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ARTICLES RELATED TO Faggot epithet - Earliest written uses | | | |  Faggot epithet - Earliest written uses: Encyclopedia II - Faggot epithet - Earliest written usesThe earliest known reference to the word in print was in the 1914 Jackson and Hellyer A Vocabulary of Criminal Slang, with Some Examples of Common Usages which listed the following example under the word, drag:
"All the fagots (sissies) will be dressed in drag at the ball tonight."
The word was also used by a character in Claude McKay’s 1928 novel Home to Harlem, indicating that it was used during the Harlem Renaissance. Specifically, one character says that he can't understand:
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See also:Faggot epithet, Faggot epithet - Etymology, Faggot epithet - Bundle of sticks, Faggot epithet - Bibilcal Allusion, Faggot epithet - Prostitution, Faggot epithet - British slang, Faggot epithet - Cigarettes, Faggot epithet - Earliest written uses, Faggot epithet - Culture Read more here: » Faggot epithet: Encyclopedia II - Faggot epithet - Earliest written uses |
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| | | | Faggot epithet - Earliest written uses: Encyclopedia II - Faggot epithet - Etymology The origins of the word in this sense have been clouded by mythology.
Faggot epithet - Bundle of sticks.
It has been frequently said that the pejorative use of the word derives from "faggot" in the sense of a bundle of sticks, because homosexual men were burned at the stake for sodomy and faggots were used as kindling.
There is, however, no historical evidence for these supposed derivations, and the use of the term "faggot" for gay men goes back only to the 19th century. The fact that this use appea ...
See also:Faggot epithet, Faggot epithet - Etymology, Faggot epithet - Bundle of sticks, Faggot epithet - Bibilcal Allusion, Faggot epithet - Prostitution, Faggot epithet - British slang, Faggot epithet - Cigarettes, Faggot epithet - Earliest written uses, Faggot epithet - Culture Read more here: » Faggot epithet: Encyclopedia II - Faggot epithet - Etymology |
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