fag

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.
2. (colloquial) A cigarette.
3. (colloquial,obsolete) The worst part or end of a thing.

Verb

1. (colloquial) To make exhausted, tired out.
2. (colloquial) To droop; to tire.
3. (colloquial) (of a younger student) To act as a servant for senior students in many British boarding schools.
4. (colloquial) To have (a younger student) act as a servant in this way.
5. To work hard, especially on menial chores.

Concepts

clope

cigarette

pédé

tapette

sèche

tante

enculeur

cibiche

corvée

fatiguer

user

peiner

s’épuiser à la tâche

Cigarette

cigare

fée

pet

prout

pédale

fif

lopette

chochotte

inverti

gai

gay

homo

homophile

homosexuel

uraniste

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fæɡ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Probably from fag end (“remnant”), from Middle English fagge (“flap”).