Faggot

For other uses, see Faggot (disambiguation).

Faggot, often shortened to fag in American usage, is a derogatory slur used to refer to gay men.[1][2] In American youth culture around the turn of the 21st century, its meaning extended as a broader reaching insult more related to masculinity and group power structure.[3]

The usage of fag and faggot has spread from the United States to varying extents elsewhere in the English-speaking world (especially the UK) through mass culture, including film, music, and the internet.

  1. ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin. 2000. ISBN 0-618-70172-9.
  2. ^ 2008, Paul Ryan Brewer, Value war: public opinion and the politics of gay rights, page 60
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference pascoe was invoked but never defined (see the help page).