Womanface
//ˈwʊ.mənˌfeɪs// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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
More examples"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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