houndeyes@toast.ooo to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat did you call me?toast.oooimagemessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageWhat did you call me?toast.ooohoundeyes@toast.ooo to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square62linkfedilink
minus-squarePissmidget@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoBottom one is more stop/end computer class, does not imply graduation, though fag is generally used as tradecraft. Which makes the books you use for it fag literature.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day ago It is now safe to turn off your computer
minus-squareMojoMcJojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoYes, when datafag become slutt computer science end
minus-squareClent@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoFag in Norwegians has norse origins while faggot developed independently and only recently become a slur and come out of American vernacular. In older English it was used to mean a burdensome person and it’s sort of resumed that meaning as it’s now often used to mean someone who is annoying. Adding a fun double entendre when used to describe a homophobic person.
minus-squareonipa@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoFaggot is apparently a bundle of sticks (formerly a burdensome baggage)
minus-squarePat_Riot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoAlso the totally appropriate name for the bassoon in some languages, because it looks like a pile of sticks.
minus-squareHazel@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoFrom fasces I think, same as fascism.
Bottom one is more stop/end computer class, does not imply graduation, though fag is generally used as tradecraft. Which makes the books you use for it fag literature.
Yes, when datafag become slutt computer science end
Btw, where did faggot come from?
Fag in Norwegians has norse origins while faggot developed independently and only recently become a slur and come out of American vernacular.
In older English it was used to mean a burdensome person and it’s sort of resumed that meaning as it’s now often used to mean someone who is annoying.
Adding a fun double entendre when used to describe a homophobic person.
Faggot is apparently a bundle of sticks (formerly a burdensome baggage)
Also the totally appropriate name for the bassoon in some languages, because it looks like a pile of sticks.
From fasces I think, same as fascism.