The word GAY takes on new meaning

The BBC Board of Governors hasjust decided that 'gay' also means 'rubbish' or 'lame'. This is apparently "simply keeping up with developments in English usage".

Thanks to the BBC, we can be grateful UK taxpayers are helping to clear up the confusion...

Here are some interesting facts behind the word 'gay':

HOW BRIGHT BECAME DULL

Believed to derive from Old French “gai”, the Latin “gaius” or a Germanic source. Originally meant “carefree”, “happy” or “bright and showy”

From late 17th century acquired sexual connotation of “uninhibited by moral constraints”

Gertrude Stein’s Miss Furr & Miss Skeene (1922) cited as first published reference to ambiguous sexuality

Noel Coward pens tribute to dandies of the “gay Nineties” wearing green carnations in 1929 musical Bitter Sweet

Used to describe foppish dress code, unattached men or bachelors until adopted by homosexuals themselves in 1960s

Originally used as an adjective (“he is gay”), the word is adopted as singular noun (“I am the only gay in the village”)

Children and students use gay as shorthand for “rubbish” during 1990s

Bloggers substitute “gay” for “boring” or “dull”, reversing original meaning

They did teach us to read 'beyonf' the words at school.