Slang term for a flamboyantly gay man; a "flamer" as opposed to a normal gay man" name="Dcriptn" property="og:scriptn
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GAY BLA
gay bla (plural gay blas).
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Posted by RRC on Febary 24, 2008 at 18:09:In Reply to: As gay as a bla posted by Evan on Febary 24, 2008 at 09:12:: What is the orig of the phrase "As gay as a bla"?
A GAY BLA
A gay bla origally refered to a dashg swordsman whose sword was often upright and at the ready. Later was applied to any gallant young morn tim, the change of meang of the word gay and the movie "Zorro: The Gay Bla" ( which the famo swordsman has a homosexual tw brother) have greatly fluenced/changed the meang of the dog show parlance, a gay tail is one that is upright and sometim curvg over the back not unlike an upright sword (though I don't know for sure that the two meangs are related). Slang term for a flamboyantly gay man; a "flamer" as opposed to a normal gay manby Pissed Off Pl October 10, 2003FlagGet the gay bla blaThe top-most ng of the gay ladrTim, wh those sho on you look like a gay Funkasr November 28, 2010FlagGet the gay bla homophobic person's word.
Stems om the origal e reference to a flamboyantly over-the-top homosexual his stupid lookg hats and mic, Willy is such a Orange Juli May 8, 2005FlagGet the gay-bla random fns. While many the days flt to thkg of the term gay bla as an offensive ment ma about flamboyant homosexuals, the word gay didn’t jt one day adopt that meang. In other words, the gay life was a life of loose morals and so mal and femal who were cled to leadg immoral liv were said to be gay.
It only took three hundred more years for the word to refer to male homosexuals. When the term gay bla first began showg up lerature, had nothg to do wh beg addicted to social pleasur.
GAY BLA
Even though there were other nnotatns for gay bla over the years, the more chivalro meang still managed to survive to the 20th century. He ma clear that as far as he was ncerned, the movie was about a happy turn-of-the-century swordsman and that the movie tle had a “nice turn-of-the-century rg to .” And so, moviegoers were treated to antics of Gee Haton, Lren Button, Brenda Vacro and Ron Leibman the very succsful and very funny movie, “Zorro: The Gay Bla.”. In a Sundance, Wyomg advertisement tled, “What Kd Of Lad Is Your Dad” published the Sundance Tim of June 9, 1960, four stereotyp were suggted: Ranger Rir, Strong Silent Father, Snappy Pappy, and Gay Bla.
The fn wrten up for the Gay Bla dad was one that easily f a heterosexual male, a metrosexual male, or a homosexual male. Irish Msel, as gay a bla and dangero a hter as was ever trailed by John McGraw’s tective staff.
GAY-BLA ED MEANG
“He’s a gay bla,” said Mr.
She ro a betiful light chtnut mare, wh a swch tail, and her brother Ben, who was now grown up, wh the ambn of cuttg a figure as a gay bla of a farmer, was generally her valier. As prevly mentned, a gay bla the 17th century was a gallant young man ually apt as a swordsman. Don Juan (1582 – 21 Augt 1622) om the late 16th century and early 17 century – his full name beg Don Juan Tassis y Peralta, Send Count of Villamediana — was nsired a gay bla by his peers.
The word gay is also om the Middle English word gay which meant impetuo, lively, and merry. From this the exprsn gay bla and y, many gallant young men who were unually apt as swordsmen back the day were impetuo, lively, and merry as well as skilled. Idmatn was unable to fd any earlier mentn of gay bla than the 17th century and therefore pegs the exprsn to the early 1600s.