Wednesday, January 15, 2014

The Word For "Gay" According To 12 Languages

From: Buzz Feed
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Filipino

The Filipino word for gay has an archaic usage. “Bacla” appeared in 18th century literary works under the context of “mental confusion” and “indecisiveness”. Filipino writers before World War II also used bacla, but defined as “fearful” or “weakened”.

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