"fagette" meaning in All languages combined

See fagette on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /fæˈɡɛt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: fagettes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From fag + -ette, or a feminine mutation of the word faggot. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fag|-ette<id:female>}} fag + -ette Head templates: {{en-noun}} fagette (plural fagettes)
  1. (slang, derogatory, rare, sometimes offensive) A female homosexual; a lesbian. Tags: derogatory, offensive, rare, slang, sometimes

Inflected forms

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    ],
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      "faggot",
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    ]
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              192,
              199
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1991, Lindsy Van Gelder, Pamela Robin Brandt, Are You Two- Together?: A Gay and Lesbian Travel Guide to Europe, page 165:",
          "text": "[…] all but the most hopeless nightlife addicts stay instead at a gay-friendly establishment in one of the small towns near Ludwig's castles, and commute up to Munich for an occasional fag or fagette fix.",
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          "ref": "1998 July 14, Sara Freeman, “First Lesbian Opera?”, in rec.music.opera (Usenet):",
          "text": "OK, fagette, let's use a little common sense here ... if it is within your capability.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2000 September 10, “Hey, FAGS and FAGETTES, I'll be back real soon!!!”, in alt.fan.madonna (Usenet):",
          "text": "So don't be sad for long. I have to get some things done here around the hearth. But I will be back before you even have time to wipe your tears......or your ass.",
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              27,
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          "ref": "2002 January 29, geek_girl, “this NG sucks”, in misc.fitness.weights (Usenet):",
          "text": "Maybe he meant \"fags\" and \"fagettes.\" You know, as in girl fags, like poor little itty bitty tittied Nina.",
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          "ref": "2006, Colin White, Laurie Boucke, The UnDutchables, page 145:",
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        },
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          "ref": "2021, Carlton R. Collier, Screaming Monkeys (HB) (page 298)",
          "text": "[…] fags and fagettes fornicating in the streets."
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              192,
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          "ref": "1991, Lindsy Van Gelder, Pamela Robin Brandt, Are You Two- Together?: A Gay and Lesbian Travel Guide to Europe, page 165:",
          "text": "[…] all but the most hopeless nightlife addicts stay instead at a gay-friendly establishment in one of the small towns near Ludwig's castles, and commute up to Munich for an occasional fag or fagette fix.",
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        },
        {
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            [
              10,
              18
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          ],
          "ref": "2006, Colin White, Laurie Boucke, The UnDutchables, page 145:",
          "text": "FAGS (AND FAGETTES)",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Carlton R. Collier, Screaming Monkeys (HB) (page 298)",
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        }
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        "derogatory",
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