Faggot - Wikipedia Faggot, used as a discriminatory term, has expanded beyond gay men It is often used by the youth in online communities to describe any queer person or someone who differs from the norm
Faggot - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Faggot is an offensive slang term for a gay man Though it originally (and more harmlessly) meant "a bundle of sticks," the word faggot should be used very carefully or avoided completely
Faggot - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline "male homosexual," 1914, American English slang, probably from earlier contemptuous term for "woman" (1590s), especially an old and unpleasant one, in reference to faggot (n 1) "bundle of sticks," as something awkward that has to be carried (compare baggage "worthless woman," 1590s)
faggot - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Noun faggot (plural faggots) (chiefly UK, Ireland, collective) A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one )
FAGGOT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary faggot in American English (ˈfæɡət ) US noun Origin: prob extended < fag (gay man), on the pattern of faggot 1 offensive, slang a gay man [though this term is widely considered a slur in general use and is often offensive, it does have some humorous use among gay men]
faggot — Wordorigins. org The use of faggot to mean a gay man is originally an Americanism and appears in the early twentieth century, an extension of the epithet for a woman, emphasizing the stereotype of effeminacy, much like queen or fairy