# Enough of U.S. taking Brit slang lightly, they're clueles what this word means to us! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-u-s-taking-brit-slang-lightly-theyre-clueles-what-this-word-means-to-us/171425 "2003-04-27T01:52:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-u-s-taking-brit-slang-lightly-theyre-clueles-what-this-word-means-to-us/171425/1 "2003-04-27T01:52:48Z")
Yes, I mispelled clueless. I had to in order for the title to fit. I wanted to link a past post about how ribald engligh slang gets prime-time coverage in the U.S., but I am currently lazy. Maybe later tonight. With the permeation of the american media in foregn countries, I would think that the Brits would know what is odd about [this link](http://www.mrbrainsfaggots.com/faggot_family.htm). Or maybe not, it does not get said on TV much. Oh, this is rich. I haven’t even read past the first paragraph and this is already said: _, Mr Brain’s search was for ‘real faces’ - an ordinary family who loves and eats faggots on a regular basis. Mr. Brain’s wanted real people with real lives to be at the heart of the campaign. The essential ingredient? Each member of the family must be fanatical about faggots._ Now I am a live-and-let-live kind of guy. But a family where each member is not just tolerant, or even accomodating, but fanatical about “faggots,” is just plain weird. If they truly were that fanatical, they would certainly not use such a word to describe that lifestyle approach. Now I have heard that it can be british for a cigeratte. The dictionary also says it means a bundle of sticks. From what I see on this website, it also refers to some kind of food. I am sure that SOME of you Brits know well what this word means to americans, but this family must live well away from the big cities. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-u-s-taking-brit-slang-lightly-theyre-clueles-what-this-word-means-to-us/171425/2 "2003-04-27T02:23:09Z")
Sorry, maybe it’s just the drugs, but what exactly are you complaining about? That people in other countries have different definitions of words than we do? That we don’t censor nuaghty foreign slang? That British people who like cheap sausage hate gay people? I can’t figure out how any of those paragraphs relate to any of the other paragraphs in the post. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-u-s-taking-brit-slang-lightly-theyre-clueles-what-this-word-means-to-us/171425/3 "2003-04-27T02:28:40Z")
When come back, bring faggots. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-u-s-taking-brit-slang-lightly-theyre-clueles-what-this-word-means-to-us/171425/4 "2003-04-27T02:28:41Z")
I would be very surprised to find a Brit (or an Irish person - Irish people are not British, except in northern-ireland) who doesn’t know the American meaning of ‘Fag’ or ‘Faggot’. I expect in Brits the knowledge of the word splits equally between cigarette and gay person, and about 1 or 2 percent ‘Irish meat product’. Let me re-iterate **Irish people are not British** The republic of Ireland is not part of the UK or Britain. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-u-s-taking-brit-slang-lightly-theyre-clueles-what-this-word-means-to-us/171425/5 "2003-04-27T02:29:57Z")
**Road Rash** is annoyed that the families in that link are apparently oblivious to the American meaning of ‘faggot’ Correct me if I am incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![Payne\_N.Diaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Payne\_N.Diaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payne_N.Diaz)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-u-s-taking-brit-slang-lightly-theyre-clueles-what-this-word-means-to-us/171425/6 "2003-04-27T02:31:08Z")
[Each member of the family must be fanatical about faggots.] I wish to point out that one need look no further than the Phelps family of Wichita, KS. \ ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-u-s-taking-brit-slang-lightly-theyre-clueles-what-this-word-means-to-us/171425/7 "2003-04-27T02:33:08Z")
I am more laughing my ass off than complaining. If I were truly complaining, I would pit this thread. I think the company is just a little bit aware of the meaning, and having some fun from this page:[http://www.mrbrainsfaggots.com/faggot\_fanatics.asp](http://www.mrbrainsfaggots.com/faggot_fanatics.asp). Quote: “Do you dare to eat Mr Brain’s Pork Faggots in a famous public place? DON’T BE SHY, send in a photograph, along with your name, address, email address and become a member of our Faggot Photo Gallery.” I tried playing the TV ads. I have Quicktime installed, but I got an error reading. Kind of like saying “come out of the closet and bee seen eating faggots.” ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-u-s-taking-brit-slang-lightly-theyre-clueles-what-this-word-means-to-us/171425/8 "2003-04-27T02:33:59Z")
Who says they _aren’t_ aware of it? I know the meaning of the British terrm “bloody” but that doesn’t stop me from ordering a bloody rare steak. Weak example, but you get my meaning. ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-u-s-taking-brit-slang-lightly-theyre-clueles-what-this-word-means-to-us/171425/10 "2003-04-27T02:43:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by swanky \* > \*\*Lots of derogatory words are actually used casually in the minority community in question. “Queer” is not a slur in a gay bar. > “You da nigger” is heard in Black communities without raising eyebrows, even tho the “N-word” of Furman’s testimony was treated with disgust at the OJ trial. \*\* So Mr. Brain can go to a popular gay bar with samples and ask the patrons, “You want to eat my pork balls?”😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-u-s-taking-brit-slang-lightly-theyre-clueles-what-this-word-means-to-us/171425/11 "2003-04-27T02:50:48Z")
When my dad was in the Occupation, to light up a fag meant smoking. Now it’s a hate crime. Differnt time, different place. Doesn’t mean I’m unaware of either meaning, though. The pork thing, however, was new to me. And of course, pork…? Sometimes, it’s a verb.