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manmode

/ˈmænmoʊd/

manmode noun: the state of presenting as a man, regardless of one's actual gender identity, especially of a trans woman.

Noun

manmode (uncountable)

  1. (especially) The state of presenting as a man, regardless of one's actual gender identity, especially of a trans woman.
    • I actually wanna record one of my songs for the Youtubs^([sic]) but I don't know if I'm ready to come out on Youtube and I don't wanna record in MaNmOdE it's a crisis 😩2021 March 3, @CaptAmazo, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2021
    • Gotta spend Friday afternoon with my family in manmode tho, rip2022 June 24, @MsTransKafka, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2022

Verb

manmode (third-person singular simple present manmodes, present participle manmoding, simple past and past participle manmoded)

  1. (especially, intransitive) To present as a man, regardless of one's actual gender identity, especially of a trans woman.
    • okay, i get it, the new haircut sucks, back to manmoding for me2022 March 9, @0xCAFEBEEF, Twitter, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2022
    • manmoding at work (tragic)2022 October 4, @xaviersonline, Twitter

Forms of manmode

third-person singular presentmanmodes
present participlemanmoding
past participlemanmoded
pastmanmoded

Origin of manmode

From man + mode.

Words formed from manmode

Questions about manmode

What does manmode mean?
Manmode means the state of presenting as a man, regardless of one's actual gender identity, especially of a trans woman.
What part of speech is manmode?
Manmode can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce manmode?
Manmode is pronounced /ˈmænmoʊd/ (US).

Words near manmode in the dictionary

  1. manmade
  2. manmaker
  3. Manmatha
  4. Manmathudu
  5. manmeat
  6. manmode
  7. manmoded
  8. manmoder
  9. manmoders
  10. manmodes
  11. manmoding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: manmode (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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