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Originally Posted by meeera
Hear hear to all that. Hell, my kid knew that "gay" in old books didn't mean homosexual by the time he was about seven. 'Cos we read Enid Blyton, and I explained it. It's really not that hard.
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In fact, in the current (11th) edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, the first three definitions of the adjective "gay" have nothing to do with homosexuality:
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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
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