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male-failing

male-failing is the present participle and gerund of male-fail.

Meaning of male-fail

Verb

male-fail (third-person singular simple present male-fails, present participle male-failing, simple past and past participle male-failed)

  1. (intransitive, transgender slang) Of a trans woman: to fail to pass as male; to make a successful male-to-female transition.
    • I just male-failed with a customer and I'm so happy!

Questions about male-failing

What is male-failing the present participle and gerund of?
Male-failing is the present participle and gerund of male-fail.

Words near male-failing in the dictionary

  1. male-bot
  2. male-bots
  3. male-dominated
  4. male-fail
  5. male-failed
  6. male-failing
  7. male-fails
  8. male-gazey
  9. male-identified
  10. male-pattern violence
  11. male-to-female

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