fag hag
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9.9
- noun
- Slur
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[Término ofensivo] amiga de hombres homosexuales
- She proudly introduced her friend as her fag hag at the Pride parade, where they both felt at home.
Oh my God, she's a fag hag.
- Oh my God, she's a fag hag.
Examples
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As a fag hag, she spent her weekends attending drag shows with her close gay friends.
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She's kind of a fag hag.
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She's a fag hag, right?
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Hey, Eric, I didn't know you had a fag hag!
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His mother was particularly close to me, and we joked that she was a "fag hag."
Blog text (20) -
Alice VanVleet is a bored, middle-aged fag hag.
Fiction book (1996) -
Everyone at the party knew her as the ultimate fag hag, always ready to support her gay friends and join their celebrations.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Even though the parts 'fag' (derogatory term for gay men) and 'hag' (an ugly/old woman) are understandable, their literal combination does not transparently yield the specific sense 'a woman who befriends gay men.' The term is slang, culturally loaded and pejorative, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would not reliably infer the intended social/friendship meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
Fag hag is a slang word that probably began as a joking name in gay social groups: the parts fag, a rude word for gay men, and hag, meaning an older woman, create the image of a woman who is always with gay men. That's why it means a woman who has close friendships with gay men, though the term can be seen as 'offensive'.