OFF: More Brit Slang!

[f. rat]

Also faggot in UK refers to a strange, offally meaty lump of stuff much
enjoyed with gravy & 'taties. OK so this doesn't go any further in
explaining how it came to mean "one who is gay" in US, or does
it......eeeeeuuurrrrcccchhhhh!

F. Rat.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John H. McCartney <scorch at TE-CATS.COM>
> To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 7:10 PM
> Subject: Re: OFF: Brit Slang!
>
> > 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
> >