Posted by Eugene Volokh:
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2698507.stm";>"The Faggot 
Family"</a>:

     The Doody family from Wolverhampton has been crowned The Faggot
     Family in a national competition, and to kick off their reign they
     will launch National Faggot Week. . . .

     The competition was organised by . . . Mr Brain's Faggots. . . .

   OK, I admit it, the ellipses end up concealing the real explanation.
   (Incidentally, for those who think this is a hoax, it doesn't seem to
   be, and the Oxford English Dictionary does indeed confirm that
   "faggot" has the definition that the story references.)

   Thanks to my friend Ted Balaker for the pointer.

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