Thomas Wales started this petition to Oxford University Press and 1 other. Homophobic language is at an all-time high, and being an. Oxford Dictionary: Remove the adjective definition of Gay meaning foolish, stupid or unimpressive. The French Larousse dictionary changed the definition of marriage to a "solemn act between two same-sex or different-sex persons, who decide to establish a union" before gay marriage became legal in France back in April.Īnd Canada defines marriage without gender: "The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce). Oxford Dictionary: Remove the adjective definition of Gay meaning foolish, stupid or unimpressive.
There's no word yet on what the new definition will be, but the Oxford English Dictionary is not the first to get in on the trend. "We continually monitor the words in our dictionaries, paying particular to those words whose usage is shifting, so yes, this will happen with marriage," an Oxford University Press spokeswoman told Gay Star News, which broke the story. Now, the new definition will include both heterosexual and homosexual couples to reflect the changing times. It is now the standard accepted term throughout the English-speaking world. The term originally meant carefree, cheerful, or bright and showy. Gay meaning ‘homosexual,’ dating back to the 1930s (if not earlier), became established in the 1960s as the term preferred by homosexual men to describe themselves. A secondary definition adds, "(in some jurisdictions) a union between partners of the same sex." someone who practices homosexuality having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex adjective. Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual.