"sistagirl" meaning in All languages combined

See sistagirl on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: sistagirls [plural]
Etymology: sister + girl Head templates: {{en-noun}} sistagirl (plural sistagirls)
  1. (Australia, informal) A gay or transgender person in the Tiwi Islands culture. Tags: Australia, informal
    Sense id: en-sistagirl-en-noun-SWqcywdw Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "sister + girl",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sistagirls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sistagirl (plural sistagirls)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Australian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015, Allen Clarke, Meet The Transgender Sistergirls Of The Tiwi Islands, BuzzFeed News:",
          "text": "Five sistergirls, transgender Aboriginal people traditionally known in the Tiwi Islands as yimpininni, are giving BuzzFeed News a tour of their island home.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, G. N. Devy, Geoffrey V. Davis, K. K. Chakravarty, Knowing Differently: The Challenge of the Indigenous:",
          "text": "The term 'Sistagirl' is used to describe a transgender person in Tiwi Island culture. Traditionally, the term was 'Yimpininni'.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A gay or transgender person in the Tiwi Islands culture."
      ],
      "id": "en-sistagirl-en-noun-SWqcywdw",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Australia, informal) A gay or transgender person in the Tiwi Islands culture."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sistagirl"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "sister + girl",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sistagirls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sistagirl (plural sistagirls)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Australian English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015, Allen Clarke, Meet The Transgender Sistergirls Of The Tiwi Islands, BuzzFeed News:",
          "text": "Five sistergirls, transgender Aboriginal people traditionally known in the Tiwi Islands as yimpininni, are giving BuzzFeed News a tour of their island home.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, G. N. Devy, Geoffrey V. Davis, K. K. Chakravarty, Knowing Differently: The Challenge of the Indigenous:",
          "text": "The term 'Sistagirl' is used to describe a transgender person in Tiwi Island culture. Traditionally, the term was 'Yimpininni'.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A gay or transgender person in the Tiwi Islands culture."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Australia, informal) A gay or transgender person in the Tiwi Islands culture."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sistagirl"
}

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