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• FishFace@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  A faggot originally meant a bundle of sticks or twigs, and they were used to light fires, but I don’t think this has any relation to “fag” as in cigarette. Etymonline says of the latter:

  British slang for “cigarette” (originally, especially, the butt of a smoked cigarette), 1888, probably from fag “loose piece, last remnant of cloth” (late 14c., as in fag-end “extreme end, loose piece,” 1610s)

  That meaning of faggot, interestingly, comes from the same root as the Roman symbol “fasces” which is a bundle of sticks from which we get the modern word fascism.

  Another fun fact: there’s a traditional British dish called faggots which are a kind of meatball made from offal, somewhat similar to haggis but uncased.

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  • ThunderQueen@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I always knew fascists were a bunch of fags

    [im a gay tranny, relax]

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    • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      A granny, if you will

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      • ThunderQueen@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Grantifa at your service 🫡

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    • Niquarl@lemmy.ml ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Weird I only see removed except for your use of fags in plural. The second is removed in your comment too

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      • ThunderQueen@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Huh, that is weird. Might be ml specific. Its not removed for me unless i type out the full removed

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