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.
Contents:
- GAY AS A WDOW
- THE ORIGS OF THE WORD ‘GAY’
- THE TE MEANG BEHD “THAT’S SO GAY”
- GAY (ADJ.)
- THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”
- LE GAY PARIS
- GAY AS A WDOW ED MEANG
GAY AS A WDOW
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THE ORIGS OF THE WORD ‘GAY’
* where does the phrase gay as a window come from *
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Steve is as gay as a wdow.
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THE TE MEANG BEHD “THAT’S SO GAY”
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GAY (ADJ.)
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THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”
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LE GAY PARIS
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Like every hero, ‘gay’ has an orig story, but even today, scholars are disagreement over the precise journey took to reach the level of fame (or famy) mands nowadays. ‘Gay’ was Germanic before cid to go all French and fancy.
The prevailg theory is that ‘gay’ me om Old Germanic, origally soundg like ‘gahi’, which meant ‘fast’ or ‘quick.
GAY AS A WDOW ED MEANG
Sometime between the 11th and late 15th centuri, ‘gai’ crossed the English Channel and end up as ‘gay’, but kept s French meangs – ‘cheerful’, ‘happy’, ‘merry’, and ‘lively’. In The Canterbury Tal, Geofey Chcer wrote, “Why is my neighebor wyf so gay? Gay would stubbornly clg to s ‘cheerful/merry/happy’ meang for over five hundred years until well to the mid-20th century.
Unknown to many, ‘gay’ was velopg a nghty si.