houndeyes@toast.ooo to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat did you call me?toast.oooimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageWhat did you call me?toast.ooohoundeyes@toast.ooo to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squarePissmidget@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoBottom one is more stop/end computer class, does not imply graduation, though fag is generally used as tradecraft. Which makes the books you use for it fag literature.
minus-squareClent@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoFag in Norwegians has norse origins while faggot developed independently and only recently become a slur and come out of American vernacular. In older English it was used to mean a burdensome person and it’s sort of resumed that meaning as it’s now often used to mean someone who is annoying. Adding a fun double entendre when used to describe a homophobic person.
Bottom one is more stop/end computer class, does not imply graduation, though fag is generally used as tradecraft. Which makes the books you use for it fag literature.
Btw, where did faggot come from?
Fag in Norwegians has norse origins while faggot developed independently and only recently become a slur and come out of American vernacular.
In older English it was used to mean a burdensome person and it’s sort of resumed that meaning as it’s now often used to mean someone who is annoying.
Adding a fun double entendre when used to describe a homophobic person.