Clocky
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Clearly identifiable as transgender; capable of being easily clocked; not passing.
"Of course, I recommend these places to my conformist trans girlfriends, who like me were and are bound by our internalised transphobia to do everything we possibly can to not be 'clocky', as we hand out verbal awards of 'fishy' to one another as commendations for doing our best to pass."
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More examples"Of course, I recommend these places to my conformist trans girlfriends, who like me were and are bound by our internalised transphobia to do everything we possibly can to not be 'clocky', as we hand out verbal awards of 'fishy' to one another as commendations for doing our best to pass."
Etymology
From clock (“to identify someone as being transgender”) + -y.
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