Aug 03 2010 12:37 am
Posted by Grandson under Humor
Why are Cigarettes called fags
Why are Cigarettes called fags |
It seems that it originates in a term used in sailing, or shipping. In ship or sailor terms, a "Fag-end" was a rope that was frayed and useless at the end. Cigarettes have a non-smokable butt (or filter) on one end that is useless, so the term "Fag" got applied to the butts, and ended up being used for the whole of the cigarette. The word "fag" is a British term, used to describe a tobacco cigarette.
In addition
- The term "fag" is also short for Middle English "Fagge," or to droop. A fag is a student at a British public school who is also required to perform menial tasks for a student in a higher class.
- In British English, it means to drudge or do fatiguing or tedious work.
As previously stated, it means a cigarette and is short for the term "fag end," which means the butt of a cigarette. And it also means the last and worst part, the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope, an inferior or worn-out remnant or a broken thread in cloth, something that hangs loose.
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Robb George on 31 Aug 2010 at 8:14 pm #
Thank you for making the United States seem as imbecilic as possible. I’d like to point out that every single American, myself included, is an obese, ignorant, and arrogant piece of sh*t. Not only do we not have the capacity to understand the finesse required to speak or properly compose any sort of sentence structure in the English language, we are also a population entirely composed of right-wing, Evangelist bigots that lack class and grammatical awareness. We are also incapable of using satire to our advantage when it comes to disguising our downright distaste for the ignorance of others within our sad consumer-driven culture. Again, my gratuitous thanks.
afsd on 23 Jan 2011 at 2:19 pm #
@Robb George: I completely agree.