"troon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹuːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɹun/ [General-American], /ˈtɹʉːn/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand] Forms: troons [plural]
Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Italic *trānts Latin trāns Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Latin genus Old French gendrebor. Middle English gendre English gender English transgenderblend. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ōm Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ Proto-Germanic *gumô Proto-West Germanic *gumō Old English guma Middle English gone? English gooney English goonblend. English troon Blend of transgender + goon (“member of Something Awful”). Coined in the comedy website and internet forum Something Awful in the late 2000s. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|blend|transgender>having a gender different from one's assigned sex|goon>simpleton|id=transgender person|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Italic *trānts Latin trāns Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Latin genus Old French gendrebor. Middle English gendre English gender English transgenderblend. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ōm Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ Proto-Germanic *gumô Proto-West Germanic *gumō Old English guma Middle English gone? English gooney English goonblend. English troon, {{blend|en|transgender|goon<t:member of Something Awful><id:member of Something Awful>}} Blend of transgender + goon (“member of Something Awful”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} troon (plural troons)
  1. (anti-LGBTQ slur, Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) A transgender person; most commonly, a trans woman. Tags: Internet, derogatory, offensive Categories (topical): Alt-right, Transgender, Transphobia Derived forms: trooner, troonism, troon out Translations (Translations): troon (French)
    Sense id: en-troon-en-noun-en:transgender_person Disambiguation of Alt-right: 89 6 5 Disambiguation of Transgender: 64 19 16 Disambiguation of Transphobia: 49 27 24 Categories (other): English anti-LGBTQ slurs, English blends, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English blends: 27 37 37 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 28 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 60 20 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 3 7 36 34 1 13 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 58 21 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): People
Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɹuːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɹun/ [General-American], /ˈtɹʉːn/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand] Forms: troons [present, singular, third-person], trooning [participle, present], trooned [participle, past], trooned [past]
Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Italic *trānts Latin trāns Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Latin genus Old French gendrebor. Middle English gendre English gender English transgenderblend. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ōm Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ Proto-Germanic *gumô Proto-West Germanic *gumō Old English guma Middle English gone? English gooney English goonblend. English troon Blend of transgender + goon (“member of Something Awful”). Coined in the comedy website and internet forum Something Awful in the late 2000s. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|blend|transgender>having a gender different from one's assigned sex|goon>simpleton|id=transgender person|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Italic *trānts Latin trāns Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Latin genus Old French gendrebor. Middle English gendre English gender English transgenderblend. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ōm Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ Proto-Germanic *gumô Proto-West Germanic *gumō Old English guma Middle English gone? English gooney English goonblend. English troon, {{blend|en|transgender|goon<t:member of Something Awful><id:member of Something Awful>}} Blend of transgender + goon (“member of Something Awful”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} troon (third-person singular simple present troons, present participle trooning, simple past and past participle trooned)
  1. (intransitive, Internet slang, chiefly derogatory, offensive) To undergo gender transition. Tags: Internet, derogatory, intransitive, offensive Synonyms: troon out
    Sense id: en-troon-en-verb-en:to_undergo_gender_transitive Categories (other): English blends, English entries with etymology trees Disambiguation of English blends: 27 37 37 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 37 32 31
  2. (transitive, Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) To make someone undergo gender transition. Tags: Internet, derogatory, offensive, transitive
    Sense id: en-troon-en-verb-en:to_make_someone_undergo_transition Categories (other): English blends, English entries with etymology trees Disambiguation of English blends: 27 37 37 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 37 32 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): People Related terms: troons (english: trousers)
Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Everyone was a hon back then and trooning at that age still guarantees that you'll be a hon.",
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: pooner"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 September 19, @uchimatador, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-05-29:",
          "text": "Good Woke Boys pretending like they didn't obsessively post \"troons are mentally ill\" for 5 years is my favorite* part of twitter",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 August 29, @fifyfomum, Twitter, archived from the original on 2020-08-29:",
          "text": "When the troons speak about ‘gender neutral spaces’ ALWAYS maintain they are promoting unisex spaces.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 October 26, @coolestrogen, Twitter, archived from the original on 2021-10-26:",
          "text": "how do I wear skirts without coming off like a troon twitter no-fashion-sense transbian",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈtɹuːn/",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɹun/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɹʉːn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian",
        "New-Zealand"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-uːn"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "troon"
    }
  ],
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    "Something Awful"
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}

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    "English terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-",
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    "Pages with 4 entries",
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    "Rhymes:English/uːn/1 syllable",
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    "en:People",
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "english": "trousers",
      "word": "troons"
    }
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        "English internet slang",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English offensive terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2020 December 15, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:",
          "text": "Everyone was a hon back then and trooning at that age still guarantees that you'll be a hon.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 November 25, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:",
          "text": "How old were you when you trooned?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 December 29, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:",
          "text": ">Are you trooning?\nyeah I started trooning five years ago kek",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To undergo gender transition."
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        "(intransitive, Internet slang, chiefly derogatory, offensive) To undergo gender transition."
      ],
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        "en:to undergo gender transitive"
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        {
          "word": "troon out"
        }
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        "intransitive",
        "offensive"
      ]
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2021 October 8, @primalplat, Twitter, archived from the original on 2021-10-08:",
          "text": "wait, i thought yu get forcebly trooned if you do the gay in iran? white man propaganda?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 March 13, @autistocrates, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-03-13:",
          "text": "Is it so strange that our time is dominated by mental illness, that our men are trooned and our civilization is torn apart by screeching women? Deny a God, suffer a God's wrath.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 15, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:",
          "text": "I don't support trooning kids because I'd be bitter they get to transition earlier than I did.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make someone undergo gender transition."
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          "slang"
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        "(transitive, Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) To make someone undergo gender transition."
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    }
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  ],
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}

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