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fag

1

[ fag ]

noun

, Slang.
  1. Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a gay man.
  2. Offensive. a contemptible or dislikable person.


fag

2

[ fag ]

verb (used with object)

, fagged, fag·ging.
  1. to tire or weary by labor; exhaust (often followed by out ):

    The long climb fagged us out.

  2. British. to require (a younger public-school pupil) to do menial chores.
  3. Nautical. to fray or unlay the end of (a rope).

verb (used without object)

, fagged, fag·ging.
  1. Chiefly British. to work until wearied; work hard:

    to fag away at French.

  2. British Informal. to do menial chores for an older public-school pupil.

noun

  1. Slang. a cigarette.
  2. a fag end, as of cloth.
  3. a rough or defective spot in a woven fabric; blemish; flaw.
  4. Chiefly British. drudgery; toil.
  5. British Informal. a younger pupil in a British public school required to perform certain menial tasks for, and submit to the hazing of, an older pupil.
  6. a drudge.

fag

1

/ fæɡ /

noun

  1. informal.
    a boring or wearisome task

    it's a fag having to walk all that way

  2. (esp formerly) a young public school boy who performs menial chores for an older boy or prefect
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. informal.
    whentr, often foll by out to become or cause to become exhausted by hard toil or work
  2. usually intr to do or cause to do menial chores in a public school

    Brown fags for Lee

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fag

2

/ fæɡ /

noun

  1. a slang word for cigarette
  2. a fag end, as of cloth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fag

3

/ fæɡ /

noun

  1. slang.
    short for faggot 2
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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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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