faggotish style
- noun
- Slur
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[Insulto ofensivo por un estilo afeminado o llamativo]
- The article condemned the media’s tendency to label expressive clothing choices as faggotish style.
Examples
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Some critics unfairly dismissed the designer's creations as having a faggotish style.
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He was mocked for his faggotish style at the party, which many found offensive.
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Don't wear that faggotish style!
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He loves his faggotish style!
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The article condemned the media’s tendency to label expressive clothing choices as faggotish style.
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Some critics unfairly dismissed the designer's creations as having a faggotish style.
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He was mocked for his faggotish style at the party, which many found offensive.
Synonyms
A way of dressing or acting people think is like women's style
A bold way of dressing or speaking that gets attention
Surface Forms
Morphology
faggotish + style
The phrase is morphologically compositional: the adjective 'faggotish' is formed with the productive English suffix -ish meaning 'like' or 'having the qualities of', and 'style' means manner or fashion, so the combined meaning 'a style like/characteristic of [faggot]' is directly derivable. Although the item is highly offensive and culturally sensitive, its semantic structure is regular and predictable for a learner who already knows the constituent forms.
Etymology
The phrase faggotish style comes from the offensive word faggot, the ending -ish meaning 'like', and the word style for clothes or fashion. So it became an insulting way to describe someone's clothes or look as showy, and it is used to insult gay men or people seen as feminine.
