+147 You've always wondered how the meaning of gay (happy) got to gay (homosexual) amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Someone told me it stood for Good As You at one point? I'm not sure how legit that is though.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I was wrong, I looked it up. The Oxford Dictionary definition of gay include being indulgent in lifes pleasures (which connects to being happy), and then it went on to be used as a term for promiscuity, which is indulging yourself physically. And everyone thought homosexuals were massive sluts that couldn't control their sex drive, and so they were labelled 'gay'.

by Anonymous 11 years ago