Anyway, there is a connection between the word fag meaning a cigarette and fag being a derogatory term for homosexual.
A fag in its older usage meant a glowing ember. Back when burning at the stake was a common way of ending a person's life, it was deemed a waste of a good firewood to burn a homosexual. Therefore, homosexuals were tossed on the dying coals thereby tossing them onto the fags. Therefore the derogatory term.
Anyway, when we took him for a
walking tour of downtown Chicago he spotted a mate up the block walking
towards us.... we of course didn't recognize him or know they were
acquainted.... until he yelled out to his buddy.... "Can I bum a fag from
you mate?" Which can have a very different meaning here in US. I was ready
to crawl into the nearest crack in the building so not a soul would think I
was with him. ROTFLMAO!!! Not something you will ever forget. I'm so
thankful I made it through that day without anyone getting deeply offended
by me.
Deb
