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Posted: 30-12-2003 21:23
by Messy
lol

Gay actually only used to have the meaning jolly/happy/cheerful, but somehow it got the meaning of homosexual later on

I don't know why this is x_X

gg speedy tho \o/ that's funny :>

Posted: 30-12-2003 21:28
by RaGe|DB
well if ur a bit to happy (like jamai) people think ur gay, (like jamai) and now he even admitted he was gay (like jamai)

Posted: 30-12-2003 21:29
by speedy
jamai = dutch pop idol winner?

will young is gay too :p (uk pop idol winner)

Posted: 30-12-2003 21:33
by RaGe|DB
maybe they can do a duet together?

Posted: 30-12-2003 21:34
by speedy
yeah, then do a madonna and britney :p

Posted: 30-12-2003 21:44
by RaGe|DB
ewww, i don't wanna watch
but there were 3 of them (madonna,britney,christina)
u can be christina :D

Posted: 30-12-2003 21:49
by speedy
neeeeeeeeeeeein ;(

Posted: 30-12-2003 22:00
by Messy
Ah, found it ;p

No1 really knows where and when gay got the meaning of homosexual really, but it's sure that it was used in 1920, and generally adopted by the public in 1960, but it could have been known and used earlier.
The most likely explanation is that it derives from gaycat or geycat, a slang term for a tramp or hobo who is new to the road. Gaycats were commonly in the company of older tramps, implying a homosexual relationship. The term, according to Lighter, dates to at least the 1890s. Gaycats were employed as lookouts while other hoboes committed crimes. The OED2 cites the 1935 Underworld & Prison Slang by N. Ersine as defining geycat as a homosexual boy. The origin of gaycat is unknown. Green, however, says a gay cat was a tramp who offered sexual services to women.

Another possible origin is the late nineteenth century slang usage of gay to mean promiscuous. A gay house meant a brothel. This sexual sense of the term could have become associated with homosexual promiscuity and the heterosexual sense lost.

kthx.

Posted: 31-12-2003 00:15
by Armagon
Don't mind me, I just want some temporary hosting of my sig.

Posted: 31-12-2003 00:18
by Messy
lol..aww at least say something! >_<

And uhm..how come the head has been chopped off? O_O

Posted: 31-12-2003 00:33
by BurntLeaf
speedy I do russian at school :o

gg, it says (the sig) something something russian.

The avatar says russian.

Posted: 31-12-2003 00:42
by Messy
You win. :eek:

edit: w8..is that really true? O_O

Posted: 31-12-2003 00:44
by BurntLeaf
yes

Posted: 31-12-2003 00:51
by speedy
i thought it said speedy :P

Posted: 31-12-2003 01:53
by [GR]Kermit
really not wodka?