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  fag - OneLook Dictionary Search
FAG : Three Letter Words with definitions [home, info]
Phrases that include fag: fag end, fag stag, art fag, emo fag, fag bag, more...
Words similar to fag: butt, cigaret, cigarette, dig, drudge, fagged, fagging, faggot, faggy, fagot, fairy, fatigue, grind, jade, labor, labour, moil, outwear, pansy, poof, more...
www.onelook.com /?w=fag&ls=a   (328 words)

  
  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > AIDS Kills Fags Dead slogan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The slogan "AIDS Kills Fags Dead" has been used in the United States to express both opposition to homosexuality and hatred towards homosexual persons.
Using the pejorative term fag for male homosexual, it is generally cited as a prime example of homophobic hate speech (see anti-gay slogan).
The slogan, a parody of the advertising tagline "Raid: Kills Bugs Dead", for the SC Johnson[?] insecticide Raid, appeared during the early years of AIDS in the United States, when it was mainly diagnosed among male homosexuals and was almost invariably fatal (see "gay disease").
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ai/AIDS_Kills_Fags_Dead_slogan?title=Westboro_Baptist_Church   (271 words)

  
 Easy Encyclopedia - Online Encyclopedia. Knowledge is Power
In American English, the term "fag" (a variant on faggot) is largely a slur, or pejorative term, for male homosexuals.
"Fag" meaning cigarette, came from the original word - "faggot" which is the word for a bundle of something combustible on the end of a stick - also known as a torch, like the olympic torch.
Also in Britain the word "fag" is used (as a verb and a noun) to refer to a kind of apprenticeship practiced within public schoolss.
www.easyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/f/fa/fag.html   (300 words)

  
 Faggot (epithet) Encyclopedia Article @ Swore.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Faggot or fag, in modern American, Canadian and Australian English usage, is a generally pejorative term for a gay or effeminate man. Its use has spread to varying extents elsewhere in the English-speaking world.
The use of fag and faggot to mean homosexual have become understood as an Americanism in British English, primarily due to their use in films and television series imported from the United States.
A common example of this would be usage of the term "fag hag" to describe a woman who associates with (and may prefer as non-sexual social partners) gay men, though this use, too, was originally pejorative.
www.swore.org /encyclopedia/Faggot_(epithet)   (1411 words)

  
 Fag - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A fag (personal servant) was a junior boy who acted as servant to a senior boy at a British independent school.
FAG are the initials for the Guatemalan Air Force, or Fuerza Aerea Guatemalteca.
FAG (Film Actors' Guild) is an evil organization of liberal actors led by Alec Baldwin in the movie Team America: World Police.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Fag   (261 words)

  
 Faggot (epithet) at AllExperts
Faggot or fag, in modern American, Canadian and Australian English usage, is a generally pejorative term for a gay or effeminate man. Its use has spread to varying extents elsewhere in the English-speaking world.
"Fag" was a term used for a junior boy who acted as a servant for a senior boy at Eton College, near Eton, Berkshire, and other British public schools.
A common example of this would be usage of the term "fag hag" to describe a woman who associates with (and may prefer as non-sexual social partners) gay men, though this use, too, was originally pejorative.
en.allexperts.com /e/f/fa/faggot_(epithet).htm   (1343 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Fag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Fagging - reference to a junior boy who acted as servant to a senior boy at a British independent school.
“Fag” came to mean a tedious or labour-intensive chore, and “fagged out” to mean exhausted by hard work.
Faggot (epithet) or fag, an American generally pejorative term for a gay man, or for men who are judged to be "unmanly", weak or effeminate
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Fag   (142 words)

  
 Westboro Baptist Church - dKosopedia
We use the word "fag" as a contraction of the word "faggot" or "fagot." A "fag" is a firebrand.
A "fag" is used for kindling - it fuels fire.
"Fag" is a metaphor used in the Bible, for example, in Amos 4:11 (where it is translated "firebrand" in the KJV).
www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Westboro_Baptist_Church   (634 words)

  
 The Ultimate Fag hag Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
Fag hag is a slang term, either abusive or highly admiring, for a (usually straight) woman who likes to hang out with gay men.
Gay men and fag hags often share a very close friendship, sometimes even closer than they might have with other women or men.
However, many fag hag relationships contain no romantic feelings on the woman's part; indeed, many fag hags are lesbian.
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Fag_hag   (273 words)

  
 Hag Chair -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Fag hag is a slang term, either abusive or affectionate, for a woman who enjoys the company of gay men.
It is this close friendship that is the hallmark of the fag hag relationship.
Some would say that fag hags are pitied based on the assumption that their fascination with gay men lies in infatuation, which will most likely never be consummated.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/64/hag-chair.html   (887 words)

