-fag

suffix

Etymology

From fag (“homosexual man, annoying person, etc.”); compare -man. Popularized on the 4chan online community (see also Christopher "Moot" Poole's tripcode of #faggot). First attested in c. early 2000s. For similar semantic drift in slang from derogatory to neutral, ironic or affectionate, compare some senses of bugger, cunt, etc.

Definitions

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Suffix that forms pejorative nouns, generally referring to specific types of people and…
Suffix that forms pejorative nouns, generally referring to specific types of people and sometimes used ironically or even affectionately.
- I'll forward this to a few lawfags and see what he^([sic]) deal is.
- Oh, also, using Outhouse Express...yeah, really shows off what a Usenet newfag you are, just a lil FYI for ya. You might wanna try XNews or Agent or any *REAL* news browser (not a mail client with some sloppily added extras).
- The pathetic Usenet oldfags will cling to their pathetic, outdated and boring medium as the new-world forumites rule the Interwebs universe.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for -fag. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA