Difference between revisions of "'Twas he was the dacent gaylabouring youth."
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*'''gay:''' (''archaic'') gaywoman a female prostitute , and gayman the client of said prostitute | *'''gay:''' (''archaic'') gaywoman a female prostitute , and gayman the client of said prostitute | ||
− | *'''gay:''' homosexual (''a recient usage first appearing during the sixties - so highly unlikely to be intended in this sense Joyce | + | *'''gay:''' homosexual (''a recient usage first appearing during the sixties - so highly unlikely to be intended in this sense Joyce . Again like anachronism of 'ho as whore' i seen earlier; people need to keep sharp and not use words that didn't exist eighty years ago: I'm wating for someone to define APL as Applied Programming Language'') |
* '''gaying instrument:''' the penis → [[stiff]] and [[Priam Olim]] | * '''gaying instrument:''' the penis → [[stiff]] and [[Priam Olim]] |
Latest revision as of 14:57, 20 December 2009
- ’Twas he was the dacent gaylabouring youth → the second of four comments by the Four Old Men (×)
- decent → pronounced daysent in parts of Ireland
- gay: from the german for sudden; happy; cheerful; easy-going; indulgent
- gay: brightly coloured; sunny
- gay: given to social entainment; pleasure-loving; dissipated; licentious; Bohemian
- gay: (archaic) gaywoman a female prostitute , and gayman the client of said prostitute
- gay: homosexual (a recient usage first appearing during the sixties - so highly unlikely to be intended in this sense Joyce . Again like anachronism of 'ho as whore' i seen earlier; people need to keep sharp and not use words that didn't exist eighty years ago: I'm wating for someone to define APL as Applied Programming Language)
- gaying instrument: the penis → stiff and Priam Olim
- daylabourer: a worker who is paid on a daily basis