Lexical Drift

[stoutfellow]

Here, courtesy of Language Log, are two interesting examples, caught in the process: gaydar and like.

Comments

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I've also heard simply "'dar" for a good ten years or more, although usually this is a clip for "gaydar", e.g. "He didn't ping my 'dar." That could simply be an artefact of my milieu, of course.