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A substitution of the first vowel with an asterisk * (“used to censor sections of obscene or profane words”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
f*ggot
Today it means: Censored spelling of faggot (“a gay man”). Full definition →
Today it means: Censored spelling of faggot (“a gay man”). Full definition →
A substitution of the first vowel with an asterisk * (“used to censor sections of obscene or profane words”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.