Gay vs Pederast - What's the difference?
gay | pederast |
, 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
A man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty.
As nouns the difference between gay and pederast
is that gay is a homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian while pederast is a man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty.As a proper noun Gay
is {{surname|A=An|English|from=nicknames}}, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.As an adjective gay
is happy, joyful, and lively.As a verb gay
is to make happy or cheerful.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.- - -
