Gay vs Robert - What's the difference?
gay | robert |
, 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
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* 1984 , Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir , Mariner Books, 2005, ISBN 0618509631, page 93
As proper nouns the difference between gay and robert
is that gay is {{surname|A=An|English|from=nicknames}}, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person while Robert is a given name derived from Germanic.As an adjective gay
is happy, joyful, and lively.As a noun gay
is a homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian.As a verb gay
is to make happy or cheerful.gay
English
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
*robert
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- My brother Robert'? Old Sir ' Robert' s son? / Colbrand the giant, that same mighty man?
- I hadn't even considered names for a girl. Robby it would be. Robert' Douglas. Where the Douglas came from is another story, but the '''Robert''' came from me because I liked the sound. '''Robert''' was formal, dignified, important. ' Robert . And that was nearly as nice as as the chance I'd have to call my little brother Rob and Robby.