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"gay" in that sense is a pejorative against homosexual people. You could almost make it work with the original definition though.

From Wikipedia -

> Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'.





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