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Troon

//ˈtɹuːn// name, noun, verb

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Proper Noun

1
A coastal town and port in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3231).
2
A village in Camborne parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6638).
3
A village (Troon Village), country club and golf course in North Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, possibly named after Troon in Scotland, well known for its golf courses.

Noun

1
A transgender person, especially a trans woman. Internet, derogatory, offensive
"Good Woke Boys pretending like they didn't obsessively post "troons are mentally ill" for 5 years is my favorite* part of twitter"

Verb

1
To undergo gender transition. Internet, derogatory, intransitive, offensive
"Everyone was a hon back then and trooning at that age still guarantees that you'll be a hon."
2
To make someone undergo gender transition. Internet, derogatory, offensive, transitive
"wait, i thought yu get forcebly trooned if you do the gay in iran? white man propaganda?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Italic *trānts Latin trāns Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Latin genus Old French gendrebor. Middle English gendre English gender English transgender Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ōm Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ Proto-Germanic *gumô Proto-West Germanic *gumō Old English guma Middle English gone? English gooney English goon blend English troon Blend of tr(ansgender) + (g)oon (“member of Something Awful”). Coined on Something Awful, and later popularized by Kiwi Farms and 4chan. First attested in 2010.

Etymology 2

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