• Flying Squid
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    Oh, maybe? Does PragerU think its audience is British or something?

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        American here, I honestly thought that fag was a synonym for asshole or jerk until I was like twenty. It’s hard to say how many of my peers also didn’t realize it was a slur. Obviously I don’t use the word anymore.

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      I’m British and even I didn’t get it because I know they’re not (we have GBNews instead). So I would just interpret it as “cigarette”

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        I interpreted it as either meaning tab or fag so I guess entirely depends on the region you’re from.

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        As a Canadian I look at that and think dart or a smoke.