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| | Faggot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Faggot (epithet), a derogatory slang term for a homosexual or "unmanly" male | | | When a faggot is wrapped in only one band or withe, instead of the traditional two, it is also referred to as a bavin. | | | It has also been used on occasion to refer more specifically (attested from 1555 in English) to wood for funeral pyres or a burning at the stake, and recanting heretics had to wear an embroidered figure of a faggot on their sleeve. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot
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| | Wordorigins.org: Letter F |
| | The most common explanation for the homosexual epithet goes like this: Faggot is a bundle of sticks, from the Italian. | | | And it could have gone the other way--the homosexual sense of the Yiddish word may have derived from the English faggot. | | | The sense probably comes from the idea of a faggot being a burden or baggage (not unlike the modern ball and chain). |
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http://www.wordorigins.org/wordorf.htm
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| | Wordorigins.org: Letter F |
| | The most common explanation for the homosexual epithet goes like this: Faggot is a bundle of sticks, from the Italian. | | | The sense probably comes from the idea of a faggot being a burden or baggage (not unlike the modern ball and chain). | | | And it could have gone the other way--the homosexual sense of the Yiddish word may have derived from the English faggot. |
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http://www.wordorigins.org/wordorf.htm
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| | United Church News: Teach children: The words we use can hurt |
| | When I hear a student use the word faggot or a similar epithet, I respond. | | | This certainly is true for the word faggot. | | | Because those accused of being homosexuals were so frequently burned at the stake, the word faggot eventually became an offensive slang word for a homosexual person. |
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http://www.ucc.org/ucnews/aug01/inmy.htm
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| | slant // magazine.com: DVD Review - The Warriors: Ultimate Director's Cut |
| | Because Hill's characters, with the exception of Ajax (James Remar) and his love for the epithet "faggot," typically choose flight over fight. | | | All I can say is that, if the Warriors were to reunite now, a still-pretty-cut James Remar would have snatched his precious place as the gang's Warlord from Michael Beck. | | | He gets a larger platform to make his case with the hour-long documentary on the making of the film (broken up into four segments), which includes a ton of behind-the-scenes photographs and recent interview footage with Hill, producers Lawrence Gordon, and Frank Marshall, and a number of the main cast members. |
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http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/dvd_review.asp?ID=779
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| | Mary Tudor and the Return to Rome |
| | On November 30th, 1554 amid scenes of emotion, England was returned to the Roman fold - the old heresy laws were revived and faggot and stake were to do their terrible work, attaching forever the epithet | | | Mary, a devout Roman Catholic, was about to rule a country where the Reformation was twenty years old, and a generation had reached manhood to whom papal authority was strange and alien; a country which rejoiced in its insularity and hated foreign jurisdiction. | | | Within a month of Mary Tudor's ceremonial entry into London on August 3rd, 1553, Mass began to be said in some of the city's churches. |
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http://www.scionofzion.com/marytudor.htm
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| | Mary Tudor and the Return to Rome |
| | On November 30th, 1554 amid scenes of emotion, England was returned to the Roman fold - the old heresy laws were revived and faggot and stake were to do their terrible work, attaching forever the epithet | | | Mary, a devout Roman Catholic, was about to rule a country where the Reformation was twenty years old, and a generation had reached manhood to whom papal authority was strange and alien; a country which rejoiced in its insularity and hated foreign jurisdiction. | | | The palace of the Inquisition was sacked and the mob rushed to the Capitol, and threw down the newly erected statue of the Pope, dressed the head in the 'yellow cap" and after dragging it through the streets hurled it into the river Tiber, as the soul of the "Inquisitor Pope" departed this life. |
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http://www.scionofzion.com/marytudor.htm
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| | slant // magazine.com: DVD Review - The Warriors: Ultimate Director's Cut |
| | Because Hill's characters, with the exception of Ajax (James Remar) and his love for the epithet "faggot," typically choose flight over fight. | | | For a director with a reputation for avoiding appearances on DVD releases of his own films, Walter Hill is all over this disc. | | | In his attempt to undercut some of the original edit's rakish, punk thrills, Hill's instincts are entirely correct, even if they inadvertently deny the fact that Andrew Lazlo's bold-hued cinematography already showcases vivid, tightly framed ersatz splash panels. |
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http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/dvd_review.asp?ID=779
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