Gay and Kind

Gay

Gay adjective - Having much high-spirited energy and movement.

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Kind and gay are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Kind" instead an adjective "Gay".

Kind adjective - Given to or made with heedful anticipation of the needs and happiness of others.

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Gay and kind are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gay" instead an adjective "Kind".

Nearby Words: kindly, kindness, kindliness

sweet	sweet gay	sweet kind
old	old gay	old kind
gentle	gentle gay	gentle kind
best	best gay	best kind
Other adjectives: typical, original, single, likely, real, large, big, bad, black, less, last, stereotypical.

The term gay is used frequently in Atlas Shrugged, including Hank Rearden proclaiming that he liked to see people being gay, even if he didn't understand this kind of enjoyment.

Source: Have A Gay Old Time / Literature
In The House of Night, Damien is kind of like this, until he gets a boyfriend (so there at least is an excuse to mention that he is gay).

Source: Have I Mentioned I am Gay?
This may be some kind of commentary on this phenomenon in fiction since Chuck Palahniuk himself is gay and has written several gay characters before.

Source: Rape and Switch

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