houndeyes@toast.ooo to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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 · 3 days agomessage-square62linkfedilink
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-up0·3 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-up0·3 days agoFrom fasces I think, same as fascism.
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.