In the original list of the "13 essential" drum rudiments, what's known now as the full "drag" or "three stroke ruff", was simply called the "ruff" and sometimes nicknamed the "half drag". This is two grace notes bounced with one stick followed by an accented note struck by the other stick. To play in succession you would alternate sticking: llR, rrL, llR, rrL.
The next rudiment of the original 13 was called the "drag". This was a "ruff" (or "half drag") followed by another single note (notated as a successive eighth-notes, this time with the accent on the second singly struck note): llR-L, rrL-R, llR-L, rrL-R.
Later, PAS (the Percussive Arts Society) changed and expanded the drum rudiments and the former "ruff" ("half drag") became known as the full "drag" and the former "drag" became the "drag tap".
Yes, I've been a drummer.
Plus another connotation (and I don't mean cross dressing)...
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