"fag tag" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fag tags [plural]
Etymology: The idea that the textile sense has been connected with the anti-gay sense since its inception may be a folk etymology. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fag tag (plural fag tags)
  1. A small loop of material on the back of a shirt, used for hanging it.
    Sense id: en-fag_tag-en-noun-HSZ-cIBN
  2. (slang, derogatory, dated) Such a textile tag, or any other mark or feature on one's person or one's clothing, that allegedly labels one as gay (homosexual), especially in the notional playground lore of schoolchildren raised in a cultural milieu of anti-gay ideology. Tags: dated, derogatory, slang Related terms: cooties, tramp stamp
    Sense id: en-fag_tag-en-noun-gX0dghXK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English rhyming compounds, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English rhyming compounds: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69

Inflected forms

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