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he-shes

he-shes is the plural of he-she.

Meaning of he-she

Noun

he-she (plural he-shes)

  1. (derogatory, informal, offensive) A butch (or masculine) woman; (sometimes also) a trans man (regarded as a masculine woman).
    • [page 4:] The weekend butches were scared of me because I was a stone he-she. […] [page 27:] I noticed a grownup whose sex I couldn't figure out. "Mom, is that a he-she?" I asked out loud. […] "What's a he-she?" my sister demanded to know. I was interested in the answer too. "It's a weirdo," my...1993, Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues, Los Angeles: Accessible Publishing Systems PTY Limited, published 2010, →ISBN, page 4,27,69,137
  2. (derogatory, informal, offensive) A transsexual or transgender woman (a woman who was assigned male at birth).
    • Cops aren't very fond of prostitutes; they create work. […] The prostitutes in the Four-one bear no resemblance to Shirley McLaine's Irma La Douce. They are the ugliest assortment of hes, shes, he-shes, and she-hes in the world.2009, Tom Walker, Fort Apache: New York's Most Violent Precinct, page 98

Questions about he-shes

What is he-shes the plural of?
He-shes is the plural of he-she.

Words near he-shes in the dictionary

  1. he-ing and she-ing
  2. he-man
  3. he-men
  4. he-said-she-said
  5. he-she
  6. he-shes
  7. he-whore
  8. he-whores
  9. he-wolf
  10. he-wolves
  11. he/him

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