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egg prime directive

egg prime directive proper noun: the principle against telling someone who is questioning their gender identity whether or not one suspects that they are transgender.

Proper noun

the egg prime directive

  1. (capitalized, informal, often) The principle against telling someone who is questioning their gender identity whether or not one suspects that they are transgender.
    • I’m sure there are some trans people out there who don’t follow the Egg Prime Directive, but I haven’t met them. It’s one of the only things that seems to unify the whole trans community, myself included. Even though I wanted my own external validation more than anything, I now see that true...2021 January 2, Cassie LaBelle, “‘Am I Trans?’ A Roadmap To Figuring Out The Toughest Question”, in An Injustice!
    • I know people who I myself hurt by breaking the Egg Prime Directive, before I understood how important it was. I’ve seen the havoc that that knowledge, when it’s not safe for the person to know, has wreaked on their life.2024 October 14, Doc Impossible, “Let's Fly”, in Stained Glass Woman, Substack

Examples of egg prime directive in a sentence

  • I’m sure there are some trans people out there who don’t follow the Egg Prime Directive, but I haven’t met them.2021 January 2, Cassie LaBelle, “‘Am I Trans?’ A Roadmap To Figuring Out The Toughest Question”, in An Injustice!:
  • This is the motivation for the other primary justification for the Egg Prime Directive: that it is irresponsible to crack someone’s egg when you are unable to help them through the transition process.2025 November 29, Jane Migliara Brigham, “The Egg Prime Directive is Bullshit”, in The Needle:

Origin of egg prime directive

From egg (“a person regarded as having not yet realized they are transgender, who has not yet come out as transgender, or who is in the early stages of transitioning”) + prime directive, in reference to the Prime Directive from media franchise Star Trek.

Questions about egg prime directive

What does egg prime directive mean?
Egg prime directive means the principle against telling someone who is questioning their gender identity whether or not one suspects that they are transgender.
How do you use egg prime directive in a sentence?
I’m sure there are some trans people out there who don’t follow the Egg Prime Directive, but I haven’t met them.
What part of speech is egg prime directive?
Egg prime directive is a proper noun.

Words near egg prime directive in the dictionary

  1. egg on one's face
  2. egg pasta
  3. egg pastas
  4. egg pod
  5. egg pods
  6. egg prime directive
  7. egg punk
  8. egg replacer
  9. egg replacers
  10. egg ring
  11. egg rings

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