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A GAY BLA
Slang term for a flamboyantly gay man; a "flamer" as opposed to a normal gay man" name="Dcriptn" property="og:scriptn * meaning of the gay blade *
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 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).
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GAY BLA
"Japane lerature moved form idle quips directed at the oddi of the Wt to Symbolist poetry, form the thoandth told tale of the gay young bla and the harlots to the plexi of the psychologil novel" ... * meaning of the gay blade *
(The origal sense is difficult to seize: Bailey 1730 says: a bravo, an Hector; also a spce fellow, a be; Johnson: a brisk man, eher fierce or gay, lled so ntempt. ) [Source: OED] The meang of 'gay' ranged between reee and bched.
\" \"A gay, young bla, perhaps? \" --------------------------------------------------Note add at 39 ms (2005-08-07 16:04:03 GMT)--------------------------------------------------Sce the datg of \'gay\' meang homosexual has also been brought up: It first me to general age the 1950s, and seems to have arisen om an earlier Amerin slang term \'gay t\', which origally noted a young male tramp who was the pann of an olr tramp. The implitns of a homosexual relatnship which this rried had led by the 1930s to the e of \'gay t\' for any young male homosexual, and the applitn of \'gay\' to \'homosexual\' was probably generalized om this.
GAY YOUNG BLA
* meaning of the gay blade *
Dictnary of Word Origs, John Ayto -- aga] In the OED: Of a person: homosexual. Of a place: equented by homosexuals.
Erse Unrworld & Prison Slang 39 Geyt, a homosexual boy. It occurred to me that Esther rather hung round our two gay boys. --------------------------------------------------Note add at 1 hr 34 ms (2005-08-07 16:59:31 GMT)--------------------------------------------------As Ruth has directly disagreed wh my e of \'irrponsible\' for \'gay\', let me give OED\'s fn and relevant exampl for the e of the word those days: gay.
GAY BLA
Democratic printial ndidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a history of repeatedly sharg unfound nspiraci that man-ma chemils the environment uld be makg children gay or transgenr and g the femizatn of boys and masculizatn of girls. * meaning of the gay blade *
Gay dog, a man given to revellg or self-dulgence; gay Lothar: see Lothar.
124 The old gentleman, whose character I nnot better exprs than the fashnable phrase which has been ntrived to palliate false prcipl and dissolute manners, had been a gay man, and was well acquated wh the town. 36 The brilliant part of men of w and pleasure, or gay, young, ary sparks.
40 The dissolute nduct of the gay circl France is not of morn date. 214 For some years he lived a cheerful, and even gay, though never a dissipated life, Paris. 103 The place was merely a gay suburb of the pal.
THE LEGEND OF GAYBLA
A male homosexual or a male givg off homosexual tennci or vib. Origated om the movie "Zorro, The Gay Bla."" name="Dcriptn" property="og:scriptn * meaning of the gay blade *
382 The prcipal of the firm was what is termed \'gay\'. 302 This elr Narcissa had led a gay and wild life while bety lasted.
224 My patient was a married man, who admted havg been very gay early life. 196 On the vic of the young and gay he looked wh aversn. --------------------------------------------------Note add at 19 hrs 47 ms (2005-08-08 11:11:38 GMT)--------------------------------------------------As an afterthought: The morn term for a gay young bla would be *playboy* (New Oxford Dictnary: a wealthy man who spends his time enjoyg himself, pecially one who behav irrponsibly or is sexually promiscuo).