The Popularization of Homosexual Vernacular

The ineffably amusing James Wolcott has a great post alluding to a certain "cable news anchorman whose name will go unmentioned" as a power bottom. What I find interesting about this is not only the superfluous outing of *cough* Anderson Cooper *cough* but also how the jargon often used in gay-only circles such as "top" and "bottom" is entering the mainstream.

For example, there are numerous media reports about Brokeback Mountain which use some language about "Heath Ledger on Top." Of course this is an obvious reference to the first sexual encounter between the two lead characters played by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in the award-winning movie.