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faggot
1[ fag-uht ]
noun
, Slang.
- Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a gay person, especially a gay man.
- Offensive. a contemptible or dislikable person.
faggot
2[ fag-uht ]
noun
, British.
faggot
1/ ˈfæɡət /
noun
- slang.a male homosexual Often shortened tofag
faggot
2/ ˈfæɡət /
noun
- a bundle of sticks or twigs, esp when bound together and used as fuel
- 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
- a ball of chopped meat, usually pork liver, bound with herbs and bread and eaten fried
- a bundle of anything
verb
- to collect into a bundle or bundles
- needlework to do faggoting on (a garment, piece of cloth, etc)
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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
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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.”
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Faggot, a bundle of bits of the stickings (hence probably its name) sold for food to the London poor.
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Faggot-votes were chiefly used in county elections for members of Parliament.
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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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