Word Frequency
faggot1 or (especially US) fagot (ˈfæɡət
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Definitions
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
- to collect into a bundle or bundles
- (needlework) to do faggoting on (a garment, piece of cloth, etc)
Word Origin
C14: from Old French, perhaps from Greek phakelos bundleSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = homosexual, queen, gay, fairy, queer, homo, bender, poof, nancy boy, poofter, batty boy, catamite, shirt-lifter, woofter, auntie or aunty, lily
Example Sentences Including 'faggot'
He said,'My girl don't need money from no washed-up faggot lounge singer.MR STARLIGHT (2004)
In America, the male rage played itself out before September 11 into this bitch, faggot ' sort of thing that was pretty denigrating.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Just before her death 42 years later, she said she had done so ``because he was a faggot '.The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2005)
Media watchdog Ofcom ruled the term faggot - insulting slang for a homosexual, used mainly in America - was `highly derogatory".Sun, News of the World (2004)
Mr Harris said the complainant had called him a `` faggot ' when he had pushed the man's penis to avoid being urinated on.The Mercury, Sunday Tasmanian (2004)
Ned lifted the faggot to his shoulders and held it there with one hand.The Secret of the Forgotten City
That Irma faggot can't wipe her ass without I'm tellin ' her how to do it!Stone City
`Lads who come from where I come from don't like being called a fuckin ' faggot ,' said Ryder.THE LAST PARTY: Britpop, Blair and the demise of English rock (2003)
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