Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fagling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fagling
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A young male homosexual.

Derogatory; Offensive

Example Sentences

"You're behaving like a young fagling who has discovered gay sex, and therefore thinks he has nothing more to discover about his gayness."
"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 less than thrilled but always professional daughter."
"I was a tender young fagling of sixteen when I saw it on a double-bill with _The Gay Deceivers_ in 1970."

Etymology

From fag + -ling.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fag

Usage

Inflected Forms

faglings (plural)

Synonyms

faglet

Questions

What does fagling mean?: A young male homosexual.
Where does fagling come from?: From fag + -ling.

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