fag

Slang for cigarette

Two different words have settled on the spelling fag.

In British English, a fag is a cigarette, and to fag means to work hard until exhausted; in the boarding school tradition, a fag was a younger student performing menial tasks for an older one.

In American English, fag is a slur for a gay man, shortened from faggot.

The word is offensive and often wounding, though some gay men use it among themselves: I'm a fag like Oscar Wilde, like James Baldwin.

cigarette

tobacco

Dried smoking leaf

nicotineAddictive tobacco alkaloid
smokeAirborne combustion byproduct
smokingInhaling burning tobacco

filter · tar · menthol · lighter · ashtray · drag · puff · pack · butt · stub

labor

toil

Strenuous, prolonged effort

drudgeryHard, boring work
choresRoutine household tasks
grindCrush into particles

servitude · exhaustion · tiredness · weariness · fatigue · menial · errands · tedium · slog · prefect

slur

homophobia

Prejudice against same-sex attraction

derogatoryExpressing criticism or disrespect
insultOffensive remark or action
offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented

pejorative · bigotry · prejudice · discrimination · stigma · intolerance · bullying · harassment · abuse · vilification

fag

tobacco

toil

homophobia

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