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The term gay has changed in meaning over the last 50 years. The Flintstones opening sequence uses the phrase "we'll have a gay old time" which obviously doesn'
by u801e 6y ago
The term gay has changed in meaning over the last 50 years. The Flintstones opening sequence uses the phrase "we'll have a gay old time" which obviously doesn't fit the modern definition. Do people still commonly consider the phrase "a gay old time" as equivalent to an enjoyable time?
Even wiktionary[1] considers it a dated phrase.
[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gay_old_time https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gay_old_time