Gay and Irish American, and raised on the Pogues. I cringe every time I hear that line, but I love this band and this song. It’s completely legible to me as a means to evoke people of a certain culture and situation, and nothing more.
But to hear it also reminds me that this word, and most of the words in “Mark Twain territory” are still very much in use for their original purposes, and not just museum pieces.
