different between faggy vs daggy

English

Etymology

fag +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæ?i/
• Hyphenation: fag?gy

Adjective

faggy (comparative faggier, superlative faggiest)

1. (chiefly derogatory, offensive, informal) Effeminate; homosexual; gay.
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 3:

     Nat Hanmer was sitting on the floor beside him, and his warm thigh was pressed against his own. There was something charmingly faggy about Nat tonight. He nodded and smiled into Nick's eyes as he was talking.

Derived terms

• fagginess

Scots

Etymology

fag (“fail from weariness, flag, falter”) +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fa??]

Adjective

faggy (comparative faggier, superlative faggiest)

1. tiring, wearisome

English

Etymology

dag +? -y

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?dæ?i/
• Rhymes: -æ?i

Adjective

daggy (comparative daggier or more daggy, superlative daggiest or most daggy)

1. (Australian slang) Uncool, unfashionable, but comfortably so.
   • 2008, Bella Vendramini, Biting the Big Apple: A Memoir of Life, Love (okay and Sex) in New York City, unnumbered page,

     I began to feel even more daggy when Bianca swanned me around to meet her sexy, skinny and beautiful friends.