heshe
heshe is the alternative form of he-she.
Meaning of he-she
Noun
he-she (plural he-shes)
- 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
- 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
Forms of heshe
| plural | heshes |
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Questions about heshe
- What is heshe the alternative form of?
- Heshe is the alternative form of he-she.
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