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fagling

fagling noun: a young male homosexual.

Noun

fagling (plural faglings)

  1. (derogatory, offensive, sometimes, vulgar) A young male homosexual.
    • You're behaving like a young fagling who has discovered gay sex, and therefore thinks he has nothing more to discover about his gayness.1996 December 24, Michael Thomas, “Re: The Christmas Bell”, in soc.motss (Usenet)
    • Compelled? I like this idea. Like those re-education camps in Vietnam. We line all the young faglings up and force them to watch The Harvey Girls over and over and over again. And The Pirate! And Meet Me in St. Louis! And Judy singing "Liza, Liza Minnelli" on national television to her seemingly...1997 July 5, You Rang? [username], “Re: Judy”, in soc.motss (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    faglet

Examples of fagling in a sentence

  • We line all the young faglings up and force them to watch The Harvey Girls over and over and over again.1997 July 5, You Rang? [username], “Re: Judy”, in soc.motss (Usenet):
  • I was a tender young fagling of sixteen when I saw it on a double-bill with _The Gay Deceivers_ in 1970.2005 February 25, Mike McKinley, “Re: The Boys in the Band (the movie)”, in soc.motss (Usenet):

Synonyms of fagling

Forms of fagling

pluralfaglings

Origin of fagling

From fag + -ling.

Questions about fagling

What does fagling mean?
Fagling means a young male homosexual.
How do you use fagling in a sentence?
We line all the young faglings up and force them to watch The Harvey Girls over and over and over again.
What part of speech is fagling?
Fagling is a noun.
What is the plural of fagling?
The plural of fagling is faglings.

Words near fagling in the dictionary

  1. faglet
  2. faglets
  3. faglighter
  4. faglighters
  5. faglike
  6. fagling
  7. faglings
  8. fagmaster
  9. fagmasters
  10. fagmo
  11. fagmos

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