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troon

/ˈtɹuːn/US/ˈtɹun/

troon noun: a transgender person, especially a trans woman.

Noun

troon (plural troons)

  1. (Internet, derogatory, offensive) A transgender person, especially a trans woman.
    • Good Woke Boys pretending like they didn't obsessively post "troons are mentally ill" for 5 years is my favorite* part of twitter2016 September 19, @uchimatador, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 May 2023
    • When the troons speak about ‘gender neutral spaces’ ALWAYS maintain they are promoting unisex spaces.2020 August 29, @fifyfomum, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2020

Verb

troon (third-person singular simple present troons, present participle trooning, simple past and past participle trooned)

  1. (Internet, derogatory, intransitive, offensive) To undergo gender transition.
    • Everyone was a hon back then and trooning at that age still guarantees that you'll be a hon.2020 December 15, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/
    • How old were you when you trooned?2021 November 25, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/
    Synonyms:
    troon out
  2. (Internet, derogatory, offensive, transitive) To make someone undergo gender transition.
    • wait, i thought yu get forcebly trooned if you do the gay in iran? white man propaganda?2021 October 8, @primalplat, Twitter, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2021
    • Is it so strange that our time is dominated by mental illness, that our men are trooned and our civilization is torn apart by screeching women? Deny a God, suffer a God's wrath.2022 March 13, @autistocrates, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2022

Proper noun capitalized: Troon

Troon

  1. A coastal town and port in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3231).
  2. A village in Camborne parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6638).
  3. A village (Troon Village), country club and golf course in North Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, possibly named after Troon in Scotland, well known for its golf courses.

Examples of troon in a sentence

  • how do I wear skirts without coming off like a troon twitter no-fashion-sense transbian2021 October 26, @coolestrogen, Twitter, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2021:
  • I don't support trooning kids because I'd be bitter they get to transition earlier than I did.2023 March 15, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:

Synonyms of troon

Forms of troon

Noun
pluraltroons
Verb
third-person singular presenttroons
present participletrooning
past participletrooned
pasttrooned

Origin of troon

Coined as a blend of tr(ansgender) + (g)oon (“member of Something Awful”) on Something Awful, and later popularized by Kiwi Farms and 4chan. First attested in 2010.

Words formed from troon

Words that rhyme with troon

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Questions about troon

What does troon mean?
Troon means a transgender person, especially a trans woman.
How do you use troon in a sentence?
how do I wear skirts without coming off like a troon twitter no-fashion-sense transbian
What part of speech is troon?
Troon can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce troon?
Troon is pronounced /ˈtɹuːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of troon?
The plural of troon is troons.

Words near troon in the dictionary

  1. troodontid
  2. troodontids
  3. troof
  4. troofs
  5. trooly
  6. troon
  7. troon out
  8. troonbrained
  9. trooncel
  10. trooned
  11. trooned out

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: troon (page history and authors); Troon (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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