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fagling en · NOUN

Etymology

From fag + -ling.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, offensive, sometimes, vulgar) A young male homosexual.
    • You're behaving like a young fagling who has discovered gay sex, and therefore thinks he has nothing more to discover about his gayness. 1996 December 24, Michael Thomas, “Re: The Christmas Bell”, in soc.motss (Usenet):
    • Compelled? I like this idea. Like those re-education camps in Vietnam. We line all the young faglings up and force them to watch The Harvey Girls over and over and over again. And The Pirate! And Meet Me in St. Louis! And Judy singing "Liza, Liza Minnelli" on national television to her seemingly less than thrilled but always professional daughter. 1997 July 5, You Rang? [username], “Re: Judy”, in soc.motss (Usenet):
    • I was a tender young fagling of sixteen when I saw it on a double-bill with _The Gay Deceivers_ in 1970. 2005 February 25, Mike McKinley, “Re: The Boys in the Band (the movie)”, in soc.motss (Usenet):

Forms

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faglings Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

faglet