Fag - Definition and Overview

The term fag derives from the word "flag", which is a variant of the Middle English word flacken (to flutter), or as a shortened form of the word faggot, which originally meant a bundle of sticks and is now a perjoritive term for a homosexual person.

Fag has several meanings:

• fag (fag-end)

• fag (personal servant)

• fag (cigarette)

• fag (pejorative)

See also

• American and British English differences.