Orig and meang of gaydar: by 1992, om gay + radar. ... See more.
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GAYDAR (N.)
* origin of the term gaydar *
As a surname, Philipp Gay), om Old French gai "joyful, happy; pleasant, agreeably charmg; forward, pert; light-lored" (12c.
; pare Old Spanish gayo, Portugue ga, Italian gajo, probably French loan-words).
GAYDAR
The meang of GAYDAR is the supposed abily to regnize through observatn or tun that a person is gay. * origin of the term gaydar *
)) word gay by the 1890s had an overall tge of promiscuy — a gay hoe was a brothel. The suggtn of immoraly the word n be traced back at least to the 1630s, if not to Chcer:But oure bed he was so sh and gay.
WHERE DID THE TERM "GAYDAR" ORIGATE?
Whan that he wol han my bele slang meang "homosexual" (adj.
) begs to appear psychologil wrg the late 1940s, evintly picked up om gay slang and not always easily distguished om the olr sense:After discharge A. He was not happy at the farm and went to a Wtern cy where he associated wh a homosexual crowd, beg "gay, " and wearg female cloth and makp.
240]The associatn wh (male) homosexualy likely got a boost om the term gay t, ed as far back as 1893 Amerin English for "young hobo, " one who is new on the road, also one who sometim do jobs. "A Gay Cat, " said he, "is a loafg laborer, who works maybe a week, gets his wag and vagabonds about huntg for another 'pick and shovel' job.
THE TTH ABOUT ‘GAYDAR’
Do you want to know where they got their moni (nickname) 'Gay Cat'? See, Kid, ts sneak about and scratch immediately after chummg wh you and then get gay (h).
That's why we ll them 'Gay Cats'.