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fag
1[ fag ]
noun
, Slang.
- Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a gay man.
- Offensive. a contemptible or dislikable person.
fag
2[ fag ]
verb (used with object)
, fagged, fag·ging.
- to tire or weary by labor; exhaust (often followed by out ):
The long climb fagged us out.
- British. to require (a younger public-school pupil) to do menial chores.
- Nautical. to fray or unlay the end of (a rope).
verb (used without object)
, fagged, fag·ging.
- Chiefly British. to work until wearied; work hard:
to fag away at French.
- British Informal. to do menial chores for an older public-school pupil.
noun
fag
1/ fæɡ /
noun
- informal.a boring or wearisome task
it's a fag having to walk all that way
- (esp formerly) a young public school boy who performs menial chores for an older boy or prefect
verb
- informal.whentr, often foll by out to become or cause to become exhausted by hard toil or work
- usually intr to do or cause to do menial chores in a public school
Brown fags for Lee
fag
2/ fæɡ /
noun
- a slang word for cigarette
- a fag end, as of cloth
fag
3/ fæɡ /
noun
- slang.short for faggot 2
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Usage Alert
The terms fag and faggot are both used with disparaging intent and are perceived as highly insulting. However, faggot (but not fag ) is sometimes used within the gay community as a positive term of self-reference.
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Other Words From
- fag·gish adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fag1
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; by shortening of faggot 1( def )
Origin of fag2
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English fag(ge) “broken thread in cloth, a knot (in cloth), loose end” (further origin obscure); sense development apparently: “drooping end” to “droop, tire” to “make weary” to “drudgery, drudge” (compare flag 1 to flag 3 ); fag 2( def 6 ) a shortening of fag end (“a butt,” hence a cigarette)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fag1
C18: of obscure origin
Origin of fag2
C16 (in the sense: something hanging loose, flap): of obscure origin
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