The meaning of a word changed so much. why?

[strateguy632]

usually a shirt means a shirt! the word has always meant a shirt. most words.

but look at how the word 'gay' changed.

we know now 'gay' means: the thing we get banned from facebook, if we criticized.

ten years ago, when southpark was allowed to say it, it meant something to avoid not participation. i bet recently they never say the phrase anymore!

before that, in 1980s gay was a word i wasn't allowed to say. even if i said the right context 'your gift makes me gay' i got yelled at for saying that forbidden word.

before that in book tom sawyer it was the EXACT OPPOSITE of southpark: something to join noble and desirable!

'avenged and kill the family, of the ones who hurt a gang member ' was called 'gay' in tom sawyer book! something tough and noble and desirable to join. so the meaning changed so much!

crazy?

[RavVid]

I like the way the word NICE has changed

Today nice means amiable, agreeable and of good morals. Nice girls don't do hook ups.

In the 1500's to 1600's it meant precise, exact. I suppose it good mean morally precise/exact.

Before than it mean fussy paying attention to details.

In Chaucer's time it meant extravagant, foolish or ignorant

But it could also mean wanton or lustful which puts a different spin on 'nice girls' to today's take.

[RavVid]

Thanks for a mho

[TonyMetal___86]

Gay is always going to be gay, a homosexual and an abnormal person whether they like it or not and whether it's legal or illegal!

[TonyMetal___86]

Thanks for the mho

[Dargil]

DINK.
It traces back to meaning "kind" or "nature".
In slang contexts, terms "dinky" has various meanings, including a derogatory term for a dorky person. As a kid, we we applied it to a young version of calling men a DICK.

[Dargil]

One more thing. You don't have to be happy to be gay.