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TERFspeak

TERFspeak noun: the jargon and rhetoric of gender-critical or trans-exclusionary feminists.

Noun

TERFspeak (uncountable)

  1. The jargon and rhetoric of gender-critical or trans-exclusionary feminists.
    • Truth be told parroting actual TERFspeak for it's^([sic]) comedy value might have been a bad call.2018 March 13, venyle (@cold_inthewater), Twitter
    • "Trans-identified male" is TERFspeak for trans woman.2019 December 17, fern +r | Badenlily (@fernseasons), Twitter

Origin of TERFspeak

From TERF + -speak.

Questions about TERFspeak

What does TERFspeak mean?
TERFspeak means the jargon and rhetoric of gender-critical or trans-exclusionary feminists.
What part of speech is TERFspeak?
TERFspeak is a noun.

Words near TERFspeak in the dictionary

  1. terflavin
  2. terflavoxate
  3. terfluorene
  4. terfluorenes
  5. terfs
  6. TERFspeak
  7. terfy
  8. terga
  9. tergal
  10. tergallic acid
  11. tergant

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