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 OLD TIME
Defn of "We'll have a gay old time" Can someone expla to me the meang of this exprsn the ma theme of The Fltston? The word "gay" has another meang? As an adjective the lyrics, gay means happy, joyful, reee. This word has no reference to sexualy. |@CharlieS87 ‘gay’ n eher be ‘you only like people of your genr’ and n also mean ‘happy’ or ‘good’!|You will only hear this e of “gay” = “happy” old songs or poems. It is never ed nversatn to mean “happy”. * we'll have a gay old time meaning *
gay old time (untable and ununtable, plural gay old tim). In 2022 no native speaker would ever take the adjective gay to mean anythg but homosexual, so beware. Those of who grew up wh The Flston are perfectly aware of the archaic meang of "gay" bee of s e old rtoons like this one.
Sce the OP was about the e of "gay old", and sce this thread was posted the Spanish-English fom for translatns, I'll share how was translated one Spanish versn of the show: Tú te divertirás.
A GAY, OLD TIME
* we'll have a gay old time meaning *
Ah, what a gay old time we're havg. That was a gay old time! 3) Hey, Osr Wil, I hear ya've been havg a gay old time down at the Gentleman's Wrer club.
This week, public outcry reached afeng levels as the classic ABC animated s The Fltston was lambasted for s perceived tolerance and sensivy towards homosexuals and their liftyl. “For over a half century now, The Fltston theme song has valierly touted that when you’re wh them you will have a ‘gay old time, '” CNN anchor Anrson Cooper said on the air Tuday.
OUTRAGE OVER THE FLTSTON “GAY OLD TIME”
“This sort of flip treatment of the homosexual liftyle, and that uld possibly apply to a fay the stone age, is offensive and outrageo. What are they tryg to say about the homosexual muny? Wh the recent surge of suicis among gay teenagers, where might they turn for guidance and unrstandg, for sympathy and rmatn?
THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”
We should all be strivg for more acceptance and sensivy, and stead The Fltston are sptg the llective homosexual face. The flamboyant Snaggleps was cricized for beg “the worst sort of of gay pk mounta ln stereotype, ” while The Fltston sister show The Jetsons also me unr scty primarily for what was emed “a sad and disturbg portrayal of a 24th Century butch robot maid.
This is why we now ver the reports of gay suici every chance we get, stead of jt ignorg and buryg news reports of as we have for time immemorial. And I for one will not let this stance jt sli to that massive pile of gay tolerance that has been allowed to build Hollywood. Intolerant homophob?