A saying that I just don't get

Discipline - 5-14-2009 at 09:24 PM

"Half a fag."

I've heard this in numerous moives, often those involving Italian mobsters, and it was in a book I finished the other day. It's usually along the lines of "turn him into half a fag or something." Half a fag? I just don't get it.

JawnDiablo - 5-14-2009 at 09:26 PM

i use this one regularly

DAK - 5-14-2009 at 09:34 PM

I think it's a east coast thing.

BDx13 - 5-14-2009 at 09:35 PM

i have no clue what it means, but it. is. hilarious!

barc0debaby - 5-14-2009 at 10:24 PM

Its like half a first black president. Your not all the way gay, but your gay enough to be recognized as such.

clevohardcore - 5-15-2009 at 12:33 AM

Ya, "bi" is bullshit. "Half a fag" is a diss. Unless it's smoked "half a fag". Do people in England really call smokes "fags"? Still today? And why?

mattybar - 5-15-2009 at 05:30 AM

haha yes we do

fags
snouts aka salmon (salmon and trout = snout)
straights
browns

not really sure why

Dave - 5-15-2009 at 07:14 AM

umm doesn't half a fag, mean half a cigarette.......

clevohardcore - 5-15-2009 at 09:28 AM

I remember a SUBHUMANS song where they said that. Or maybe it was "SMOKED 10 FAGS" or something. When I first heard that song I thought it was a gay prostitute thing. Like the singer was down and out and needed some cash or something.

XHonusWagnerX - 5-15-2009 at 09:48 AM

ciggarettes are fags only in England right?

I think the term is an insult more like "you throw like a girl" than "you suck dick"

mattybar - 5-15-2009 at 11:37 AM

i *think* it's a general uk thing but i could be wrong.

wikianswers says...

-The term "fag" is also short for Middle English "Fagge," or to droop. A fag is a student at a British public school who is also required to perform menial tasks for a student in a higher class.

-In British English, it means to drudge or do fatiguing or tedious work.

As previously stated, it means a cigarette and is short for the term "fag end," which means the butt of a cigarette. And it also means the last and worst part, the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope, an inferior or worn-out remnant or a broken thread in cloth, something that hangs loose.

DaveMoral - 5-15-2009 at 12:05 PM

So the term for the cigarette isn't just an abbreviation of "faggot" which means "bundle of sticks" aka kindling?

REV.PAULIE - 5-15-2009 at 12:31 PM

a "half a fag" is a guy who obviously gets pussy,but sculpts his eyebrows...

for lack of a better analogy.

the guy who's a "friend of female" (ie: COCK BLOCKER),and not only keeps a journal,but tells you he KEEPS A JOURNAL.

and,most likely,can not only wear,but actually FIT in is "girlfriend's" clothes.

mattybar - 5-15-2009 at 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DaveMoral
So the term for the cigarette isn't just an abbreviation of "faggot" which means "bundle of sticks" aka kindling?

i dunno man
i thought faggots were like meatballs?!

spare a thought for these guys too

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2698507.stm

i bet that kid has a fun time growing up...

clevohardcore - 5-15-2009 at 12:57 PM

AHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHA. ............... There last name is Doody! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA............. :bigsmile:

Discipline - 5-15-2009 at 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
a "half a fag" is a guy who obviously gets pussy,but sculpts his eyebrows...

for lack of a better analogy.

the guy who's a "friend of female" (ie: COCK BLOCKER),and not only keeps a journal,but tells you he KEEPS A JOURNAL.

and,most likely,can not only wear,but actually FIT in is "girlfriend's" clothes.

Gotcha. Emo kids.

REV.PAULIE - 5-15-2009 at 01:48 PM

na,not so much "emo" kids...it's beyond any musical spectrum...it's a whole half-faggotry conundrum...wrapped in an enigma...a virtual half a fag burrito...hold the virtuosity....extra NOT sauce.

Dave - 5-15-2009 at 02:46 PM

DaveMoral - 5-15-2009 at 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
na,not so much "emo" kids...it's beyond any musical spectrum...it's a whole half-faggotry conundrum...wrapped in an enigma...a virtual half a fag burrito...hold the virtuosity....extra NOT sauce.

Metrosexuals.