Lily
;6263255]Since when have cigarettes had a sexuality attached to them?!
Mind you, analogue cigarettes have for many decades been commonly called as 'fags' in the UK.
U.K. people still often use the informal term of 'fag' for a cigarette when they say,
'I need a fag.' 'Do you have a spare fag?' 'I'm going outside to smoke a fag.' 'Use an ashtray please for your fag ash.'
(We also call popular and delicious meatballs cooked at home and served in UK cafes, pubs, and restaurants, as faggots. This term was historically used long before the word meaning was later changed in the U.S. to mean a gay man.) Faggots are delicious btw.
A faggot also means a branch or twig, or a bundle of these which are used when making a fire and smoke.... so maybe that's where the UK term of a fag for a cigarette stems from... as ciggies are shaped like sticks and are lit-up to produce smoke.
(People here also commonly call cigarettes as 'ciggies', 'cig/s' and 'cancer sticks'.... and 'coffin (coughing) nails' is another popular term used here for cigs. Vapers who use electric cigarettes call old-fashioned cigarettes as 'analogue cigarettes' or just 'analogues' - or 'analog' spelling in the U.S.)
Fag:
1. [countable] (British English, informal) = cigarette
2. (also faggot) [countable] (North American English, taboo, slang) an offensive word for a male homosexual
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