Etymology 1

Noun

1. In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.
2. A photovoltaic cell cell that is no longer in use.
3. A cigarette.
   • 2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 15,

     All of them, like my mother, were heavy smokers, and after warming themselves by the fire, they would sit on the sofa and smoke, lobbing their web fag ends into the fire.

Noun

1. A chore; an arduous and tiresome task.
2. Term used in UK public schools for a younger student acting as a servant for senior students.

Verb

1. To make exhausted, tired out.
2. To droop; to tire.
3. For a younger student to act as a servant for senior students in UK public schools.

Noun

1. A male homosexual.
   • 2003, Dan Kapelovitz, Fred Phelps Hates Fags: Straight Talk With God's Favorite Homophobe (in Hustler magazine, September 2003) http://www.kapelovitz.com/phelps.htm

     Some guy picked me up and put his hand on my knee and said something like, "How about it, fellah?" I didn't know what in the world he was talking about, but I said, "Let me out now." Looking back, he probably was a fag. I didn't like his looks, his demeanor or any such thing. But fags do that—pick up on young guys they meet on the highway.

   Note: Sometimes used jocularly between homosexuals.

2. An annoying person.

   Why did you do that, you fag?