peak trans
peak trans verb: to cause one to adopt gender-critical or trans-exclusionary views.
Verb
peak trans (third-person singular simple present peak transes, present participle peak transing, simple past and past participle peak transed)
- To cause one to adopt gender-critical or trans-exclusionary views.
- Mumsnet peak transed me2017 December 22, Lizbeth Sophia (@XXnowalways), Twitter
- TERFs are obsessed with 'peak transing' cis people the same way MRAs are obsessed with 'red pilling' men.2018 December 21, Prism (@ialika_lifina), Twitter
- Synonyms:
- peak
Noun
peak trans (uncountable)
- The moment when a person feels motivated to adopt gender-critical or anti-transgender views.
- Please god let her [the author's daughter] peak trans be as painless as possible.2018, "GenderCriticalDad", "'I'm Not A Hideously Bigoted Parent Who Doesn't 'Get' It'", in Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body (eds. Heather Brunskell-Evans & Michele Moore)...
- In a practice carried over from Reddit, members are encouraged to share their conversion stories, which they confusingly call their “peak trans” moments.2020 December 8, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “The Secret Internet of TERFs”, in The Atlantic
Examples of peak trans in a sentence
- Just peak transed my whole table at a domestic abuse training event.2019 June 25, Autumnsdance (@Autumnsdance), Twitter:
- Gender critical feminists often talk about hitting 'peak trans'- the moment when you realize the truth about transgenderism.2021, Katie Roche, 2+2=5: How The Transgender Craze is Redefining Reality, page 2:
Synonyms of peak trans
Forms of peak trans
| third-person singular present | peak transes |
|---|---|
| present participle | peak transing |
| past participle | peak transed |
| past | peak transed |
| alternative form | peak-trans |
| alternative form | peaktrans |
Origin of peak trans
From peak + trans. Emerged from the use of peak as an adjective meaning "at the greatest extent" or "maximum" (compare peak oil). The phrase peak trans is first attested online in this sense in 2014 and in print in 2016.
Questions about peak trans
- What does peak trans mean?
- Peak trans means to cause one to adopt gender-critical or trans-exclusionary views.
- How do you use peak trans in a sentence?
- Just peak transed my whole table at a domestic abuse training event.
- What part of speech is peak trans?
- Peak trans can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of peak trans?
- The past tense of peak trans is peak transed.
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Source and license
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