"Crying Game" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: From the 1992 film The Crying Game, which features a scene in which a man discovers that his lover, implicitly presented up to that point as a cis woman, is in fact a pre-op/non-op trans woman. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolinkhead=1}} Crying Game
  1. (informal, often used attributively) A situation in which something or someone is revealed to be other than assumed/expected to be, particularly with regard to gender identity. Wikipedia link: The Crying Game Tags: attributive, informal, often Categories (topical): LGBTQ, Transgender
    Sense id: en-Crying_Game-en-name-cN0WVPse Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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