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fag rag

fag rag noun: a magazine which focuses on gay issues and interests.

Noun

fag rag (plural fag rags)

  1. (derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar) A magazine which focuses on gay issues and interests.
    • For those of you out-of-the-know, Blueboy is a fag rag on the nice end of the spectrum (opposite Manmeat.)1992, Louise Rafkin, Queer and Pleasant Danger: Writing Out My Life, Cleis Press, →ISBN, page 148
    • He handed her the magazine, and she recognized it as one of her brother Herb's gay publications which he kept hidden in a box under his bed, thinking no one knew about his stash of fag rags.1997, John Patrick, Come Again, STARbooks press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 110
    Synonyms:
    fagazine, fag mag

Synonyms of fag rag

Forms of fag rag

pluralfag rags

Questions about fag rag

What does fag rag mean?
Fag rag means a magazine which focuses on gay issues and interests.
What part of speech is fag rag?
Fag rag is a noun.
What is the plural of fag rag?
The plural of fag rag is fag rags.

Words near fag rag in the dictionary

  1. fag marriage
  2. fag marriages
  3. fag out
  4. fag packet
  5. fag packets
  6. fag rag
  7. fag rags
  8. fag stag
  9. fag stags
  10. fag tag
  11. fag tags

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