On 2018-01-29 11:56 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
>>> Yes we call 'diapers' nappies. Not necessarily dirty though.
>>
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>> Sure, just like you call cigs or bundles of sticks *faggots.* Not the same
>> here. 
>
> We never call cigarettes faggots. You're thinking of "fags".
>
Faggot had other meanings long before it was used to denote a
homosexual. It was a bundle of sticks, or a meat dish involving offal.
Fagging was the custom of younger students in private schools having to
wait on senior students. Since that sometimes involved sexual abuse it
could be the origins of the *** pejorative.