faggy

[fag-ee]

adjective

Slang.

faggier, faggiest 

1. Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.,  of or resembling a gay man.

2. Offensive.,  effeminate.

3. Offensive.,  coyly affected.

Other Word Forms

• fagginess noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of faggy¹

First recorded in 1945–50; fag ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

“A professor said, ‘Lari, your work is too faggy, your work is too feminine,’” he recalls “It was not sitting well. I was not out of the closet yet.”

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“He said, ‘You faggy motherf-----.’

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“He was saying ‘faggy’ this and ‘faggy’ that.

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But effeminacy, my faggy gestures, felt natural to my body.

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It’s meant to be a put-down: earlier, he has made fun of Rodolpho’s singing and faggy airs.

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