Womanface

//ˈwʊ.mənˌfeɪs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Women's clothing or a female presentation adopted by men or people assigned male at birth, likened to blackface. Internet, uncountable

    "Her teacher, Mrs. Calcagni, who Shirley characterized to her friends as an “Uncle Tom in womanface,” hated girls who, in her view, “tried to be smarter than everybody,” which meant smarter than the boys, too."

Example

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"Her teacher, Mrs. Calcagni, who Shirley characterized to her friends as an “Uncle Tom in womanface,” hated girls who, in her view, “tried to be smarter than everybody,” which meant smarter than the boys, too."

Etymology

From woman + face, modeled on blackface.

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