ethymology Flashcards
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ethymology
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the study of the origin, history and changing meanings of words
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gay in 12th century
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full of joy
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gay until the 1600
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happy -> no sexual meaning
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figurative meaning of gay in the 1600s
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Een persoon die zich niet aan de regels hield en vaak losbandig en wisselend in relaties was
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other figurative meanings by 1600
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- female prostitute
- a womanizer
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1890: scottish term
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gey cat
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meaning 1 gey cat
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vagrand who offered sexual services to women
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meaning 2 gey cat
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young traveller who was new to the roand and in company of an older man, implying a gay relationship
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1951: how used in oxford English dictionary
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slang for homosexual
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meaning now
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socially accepted
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bad meaning: since 1990s also used as
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stupid
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denotation
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real primary meaning of the word
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connotation
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feeling a word gives
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