masculine of center en · ADJ
Etymology
Coined by B. Cole in 2008. Compare left of center, right of center.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, usually) Having a gender identity or presentation that is on the masculine side; masc or butch.
[…] where there was a plethora of even more well-dressed masculine of center heart throbs and their writings, […]
2017 Fall, Vanessa Rochelle Lews, "Nourrir Spotlight", in Nourrir, issue 12, page 21Working-class women, non-white women, some transwomen, and butch/ masculine-of-center women are stereotypically less fragile than the “ideally” feminine woman.
2015, Robin James, Resilience & Melancholy: Pop Music, Feminism, Neoliberalism, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN:The Queer Resource Center announced that they will be hosting an event series for transmasculine and masculine of center communities called the T-House, […]
2020 Nov. 19 - Dec. 2, An Pham, "Charlie and the T-House Event Series", in The Guardsman (City College of San Francisco), volume 170, issue 7, page 4
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine of centre | alternative | lexicographic | |
| masculine-of-center | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most masculine of center | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| masculine-of-centre | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more masculine of center | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| MOC | alternative | lexicographic |