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As proper nouns the difference between gay and bender

is that gay is {{surname|A=An|English|from=nicknames}}, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person while Bender is {{surname|lang=en}.

As nouns the difference between gay and bender

is that gay is a homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian while bender is one who, or that which, bends.

As an adjective gay

is happy, joyful, and lively.

As a verb gay

is to make happy or cheerful.

gay

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • , originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
  • from the word gay, "joyful"; rare today.
  • . Also a shortened form of Gabriel, Gaylord and similar names, or transferred from the surname.
  • * 1992 , Unto the Sons , Ballantine Books 1993, ISBN 0804110336, page 15
    • - - - my father's father, Gaetano Talese ( whose name I inherited after my birth in 1932, in the anglicized from of "Gay "), was an atypically fearless traveler,
  • * 2004 , Bad Dirt , Fourth Estate, ISBN 0007196911, page 32
    • "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.- - -

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    bender

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, bends.
  • A device to aid bending of pipes to a specific angle.
  • (slang) A bout of heavy drinking.
    • He's been out on a bender with his mates.
  • * 1857 , Newspaper,'' April:Bartlett, ''Dictionary of Americanisms, Second Edition (1859), p. 29
  • *:A couple of students of Williams College went over to North Adams on a bender. This would have been serious matter under the best of circumstances, but each returned with a “brick in his hat,” etc.
  • (chiefly, UK, slang, derogatory) A homosexual man.
  • A simple shelter, made using flexible branches or withies
  • (obsolete, UK, slang) A sixpence.
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  • (obsolete, slang, US) A spree, a frolic.
  • (obsolete, slang, US) Something exceptional.

    • Usage notes

    In sense “bout of heavy drinking”, usually in form “on a bender ”.

    Synonyms

    * (bout of heavy drinking) binge, spree, toot * (shelter) bender tent

    Derived terms

    * conduit bender * pipe bender

    References

    * Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang, p. 96

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