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fag hag

noun

Etymology

From fag + hag. First use appears c. 1965 in the publication The Guild Dictionary of Homosexual Terms.

  1. inherited from *hagatussjā✻
  2. inherited from hægtesse
  3. inherited from hagge
  4. compounded as fag hag — “fag + hag”

Definitions

  1. A woman who enjoys the company of gay men.

    • Susan "Suki" Eagan, manager of the Boston bar Chaps, describes her own personal odyssey as "local debutante to fag hag to fag bar owner."
    • Becoming a glam fag hag was not about money or privilege. Au contraire. Any working-class girl was eligible. All she had to do was get a job in a fag-rich environment, be it a hair salon or a department store.

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