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To: Bruiser 10

fags is an old irish term for cigarettes


19 posted on 04/26/2020 1:03:26 PM PDT by hondact200 (Lincoln Freed the Slaves. Obama Enslaves the Free. Trump 2020 - Keep America Great)
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To: hondact200

fags is an old irish term for cigarettes
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AND old American term for same.


21 posted on 04/26/2020 1:16:07 PM PDT by House Atreides (It is not a HOAX but it IS A PRETEXT)
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To: hondact200

>fags is an old irish term for cigarettes<

Yeah, we’re just having a little,irreverent, fun with words,


22 posted on 04/26/2020 1:17:04 PM PDT by Bruiser 10 (They're losing the consent of the governed.)
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To: hondact200

“fags is an old irish term for cigarettes”

Still used today in Ireland and the UK. If in reference to a gay the normal term is poofter or a poof if being derogatory. If not being derogatory they just say gay.

A fag is a cigarette on the other side of the pond.


32 posted on 04/26/2020 2:21:18 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oil field trash, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, Constitution worth dying for)
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