faglet

English

Etymology

From fag +‎ -let, from faggot.

Noun

faglet (plural faglets)

1. (vulgar, offensive, sometimes derogatory) A young or short male homosexual.
   • 1981 December 12, Pranab Coomar, “Kathy MacDonald;Jay Darnell;Anne Simon;Maryanne Kirkbride”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 4:

     We encourage each GCN reader to sit in a comfortable place, close his/her eyes and dream of a NOLAG as nationally recognized recognized as the ACLU, NAACP, or NOW. Dream of little faglets and dykelings coming to you and asking what it was like to live in a time when people could hate you or kill you because of who loved.

   • 1988, Paul Hofrichter, Death Ride, Leisure Books, published 1988, →ISBN, page 165:

     "Look, boys, a young faglet. What do we do with 'im?"

   • 1999 January 18, Escamillo Thunderbunny [username], “Re: WOW”, in alt.fan.rosieodonnell‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Are you feeling a little frustrated because the gay porn industry has passed at the chance to have a pimply-faced faglet like you in their movies??

   • 2006, D. Travers Scott, “Growing Up in Horror”, in Ted Gideonse, Robert Williams, editors, From Boys to Men: Gay Men Write About Growing Up‎^[2], Carol & Graf Publishers, →ISBN:

     As a tender young faglet, I had sense enough to cache my musty copies of International Male and Penthouse beneath the false bottom of my chest of drawers.

Synonyms

• fagling

Translations

young male homosexual

• Finnish: homopoju
• German: Schwuchtelchen n
• Spanish: mariconcito m, jotito m