Meaning of fash | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A worry; trouble; bother.
   Geordie, Northern-England, Scotland
2. A fascist, a member of the far-right.
   UK, derogatory, especially, slang
3. The far-right, especially violent far-right demonstrators, collectively.
   UK, derogatory, especially, in-plural, slang

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Examples

“The Butchers Here is an old Munich policeman — Wilhelm Frick with eyes like those of a fash.”

“It is not they, with their comfortable middle class speaking-tour and festival-circuit lives, who will put on the black and go punch a Nazi or bash a fash. No. It will be the vulnerable, overwhelmingly queer, poor youth [...]”

“Used to go down to London on bash-the-fash awaydays; turn up at National Front marches and give them a toeing.”

“Five of our lads had just watched the riot police go into the Wellington and give the fash a kicking.”

“The women in NP at the time were very good spotters and we had good access to intel, photos etc. on the fash.”

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