Faggot Definition & Meaning

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    • faggot 1 American [fag-uht] / ˈfæg ət /

    noun

    Slang.

    1. Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a gay person, especially a gay man.

    2. Offensive. a contemptible or dislikable person.

    faggot 2 American [fag-uht] / ˈfæg ət /

    noun

    British.

    1. fagot.

    faggot 1 British / ˈfæɡət /

    noun

    1. a bundle of sticks or twigs, esp when bound together and used as fuel

    2. 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

    3. a ball of chopped meat, usually pork liver, bound with herbs and bread and eaten fried

    4. a bundle of anything

    "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

    verb

    1. to collect into a bundle or bundles

    2. needlework to do faggoting on (a garment, piece of cloth, etc)

    "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 faggot 2 British / ˈfæɡət /

    noun

    1. Often shortened to: fag. slang a male homosexual

    "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

    Sensitive Note

    The terms faggot and fag are both used with disparaging intent and are perceived as highly insulting. However, faggot (but not fag ) is sometimes used within the gay community as a positive term of self-reference.

    Other Word Forms

    • faggotty adjective
    • faggoty adjective

    Etymology

    Origin of faggot

    An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; perhaps from faggot, a chiefly British contemptuous term for a woman; perhaps the same word as fagot

    Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

    Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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