Timeline for Words with different meanings in American and British English
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| May 9, 2011 at 18:55 | comment | added | Matt E. Эллен | Fag / faggot has an interesting origin, as to how it became slang for homosexual. Since faggot meant bundle of sticks, how fag came to mean cigarette is obvious. A good explanation can be found here: hotforwords.com/2008/01/16/faggot-a-bundle-of-sticks-right | |
| S Apr 13, 2011 at 19:50 | history | answered | PSU | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
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