"TIF" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: TIFs [plural]
Etymology: When applied to trans men, perhaps influenced by the name Tiff. Head templates: {{en-noun}} TIF (plural TIFs)
  1. (derogatory, offensive, dysphemistic) Initialism of trans-identified female, referring to a trans man. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, initialism, offensive Alternative form of: trans-identified female, referring to a trans man
    Sense id: en-TIF-en-noun-iKDrbVIm Categories (other): English dysphemisms, English dysphemisms, Male people, Transgender, Transphobia Disambiguation of English dysphemisms: 81 19 Disambiguation of Male people: 61 39 Disambiguation of Transgender: 100 0 Disambiguation of Transphobia: 79 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: TIFs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} TIF (plural TIFs)
  1. (computer graphics file format) Abbreviation of TIFF. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: TIFF
    Sense id: en-TIF-en-noun-fuKGZFU2 Categories (other): Computer graphics, File formats, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for TIF meaning in English (2.2kB)

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