Is the word "gay" slang?
Gay means; WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY 1967 EDITION
1. Joyous and lively; merry
2. Bright; brilliant:as, gay colors.
3. Given to social pleasures: as, a gay life.
4. Wanton; licentious: as, a gay dog
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THE LEXICAN WEBSTERS DICTIONARY COPYRIGHT 1971-73,75,77 &80
1.In our showing a joyous merry mood; cheerfully lively; given to or abounding in social or other pleasures; as, a gay or social event. Given over to frivolous pleasure;dissipated; licentious. Bright or brilliant colored; showingly adorned. SLANG, homosexual.
2007-03-04 07:43:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Oh and the cartoon "THE FLINSTONES" had the word gay in the theme song.
"lets have a yaba do time,
a yaba do time,
lets have a GAY old time!"
2007-03-04 11:05:09 · update #1
FLINTSTONES
2007-03-04 11:05:41 · update #2
You stated all the answers. But nowadays we think Gay as being homosexual.
2007-03-04 07:49:39 · answer #1 · answered by Sugar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glenn Miller first used 'gay' in his lyrics. Big band music 1940's. He was gay. Get it?
A homosexual singer sang about love making him feel 'bright and gay'. Love. Man. Gay. Popular culture. The word 'gay' was an underground term for homosexuality in the 1940's but was not widely used until the '60's.
2007-03-04 10:57:33 · answer #2 · answered by Just Ask Ashley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Gay" is another term used more pointedly synonymous with (usually) a homosexual man/men; also used as a blanket term for the entire non-straight population; Lesbians, Bi-s, TGs, Queers & straights etc. This term has been been for quite some time now. I, being in my mid-fifties, gay and monogamous for 14 years (oh my how painful it is to utter 'fifty-"), do remember way too far back and it's been a blanket term since 1977 when one's being gay was no more a mental illness, but a sexual preference and NOT 'sick'.
2007-03-04 10:50:14 · answer #3 · answered by SuperCityRob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason they call GAY people gat is because when you observe a Gay person they are ALWAYS happy and purky therefore their Gay.
2007-03-04 07:48:15 · answer #4 · answered by WISSEN IST ENERGIE!!! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the word was used durign the Victorian times when gays were considered wanton and licentious. Now they are Wonton and fried rice so I guess it doesn't apply anymore.
2007-03-04 07:46:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
you can be called gay if you are happy or gay if you do something crap or if you are homosexual it just goes to show how truly confusing the English language really is
2007-03-04 07:51:46 · answer #6 · answered by Kenny K 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gay also means someone who doesnt know right and wrong.
esp someone who thinks cleverness is good and non cleverness as bad.
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2007-03-04 08:23:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Old "Secret code" word for old fruits. This is true. It was a crime so they needed a euphamism.
2007-03-04 07:47:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
gay has just been associated with being happy in a different way... thats what i have been told...
2007-03-04 07:47:40 · answer #9 · answered by future_shrink_22 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a likeness to one of the same sex and never to the opposite, that is pretty recent
2007-03-04 07:47:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