> "Gay" is also a synonym for "queer". From that Good Book: >
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> Main Entry:queer > Function:adjective > > 1 > Synonyms STRANGE 4, bizarre, curious, eccentric, oddball, outlandish, peculiar, > singular, unusual, weird > Related Word doubtful, dubious, questionable; droll, funny, laughable > 2 > Synonyms OBSESSED, hagridden, hipped > 3 > Synonyms SQUEAMISH 1, ||pensy, qualmish, qualmy, queasy, ||wambly
Guess what word I don't see there. Let us try another one:
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Main Entry: queer [kweer] Part of Speech: adjective Definition: odd; abnormal Synonyms: anomalous, atypical, bizarre, crazy, curious, demented, disquieting, doubtful, droll, dubious, eccentric, eerie, erratic, extraordinary, fishy, flaky*, fly ball, freaky, funny, idiosyncratic, irrational, irregular, kinky*, kooky, mad, mysterious, oddball, off the wall, outlandish, outré, peculiar, puzzling, quaint, questionable, remarkable, shady, singular, strange, suspicious, touched, unbalanced, uncanny, uncommon, unconventional, unhinged, unnatural, unorthodox, unusual, wacky*, weird
Main Entry: gay [gey] Part of Speech: adjective Definition: happy Synonyms: alert, animate, animated, blithe, blithesome, bouncy, brash, carefree, cheerful, cheery, chipper, chirpy, confident, convivial, devil-may-care, festive, forward, frivolous, frolicsome, fun-loving, gamesome, glad, gleeful, hilarious, insouciant, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, keen, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, playful, pleasure-seeking, presuming, pushy, rollicking, self-assertive, sparkling, spirited, sportive, sprightly, sunny, vivacious, wild, zippy Synonyms(2): Sapphic, homoerotic, homophile, lesbian
They don't even share a synonym here, though I expect I might find one another level out.
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