"-fag" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2008 May 18, Askren [username], “Re: Is Cos and RTC violating U.S. tax law?”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet):",
          "text": "I'll forward this to a few lawfags and see what he^([sic]) deal is.",
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          "ref": "2008 July 11, Onideus Mad Hatter [username], “BTW Lego Newfag”, in rec.toys.lego (Usenet):",
          "text": "Oh, also, using Outhouse Express...yeah, really shows off what a Usenet newfag you are, just a lil FYI for ya. You might wanna try XNews or Agent or any *REAL* news browser (not a mail client with some sloppily added extras).",
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          "ref": "2009 June 18, Onslaught Six [username], “Re: I really didn't study for this test”, in alt.toys.transformers (Usenet):",
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          "word": "-friend"
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          "word": "-frog"
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          "roman": "lan²",
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          "word": "撚"
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          "ref": "2008 July 11, Onideus Mad Hatter [username], “BTW Lego Newfag”, in rec.toys.lego (Usenet):",
          "text": "Oh, also, using Outhouse Express...yeah, really shows off what a Usenet newfag you are, just a lil FYI for ya. You might wanna try XNews or Agent or any *REAL* news browser (not a mail client with some sloppily added extras).",
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      "word": "-friend"
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      "word": "-frog"
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      "word": "撚"
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