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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

  1. (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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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)