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Origin of fag (meaning a cigarette in British English) Aside from the offensive meaning, colloquial British English uses the term fag to indicate a cigarette James has gone outside for a fag In my googling, I thought perhaps this originates from one
When did fag become an offensive word? - English Language Usage . . . 4 I'm from Pennsylvania With the recent threat by the Westboro Baptist Church to protest the funeral of seven children who perished in a fire, I've been thinking a lot about their infamous catchphrase: "God Hates Fags " Religious debates aside, when did "fag" become an offensive word?
On a certain pejorative in contemporary British English Use of fag and faggot as the term for an effeminate man has become understood as an Americanism in British English, primarily due to entertainment media use in films and television series imported from the United States This chimes with my experience
What is a more professional term for the back-of-the-envelope . . . Back-of-the-envelope calculation is more generally accepted than the (presumably only British) synonym fag-packet calculation (or -- sketch etc ) Another useful but fairly informal word is guesstimate, which you'll find in plenty of dictionaries
Expression for straight male who prefers the company of gay men We used to call women who preferred the company of gay men as "fag hags" What are straight men who prefer the company of gay men called? I found nothing on the internet, unless you count Urban
meaning - Why does fishwife mean mean woman? - English Language . . . A fishwife or fish fag is a woman who sells fish Fish women were notoriously loud and foul-mouthed as in the expression, To swear like a fishwife One reason for their outspokenness is that their wares were highly perishable and so lost value if not sold quickly Unlike its common usage today, wife meant any woman, not just a married one
single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange While I know you can attribute 'bitch' to a male, I feel there is a sense of femininity I was wondering if there is a colloquial equivalent that describes someone with the qualities of a 'bitch'