"gross" strikes me as the wrong word for "lame" people. Perhaps "clumsy" would be better? "Lame" used colloquially connotes squareness or dullness rather than the sleeziness that seems to go with "gross".
I sort of see where you are heading. Just as cool has come to mean more than "hip" or even "subversive and rebellious" and now can even be thought of as "morally acceptable" or as in possession of positive values, "lame" could suggest dubious or unappealing approaches to life. I just mean that using gross had a bit of a character judgement attached. My understanding of lame people has always been that they are dull, socially unadept, and quite square, but not really bad.
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