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John 50

John 50 noun: a trans woman who has long repressed her feelings of gender dysphoria.

Noun

John 50 (plural John 50s)

  1. (derogatory, 4chan /lgbt/ slang) A trans woman who has long repressed her feelings of gender dysphoria.
    • Anon will be a extremely bitter john 50 and his family will all have an extreme hate for him for trooning out. Also i bet this sends his sister down a terf pipeline and I honestly don’t blame them2023 June 6, u/avian_variety, r/4tran (Reddit post)
    • It honestly feels like I was born to be a #john50 the way that my life has only gotten worse on hrt and I was so successful at repressing for so long but alas I was born in present era 💔💔2024 March 19, @Novice96, X (post)

Verb

John 50 (third-person singular simple present John 50s, present participle John 50ing, simple past and past participle John 50ed)

  1. (derogatory, intransitive, 4chan /lgbt/ slang) To transition as a John 50.

Forms of John 50

Noun
pluralJohn 50s
alternative formJohn, 50
alternative form (rare)John50
alternative form (rare)john50
Verb
third-person singular presentJohn 50s
present participleJohn 50ing
past participleJohn 50ed
pastJohn 50ed

Origin of John 50

From John + translingual 50, in reference to a 2001 study in the journal Gender and Psychoanalysis, where a 50-year-old male identified as John is described as struggling with gender dysphoria after years of repression.

Questions about John 50

What does John 50 mean?
John 50 means a trans woman who has long repressed her feelings of gender dysphoria.
What part of speech is John 50?
John 50 can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of John 50?
The plural of John 50 is John 50s.

Words near John 50 in the dictionary

  1. johar
  2. Johari window
  3. Johari windows
  4. johillerite
  5. john
  6. John 50
  7. John 50s
  8. John A. Grindle
  9. John Asscroft
  10. John Audley
  11. John Barleycorn

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