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Fogdom vs Fagdom - What's the difference?

fogdom | fagdom |

As nouns the difference between fogdom and fagdom

is that fogdom is a state of obscurity; confusion; absence of clarity while fagdom is (vulgar|slang) the state of being very faggy; condition of possessing stereotypical homosexual behavior.

fogdom

English

Noun

(-)
  • A state of obscurity; confusion; absence of clarity.
  • *1849 , Thomas Baldwin Thayer, Christianity Against Infidelity, Or, The Truth of the Gospel History , page 7:
    • He expands, and becomes more and more transparent, till the inflation is so great as to end in the usual results of the law of expansion; or he passes off out of sight into infinite fogdom ; and, like the comet that became entangled among the moons of Jupiter, never regains his orbit again, which, perhaps, is little cause for regret.
  • *1890 , Emily H. Hickey, "A Lay of London Town", in Charles James Longman, Longman's Magazine , Volume 15, page 488:
  • *:For the busy traffic's roar, and the fogdom dun and brown
    Of thy streets, O London Town!
  • *2012 , James L. Nutt, Confessions of a Bipolar Firefighter , page 379:
    • After about two more weeks of fogdom , she wanted to rent a few movies.

    fagdom

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (vulgar, slang) The state of being very faggy; condition of possessing stereotypical homosexual behavior
  • * 1994 , The Advocate , Jan 25, 1994, page 10
    • FU always be an advocate for fagdom.
  • * 2003 , The Advocate , link
    • But Matthew educated me in fagdom . He really laid the groundwork for me in terms of getting comfortable with my sexuality, lie introduced me to gay- ness, even though he never identified as homosexual
  • The state of being a fag (in the page or subordinate sense)
  • * 1872 , ''Transatlantic Magazine, page 41
    • ...and one may rise from that humble functionary, step by step, and trace fagdom in every real way
  • * 1895 , Edward Parry Eardley-Wilmot, E. C. Streatfield, ''Charterhouse , page 64
    • Each Upper had his private Fag; but general fagdom consisted of obedience to the demand of every Upper, no matter in whose House he happened to be.
  • * John Buchan
    • From the anomalous insignificance of fagdom Colin climbed up the School, leaving everywhere a record of honest good-nature.

    Related terms

    *faggot, faggotry, faggoty