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HAVE A 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”. * gay old time expression *
The meang of the word "gay" began to change as early as 1870 among the crimal class of New York, where origally meant "prostute" (y, before The Gay Neti); around 1900 the meang changed to "homosexual prostute" and wh five years of that to simply "homosexual". Words changed meang ls equently before the advent of rad and televisn, and when they did change the transformatn uld be slow (as seen wh "gay" above).
GAY OLD TIME
While hazg the lennials durg a meetg today, several of them nfsed to not knowg the basic lexin of gay slanguage. This is for them and everyone else who needs a reher. * gay old time expression *
Exampl of Have a Gay Old Time are listed on the subpag:. ↑ It would be amg if people om The Gay Neti Time Traveled to today, and wonred why there were people who opposed prostut gettg married, and happy marriag general.
15 Old-Timey Nam for 'Gay'. Before 'gay' beme mon and accepted parlance, the world vented s own unofficial terms for men who dug men.
Some nam were self-created and others were thst, often celly, upon gay, bi, and queer men.
THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”
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. * gay old time expression *
A mon, mostly nocuo term of the middle of the 20th century ed among gay and bi men.