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faggot

1

[ fag-uht ]

noun

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


faggot

2

[ fag-uht ]

noun

, British.

faggot

1

/ ˈfæɡət /

noun

  1. slang.
    a male homosexual Often shortened tofag
“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


faggot

2

/ ˈfæɡət /

noun

  1. a bundle of sticks or twigs, esp when bound together and used as fuel
  2. a bundle of iron bars, esp a box formed by four pieces of wrought iron and filled with scrap to be forged into wrought iron
  3. a ball of chopped meat, usually pork liver, bound with herbs and bread and eaten fried
  4. a bundle of anything
“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. to collect into a bundle or bundles
  2. needlework to do faggoting on (a garment, piece of cloth, etc)
“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 faggot and fag 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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Derived Forms

  • ˈfaggoty, adjective
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Other Words From

  • fag·got·y fag·got·ty adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of faggot1

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; perhaps from faggot, a chiefly British contemptuous term for a woman; perhaps the same word as fagot
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Word History and Origins

Origin of faggot1

C20: special use of faggot 1

Origin of faggot2

C14: from Old French, perhaps from Greek phakelos bundle
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Example Sentences

In the same county, there is held annually the “Ash Faggot Ball.”

Faggot, a bundle of bits of the stickings (hence probably its name) sold for food to the London poor.

Faggot-votes were chiefly used in county elections for members of Parliament.

In “Wind up the Bush Faggot” we have again the tree or bush suggested, and the dancing and jumping, or stamping up and down.

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