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FART en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • färt (General-American)
  • /fɑɹt/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /fɑːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • färt (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Acronym of feminism-appropriating reactionary transphobe deliberately constructed to be homonymous with fart.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory) A trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF).
    • “Blaming trans people for everything” is to FARTs as Three Blind Mice is to the bloody recorder. 2019 May 16, Dan (@DanDanYamagata), Twitter:
    • Reminder that FARTs don't actually believe trans women are men. They don't speak to people they think are men the way they do to trans women. 2018 September 16, Panic Dixie Scream Girl (@ChaKatKimber), Twitter:
    • Tellingly, FARTs often end up in alliance with other far right movements with xenophobic, white supremacist, and nativist and ethno-nationalist reactionary politics. 2022, Alex Khasnabish, Making Sense of Society: Power and Possibility, page 118:

Forms

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Synonyms

gendercritter · TERF · gendercrit · GCF · GC · terven

Translations (2)

fr FART (Translations) · pl FART (Translations)