  
 New York Press
I was a “fag hag,” a girl who hangs out with gay guys almost exclusively, usually relying on straight men to satisfy her needs.
Sometimes fag hags screw their fags, sometimes they only wish they could.
Speaking as a fag hag, the only frontier left for gay men to cross is to sample a bit of ‘gina.
www.nypress.com /print.cfm?content_id=15751   (832 words)

  
 fag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The term fag derives from the word "flag" (as in: "His strength was flagging.").
In American English, "fag" is used as an abbreviated form of "faggot", a pejorative term for gay men.
In British English, the word "fag" was used (as a verb and a noun) to refer to a kind of apprenticeship practiced within public schools.
www.vocamania.com /fag.aspx   (715 words)

  
 WebSearch - fag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
For more than 120 years, the Schaeffler Group with its brand FAG has been one of the leading manufacturers of precision rolling bearings for the automotive, mechanical engineering and aeros...
Fag may refer to: Fagging - reference to a junior boy who acted as servant to a senior boy at a Briti...
Faggot or fag, in modern American, Canadian and Australian English usage, is a generally pejorative term for...
www.seekerbar.com /rl/TB50154te10_sr-2/fag.html   (232 words)

  
 Fag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In the United States it is now a pejorative term for a homosexual man. In the United Kingdom a Fag is a colloquial word for a cigarette, while a faggot (never abbreviated to fag) is a dish made of chopped meat and herbs, rolled into a ball and fried.
The word fag was originally used in British public schools.
Some of the senior boys became prefects, which means that they had authority over the other boys and had their own servants, called fags, who were appointed from amongst the youngest boys.
fag.mindbit.com   (145 words)

  
 Informat.io on Fag
Fagging - reference to a junior boy who acted as servant to a senior boy at a British independent school.
“Fag” came to mean a tedious or labour-intensive chore, and “fagged out” to mean exhausted by hard work.
Faggot (epithet) or fag, an American generally pejorative term for a gay man, or for men who are judged to be "unmanly", weak or effeminate
www.informat.io /?title=Fag   (194 words)

  
 Anti-gay slogan at AllExperts
One example is the slogan "AIDS Kills Fags Dead" (fag being a pejorative term for a male homosexual).
The "AIDS Kills Fags Dead" slogan is a parody of the advertising slogan "Raid: Kills Bugs Dead", the tagline used in television advertising for the SC Johnson insecticide.
It was for example seen in 1998 at the funeral of Matthew Shepard, a victim of anti-gay violence (whose death was not AIDS related, he was beaten to death), when a group led by Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church staged a protest.
en.allexperts.com /e/a/an/anti-gay_slogan.htm   (1615 words)

  
 NEWS: GSC: Demerits not on ballot
Fag is a politically loaded word; it has been used continually to degrade and attack gay men since it first appeared with its modern meaning early in this century.
The word fag has a lot of power and should not be uttered lightly around here, particularly in its pejorative sense.
It is not okay to call someone a fag, say "that's so gay," or to use any words with the power of these irresponsibly.
www.wesleyan.edu /argus/sept2900/w2.html   (362 words)

  
 the life cycle of a fruit fly » An open letter to Amy, the proud fag hag.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In the spare few moments between the time I woke up and the time I had to be at the store this morning, I read over a comment being held in moderation left earlier in the AM on my page that defines a fruit fly.
There is a school of thought that says “owning” pejorative terms dulls the sting, but honestly, that’s a much larger discussion than I have the energy to take on at the moment.
You and all the other fag hags in the world are free to call yourselves anything you damn well please; not once have I said that you shouldn’t call yourself that, and there are plenty of fag hags left in the world.
itcouldbenothing.com /fruitfly/2006/07/an-open-letter-to-amy-the-proud-fag-hag   (7887 words)

  
 NLGJA | Stylebook Supplement on LGBT Terminology
Originally a pejorative term for a lesbian, it is now being reclaimed by some lesbians.
Originally a pejorative term for a gay male, it is now being reclaimed by some gay men.
Often a pejorative term for a transgender person, it is now being reclaimed by some transgender people.
www.nlgja.org /resources/stylebook_english.html   (1811 words)

  
 Faggoty-Ass Faggot
I love my gay friends and would never want to call them fag, but sometimes I do want to call my straight friends fag because they are just acting like a fag and that is the best word I can use to describe it.
When you call a straight person a fag (or say something is "gay"), it's not because they're acting effeminately, or flamboyantly - the stereotypes of gay men.
The one exception to the rule of a Straight Girl using the word fag is with here bestest homo boy.
www.faggotyassfaggot.com /mt/archives/000378.php   (1750 words)

