Galavanting

[Woody]

Is it okay to galavant or is that sexist and a sin?

What is your view of galavanting?

Okay .... even you gals can join in.

[Bravus]

If we go to the roots of the word, we get 'gal' - a young woman, and 'avant' - advance. So, since this activity is clearly about advancing young women, it is obviously the height of feminist virtue.

(*cough*the real spelling is 'gallivanting'*cough*)

[Amelia]

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

gallivanting

Main Entry: gal·li·vant

Variant(s): also gal·a·vant \ˈga-lə-ˌvant\

Function: intransitive verb

Etymology: perhaps alteration of 3gallant

Date: 1823

1 : to go about usually ostentatiously or indiscreetly with members of the opposite sex

2 : to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure

Wiktionary

gallivant

to gallivant (third-person singular simple present gallivants, present participle gallivanting, simple past and past participle gallivanted)

(intransitive, obsolete) To flirt, to romance.

(intransitive) To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.

1914 Bertram, it is true, when he heard of the plan, rebelled, and asserted that what Billy needed was a rest, an entire rest from care and labor. In fact, what he wanted her to do, he said, was to gallivant -- to gallivant all day long. — Eleanor H.Porter Miss Billy--Married, Chapter 18.

[Woody]

If we go to the roots of the word, we get 'gal' - a young woman, and 'avant' - advance. So, since this activity is clearly about advancing young women, it is obviously the height of feminist virtue.

(*cough*the real spelling is 'gallivanting'*cough*)

I assume that you are referring to the way they spell down under ??? Let it be known that that is not the REAL spelling.

The way we in the States do our galavanting ... it is spelled GALAVANTING.

Please take note.

[Woody]

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

gallivanting

Main Entry: gal·li·vant

Variant(s): also gal·a·vant \ˈga-lə-ˌvant\

Function: intransitive verb

Etymology: perhaps alteration of 3gallant

Date: 1823

1 : to go about usually ostentatiously or indiscreetly with members of the opposite sex

2 : to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure

Wiktionary

gallivant

to gallivant (third-person singular simple present gallivants, present participle gallivanting, simple past and past participle gallivanted)

(intransitive, obsolete) To flirt, to romance.

(intransitive) To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.

1914 Bertram, it is true, when he heard of the plan, rebelled, and asserted that what Billy needed was a rest, an entire rest from care and labor. In fact, what he wanted her to do, he said, was to gallivant -- to gallivant all day long. — Eleanor H.Porter Miss Billy--Married, Chapter 18.

Thank you for that bit of wisdom ... but could you address the questions as they be for this thread? What do you think as a woman about this activity? Is it Okay? Or ... Is it a sin to partake in this activity?

Please tell us your view and experience with this word and activity.

[Amelia]

I provided the defs for those who might not know the word.

I have always thought of gallivanting as a negitive term. So in that sense no, I don't aprove of gallivanting. But Im not sure if the activity itself is a sin. But the outcome of the activity can be a sin.

[Bravus]

Well, I'm happy with the current definition (as long as it's not my students doing it during class time), but the archaic definition is strictly to be between man and wife...

[Woody]

Praise God we are not archaic.

[Woody]

I provided the defs for those who might not know the word.

I have always thought of gallivanting as a negitive term. So in that sense no, I don't aprove of gallivanting. But Im not sure if the activity itself is a sin. But the outcome of the activity can be a sin.

Ahhh. Great response. Thanks. But like many words ... it has multiple meanings. Some are more severe than others. And I do appreciate that you posted the meaning. Did not mean to say otherwise.

[Neil D]

Is it okay to galavant or is that sexist and a sin?

What is your view of galavanting?

Well, I have always used the term to roam about....period. end of discussion....

But now someone says that glavanting is roaming about with the opposite sex....

Being single, I say....

......bring it on!!!!

[LynnDel]

My own internal definition has always been similar to Neil's (first paragraph only).

Gallivanting, in my mind, is always done "about town," most likely having something to do with window shopping and money burning holes in one's pockets.

But as far as Redwood's question: "Is it okay to galavant or is that sexist and a sin?" -- (taking it as a serious question, though I have my doubts that is the casw) The answer must lie in your own heart. What is right for you may not be right for me.

Sometimes, when looking at the life of Jesus, one might think that a lot of what He did, on the surface, was to gallivant (Neil's first definition) about the Judean towns and countryside. What may look purposeless to us, however, was full of purpose. Let Jesus be your example; live a purposeful life.

LD

[Reddogs]

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

gallivanting

Main Entry: gal·li·vant

Variant(s): also gal·a·vant \ˈga-lə-ˌvant\

Function: intransitive verb

Etymology: perhaps alteration of 3gallant

Date: 1823

1 : to go about usually ostentatiously or indiscreetly with members of the opposite sex

2 : to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure

Wiktionary

gallivant

to gallivant (third-person singular simple present gallivants, present participle gallivanting, simple past and past participle gallivanted)

(intransitive, obsolete) To flirt, to romance.

(intransitive) To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.

1914 Bertram, it is true, when he heard of the plan, rebelled, and asserted that what Billy needed was a rest, an entire rest from care and labor. In fact, what he wanted her to do, he said, was to gallivant -- to gallivant all day long. — Eleanor H.Porter Miss Billy--Married, Chapter 18.

Definitely too much gallivanting going on in the internet...

[Neil D]

Definitely too much gallivanting going on in the internet...

Ooooh, Idunno.....According to my second paragraph on definitions of "galavanting", I don't think there is enough....

[Liz]

I agree with LynnDel's post about gallivanting. And I don't see anything wrong with it, as long as you have the money to gallivant with.

[Woody]

Those gals do drain ones pocketbook and bank account.

[Neil D]

I agree with LynnDel's post about gallivanting. And I don't see anything wrong with it, as long as you have the money to gallivant with.

And as long as the girls are paying for it, it's ok by me.... :smile: TU

....oh, well most of the time.....