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peak trans en · NOUN

Etymology

From peak + trans. Emerged from the use of peak as an adjective meaning "at the greatest extent" or "maximum" (compare peak oil). The phrase peak trans is first attested online in this sense in 2014 and in print in 2016.

Meanings

1. (Internet, uncountable) The moment when a person feels motivated to adopt gender-critical or anti-transgender views.
   • Please god let her [the author's daughter] peak trans be as painless as possible. 2018, "GenderCriticalDad", "'I'm Not A Hideously Bigoted Parent Who Doesn't 'Get' It'", in Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body (eds. Heather Brunskell-Evans & Michele Moore), page 81
   • Gender critical feminists often talk about hitting 'peak trans'- the moment when you realize the truth about transgenderism. Here's my peak trans story. 2021, Katie Roche, 2+2=5: How The Transgender Craze is Redefining Reality, page 2:
   • In a practice carried over from Reddit, members are encouraged to share their conversion stories, which they confusingly call their “peak trans” moments. 2020 December 8, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “The Secret Internet of TERFs”, in The Atlantic:

Forms

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peaktrans		alternative	lexicographic
peak-trans		alternative	lexicographic

Relateds

red pill

peak trans en · VERB

Etymology

From peak + trans. Emerged from the use of peak as an adjective meaning "at the greatest extent" or "maximum" (compare peak oil). The phrase peak trans is first attested online in this sense in 2014 and in print in 2016.

Meanings

1. (Internet) To cause one to adopt gender-critical or trans-exclusionary views.
   • Just peak transed my whole table at a domestic abuse training event. 2019 June 25, Autumnsdance (@Autumnsdance), Twitter:
   • Mumsnet peak transed me 2017 December 22, Lizbeth Sophia (@XXnowalways), Twitter:
   • TERFs are obsessed with 'peak transing' cis people the same way MRAs are obsessed with 'red pilling' men. 2018 December 21, Prism (@ialika_lifina), Twitter:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
peak transing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
peak transed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
peak transed	Tense=Past		lexicographic
peaktrans		alternative	lexicographic
peak-trans		alternative	lexicographic
peak transes	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic

Synonyms

peak