"male-fail" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: male-fails [present, singular, third-person], male-failing [participle, present], male-failed [participle, past], male-failed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} male-fail (third-person singular simple present male-fails, present participle male-failing, simple past and past participle male-failed)
  1. (intransitive, informal, transgender) Of a trans woman: to fail to pass as male; to make a successful male-to-female transition. Tags: informal, intransitive Categories (topical): Transgender Synonyms: malefail Translations (Translations): malefail (French)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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