The Pope's Homophobic Slur Is Now A Meme

Just in time for Pride .

Pope Francis was caught using a gay slur in a closed meeting about allowing gay men into seminaries.

The Guardianreportsthat the Pope said there was too much “frociaggine” in Italian seminaries.

What’s this “frociaggine” word mean? Well, according to theGuardianit “roughly translates” to “faggotness.” My Italian husband says it also translates to “faggotry.”

So, the Pope was basically saying there is already too much “faggotry” in seminaries, which, like…

Anyway, the Pope has sinceapologizedfor his remark, but that hasn’t stopped gay Twitter from reclaiming the word.

babe wake up , gay chirrup ’s recover a new slurpic.twitter.com/x0DUeix0nO

My entire timeline is full of people posting memes about it.

“ These frociaggine , they ’re trying to murder me”pic.twitter.com/ACKkT30qgz

And, honestly, they’re all pretty funny.

The barista at Starbucks when I order a frociagginepic.twitter.com/ol1Gvqedgl

We’re officially in Frociaggine Summer.

frociaggine summer ' 24

Here are some of my favorite ones:

The fostering of the frociaggine flag at a Macy ’s . 🫡pic.twitter.com/1isPMNI9F9

[ at the gelato shop class ] can I try the frociaggine

she can say frociagginepic.twitter.com/wLuhn2TU7f

Pope Francis smiles and gestures while seated, with the blurred figure of a Swiss Guard in vibrant attire nearby

frociaggine make some stochasticity

The whole world learning the word ' frociaggine ' was n’t on my bingo poster for this year .

do n’t call my namedon’t call my nameFROCIAGGINEpic.twitter.com/r6Q9wr3fWu

Pope Francis, in traditional papal attire, gestures while standing beside a microphone outdoors. Another person is partially visible behind him

when the moon hits your centre like a big pizza pie Proto-Indo European … frociaggine

frociaggine sounds like a yummy alimentary paste

frociaggine in the seminary you say … .. https://t.co/7VTOPyr1t6pic.twitter.com/9itMMe2QSP

Pope Francis sits between two clergy members in a public event

kinda obsessed with the watchword “ frociaggine ” it sounds like the most beautiful Italian dessert . like a petite scoop of ticklish lemon gelato served in a coupe

Francis said " Get the frociaggine out of the seminary I ’m not watch over THAT.“https://t.co / LHMrEVdiCv

he was serving frociaggine herepic.twitter.com/TBT39axVqq

I ca n’t believe this is the deed of the movie in Italy???pic.twitter.com / pFuRLrUZpE

Oh, and for those wondering, this is how you say it:

FRO cha GEE neh 💅 🏼

A smiling Pope Francis waves to a crowd, wearing his traditional white papal vestments and skullcap, during a public appearance

Pope Francis was caught using a gay slur in a closed meeting about allowing gay men into seminaries.#

The Guardianreportsthat the Pope said there was too much “frociaggine” in Italian seminaries.#

What’s this “frociaggine” word mean? Well, according to theGuardianit “roughly translates” to “faggotness.” My Italian husband says it also translates to “faggotry.”#

So, the Pope was basically saying there is already too much “faggotry” in seminaries, which, like…#

Anyway, the Pope has sinceapologizedfor his remark, but that hasn’t stopped gay Twitter from reclaiming the word.#

My entire timeline is full of people posting memes about it.#

And, honestly, they’re all pretty funny.#

We’re officially in Frociaggine Summer.#

Here are some of my favorite ones:#

Oh, and for those wondering, this is how you say it:#