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      17 days ago

      Taking a wild guess

      fag, is related to german Fach, which means “branch, subject (especially used for school/academic subject)”

      Wait doesn’t the english “faggot” also mean sticks? Perhaps thats linked to the “branch/subject” “Fach/Fag” in german/norweigen.