fag tag

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) The idea that the textile sense has been connected with the anti-gay sense since its inception may be a folk etymology.

Noun

fag tag (plural fag tags)

1. A small loop of material on the back of a shirt, used for hanging it.
2. (slang, derogatory, dated) Such a textile tag, or any other mark or feature on one's person or one's clothing, that allegedly labels one as gay (homosexual), especially in the notional playground lore of schoolchildren raised in a cultural milieu of anti-gay ideology.

See also

• cooties
• tramp stamp