girlmode
/ˈɡɛɹɫmoʊ̯d/
girlmode noun: the state of presenting as female.
Noun
girlmode (uncountable)
- The state of presenting as female.
- Coordinate term: boymode
- Saw another cow-orker at a local big hoity-toity benefit gala. Just went up and tapped him on the shoulder. Of course I told two others who were with me to follow me if they wanted to see a real goodie. He was very shocked, but cool about it. :) Took him a few seconds to realize just who I was...2002 February 19, Annie, “Bumping into friends”, in alt.transgendered (Usenet)
Verb
girlmode (third-person singular simple present girlmodes, present participle girlmoding, simple past and past participle girlmoded)
- To present as female.
- Coordinate term: boymode
- lmao everyone think i'm girlmoding nah bitch i just wear plain white shirts and skinny jeans, that's called lazymoding2020 September 3, cadavre (@dummylizzie), Twitter, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2024
Examples of girlmode in a sentence
- He was very shocked, but cool about it. :) Took him a few seconds to realize just who I was, even though he had seen me in girlmode at the office H'ween party.2002 February 19, Annie, “Bumping into friends”, in alt.transgendered (Usenet):
- I was driving home late from seeing my friends in girlmode, and got stuck in a massive traffic jam.2022, Anna Burns, “Gender, Traffic, and Other Such Annoyances”, in Laura Erickson-Schroth, editor, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, 2nd edition...
- Like the one time I got catcalled in girlmode and it was actually weirdly euphoric.2023 September 25, Not-Jesus666, “Archived copy”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2024:
Forms of girlmode
| third-person singular present | girlmodes |
|---|---|
| present participle | girlmoding |
| past participle | girlmoded |
| past | girlmoded |
Origin of girlmode
From girl + mode.
Questions about girlmode
- What does girlmode mean?
- Girlmode means the state of presenting as female.
- How do you use girlmode in a sentence?
- He was very shocked, but cool about it. :) Took him a few seconds to realize just who I was, even though he had seen me in girlmode at the office H'ween party.
- What part of speech is girlmode?
- Girlmode can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce girlmode?
- Girlmode is pronounced /ˈɡɛɹɫmoʊ̯d/ (US).
Words near girlmode in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: girlmode (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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