  
 Fag Hags: Women Who Love Gay Men
Their lively-paced look into both the evolution of fag hags—from the Queen Mum's affection for her bear-skin guards to Will and Grace vaulting these sexless (er, mainly...) relationships into popular culture—and the personal stories of present-day "couples" is a welcome addition to the incredibly complex subject of people in love.
The glue to the production is the stand-up comedy of Margaret Cho-a shameless wit and ardent supporter of her many colleagues (don't miss her Underground Railroad moment: tears in your eyes funny).
Gay marriage is also on the platform of SWISH (Straight Women In Support of Homos), a NYC-based organization that works hard to remove the stigma of fag hags as being women who are losers—unable to get a date with anyone.
www.jamesweggreview.org /reviews/filmdvdvideo/fag_hags.html   (550 words)

  
 Shakespeare's Sister
Fag is a nasty epithet for gay men.
Calling someone a fag in a clearly pejorative manner is unacceptable.
Throwing around “fag” and “gay” casually, as if they have no meaning anymore—or some “new” meaning separate from their origins—is ignorant and lazy, and contributes, in spite of all protestations to the contrary, to a culture of homophobia.
shakespearessister.blogspot.com /2006/07/theres-no-good-way-to-use-fag.html   (581 words)

  
 Female Friends Of Gay Men In Thailand - Thailand Forum
Fag Hag implies that the woman must be ugly and unable to date men so she hangs around with gay guys.
What's wrong with fag friend, if you must use the term fag, which i also think is an awful word for a gay guy.
I think the term fag hag is a pejorative term, and I don't like it all.
www.thaivisa.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=66817   (1958 words)

  
 Urban Dictionary: finnochio
Colloquially, it means a gay person in the same pejorative sense as fag or faggot.
It's Italian for pickle pumper, gayzo or fag.
I knew he was a finnochio when he pulled the peppermill out of his buttocks.
www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=finnochio   (145 words)

  
 fag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Roy Castle Fag Ends comes to KnowsleyKnowsley Online, UK - Oct 16, 2006From today Knowsley people will be able to access Roy Castle Fag Ends, the successful community based stop smoking service, close to home.
Drowned In SoundTowers Of London fag about at MCR instoreDrowned In Sound, UK - Oct 13, 2006Towers Of London's Dirk Tourette was ejected from My Chemical Romance's instore performance at London's Virgin Megastore (Oxford Street) last night, after he...
Eye on Gay Shanghai: China’s first LGBT (and fag hag) friendly...Shanghaiist, China - Oct 16, 2006The other night Shanghai’s No. 1 Fag Hag was sitting around with some friends trying to list all the gay/lesbian bars in town.
www.33beat.com /fag.html   (274 words)

  
 Female Friends Of Gay Men In Thailand - Thailand Forum
If one of the guys at DJ Station had put his arm around Kat and said to his friends "Hey guys, have you met my gorgeous fag hag Kat?", probably there would have been smiles and kisses and applause for her all round.
The problem for those on here that dislike the term "fag hag" is that there is not really a convenient replacement.
And because so- called "fag hags" are definitely a phenomenon in western culture, and there is no real non-pejorative words that are equivalent, I cannot see the term disappearing anytime soon.
www.thaivisa.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=66817&pid=725636&st=15&#entry725636   (2087 words)

  
 GLBT Terminology
There are several theories regarding the origin of the term "dyke" as a pejorative reference to lesbians.
A popular folk etymology has it that the the pejorative use of the word "fag" to describe gay men derives from "faggot" in the sense of a bundle of sticks, because homosexuals were burned at the stake for sodomy and faggots were used as kindling.
Queer: Originally a pejorative, but now used, especially among younger individuals, as an umbrella term to refer to all GLBT folk, though not as widely as the "GLBT" acronym.
awsd.com /burgdorf/terminology.html   (2173 words)

  
 Xiu Xiu - Fag Patrol - Review - Stylus Magazine
None of this is pejorative, though, in fact it’s quite the opposite.
The acoustic guitar lends a warm and less mechanical tone to what is sure to be the track for which Xiu Xiu will be remembered.
Fag Patrol’s stripping of Xiu Xiu’s spontaneously intricate arrangements down to their bare chords is for those fans who are more fascinated with the histrionic and lyrical aspect of their music, or maybe it’s just a way for Jamie Stewart to rest his bleeding ears.
www.stylusmagazine.com /reviews/xiu-xiu/fag-patrol.htm   (612 words)

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