fag tag

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small loop of material on the back of a shirt, used for hanging it.
  2. 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.

Word forms

fag tag fag tags

Etymology

The idea that the textile sense has been connected with the anti-gay sense since its inception may be a folk etymology.

Related words

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