Terfy

//ˈtɜː.fi// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling, characteristic of, or relating to trans-exclusionary feminism or those who hold such views. informal, neologism

    "Usually when I jump into the conversation it’s me defending trans* women against cis women who are acting a little bit TERF-y […]"

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of TERFy. alt-of

Example

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"Usually when I jump into the conversation it’s me defending trans* women against cis women who are acting a little bit TERF-y […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From TERF + -y.

Etymology 2

From terf + -y.

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