[higgmeister]

b) I refuse to participate in the ongoing debasement of the English language.

This movie was released 81 years ago:

Aunt Elizabeth: Well who are you?

David Huxley: I don't know. I'm not quite myself today.

Aunt Elizabeth: Well, you look perfectly idiotic in those clothes.

David Huxley: These aren't my clothes.

Aunt Elizabeth: Well, where are your clothes?

David Huxley: I've lost my clothes!

Aunt Elizabeth: But why are you wearing 'these' clothes?

David Huxley: Because I just went gay all of a sudden!

Aunt Elizabeth: Now see here young man, stop this nonsense.  What are you doing?

David Huxley: [exasperated and wearing Susan's negligee] I'm standing in the middle of 42nd Street waiting for a bus!

"Bringing Up Baby" quotes.

Apparently the word has been evolving since the 13th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay#History

[tomkat]

Thanks for the quotes and interesting link/info re it's having referred mainly to prostitutes in the way back when.

Still, I've every intention of remaining adamantly (and proudly) politically incorrect in re it and similar present bastardizations for whatever time's left me.

(heterodoxy rather suits me ;-)