attack helicopter en · NOUN
Meanings
- An armed helicopter with the offensive capability of engaging ground targets such as enemy infantry, military vehicles, and fortifications.
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(Internet, derogatory, humorous, neologism, offensive) A fictitious gender assigned or suggested in quips, used to dismiss non-binary gender identities, and sometimes also transness in general.
[…] but that wasn't “inclusive” enough, so now the gender listing isn't a checkbox with either “male” or “female” — it's a fill-in-the-blank where you can list anything from peanut butter to an attack helicopter as your gender. […]
2018, Mark Dice, Liberalism: Find a Cure, Mark Dice, →ISBN:[…] going to be spending a fair amount of time waiting like a twit in a cosmetic store while your wife / girlfriend / cis-gender / attack helicopter reads every damn label on every damn blusher, or pillar of lipstick, or whatever it is.
2019, Andrew Mackay, The Hunger Diaries, or: How to Lose Weight Fasting and Eating Well, Chrome Valley Books:'I identify as an attack helicopter' is a regular dismissal of non-binary identities; hearing this can be a weekly occurrence. The support of other non-binary people and bibliotherapy of good non-binary sources can be a remedy to this.
2019, Sam Hope, Person-Centred Counselling for Trans and Gender Diverse People: A Practical Guide, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 59:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| attack helicopters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (13)
ro elicopter de atac ((military) armed helicopter) · fr hélicoptère d'attaque ((military) armed helicopter) · de Kampfhubschrauber ((military) armed helicopter) · cmn 攻擊直升機 /攻击直升机 ((military) armed helicopter) · ru уда́рный вертолёт ((military) armed helicopter) · tr atak helikopteri ((military) armed helicopter) · fi taisteluhelikopteri ((military) armed helicopter) · ru боево́й вертолёт ((military) armed helicopter) · ro elicopter de luptă ((military) armed helicopter) · pl helikopter szturmowy ((military) armed helicopter) · da kamphelikopter ((military) armed helicopter) · fr hélicoptère de combat ((military) armed helicopter) · de Kampfhelikopter ((military) armed helicopter)