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faggot

faggot

188 9.9
A very offensive insulting word for a gay man
  • noun
  • /ˈfæɡət/
  • Slur
translation icon : maricón
  • " Why would he be particularly afraid of a faggot doing that? "
  • call someone a faggot

Like I don't mind you calling me a faggot because I don't give a shit.

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Examples

  • Plus, anytime his music came up, a faggot joke was sure to follow.

    Blog text (13)
  • I knew what a faggot was because my brothers called me that.

    Academic text (2007)
  • - What'd you say to me, faggot?

  • Like I don't mind you calling me a faggot because I don't give a shit.

  • What up, faggot?

  • "Athletes are men," he raged, "not fucking faggots!" He would have rather it had been from needles.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • As we exit the library, the words "psychos," "faggots," and "losers" reach us from behind study carrels.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • I was scared because the preacher would say stuff like, "We ain't hatching no faggots up in here."

    Academic text (2007)
  • Dylan Theno testified that he had repeatedly been called "faggot," "flamer," and "masturbater boy" since seventh grade.

    Academic text (2008)
  • He was bullied at school and often heard other students call him a faggot for being different.

Synonyms

homosexual
vsfaggot
140 4.1

A person who is sexually attracted to people of the same sex

is an extremely offensive derogatory label aimed at people of that orientation
gay man
vsfaggot
67 2.7

A man who is attracted to other men

is an extremely offensive derogatory label aimed at those men
homosexualist
vsfaggot
  • Archaic
7.5

A person who is attracted to people of the same sex

is an extremely offensive derogatory label often used against such people

Compounds

9.9

An offensive and hateful way to talk about a same-sex marriage

faggot stitch
  • Specialized
9.9

A decorative sewing method that joins rows of threads or fabric edges in an open pattern

How Offensive

faggot
  • Slur
188 9.9
homosexual
140 4.1
gay man
67 2.7

Surface Forms

faggot singular
faggots plural

Etymology

Faggot is now a very offensive slur for a homosexual man. This hateful use developed later from older meanings like 'bundle' or a name for a disliked person, so it is a cruel insult and must never be used.