transvestigator en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /tɹænzˌvɛs.tɪˈɡeɪ.tə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /-tə-/ (General-American)
- /tɹænzˌvɛs.tɪˈɡeɪ.təɹ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Blend of transgender + investigator.
Meanings
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(Internet, qualifier:conspiracy theories) A person who performs transvestigation; someone who routinely conducts or promotes informal investigations into whether a public figure is secretly transgender, generally by analyzing that person's appearance and anatomical structure.
You gotta be kidding me. Transvestigators are wild. Here I am just tryna find some Anne Hathaway movies and I see this. [screenshot of a Google search in which the top "people also ask" result is "Was Anne Hathaway born a boy?"]
2019 November 7, Devastated 24/7 (@roo_tea), Twitter:I've known cisgender women who were kicked out of restrooms by transvestigators. It's the most poorly developed of all the Bigotry Sciences right behind phrenology.
2022 May 19, Lylac Doll (@LylacDoll), Twitter:No you can't always tell. Of the trans women I've known who told me they were trans I certainly couldn't "tell" when I met them. And the transvestigators just suspect every cis woman.
2020 August 10, Ann Coates (@setoacnna), Twitter:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| transvestigators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
fr transvestigateur (Translations) · fr transvestigatrice (Translations)