Meaning

10 senses
  1. (US)In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.

  2. (Australia, Ireland, UK, colloquial)A cigarette.

  3. (Ireland, UK, colloquial, historical)A younger student acting as a servant for senior students (potentially in a sexual or abusive way).

  4. (Canada, US, endearing, offensive, sometimes, usually, vulgar)A homosexual man.

    offensive term for a homosexual man

  5. A homosexual man.

    (Canada, US, broadly, endearing, offensive, sometimes, usually, vulgar)A homosexual person of any gender.

  6. (Canada, US, broadly, endearing, offensive, sometimes, usually, vulgar)A queer person in general.

  7. (derogatory, offensive, slang, usually, vulgar)An effeminate or unusual homosexual man.

  8. (US, derogatory, offensive, vulgar)An annoying or contemptible person.

    Why did you do that, you fag?

  9. (Ireland, UK, colloquial, obsolete)The worst part or end of a thing.

  10. (Ireland, UK, archaic, colloquial)A chore: an arduous and tiresome task.

Examples

18 sentences
  1. I find the term "fag" derogatory.

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  2. Elections, shmelections; the candidates are fags.

    ruВыборы-выборы, кандидаты – пидоры!

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  3. Now we're at the fag end of the year.

    deJetzt sind wir am Jahresende.

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  4. We're now at the fag end of the year.

    deJetzt sind wir am Jahresende.

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  5. He was completely fagged out.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
homosexual man:
Русский
By meaning 1
homosexual man:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
homosexual man:

Origin

Probably from fag end (“remnant”), from Middle English fagge (“flap”). Akin to flag (“dro

Probably from fag end (“remnant”), from Middle English fagge (“flap”).

Akin to flag (“droop, tire”). Compare Dutch vaak (“sleepiness”).

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