Gay vs Ikea - What's the difference?
gay | ikea |
, 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
* 2004 , Bad Dirt , Fourth Estate, ISBN 0007196911, page 32
An international, originally Swedish home products retailer that sells modern, utilitarian design furniture, much of which is assembled by the consumer.
* 2005 , Daniel H. Wilson, “How to Survive a Robot Uprising”, Bloomsbury, ISBN 1582345929, page 126
* 2008 February 2, Luke Burbank, Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me! , National Public Radio
As a noun gay
is nape.As a verb gay
is to crow.As a proper noun ikea is
(ikea).gay
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)- - - - 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,
- "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.- - -
Anagrams
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Alternative forms
* IkeaProper noun
(en proper noun)- Instruct the servant robot to clean the house, landscape the yard, and assemble several major pieces of IKEA furniture. Then, when your robot is power depleted and attempts to recharge, shut off the power to your house.
- It seems Swedish gangs, apparently no longer satisfied with knocking over their local IKEA’s , have taken to sneaking little people into the cargo holds of the buses by stowing them in suitcases.