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Gay
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Appendix:Variations of "gay"
English
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Pronunciation
en eɪ 1
Proper noun
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en English nicknames, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
en unisex English.
en female English, from the word en gay joyful; rare today.
en male English.
en 2004 w:Annie Proulx Bad Dirt 32 Fourth Estate 0007196911 "Mr Gay Brawls. What a name.""It didn't use to mean what it means now. Plenty were named Gay. Even in Nevada. Was old Gay Pitch had a gas station in Winnemucca. Nobody thought nothin about it and he raised a railroad car of kids.
en male surnames.
en male Gaylord,Gabriel, and similar names
en 1992 w:Gay Talese Unto the Sons 15 Ballantine Books 1993 0804110336 - - - my father's father, Gaetano Talese (whose name I inherited after my birth in 1932, in the anglicized form "Gay"), was an atypically fearless traveler,
Derived terms
en Fort Gay Gay Hill Gay-Lussac's law Gayville Hampton Gay
Anagrams
en agy YAG
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Gay + 1
Pronunciation
gey +
Proper noun
gey
tl female English