Muffing
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 The making of a mistake or gaffe. countable, slang, uncountable
- 2 Penetration of the inguinal canal (e.g. with a finger, or by pushing the testicle back inside it) as a form of sexual activity among trans women and other people with testicles. slang, uncountable
"Muffing is a penetration technique enjoyed by some non-op trans women. It involves fingering (or otherwise penetrating) the inguinal canals, the canals through which the testes drop during puberty. […] Sometimes the testes are pushed back up into the body during muffing, and sometimes they're simply moved aside […]"
- 1 present participle and gerund of muff form-of, gerund, participle, present
Synonyms
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More examples"Muffing is a penetration technique enjoyed by some non-op trans women. It involves fingering (or otherwise penetrating) the inguinal canals, the canals through which the testes drop during puberty. […] Sometimes the testes are pushed back up into the body during muffing, and sometimes they're simply moved aside […]"
Etymology
In the sexual sense, popularized by Mira Bellwether's 2010 zine "Fucking Trans Women".
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