faggot

¹ American  

[fag-uht] / ˈfæg ət /

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.

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faggot ² American  

[fag-uht] / ˈfæg ət /

noun

British.

1. fagot.

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faggot ¹ British  

/ 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

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verb

1. to collect into a bundle or bundles

2. needlework to do faggoting on (a garment, piece of cloth, etc)

faggot ² British  

/ ˈfæɡət /

noun

1. Often shortened to: fag.  slang a male homosexual

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Sensitive Note

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.

Other Word Forms

• faggotty adjective
• faggoty adjective

Etymology

Origin of faggot

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