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.
So now you know <grin>
AJ
[ February 28, 2004, 07:00 PM: Message edited by: Banna_Oj ]
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Don't forget that there are people in the world who would kill for a fag.
Posted by Sachiko (Member # 6139) on :
Or who burn fagots.
[ February 28, 2004, 07:06 PM: Message edited by: Sachiko ]
Posted by JonnyNotSoBravo (Member # 5715) on :
You mean fag as in the British term for a cigarette?
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
:12 year old snicker:
Hope Jettboy doesn't see this one:
quote: Mosiah 17: 13 And it came to pass that they took him and bound him, and scourged his skin with faggots, yea, even unto death.
Oh come on, you Mormons. You wanted to post it, too.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
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.
Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :
Customer: A Pack of Fags, please. Randal: You're a fag! Customer: A fag is a cigarette. Randal: You're a cigarette!
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
I'd like to participate in this thread but I spent the day cleaning house, and I'm fagged.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
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.