Roachification
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act or process of becoming a roach. literally, uncountable
- 2 The act or process of a trans man transitioning, typically from a physically attractive feminine appearance to a conventionally unattractive masculine one. Internet, derogatory, figuratively, offensive, sometimes, uncountable
"I love roachification as a way to show a transmasculine person finally being able to relax out of femininity. Not just leaving it behind, but being too lazy to pick it back up once the masculinity “takes over.” Now that you’re comfortable enough to be lazy, dirty, and self-indulgent, why would you ever go back? I love a transmasc leaning into who they are—including, perhaps especially, if who they are is smelly and sweaty and hedonistic."
Example
More examples"I love roachification as a way to show a transmasculine person finally being able to relax out of femininity. Not just leaving it behind, but being too lazy to pick it back up once the masculinity “takes over.” Now that you’re comfortable enough to be lazy, dirty, and self-indulgent, why would you ever go back? I love a transmasc leaning into who they are—including, perhaps especially, if who they are is smelly and sweaty and hedonistic."
Etymology
From roach + -ification. Sense 2 was likely coined by artist Lacryboy in 2021 in a popular Twitter post featuring an illustration of a transformation sequence with the word as a caption.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.