(idea) by Frater 219 Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:45:34
A classic example of differences between dialects of English. In British English this expression means to ask for a cigarette. In American English, however, a bum is a homeless or scruffy-looking person, and "fag" is a slur word for "homosexual man".

See: bum, fag.

I like it!

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