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TERFspeak en · NOUN

Etymology

From TERF + -speak.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The jargon and rhetoric of gender-critical or trans-exclusionary feminists.
    • "Trans-identified male" is TERFspeak for trans woman. 2019 December 17, fern +r | Badenlily (@fernseasons), Twitter:
    • Truth be told parroting actual TERFspeak for it's^([sic]) comedy value might have been a bad call. 2018 March 13, venyle (@cold_inthewater), Twitter:
    • “Respecting other people’s boundaries” is just TERFspeak for “trans women are not welcome to use public spaces”. 2022 March 3, Bette Joy (@SlaggitySlag), Twitter: