Slang Terms That Just Confuse You

[Donomni]

Fag(As in the word, durp).

How the hell did it become a term for everyone insulted by a middle-schooler?

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by Donomni

Fag(As in the word, durp).

How the hell did it become a term for everyone insulted by a middle-schooler?

Well, the term "faggot" actually means a bundle of wood, and you can see how that could transmute into male anatomy. As for why it got applied as a catch-all insult, it's just a matter of "gay" being used as a negative label to slap on anything and everything, so calling someone a fag is just a quick and dirty insult one can spit in a syllable.

Personally, I think it's retarded that people are still spewing that crap, but then high school students aren't exactly known for their wisdom and maturity. Actually, even from the standpoint of having walked among them while in high school, they're about as idiotic as you can get, with a maturity level of about that of a ten-year-old, little-dog syndrome, and the delusion of being bulletproof.

[Funka Genocide]

this entire thread is wack yo

[Premmy]

whack yo' what?

[katiuska]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

Well, the term "faggot" actually means a bundle of wood, and you can see how that could transmute into male anatomy. As for why it got applied as a catch-all insult, it's just a matter of "gay" being used as a negative label to slap on anything and everything, so calling someone a fag is just a quick and dirty insult one can spit in a syllable.

Personally, I think it's retarded that people are still spewing that crap, but then high school students aren't exactly known for their wisdom and maturity. Actually, even from the standpoint of having walked among them while in high school, they're about as idiotic as you can get, with a maturity level of about that of a ten-year-old, little-dog syndrome, and the delusion of being bulletproof.

My 10th grade English teacher told us that the word became an epithet in concentration camps, because they viewed homosexuals with so much contempt that they considered them like kindle for the other bodies they were burning; a quick search, however, fails to back that up, so that's probably just BS.

Incidentally, my dad occasionally uses the word maricón in the same sort of general way 14-year-old boys use fag/gay, which I understand isn't uncommon for his time and place.

[DFM]

Originally Posted by Premonitions

whack yo' what?

Whack yo' faggot.

[Premmy]

'snot my faggot, might be yo' faggot.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

Personally, I think it's retarded that people are still spewing that crap, but then high school students aren't exactly known for their wisdom and maturity. Actually, even from the standpoint of having walked among them while in high school, they're about as idiotic as you can get, with a maturity level of about that of a ten-year-old, little-dog syndrome, and the delusion of being bulletproof.

I like how while condoning the use of derogatory terms about homosexuals we can just insult a whole different swathe of people.

[Jagos]

I could swear fags were cigarettes.

[katiuska]

That too, but we almost never call them that in the U.S.