that happened last night. some one asked if i had a F.ag, i didnt know whether to punch him out or give him a cigarette till he told me
2007-01-01 03:10:42 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
A little research of your own would've revealed this:
"In British English the term f ag (though not f *****) most commonly means a cigarette. A military marching song popular with the British army during the First World War featured the line "while there's a Lucifer (matchstick) to light your f ag...". This is derived from the original meaning (OED 1) of "f ag-end" :"the last part of a piece of cloth", which by extension became used (OED 2, 1st citation 1612) for "the last part or portion of anything". When cigarettes were invented, this was applied to the unsmoked part, and then came to mean the whole cigarette. But the various historic British uses of "f ag" and "f *****" were always distinct."
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2007-01-01 03:16:05 · answer #1 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't have any problem with being called a Brit. What I do have a problem with, is people who don't even know what British means (i.e. the ones who think that British means English).
2016-05-23 02:54:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try looking up the word ******. I think the real meaning is some kind of stick. That would explain why the Brits use the word
2007-01-01 03:12:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No idea, but as you say, it confuses yanks, so well worthwhile. "Just popping out for 20 fags, that should keep me going until the morning"
What you know as meatballs, we call *******, which is even more fun.
2007-01-01 03:13:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
'Fa.g' isn't at all a rude word in England. Its just a slang term. America has alot of slang that would be unusual to a British person.
2007-01-01 03:14:04 · answer #5 · answered by H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same reason Americans call backsides "fannies"
In the UK, only females have fannies.
2007-01-01 03:14:02 · answer #6 · answered by Roy S 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
because the word 'fag' means a stick. cigarette stick. stick. "may i bum a fag off of you."
2007-01-01 03:13:35 · answer #7 · answered by 909donna702 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well a fa*ggot in english, even us english, means twig and a cig looks like a twig sort of
2007-01-01 03:18:22 · answer #8 · answered by wayne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a brittish colloquilism for cigarette
2007-01-01 03:14:40 · answer #9 · answered by SKYDOGSLIM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a "fag" is actually a bundle of sticks. that's where it comes from.
2007-01-01 03:13:37 · answer #10 · answered by yankfan 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