Freak
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| In current usage, the word '''freak''' is used to refer a person with an [[unusual]] personality. The older usage, referring to the physically [[deformed]], such as would be seen in a [[sideshow]], has nowadays generally has fallen into disuse. | In current usage, the word '''freak''' is used to refer a person with an [[unusual]] personality. The older usage, referring to the physically [[deformed]], such as would be seen in a [[sideshow]], has nowadays generally has fallen into disuse. | ||
| - | The word is still used when referring to [[mutation]]s in [[plant]]s and [[animal]]s, but most often for humans. However, many people enjoy referring to ''themselves'' as freaks. It is from this kind of embracing of the term that the so-called [[freak scene]] developed in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | The word is still used when referring to [[mutation]]s in [[plant]]s and [[animal]]s, but most often for humans. However, many people enjoy referring to ''themselves'' as freaks. It is from this kind of embracing of the term that the so-called [[freak scene]] developed in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].{{GFDL}} |
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In current usage, the word freak is used to refer a person with an unusual personality. The older usage, referring to the physically deformed, such as would be seen in a sideshow, has nowadays generally has fallen into disuse.
The word is still used when referring to mutations in plants and animals, but most often for humans. However, many people enjoy referring to themselves as freaks. It is from this kind of embracing of the term that the so-called freak scene developed in the 1960s and 1970s.
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