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Reged: 05/03/04
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Loc: Outback, Australia
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Re: Since when does the word 'Gay' refer to homosexuals?
11/02/10 02:25 AM
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> > Seriously... language evolves... and this word has moved on. Get over it. > > > > It started with 'happy', and so every Christmas ♪ Now we don our gay apparal > > ♪ ... which means what exactly? > > > > And don't forget that with the Flintstones: > "you'll have a yabba dabba doo time. A dabba doo time. You'll have a gay old time" > Apparently, according to the opening theme...
A motel near where I lived was called the "Gay Vacationer". It was build in the 1950's / 60's when "gay" was another word for "happy". In the mid-late 1990's (IIRC), they changed the name to "Bay Vacationer" because "gay" had changed meaning (well over a decade before the name change).
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