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1a : happily excited : merry <in a gay mood>
1b : keenly alive and exuberant : having or inducing high spirits <a bird's gay spring song>
2a : bright, lively <gay sunny meadows>
2b : brilliant in color
3 : given to social pleasures
Origin of GAY
Middle English, from Anglo-French gai, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German gāhi quick, sudden
Please, fellow English-speakers, let's take back the word "gay". There is no suitable replacement for it in English. The word "gay" permeates 500 years of our literature, poetry, hymnody and song. It's a beautiful and innocent word and doesn't deserve to be sullied with its present unfortunate connotation.
I know, it takes a long time to type out h-o-m-o-s-e-x-u-a-l, but it's worth the effort. Take back your language!
The fun thing about language is that it changes and words can have multiple meanings. Use whatever words you like.
The problem, Cece, is that once a word takes on a meaning as morally charged as "homosexual", the other meanings become obsolete and even laughable. Most people today don't know this word in any other context, and when they do come across the word being used more authentically, the response is to snicker.
The problem, Cece, is that once a word takes on a meaning as morally charged as "homosexual", the other meanings become obsolete and even laughable. Most people today don't know this word in any other context, and when they do come across the word being used more authentically, the response is to snicker.
I don't see anything particularly special about the word "gay" that makes me care enough to try and take back the meaning.
1a : happily excited : merry <in a gay mood>
1b : keenly alive and exuberant : having or inducing high spirits <a bird's gay spring song>
2a : bright, lively <gay sunny meadows>
2b : brilliant in color
3 : given to social pleasures
Origin of GAY
Middle English, from Anglo-French gai, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German gāhi quick, sudden
Please, fellow English-speakers, let's take back the word "gay". There is no suitable replacement for it in English. The word "gay" permeates 500 years of our literature, poetry, hymnody and song. It's a beautiful and innocent word and doesn't deserve to be sullied with its present unfortunate connotation.
I know, it takes a long time to type out h-o-m-o-s-e-x-u-a-l, but it's worth the effort. Take back your language!
How come you don't like gay people? Do you find them disgusting? Maybe they find you disgusting.
1a : happily excited : merry <in a gay mood> 1b : keenly alive and exuberant : having or inducing high spirits <a bird's gay spring song> 2a : bright, lively <gay sunny meadows> 2b : brilliant in color 3 : given to social pleasures
Origin of GAY
Middle English, from Anglo-French gai, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German gāhi quick, sudden
Please, fellow English-speakers, let's take back the word "gay". There is no suitable replacement for it in English. The word "gay" permeates 500 years of our literature, poetry, hymnody and song. It's a beautiful and innocent word and doesn't deserve to be sullied with its present unfortunate connotation.
I know, it takes a long time to type out h-o-m-o-s-e-x-u-a-l, but it's worth the effort. Take back your language!
You left out the FULL definition from your Merriam-Websters quote:
1 a: happily excited :merry <in a gay mood> b: keenly alive and exuberant : having or inducing high spirits <a bird's gay spring song>
2 a:bright, lively <gay sunny meadows> b: brilliant in color
3 : given to social pleasures; also:licentious
4 a:homosexual <gay men> b: of, relating to, or used by homosexuals <the gay rights movement> <a gay bar>
If you want to go back to the 1500's why not dress like men did then too?
The origin of the word bigot and bigoterie (bigotry) in English dates back to at least 1598, via Middle French, and started with the sense of "religious hypocrite".
I'll make you a trade. You allow pagans to take back the parts of the world that religous zealotry took away, and you can have your damned word back.
Oh SNAP!
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