SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: bentway who wrote (524372)10/29/2009 2:11:42 PM
From: HPilot  Read Replies (1) of 1579459
 
Gay used to mean happy and carefree - now it means homosexual.

It never really meant carefree. But it still means merry. Homosexual is #4 on the list. Do you ever check these things out?

Main Entry: 1gay
Pronunciation: \'gaFunction: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French gai, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German gahi quick, sudden
Date: 14th century
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>

synonyms see lively

— gay adverb
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext