fag
IPA: fˈæg
noun
- (US, technical) In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, colloquial, now offensive in US and Canada) A cigarette.
- (UK, obsolete, colloquial) The worst part or end of a thing.
- (Britain, colloquial, now rare, now offensive in US and Canada) A chore: an arduous and tiresome task.
- (Britain, education, historical, colloquial, now offensive in US and Canada) A younger student acting as a servant for senior students.
- (chiefly US, Canada, vulgar, usually offensive, sometimes endearing) A homosexual man, especially (usually derogatory) an effeminate or unusual one.
- (US, vulgar, offensive) An annoying person.
verb
- (transitive, colloquial, used mainly in passive form, now rare, now offensive in US and Canada) To make exhausted, tired out.
- (intransitive, colloquial, now rare, now offensive in US and Canada) To droop; to tire.
- (intransitive, Britain, education, historical, colloquial, now offensive in US and Canada) (of a younger student) To act as a servant for senior students in many British boarding schools.
- (transitive, Britain, education, historical, colloquial, now offensive in US and Canada) To have (a younger student) act as a servant in this way.
- (intransitive, Britain, now rare, now offensive in US and Canada) To work hard, especially on menial chores.
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Examples of "fag" in Sentences
- Stop being a fag and accept it.
- Compare fag hag and slash fandom.
- Not at the fag end of the article.
- Hey, give us a wheeze on that fag.
- I'm not a fag, and I'm not perverted.
- The senator's a fag and so is Clarke.
- Fag could be, but that's not the point.
- Only the total fag comment is appropriate.
- But it's nearly 3am in Melbourne and I'm fagged.
- However being a special fag exempted the boy from being a running fag.
- Come what may, after this altercation, it's probably a good bet that Brett Ratner will never, ever use the term "fag" in public discourse ever.
- _fag_ is not to be found in Dr. Johnson's Dictionary; but the verb to fag is there a verb neuter, from fatigo, Latin, and is there explained to mean, "to grow weary, to faint with weariness."
- Making the term "fag" and other gay slurs no longer acceptable as generic insult language is a positive development, but there is much to be undone in the slow process to eradicate such popularized slang.