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Originally Posted by Alex's Trip
like a bundle of sticks?
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Originally Posted by gmku
I don't get it.
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Originally Posted by demonrail666
bundle of sticks as in faggot
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Haha. Oh man. DR666 for the win...
Faggots were sticks of wood that were used to start a fire at a Witch burning. Some believed that a gay or lesbian person would be burned, along with faggots, to help start the fire. Gradually, the term was believed to be used to refer to the victim instead of the wood. This etymology appears to be incorrect. Tracing the history of "faggot" back through French and Latin to its Greek origin, it has always referred to a bundle of sticks.