Re: Gender (was: Homosexuality and gender identity)

In a message dated 5/28/2003 2:19:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
stonegordonssen@HOTMAIL.COM writes:


>>Over here, saying "faggot" is fairly uncontroversial, as it means a bundle
>>of sticks.
>Indeed, and sometimes a source of unintended discomfort for those visitiung
>the USA but not having studied American English. Doesn't "fags" also mean
>"cigs"?

I've seen "fag" = "cigarette" in dictionaries of slang, but I've never heard
it in real life.  I suspect it's now obsolete.

But then, I don't even smoke, so what would I know?

Doug