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Originally Posted by issybird
The word for cigarettes is different from the word for bundles of wood, although both are a slur with the same root.
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Might not be. English Public school senior pupils had (have) a junior as a servant/slave to work for them, no sexual slur. A fag who is fagging for them. One job was cleaning lighting the study fire. A faggot in England is also a kind of moulded mince in a dinner as well as a bundle of sticks. Both terms are in common use for that in the South of England
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagging
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_(food)
The slur slang originated in the USA.