transvestigate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /tɹænzˈvɛs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /tɹænzˈvɛs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /-tə-/ (General-American)
Etymology
Blend of transgender + investigate.
Meanings
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(Internet) To perform transvestigation; to informally investigate into whether a public figure is secretly transgender, generally by analyzing that person's appearance and anatomical structure.
The poster has transvestigated this celebrity because of her defined jawline.
Who are transvestigators, and what does it mean to transvestigate?
2024 August 14, Quispe López, “How “Transvestigation” Crawled Out of the Worst Corners of the Internet Into the Mainstream”, in Them, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2024:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| transvestigating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| transvestigates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| transvestigated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| transvestigated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Relateds
transvestigation · transvestigator · transvestigating
Translations (1)
fr transvestiguer (to investigate someone's gender)