tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post8362770651669278603..comments2023-11-30T02:39:02.047-06:00Comments on Comics Make No Sense: Batman, Spankings, Flies, Dinosaurs, and Random Slaps. You're Welcome.Adam Barnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573914395859734760noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-42335100625711762312014-09-22T09:18:48.430-05:002014-09-22T09:18:48.430-05:00Fair enough, Unknown... but it still seems kind of...Fair enough, Unknown... but it still seems kind of odd. I could understand him telling Robin not to be foolish or silly...Adam Barnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08573914395859734760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-10626607709082090762014-09-19T23:58:22.665-05:002014-09-19T23:58:22.665-05:00According to my Complete Oxford Dictionary, one of...According to my Complete Oxford Dictionary, one of the meanings for 'gay' (now largely fallen out of use, although it survives in the phrase 'gay indifference') was airy or offhand. <br /><br />In other words, Batman was telling him not to be flippant.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06461344783528823076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-34826881472074172962014-09-19T16:11:23.000-05:002014-09-19T16:11:23.000-05:00Exactly! I've always understood it to mean ca...Exactly! I've always understood it to mean carefree and lighthearted. Bats seemed to be using it in a very unfriendly fashion there.Adam Barnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08573914395859734760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-25637416474888954982014-09-19T15:08:36.437-05:002014-09-19T15:08:36.437-05:00It's just a guess, but I think that one connot...It's just a guess, but I think that one connotation of "gay" back then could be "silly." At least that seems like the connotation when some character says, "Don't get gay with me!"<br /><br />However, there are a couple of film-titles-- THE GAY DIVORCEE and THE GAY FALCON-- where it simply seems to mean "light-hearted." In my experience of films in this period, only Cary Grant's use of the word in BRINGING UP BABY seems to really mean "homosexual."Gene Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.com