For years I have been nagged by this doubt. I attended both J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas, and Shawnee Mission South High School in Overland Park, Kansas. At Pearce, members of the school band were called "B.Q.s", which was the abbreviation for "Band Queers", while at South they were called "B.F.s", which stood for "Band Fags". Which usage is correct? Or is this a question of regional dialectology?