OFF: Brit Slang!

[Michael W Blackman]

gay men from days of old with a fondnes for inserting faggot bundles in their friends bums??
They probably didn't have gerbils around in the olden days........


In a message dated Fri, 9 Aug 2002 05:07:09  AEDT, "John H. McCartney" <scorch at TE-CATS.COM> writes:

> > 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