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• WHAT IS ORIG OF THE PHRASE "AS GAY AS CHEE"?
• GAY VS CHEE - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?GAY | CHEE |AS NOUNS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAY AND CHEEIS THAT GAY IS NAPE WHILE CHEE IS (UNUNTABLE) A DAIRY PRODUCT MA OM CURDLED OR CULTURED K OR CHEE N BE (SLANG) WEALTH, FAME, EXCELLENCE, IMPORTANCE.AS VERBS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAY AND CHEEIS THAT GAY IS TO CROW WHILE CHEE IS TO PREPARE CURDS FOR MAKG CHEE OR CHEE N BE (SLANG) TO STOP; TO REA OM OR CHEE N BE (GAMG|SLANG) TO E AN UNSPORTG TACTIC; TO REPEATEDLY E AN ATTACK WHICH IS OVERPOWERED OR DIFFICULT TO UNTER.AS AN TERJECTN CHEE IS(PHOTOGRAPHY).GAYENGLISHPROPER NOUN(EN PROPER NOUN), ORIGALLY A NICKNAME FOR A CHEERFUL OR LIVELY OM THE WORD GAY, "JOYFUL"; RARE TODAY.. ALSO A SHORTENED FORM OF GABRIEL, GAYLORD AND SIAR NAM, OR TRANSFERRED OM THE SURNAME.* 1992 , UNTO THE SONS , BALLANTE BOOKS 1993, ISBN 0804110336, PAGE 15- - - MY FATHER'S FATHER, GAETANO TALE ( WHOSE NAME I HERED AFTER MY BIRTH 1932, THE ANGLICIZED OM OF "GAY "), WAS AN ATYPILLY FEARLS TRAVELER,* 2004 , BAD DIRT , FOURTH ESTATE, ISBN 0007196911, PAGE 32"MR GAY BRAWLS. WHAT A NAME.""IT DIDN'T E TO MEAN WHAT MEANS NOW. PLENTY WERE NAMED GAY'. EVEN NEVADA. WAS OLD ' GAY PCH HAD A GAS STATN WNEMUC. NOBODY THOUGHT NOTH ABOUT AND HE RAISED A RAILROAD R OF KIDS.- - -ANAGRAMS*CHEE
• GAY GAY NACHO CHEE
• GAY CHEE ED MEANG

WHAT IS ORIG OF THE PHRASE "AS GAY AS CHEE"?

A ltle while back, I was tryg to fd an old Hchck anthology story that turned out to be Joan Aiken's "As Gay as Chee" where the eponymo phrase is one of many that the ma character to scribe his generally posive mood. Someone jokgly asked jt how gay chee is, and I found myself stymied by almost no referenc to the phrase that are not about the story self (clost I found was one person g the phrase wh "gay" ditg homosexualy).

GAY VS CHEE - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?GAY | CHEE |AS NOUNS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAY AND CHEEIS THAT GAY IS NAPE WHILE CHEE IS (UNUNTABLE) A DAIRY PRODUCT MA OM CURDLED OR CULTURED K OR CHEE N BE (SLANG) WEALTH, FAME, EXCELLENCE, IMPORTANCE.AS VERBS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAY AND CHEEIS THAT GAY IS TO CROW WHILE CHEE IS TO PREPARE CURDS FOR MAKG CHEE OR CHEE N BE (SLANG) TO STOP; TO REA OM OR CHEE N BE (GAMG|SLANG) TO E AN UNSPORTG TACTIC; TO REPEATEDLY E AN ATTACK WHICH IS OVERPOWERED OR DIFFICULT TO UNTER.AS AN TERJECTN CHEE IS(PHOTOGRAPHY).GAYENGLISHPROPER NOUN(EN PROPER NOUN), ORIGALLY A NICKNAME FOR A CHEERFUL OR LIVELY OM THE WORD GAY, "JOYFUL"; RARE TODAY.. ALSO A SHORTENED FORM OF GABRIEL, GAYLORD AND SIAR NAM, OR TRANSFERRED OM THE SURNAME.* 1992 , UNTO THE SONS , BALLANTE BOOKS 1993, ISBN 0804110336, PAGE 15- - - MY FATHER'S FATHER, GAETANO TALE ( WHOSE NAME I HERED AFTER MY BIRTH 1932, THE ANGLICIZED OM OF "GAY "), WAS AN ATYPILLY FEARLS TRAVELER,* 2004 , BAD DIRT , FOURTH ESTATE, ISBN 0007196911, PAGE 32"MR GAY BRAWLS. WHAT A NAME.""IT DIDN'T E TO MEAN WHAT MEANS NOW. PLENTY WERE NAMED GAY'. EVEN NEVADA. WAS OLD ' GAY PCH HAD A GAS STATN WNEMUC. NOBODY THOUGHT NOTH ABOUT AND HE RAISED A RAILROAD R OF KIDS.- - -ANAGRAMS*CHEE

gay | chee |As nouns the difference between gay and cheeis that gay is nape while chee is (ununtable) a dairy product ma om curdled or cultured k or chee n be (slang) wealth, fame, excellence, verbs the difference between gay and cheeis that gay is to crow while chee is to prepare curds for makg chee or chee n be (slang) to stop; to rea om or chee n be (gamg|slang) to e an unsportg tactic; to repeatedly e an attack which is overpowered or difficult to an terjectn chee is(photography).

GayEnglishProper noun(en proper noun), origally a nickname for a cheerful or lively the word gay, "joyful"; rare today.. Also a shortened form of Gabriel, Gaylord and siar nam, or transferred om the surname. * 1992, Unto the Sons, Ballante Books 1993, ISBN 0804110336, page 15- - - my father's father, Gaetano Tale ( whose name I hered after my birth 1932, the anglicized om of "Gay "), was an atypilly fearls traveler, * 2004, Bad Dirt, Fourth Estate, ISBN 0007196911, page 32"Mr Gay Brawls.

Plenty were named Gay'. Was old ' Gay Pch had a gas statn Wnemuc.

GAY GAY NACHO CHEE

Many untri around the world have their own versn of queer slang, om Brish gay slang rived om the rhymg slang Polari to beki – the Philipp’ queer language that borrows om a slew of sourc, cludg pop culture, Japane, Spanish, and the untry’s lol languag.

While the gay slang terms and languag serve jt as much attentn, one article wouldn’t be enough to ver everythg. Related: Watch: Short film explor lost gay slang Brs ed to avoid arrt.

GAY CHEE ED MEANG

Lguists believe that’s how gay slang started, too.