fag hag

English

Etymology

From fag +‎ hag. First use appears c. 1965 in the publication The Guild Dictionary of Homosexual Terms.

Pronunciation

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Noun

fag hag (plural fag hags)

1. (sometimes derogatory, slang, LGBTQ, vulgar) A woman who enjoys the company of gay men.^[1]

   Synonym: fruit fly

   • 1977 August 27, Steve Savage, Susan "Suki" Eagan, “Everything You Wanted to Know About Suki, But Were Too Distracted In Chaps to Ask Her”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 8, page 8:

     Susan "Suki" Eagan, manager of the Boston bar Chaps, describes her own personal odyssey as "local debutante to fag hag to fag bar owner."

   • 2012, Simon Doonan, Gay Men Don't Get Fat‎, Penguin, →ISBN:

     Becoming a glam fag hag was not about money or privilege. Au contraire. Any working-class girl was eligible. All she had to do was get a job in a fag-rich environment, be it a hair salon or a department store.

Usage notes

• May be used offensively or affectionately.

Coordinate terms

• fag stag
• lesbro

Translations

woman who likes gay men

Finnish: homoemo French: femme à pédés, fille à pédés (fr) f German: Schwulenmutti f, Tuntentante f Greek: αδελφομάνα f (adelfomána) Italian: frociarola f Japanese: お焦げ (おこげ, okoge) Spanish: mariliendre f Swedish: faghag c

References

1. Reuben, David R. (1969) chapter 8, in Everything you always wanted to know about sex but were too afraid to ask, New York: David McKay Company, Inc., published 1970, →LCCN, Homosexuals have their own language?, page 146: “FAG HAG: a woman who is attracted to male homosexuals”