Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being gay, in any sense; gaiety; fineness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Gayety; finery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable The state of being
gay (cheerful etc.). - noun uncountable The state of being
gay (homosexual).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
Etymologies
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Examples
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Moneyrunner: You may think that your gayness is the reason for all the bad things that have happened to you.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole! 2010
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You may think that your gayness is the reason for all the bad things that have happened to you.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole! 2010
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If gayness is a choice and these folks should simply avoid a “behavior,” what happens to marriages in which gay people marry heterosexually?
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For the left gayness is ok, even normative, as long as it is * not* closeted and does * not* include selling silence or acquiescing in homophobic rants for money or tax breaks.
Matthew Yglesias » Stay Classy, Conservative Blogosphere 2007
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Why is it so important for gays to trumpet their gayness from the hilltops how does this encourage a cohesive military which seeks the highest levels of excellence??
Sound Politics: The Closet Is No Place For A Gay Soldier 2007
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IMO, the most likely cause of gayness is irregular hormonal fluctuations in the womb.
Your Honour, I was trolling in a westerly direction, when I vada'd ... Laban 2006
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Accepting gayness is okay if nothing can be done, but helping them overcome it much better.
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You cannot on one hand tell foks how good gayness is then in the same breath use gayness as an insult andhave any crediblity.
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On the other hand, to the extent that a constructivist position can be transformed into a position that gayness is a "free" choice, it can be the grounds for arguing that the choice ought not to be made (Sedgwick, 41).
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Ward†™ s please print this my gayness is so open.
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