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[–] spearz@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I think I know what it is. You can buy them in the supermarket. It’s slang for a gay man, rhymes with maggot.

[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah so similiar to the german translation of the instrument bassoon?

[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And Norwegian. It's hard to converse with countrymen on a platform running word filters for another language.

Not just playing the instrument "removed", but discussing school classes with friends and family as we would say "hvilke fag tar du i år?" to ask which classes you take this year. Luckily Lemmyworld isn't that aggressive, but many online chat services and emails clients have started screaming at "fag".

Encountering such filters on a school computer that blocked my emails was particularly frustrating.

[–] Schal330@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah yes, I understand why they remove it as I don't think it's often used in its other contexts. I do prefer to use it to describe a bundle of sticks

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[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 years ago

Someone has a word that shares the f-slur for a benign food product? Holy shit that's unfortunate.

[–] Magrath@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

My dad used to talk about them. He'd call it faggots and peas.