"cryptoTERF" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cryptoTERFs [plural]
Etymology: From crypto- + TERF. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|crypto|TERF}} crypto- + TERF Head templates: {{en-noun}} cryptoTERF (plural cryptoTERFs)
  1. A person who conceals or masks their gender-critical views, especially from friends or within trans-inclusive spaces. Categories (topical): Gender-critical feminism, Transgender

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2019 October 25, shut up and go in peace (@deidaravore), Twitter:",
          "text": "Cryptoterfs are really good at using social justice language to weasel themselves into these spaces and make people accept Bad Ideas and i hate it.",
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          "ref": "2021 March 15, alina (@sindibunny), Twitter:",
          "text": "ok so i think my moot is a cryptoterf and a bunch of ppl follow them and i dmed them about it (cause they’re following someone posting violent transmisogynist & transphobic shit) […]",
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          "ref": "2021 June 15, Roo (@roopicoroo), Twitter:",
          "text": "i'm glad i've curated my following on this account well enough from my last account that i don't have to read any cryptoterf \"b- but queew is a swuw used to siwence wesbians 🥺\" takes anymore",
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