"heighthon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: heighthons [plural]
Etymology: From height + hon (“a trans woman who does not pass”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|height|hon|t2=a trans woman who does not pass}} height + hon (“a trans woman who does not pass”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} heighthon (plural heighthons)
  1. (transgender slang, 4chan, derogatory) A trans woman who is clockable due to being significantly taller than a typical cis woman. Tags: derogatory Related terms: shoulderhon

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2017 April 11, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/",
          "roman": "Forever a heighthon/foothon.",
          "text": ">tfw 5'10 (literally 98 percentile for white women and 99.9999 percentile for non-white women)\n>tfw 11 US women's shoe size (like 99 percentile for ALL women)",
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          "ref": "2021 September 23, @petrichoror, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-05",
          "text": "random old lady i passed on the street: \"hey do you play basketball?\" \"no, why?\" \"because you’re so tall, you look like you’d be good at it!\" i hate being a heighthon",
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        {
          "ref": "2022 June 7, @AyumuKasugaFan, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-06-08",
          "text": "idk how bad my face looks tbh, im trying to fix my face but im a heighthon, im 6'3 💀💀",
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          "ref": "2022 June 29, @silly_boymoder, Twitter",
          "text": "5'6 is the average for cis woman. u r bdd. meanwhile im an actual heighthon(174cm)",
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          "ref": "2023 February 1, @AmooliaGang, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-05",
          "text": "Tfw I will never be a 5'3 cisoid woman who has her bf grab things for her. Doomed to be a heighthon and get the spices from the top rack myself",
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          "ref": "2023 February 2, @epistemophagy, Twitter",
          "text": "Nah she's implying anyone over 6' is a heighthon.",
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        "(transgender slang, 4chan, derogatory) A trans woman who is clockable due to being significantly taller than a typical cis woman."
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