Gay Defn & Meang - Merriam-Webster

Contents:

• THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”
• GAY OFF
• WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE GAY? DEFN AND MEANG OF GAY
• GAY
• TRANSLATN OF GAY – ENGLISH–TRADNAL CHE DICTNARY
• GAY
• GAY (ADJ.)
• GAY (HOMOSEXUAL) AND GAY (HAPPY)
• GAY
• MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH
• ENGLISH PRONUNCIATN OF GAY

THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”

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GAY OFF

The word gay dat back to the 12th century and om the Old French “gai, ” meang “full of joy or mirth. For centuri, gay was ed monly speech and lerature to mean happy, reee, bright and showy, and did not take on any sexual meang until the 1600s.

At that time the meang of gay as reee evolved to imply that a person was unrtraed by morals and prone to nce and promiscuy. A prostute might have been scribed as a “gay woman” and a womanizer as a “gay man.

WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE GAY? DEFN AND MEANG OF GAY

“Gay hoe” was monly ed to refer to a brothel and, later, “gaiety” was ed as a mon name for certa plac of entertament. In the 1890s, the term “gey t” (a Sttish variant of gay) was ed to scribe a vagrant who offered sexual servic to women or a young traveler who was new to the road and the pany of an olr man. This latter e suggts that the younger man was a sexually submissive role and may be among the first tim that gay was ed implyg a homosexual relatnship.

In 1951, gay appeared the Oxford English Dictnary for the first time as slang for homosexual, but was most likely ed this way “unrground” at least 30 years earlier.

I jt went gay. ” This le (ad-libbed by Grant) n be terpreted to mean that he was behavg a happy-go-lucky or lighthearted way but is accepted by many as the first e of gay to mean homosexual a mastream movie. Today, gay is a socially acceptable term for homosexual people.

GAY

When gay is ed today to mean stupid or unsirable ( has only been ed this way sce the 1990s), rri wh a history of negative judgment and rigid ias about who or what is acceptable. As part of the curriculum, Unheard Voic featur a sectn on the word “gay, ” s history and how to e the word properly.

Gay is not a dirty word. Gay is not a bad word. However, gay is not an sult eher.

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TRANSLATN OF GAY – ENGLISH–TRADNAL CHE DICTNARY

Of Oh said, “When I hear ‘that’s so gay, ’ I ’s so ignorant!

Copyright The Gayly. V The proccs of homosexual men petg for the tle of "who is the gayt.

" Usually judged by fashn and w n also volve such acts bakg, sewg, out-lispg, or out has had his homosexualy threatened.

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GAY (ADJ.)

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The term "gay" may be nfg and even foreign to some, forcg people to ask, "What is gay? " or "Am I Gay? " And while some might thk the fn of "gay" is simple, to many, actually isn't.

GAY (HOMOSEXUAL) AND GAY (HAPPY)

While "gay" n be thought of as a synonym to "homosexual, " there is more to the meang of gay than that.

Defn of Gay. Homosexualy is nsired to be same-sex sexual attractn and behavr and "gay" is a synonym of homosexualy.

The term "homosexualy"1 was first ed by Victorian scientists who nsired same-sex sexual attractn and behavr a "moral ficiency. Homosexualy is still the rrect term clilly, but even though homosexualy is no longer nsired immoral, some people feel there are still negative overton to the word given s orig. The term "gay" was ially a slang term veloped to overe some of the negative associatns.

GAY

What is Gay? Gay is a term that is not genr specific so men or women n be termed "gay.

" When intifyg people as gay though, 's important to nsir three thgs.

For example, a person may feel same-sex sexual attractn but not intify as "gay" whereas another person who behav sexually towards men and women may intify as "gay. " Moreover, is not unmon for people to intify as "gay" at some tim their liv, while straight (not gay) at other tim. In other words, rrectly intifyg someone as "gay" is as often a personal choice as much as is a textbook fn.

MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH

Overall, 's the self-intifitn of beg "gay" that is the most accurate.

What Do It Mean to be Gay?

Defn and Meang of Gay, HealthyPlace. An adjective meang cheerful or reee that acquired an associatn wh loose morals and sexual licentns the 19th century, and approximately the 1940s me to e among members of the homosexual muny to scribe male homosexualy.

ENGLISH PRONUNCIATN OF GAY

gay adj. gay.