Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24949615-20160825181950/@comment-16461120-20160827231956

Ben 1,000,911 wrote: Wow I can't believe there was an entire series called Gay comics. For centuries the word was synonymous with "happy", being traced back to the 12th century in England after having been derived from the French word "gai", and meaning "joyful, carefree, full of mirth, or bright and showy."

It was not until very recently in the mid-20th century (1955 to be exact) that the most common meaning changed to the more modern definition.