four letter words that hurt
Four Letter Words Can Hurt You There are many words in the English language that are only meant to hurt people. A lot of them started out very innocently, to describe inanimate objects, but were changed over time to be something only meant to make fun of others or make them seem less valuable as a person. One word in particular that has a certain meaning to me is the word faggot. One of my very close friends is a homosexual and has had a lot of trouble with this word. He has been called that every since he openly admitted that he was homosexual. An etymology of the word says that faggot means "male homosexual," in slang it is shortened to fag since 1921, probably from earlier contemptuous term for "woman" at around 1591, especially an old and unpleasant one, in reference to faggot, a "bundle of sticks," as something awkward that has to be carried .