fag
part of speech
noun (a fag, fags)
meaning for a pupil
1) (UK, slang) A fag is a cigarette. tree →
2) (UK, informal) A fag is a boring or tiring job: what a fag! tree →
3) (UK, old) At some old boarding schools, a fag was a younger boy who did jobs for an older one. tree →
4) (offensive) A hateful slur against gay men, mostly American; never use it. tree →
sense in the lessons
Heard in UK rough talk (going out for a fag), health lessons about smoking, old school stories; the slur appears in bullying, which schools stop.
examples
- (UK slang) Uncle Mick went outside for a fag. tree →
- There were fag ends all over the pavement. tree →
- (UK) Washing up after a party is such a fag. tree →
- Smoking fags damages your lungs. tree →
- In the old story, the young boy had to be a fag for the prefects. tree →
- Calling someone a hateful name is bullying; tell a teacher. tree →
note
The cigarette sense is British slang; in the USA the word is mainly the slur, so avoid it. «Fag end» = cigarette end, or the last bit of something. Related: fagged out (UK, very tired).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fag» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.