It actually took me a minute to remember what Brits call cigarettes

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1. Yeah, tabs

2. The meaning of ‘smoking fags in the park’ is much different in America 😂

3. Foreigner here. I’d like get in on these fag breaks you speak of.

4. It’s a feg!

5. Missed these little social interactions

6. Honestly never thought of it this way until right now but it’s exactly that

7. The office water cooler equivalent

8. Truth say

9. I got a comment deleted and a warning cos I forgot our slang could be misinterpreted.

10. So are there even any Brits here?

11. “shaving your pencil”, a well known boarding school activity

12. Since vaping caught on, far less people are bumming fags nowadays.

13. Sharpening your pencil

14. Well, I suppose it has the same effect as us hearing Randy’s got his fanny pack on today. 👀

15. If anybody is interested in the potential origin of the pejorative wrt to homosexuals take a [look here](https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/comments/8pcpi9/possible_origin_of_the_american_pejorative_fag/)

16. I remember in year 3 when my teacher had an electric one. Fascinating

17. Enjoying a fag in the bike sheds.

18. It’s not a meme

19. I was behind bike sheds having smoke so I just took someone else’s pencil

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