rarely does 'that's gay' have anything to do with sex when it's used.
Lame however can mean "weak; inadequate; unsatisfactory; clumsy:". http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lame
Disabled people are rarely called lame. They are more often referred to as handicapped or special needs. In fact I have never heard anyone use the word lame to describe a person with a disability. Maybe the exception would be in a book but nothing modern.
Also, the word 'lame' should not be removed from our negative lexicon because it has intergraded uses such as lame-duck
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On the word lame:
Date: 1/11/10 18:47 (UTC)Very rarely does 'that's gay' have anything to do with sex when it's used.
Lame however can mean "weak; inadequate; unsatisfactory; clumsy:".
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lame
Disabled people are rarely called lame. They are more often referred to as handicapped or special needs. In fact I have never heard anyone use the word lame to describe a person with a disability. Maybe the exception would be in a book but nothing modern.
Also, the word 'lame' should not be removed from our negative lexicon because it has intergraded uses such as lame-duck
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3A+lame+duck&aq=0&aqi=l1g2&aql=&oq=lame+duck+de&gs_rfai=
Taking ubrage with the use of lame is a bit hyper sensitive. I'd compare it to getting butt-hurt over niggardly.