Let's not be rude, Mihai. Zeon was not addressing your post, just giving his opinion of how people use that expression.
what does the syaing "Its so gay" mean
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Bowyn Aerrow Wrote:Gay initially came to us from the French meaning 'joyful' and 'happy'. You have to be careful with tracing etymology like that. The use of "straight" to mean something is good or correct pre-dates its meaning as heterosexual. My father occasionally uses straight to mean someone who is sober or not on drugs. Also, as to the origin of "gay," I'm not sure I agree with you there either. Gay has almost always had a double meaning in English, mostly if something was "gay" it was not simply happy but also possibly naughty. A gay party would be a little more than just a fun night out. So, "gay" bars or "gay" houses were usually places where people would go to pick up prostitutes, these were also the types of places that tolerated homosexual clientèle. The earliest uses of the word referring to homosexuals applied specifically to prostitutes.
Gay Paree (Gay Paris) is such a sense for the word that you described here above, Pip. I think it's a reference to the supposed ''naughtiness'' of French sex life... and how liberal it seemed to more uptight people. It is, in no way, a reference to homosexual life, however. I guess we could say that gay was a synonym for liberal or liberated, at the time.
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