Dictionary

boymoder en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɔɪ.moʊ.dəɹ/ (General-American)
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• /ˈbɔɪ.moʊ.də/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From boymode + -er. By surface analysis, boy + -moder.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:transgender slang) One who is in boymode, especially a trans woman who is on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) but is not open about one's identity ("out of the closet").
   • I foolishly assumed more people knew what a boymoder was when writing the brief for Leeroy's wardrobe. 2026 June 21, @gooseworx.bsky.social [Gooseworx], Bluesky (post), archived from the original on 21 Jun 2026:
   • A term like boymoder picks out those people who may undergo hormonal transition without coming out, with a classic identifying feature being an oversized hoodie masking the changes in body shape happening underneath. 2024, Alexis Davin, “Femboys in the Factory: Trans Labor beyond Abjection?”, in Transgender Studies Quarterly, volume 11, number 2, page 297:

Forms

Coordinates

girlmoder