different between faggy vs laggy

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

From lag +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?læ?i/
• Rhymes: -æ?i

Adjective

laggy (comparative laggier, superlative laggiest)

1. Having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.

   Gasoline prices usually show a laggier response to crude-oil price reduction than to crude-oil price increases.

2. (computing, Internet, video games, informal) Tending to lag, or respond slowly because of network latency.

   I've given up trying to play on that laggy server.