OFF: Brit Slang!

[The Word Meister]

That is correct.  The term derives from the old English for stick.

-TWM

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::-----Original Message-----
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::Behalf Of John H. McCartney
::Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 1:10 PM
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::Subject: Re: OFF: Brit Slang!
::
::
::> Ok...here is one.....the term "Fag" in "amerikun" slang
::connotates someone
::> attracted to the same sex.   "Fag" in the UK is a cigarette.
::>
::> When I first heard of a cigarrette referred to as a "Fag", it
::made me laugh
::> due to the other connotation, and it was a curiosity as to how that came
::> about to begin with.
::
::
::My suspicion is that the term "fag" in reference to cigarettes comes
::from the word "faggot", which originally was in reference to a stick,
::as in "a bundle of faggots". That usage dates back to the middle ages.
::I figure that cigs are somewhat sticklike.....
::
::As to how faggot got it's present connotation I've no idea.
::
::
::scorch