Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See fagot, fagoting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Slang, disparaging a male homosexual; -- always used disparagingly and considered offensive.
- noun a bundle of sticks and branches bound together; -- same as
fagot{1} .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun rare, dated in US A burning or
smouldering piece offirewood . - noun chiefly UK A
bundle ofsticks tied together. - noun obsolete Burdensome baggage.
- noun this sense?)(
obsolete ,pejorative ) An old woman. - noun Ireland, colloquial, pejorative, obsolete A
shrewish woman. - noun derogatory, vulgar, colloquial, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand A
gay man. - noun pejorative, vulgar, US, colloquial An annoying or
inconsiderate person. - noun Australia, Ireland, New Zealand (
obsolete , in North America) The cast off end of a smokedcigarette . - noun chiefly UK A
meatball made frompork . - verb Alternative form of
fagot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
- verb ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
- verb fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them
- verb bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot
Etymologies
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Examples
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The word faggot was tossed about by Marlin like a threat of some kind.
Escape MaryAnne Kolton 2011
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You cannot use the term faggot in a friendly way, just as you cannot use trannie or nigger in camaraderie.
Archive 2009-02-01 Renee 2009
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You cannot use the term faggot in a friendly way, just as you cannot use trannie or nigger in camaraderie.
Family Business Renee 2009
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When I was done hosing that stuff down, I sat in the office again, the word faggot and all that uglinesseven out there in wonderful Wisconsinsettling in my mind like a message.
Dark Dude Oscar Hijuelos 2008
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When I was done hosing that stuff down, I sat in the office again, the word faggot and all that uglinesseven out there in wonderful Wisconsinsettling in my mind like a message.
Dark Dude Oscar Hijuelos 2008
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When I was done hosing that stuff down, I sat in the office again, the word faggot and all that uglinesseven out there in wonderful Wisconsinsettling in my mind like a message.
Dark Dude Oscar Hijuelos 2008
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Number two: Dj Hi-Tek says the word faggot doesn't hold any power over him.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Washington knows of both the psychological damage and the physical harm the word "faggot" engenders.
Irene Monroe: Tracy Morgan's Homophobic Rant Was About Black Manhood Irene Monroe 2011
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And he knows it not only from empathizing as an African American where the n-word has been hurled at him, but he also knows of the harm the word "faggot" engenders from being called one.
Irene Monroe: Tracy Morgan's Homophobic Rant Was About Black Manhood Irene Monroe 2011
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Not everyone who calls you a faggot is actually thinking about balls and assholes the way you do all day.
john commented on the word faggot
Perhaps the weirdest WeirdNet yet. I've never ever heard of this definition.
November 28, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word faggot
Wow! That's a good one! What the hell's a faggot stitch?
November 28, 2007
yarb commented on the word faggot
Astonishing.
November 28, 2007
trivet commented on the word faggot
See here.
November 28, 2007
uselessness commented on the word faggot
It's decided. If we're doing a List of the Year award, we also need something for the Most Unexpected WeirdNet Definition.
November 28, 2007
reesetee commented on the word faggot
Wait, I know what this is! As trivet's citation describes, it looks like this.
Wow, I'm as weird as WeirdNet.
November 28, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word faggot
I agree, u. I nominate... well, I don't really want to nominate this word page. Oh! I know: peeler.
John, I think adding WeirdNet definitions has enriched this site in ways too numerous to count. No kidding. The conversations it's spawned are awesome, and I've learned a lot (whether I wanted to or not).
November 28, 2007
kewpid commented on the word faggot
Oh hey, pink triangles! That's not even remotely suggestive…
February 16, 2008
reesetee commented on the word faggot
Kewpid, are you referring to the image I posted way back when? Totally coincidence; honest. Here, have another.
Besides, I like pink triangles.
February 16, 2008
sionnach commented on the word faggot
You mean this isn't just another word for the bassoon?
February 16, 2008
reesetee commented on the word faggot
I'm sure they could make room in the dictionary for that definition, skipvia. After all, it has so many other meanings already. ;->
February 17, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word faggot
Did anyone notice that faggot stitch is apparently related to scarf? and they are also weirdnet twins...
May 3, 2008
frindley commented on the word faggot
Also another name for bassoon. German spelling "Fagott" and Italian "fagotto". From the French "fagot", meaning a bundle of sticks.
May 3, 2008
reesetee commented on the word faggot
Prolagus, you may know this (because you're from Italy, not because of any political affiliation)--is this word not related to the symbol for Fascism, the fasces (a bundle of sticks)?
May 4, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word faggot
On the page for a word which can be a derogatory term for a homosexual (defs. 7 and 8), Google manages to place a jewellery ad featuring what I think is meant to be a lesbian kiss. Is Google under the spell of WeirdNet...?
May 4, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word faggot
Google is now advertising a site called 'Gay-parship'. Tasteful.
December 20, 2008
madmouth commented on the word faggot
Mark Tietjens to brother Chris:
"'I'd not like to sleep with that wife of yours. She's too athletic. It'd be like sleeping with a bundle of faggots. I suppose though you're a pair of turtle doves...'"
Ford Maddox Ford, Parade's End, p.219
September 21, 2009
marky commented on the word faggot
Fagot: Worst Last Name
March 5, 2010