Dictionary

boymode en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɔɪmoʊd/ (Canada, US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From boy + mode.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:transgender slang, uncountable) The state of presenting as male, especially while undergoing feminizing HRT.
   • Before I came out as trans I was in boymode at work and this girl came up to me and goes "You're not fooling anyone" I was like "Huh?" she goes "You're one of them girls pretending to be a boy. I can see your tits and they're bigger than mine!" I love accidental validation! 2021 December 3, @InkMasterbator, Twitter, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2021:
   • ...just been told I look better in boymode... 2021 September 1, @babethebashful, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
   • I was out in semi-boymode tonight and some drunk Scottish guy walked up to me in the street and said "Aye pal, you tryna become a lassie?" I was just like "Umm I guess" super embarrassedly, and he said "ah well good on ya, don't let nae cunt tell you who you are, be yoursel" 2021 October 7, @Vamp_Page, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
   • Coordinate term: girlmode

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fr boymode (Translations)

boymode en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɔɪmoʊd/ (Canada, US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From boy + mode.

Meanings

1. (especially, in transgender slang, intransitive) To present as male, especially while undergoing feminizing HRT.
   • i dont boymode, i manmode 2022 October 29, @barkriza, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
   • you boymode because you feel insecure about your appearance, she boymodes to hijack a boeing 727-100 airplane, demand $200,000 in negotiable american currency and jump out the aft staircase, you are not the same 2022 July 18, @the_aiju, Twitter, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2023:
   • when you're 6 months on HRT but still trying to boymode 2022 December 18, @halomancer1, Twitter, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2023:
   • Living authentically is addictive. So many trans people go full-time sooner than planned. Once they get a taste they can't go back. I boymoded 24/7 my first 15 months on HRT. Then I went out in a skirt ONCE. 4 months later I submitted my petition for legal name and gender change. 2022 August 20, @autogynamelia, Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2022:
   • We are 6 months away from cis girls posting that they're boymoding for not putting on makeup to go to the corner store 2022 February 20, @SmoothShinyShae, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
   • Coordinate term: girlmode

Forms

Deriveds

boymoder

Translations (1)

fr boymoder (Translations)