faggotry

American

[fag-uh-tree] / ˈfæg ə tri /

noun

Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.

gay sexual orientation or behavior.

Etymology

Origin of faggotry

First recorded in 1965–70; faggot ¹ + -ry

Example Sentences

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Fifty years ago this month, a police raid on a Greenwich Village watering hole jump-started the gay-liberation movement, when the “forces of faggotry,” as the Village Voice called the denizens of the Stonewall Inn and their neighbors, fought back with bricks, bottles, and spontaneous kick lines.

From The New Yorker

“Well lads, it’s time to stop shitposting and time to make a real life effort post … It’s been a long ride and despite all your rampant faggotry, fecklessness and degeneracy, you are all top blokes and the best bunch of cobbers a man could ask for.”

From The Guardian

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