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TERFy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈtɜɹ.fi/ (General-American)
• /ˈtɜː.fi/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From TERF + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal, neologism) Resembling, characteristic of, or relating to trans-exclusionary feminism or those who hold such views.
   • After years of being shamed for their bodies, is celebrating their monthly moons and the power of their uterus inherently TERF-y? 2020, Quinn McGlade-Ferentzy, "Heterosexist Suspicion of a Queer Outsider", thesis submitted to the University of Guelph, page 46
   • I assumed they were straight and cis, because otherwise they would have known about TERFy women’s lands or at least about the drama of Michfest. 2018 October 18, Tori Truscheit, “The Rage of All Women”, in Slate:
   • Usually when I jump into the conversation it’s me defending trans* women against cis women who are acting a little bit TERF-y […] 2016, "Peter", quoted in T. J. Jourian, "'My Masculinity Is a Little Love Poem to Myself': Trans*masculine College Students’ Conceptualizations of Masculinities", dissertation submitted to Loyola University, page 238

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