A portmanteau of flag and bigot. Used to mock the new wave of “patriots” who insist “you can’t wave a flag nowadays” while waving one, wearing one as a cape, and hydrating exclusively from a Union Jack mug.
From Old English flageh (“piece of cloth waved aggressively in lieu of an argument”) + Middle Grumbletonian bigotus (“one who complains loudly while doing the very thing they claim they’re not allowed to do”).
From Old English flageh (“piece of cloth waved aggressively in lieu of an argument”) + Middle Grumbletonian bigotus (“one who complains loudly while doing the very thing they claim they’re not allowed to do”).
“After his third rant about Britain going down the drain—delivered while wrapped in polyester bunting—Nigel was formally diagnosed as a flagot.”
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by Fantard April 16, 2010
