"TERFspeak" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From TERF + -speak. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|TERF|speak}} TERF + -speak Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} TERFspeak (uncountable)
  1. The jargon and rhetoric of gender-critical or trans-exclusionary feminists. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Gender-critical feminism, Jargon, Transgender, Transphobia
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