"SOFFA" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: SOFFAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} SOFFA (plural SOFFAs)
  1. Initialism of significant other, family, friend, and/or ally. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: significant other, family, friend, and/or ally Categories (topical): Transgender

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2020, Heather Bryant, “Finding Community”, in My Trans Parent, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, page 195",
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