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faggot

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[ fag-uht ]
/ ˈfæg ət /
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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.
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.
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Origin of faggot

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

OTHER WORDS FROM faggot

fag·got·y, fag·got·ty, adjective

Other definitions for faggot (2 of 2)

faggot2
[ fag-uht ]
/ ˈfæg ət /

noun British.
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British Dictionary definitions for faggot (1 of 2)

faggot1

esp US fagot

/ (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 (tr)
to collect into a bundle or bundles
needlework to do faggoting on (a garment, piece of cloth, etc)

Word Origin for faggot

C14: from Old French, perhaps from Greek phakelos bundle

British Dictionary definitions for faggot (2 of 2)

faggot2
/ (ˈfæɡət) /

noun
slang, mainly US and Canadian a male homosexualOften shortened to: fag

Derived forms of faggot

faggoty, adjective

Word Origin for faggot

C20: special use of faggot 1
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