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is a frolicky term used to describe the art of being gay and engaging in gay activities because some people love being gay. Gayness is an ambiguous term that does not necessarily denote actually being homosexual but can mean other things, such as administrative law for example, that is such gayness.
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Most edits add little value. Bearing in mind this page's extensive edit history, by the time of its deletion it should have been one of the most outstanding examples of literature on gayness available on the internet... but it wasn't. It's a good demonstration that many edits are either cosmetic or
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has altered the way a lot of our larger and more complex articles are referenced - it's used in many featured articles now. I'm not sure if that is for the best or not, since it is something of a non-standard format, but it does encourage tighter referencing and also makes the citations easier to
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When used to decribe a particular circumstance, incident, or situation, Gayness does not necessarily connote negativity, it is simply a means of describing something when there is no other word available to express it. People such as myself who love being gay frequently employ the use of the word
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When used to decribe a particular circumstance, incident, or situation, Gayness does not necessarily connote negativity, it is simply a means of describing something when there is no other word available to express it. People such as myself who love being gay frequently employ the use of the word
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Gayness is a frolicky term to describe the art of being gay and engaging in gay activities because some people love being gay. Gayness is an ambiguous term that does not necessarily denote actually being homosexual but can mean other things, such as administrative law for example, that is such
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The frightening thing isn't that this article was able to sit on
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Fortunately, for most of the two years, the page only appeared as a redirect. However, there were considerable periods (days rather than minutes) of time for which the nonsense was displayed. What valuable conclusions can we draw from two years in the life of
Gayness on Knowledge?
108:'gayness' in describing events that are particularly gay. For example, the administrative law in-class test is absolute gayness because it is the gayest of the gay. Obviously administrative law is not homosexual because it isn't really very sexual at all, it is merely gay.
75:'gayness' in describing events that are particularly gay. For example, the administrative law in-class test is absolute gayness because it is the gayest of the gay. Obviously administrative law is not homosexual because it isn't really very sexual at all, it is merely gay.
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