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All right, I have been saying this today to people who actually *should* know the derivation of this word (including my significant other Steve).
from Dictionary.com
quote: fag·ot also fag·got n. A bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together. A bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded or hammered into bars.
tr.v. fag·ot·ed, also fag·got·ed fag·ot·ing, fag·got·ing fag·ots, fag·gots To bind into a fagot; bundle. To decorate with fagoting.
Anyway I bundled at least 11 fagots, because our garbage man will only take branches if they are bundled together with twine, in lengths of less than four feet.
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I've got some relatives who pronounce "forget" as "FA-git". It's made visiting relatives gasp more than a couple times.
Anyway, I've known it's a bundle of sticks since 6th grade, but I had no idea it had any connotations of cigarettes 'til I started using the 'net way too much.
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Customer: A Pack of Fags, please. Randal: You're a fag! Customer: A fag is a cigarette. Randal: You're a cigarette!
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Hmmm.... we also make those around here (the bundle of twigs for firewood starters).
But we always spelled them with two "g"'s. I see your dictionary definition shows it both ways. I never knew it could be either. We also wrote "faggot" and thought that kept it separated from the not-so-nice slang meaning of the word.
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