Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t
Proto-Indo-European *-ónts
Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts
Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts
Proto-Italic *trāns
Proto-Italic *trāns-
Latin trans-bor.
English trans-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
Proto-Italic *genos
Latin genus
Old French gendrebor.
Middle English gendre
English gender
English transgender
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-ōm
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm
Proto-Indo-European *-ō
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ
Proto-Germanic *gumô
Proto-West Germanic *gumō
Old English guma
Middle English gone?
English gooney
English goon
blend
English troon
Coined as a blend of tr(ansgender) + (g)oon (“member of Something Awful”) on Something Awful, and later popularized by Kiwi Farms and 4chan. First attested in 2010.
Meanings
(Internet, derogatory, offensive) A transgender person, especially a trans woman.
Good Woke Boys pretending like they didn't obsessively post "troons are mentally ill" for 5 years is my favorite* part of twitter 2016 September 19, @uchimatador, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 May 2023:
how do I wear skirts without coming off like a troon twitter no-fashion-sense transbian 2021 October 26, @coolestrogen, Twitter, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2021:
When the troons speak about ‘gender neutral spaces’ ALWAYS maintain they are promoting unisex spaces. 2020 August 29, @fifyfomum, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2020:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t
Proto-Indo-European *-ónts
Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts
Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts
Proto-Italic *trāns
Proto-Italic *trāns-
Latin trans-bor.
English trans-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
Proto-Italic *genos
Latin genus
Old French gendrebor.
Middle English gendre
English gender
English transgender
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-ōm
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm
Proto-Indo-European *-ō
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ
Proto-Germanic *gumô
Proto-West Germanic *gumō
Old English guma
Middle English gone?
English gooney
English goon
blend
English troon
Coined as a blend of tr(ansgender) + (g)oon (“member of Something Awful”) on Something Awful, and later popularized by Kiwi Farms and 4chan. First attested in 2010.
Meanings
(Internet, derogatory, intransitive, offensive) To undergo gender transition.
How old were you when you trooned? 2021 November 25, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
Everyone was a hon back then and trooning at that age still guarantees that you'll be a hon. 2020 December 15, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
>Are you trooning?
yeah I started trooning five years ago kek 2022 December 29, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
(Internet, derogatory, offensive, transitive) To make someone undergo gender transition.
Is it so strange that our time is dominated by mental illness, that our men are trooned and our civilization is torn apart by screeching women? Deny a God, suffer a God's wrath. 2022 March 13, @autistocrates, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2022:
I don't support trooning kids because I'd be bitter they get to transition earlier than I did. 2023 March 15, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
wait, i thought yu get forcebly trooned if you do the gay in iran? white man propaganda? 2021 October 8, @primalplat, Twitter, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2021: