honfidence
/ˈhʌnfɪdəns/
honfidence noun: the apparently irrational confidence possessed by hons (non-passing trans women) in their appearance.
Noun
honfidence (uncountable)
- The apparently irrational confidence possessed by hons (non-passing trans women) in their appearance.
- what's the secret, anons? is it because they don't give a fuck? i guess it's all about HONfidence after all...2018 December 21, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/
- u dont need honfidence, u pass2022 May 27, @estrogenizedboy, Twitter, archived from the original on 27 May 2022
Examples of honfidence in a sentence
- i tweet like i have more followers than i do not just because my old account has a lot of followers but because i am practicing honfidence for when i need it most2022 June 12, @estradiolnihil, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2022:
- I am so glad whatever honfidence that had developed was nipped in the bud before I was gonna embarass^([sic]) myself even more. god I hate looking like this. it hurts so much2022 June 17, @ellie_fail, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
- i have no idea how i managed to girlmode last year without throwing myself off a cliff honfidence is real y'all2022 December 11, @LillianaFuture, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
- All the cool tgirls are doing it I gotta have a little honfidence2023 January 10, @epistemophagy, Twitter:
Origin of honfidence
Blend of hon (“a trans woman who does not pass”) + confidence.
Questions about honfidence
- What does honfidence mean?
- Honfidence means the apparently irrational confidence possessed by hons (non-passing trans women) in their appearance.
- How do you use honfidence in a sentence?
- i tweet like i have more followers than i do not just because my old account has a lot of followers but because i am practicing honfidence for when i need it most
- What part of speech is honfidence?
- Honfidence is a noun.
- How do you pronounce honfidence?
- Honfidence is pronounced /ˈhʌnfɪdəns/.
Words near honfidence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: honfidence (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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