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Larry vs Gay - What's the difference?

larry | gay |

As proper nouns the difference between larry and gay

is that larry is a diminutive of Laurence and Lawrence. Popular as a male given name in the U.S. in the 1940s and the 1950s while Gay is {{surname|A=An|English|from=nicknames}}, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.

As nouns the difference between larry and gay

is that larry is alternative form of lang=en while gay is a homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian.

As an adjective gay is

happy, joyful, and lively.

As a verb gay is

to make happy or cheerful.

larry

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of Laurence and Lawrence. Popular as a male given name in the U.S. in the 1940s and the 1950s.
  • * 1998 Carol Shields: Larry's Party . Penguin 1998. ISBN 0140266771 page 254:
    • No one gets named Larry' anymore. It's had it as a name. Think of someone called ' Larry and you automatically conjure up a guy drinking beer in a sixties rec room.
  • * 2002 Laurell K. Hamilton: Circus of the Damned . JOVE 2002. ISBN 0515134481 page 149:
    • "Larry', name's '''Larry'''." I smiled, it was too ridiculous. He was worried about me calling him Lawrence instead of ' Larry with a rogue zombie climbing out of the dirt.

    Derived terms

    * happy as Larry English diminutives of male given names

    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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