by Jordan Redman Staff Wrer Do you know what the word gay really means? The word gay dat back to the 12th century and om the Old French “gai,” meang “full of joy or mirth.” It may also relate to the Old High German “gahi,” meang impulsive.
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GAY (ADJ.)
GAY Meang: "full of joy, merry; light-hearted, reee;" also "wanton, lewd, lasciv" (late 12c. as a surname,… See orig and meang of gay. * gay slang origins *
Gay (adj. 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).
THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”
)) word gay by the 1890s had an overall tge of promiscuy — a gay hoe was a brothel.
FILIPO GAY LGO EXPLAED FOR THE RT OF THE WORLD
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.