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Greebo said:
Gay? Shouldn't that be "childish"? Bit unfair to assume that juvenile postings are solely made by homosexuals?
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There's more than one meaning to gay, I'd be guessing here but I'd be surprised if you didn't know what Gilly meant.

//edit, Tefal, do you not think it might have been removed by now if you're only looking at this thread 10 minutes after the original post?
 
semi-pro waster said:
There's more than one meaning to gay, I'd be guessing here but I'd be surprised if you didn't know what Gilly meant.
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Nope sorry. Which one of the following Oxford English Dictionary Definitions fits then?

"gay, a., adv., and n. SECOND EDITION 1989
a. Addicted to social pleasures and dissipations. Often euphemistically: Of loose or immoral life. Esp. in gay dog, a man given to revelling or self-indulgence; gay Lothario: see LOTHARIO.

1637 SHIRLEY Lady of Pleasure v. K1b, Lord. You'le not be angry, Madam. Cel. Nor rude, though gay men have a priviledge. 1700 T. BROWN tr. Fresny's Amusem. Ser. & Com. 130 Every Dunce of a Quack, is call'd a Physician..Every Gay thing, a Chevalier. 1703 ROWE Fair Penit. V. i, Is this that Haughty, Gallant, Gay Lothario? 1754 Adventurer No. 124 7 The old gentleman, whose character I cannot better express than in the fashionable phrase which has been contrived to palliate false principles and dissolute manners, had been a gay man, and was well acquainted with the town. 1791 BURKE Let. to Member Nat. Assembly Wks. VI. 36 The brilliant part of men of wit and pleasure, or gay, young, military sparks. 1798 FERRIAR Illustr. Sterne ii. 40 The dissolute conduct of the gay circles in France is not of modern date. 1847 H. ROGERS Ess. I. v. 214 For some years he lived a cheerful, and even gay, though never a dissipated life, in Paris. 1849 MACAULAY Hist. Eng. vi. II. 103 The place was merely a gay suburb of the capital. 1851 MAYHEW Lond. Labour I. 382 The principal of the firm was what is termed ‘gay’. He was particularly fond of attending public entertainments. He sported a little as well, and delighted in horse-racing. 1891 E. PEACOCK N. Brendon I. 302 This elder Narcissa had led a gay and wild life while beauty lasted. 1897 J. HUTCHINSON Archives Surg. VIII. 224 My patient was a married man, who admitted having been very gay in early life. 1900 G. SWIFT Somerley 54 Oh! that first kiss! how proud of it we are, what gay dogs we feel! 1910 S. KAYE-SMITH Spell Land xix. 221 He felt rather a gay dog.

b. Hence, in slang use, of a woman: Leading an immoral life, living by prostitution.

c. Of a person: homosexual. Of a place: frequented by homosexuals. slang.

d. slang (orig. U.S.). A homosexual, esp. a male homosexual. Cf. A 2c above. "

Must admit I have never come across the phrase "He felt rather a gay dog" before.
 
Greebo said:
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I took the liberty of correcting your post.

I used the word in the following context:

Gay Noun. A homosexual male and occasionally used for such females. The word, once derogatory, has been reclaimed by the 'gay' community and is an accepted term for homosexuals. However the term is still heard used in a perjorative sense. 'Gay' is now considered standard English.
Adj. 1. Homosexual in nature.
2. General disparaging term.
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I hope this meets with one's approval.

Actually, that's a lie, I couldn't care less ;)
 
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