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Originally posted by Attalus:
Since we are into Britishisms, I believe "fag" is also a term used in Public Schools to denote a lower form boy who does servant work for an upper form boy. Corrections from Britishers welcomed. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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I was just going to say that! Read Roald Dahl's "Boy" for a good example of the workings of English public schools. Mind you, I think this meaning and the popular meaning of the word might be connected, as the repressed homo-sexuality of the whole system is kind of hard to ignore... [img]redface.gif[/img]
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