Meaning of Fag | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.
   US
2. A chore: an arduous and tiresome task.
   Ireland, UK, archaic, colloquial
3. A homosexual man, especially (usually derogatory) an effeminate or unusual one.
   Canada, US, endearing, offensive, sometimes, usually, vulgar
4. A cigarette.
   Ireland, UK, colloquial
5. A younger student acting as a servant for senior students.
   Ireland, UK, colloquial, historical
6. An annoying person.
   US, derogatory, offensive, vulgar
7. The worst part or end of a thing.
   Ireland, UK, colloquial, obsolete

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Examples

“He′d Phase Out Fag Industry Los Angeles (UPI) - A UCLA professor has called for the phasing out of the cigarette industry by converting tobacco acres to other crops.”

“Oh, rent⟳ a flat above a shop⟳ / And cut⟳ your hair and get⟳ a job / And smoke⟳ some fags and play⟳ some pool / Pretend⟳ you never went to school”

“All of them, like⟳ my mother, were heavy smokers, and after warming themselves by the fire, they would sit⟳ on the sofa and smoke⟳, lobbing their wet⟳ fag ends into the fire.”

“So I started off by asking the shearers if they minded if I took a belly off while they were having a fag. Then after a while they were asking me. They′d say⟳, ‘Do yer wanta take⟳ over fer a bit while I have⟳ a fag?’ And then I got better and I′d finish⟳ the sheep and they′d say⟳ ‘Christ, I haven′t finished me bloody fag yet, yer may as well shear anotherie.’”

“Fag, s. the worst part or end⟳ of anything.”

“We are sadly off in the country; not but what we have⟳ very good shops in Salisbury, but it is so far to go—eight miles is a long way; Mr. Allen says it is nine, measured nine; but I am sure it cannot be more than eight; and it is such a fag—I come⟳ back tired to death.”

“Keeping up appearances is a bit of a fag, I grant, but if a girl respects herself it’s up to her not to let⟳ herself get⟳ slack.”

“I had the character at ſchool of being the very beſt fag that ever came into it.”

““He was my fag at Eton,” Warrington said. “I ought to have⟳ licked him a little more.””

“A gang of fags was mobbing about by the notice-boards. They fell silent as he approached. He patted one of them on the head. ‘Pretty children,’ he sighed, digging into his waistcoat pocket and pulling out a handful of change⟳. ‘Tonight you shall eat⟳.’ Scattering the coins at their feet, he moved on.”

“[1921 John Lind, The Female Impersonators (Historical Documentation of American Slang v. 1, A-G, edited by Jonathan E. Lighter (New York: Random House, 1994) page 716. Androgynes known as “fairies,” “fags,” or “brownies.”]”

“In schizophrenics, however, the homosexual outlet is sooner or later ... ideas that strangers call⟳ them "cs," "fairy," "woman," "fag," " fruit," etc.). ...”

“When they pick⟳ out a set⟳ of clubs for him to rent⟳, he is so indifferent and silent the freckled kid in charge stares at him as if he's a moron. The thought flits through his brain that Eccles is known as a fag and he has become⟳ the new pet.”

“A couple of days later, Trisha tells Madelyn there is a rumor going around that she's a fag.”

“... what appeared to be overt appeals to anti-gay sentiment. When House Majority Whip Dick Armey referred to fellow Congressman Barney Frank as "Barney Fag" in 1995, he suffered a barage of negative publicity that prompted him to explain⟳ his choice of words as a slip⟳ of the tongue.”

“Why did you do that, you fag?”

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