fag 1 |fag|
noun [ in sing. ] informal, chiefly Brit.
a tiring or unwelcome task: it's too much of a fag to drive all the way there and back again.
• Brit.a junior pupil at a private school who works and runs errands for a senior pupil.
verb ( fags, fagging , fagged ) [ no obj. ] Brit. informal
work hard, esp. at a tedious job or task: he didn't have to fag away in a lab to get the right answer.
• (of a pupil at a private school) work and run errands for a senior pupil.
ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (as a verb in the sense ‘grow weary’): of unknown origin. Compare with flag1.
fag 2 |fag|
noun informal, derogatory
a male homosexual.
DERIVATIVES
faggy adjective
ORIGIN 1920s: short for faggot.
fag 3 |fag|
nounBrit. informal
a cigarette.
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: elliptically from fag end.
is it normal to not be gay anymore but still have Gay tendencies ?
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fag 1 |fag|
noun [ in sing. ] informal, chiefly Brit.
a tiring or unwelcome task: it's too much of a fag to drive all the way there and back again.
• Brit.a junior pupil at a private school who works and runs errands for a senior pupil.
verb ( fags, fagging , fagged ) [ no obj. ] Brit. informal
work hard, esp. at a tedious job or task: he didn't have to fag away in a lab to get the right answer.
• (of a pupil at a private school) work and run errands for a senior pupil.
ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (as a verb in the sense ‘grow weary’): of unknown origin. Compare with flag1.
fag 2 |fag|
noun informal, derogatory
a male homosexual.
DERIVATIVES
faggy adjective
ORIGIN 1920s: short for faggot.
fag 3 |fag|
nounBrit. informal
a cigarette.
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: elliptically from fag end.