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English
Etymology
From boy + mode.
Noun
boymode (uncountable)
- (transgender slang) The state of presenting as a boy, regardless of one's actual gender identity, especially of a trans woman.
- Coordinate term: girlmode
2021 October 7, @Vamp_Page, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-05:I was out in semi-boymode tonight and some drunk Scottish guy walked up to me in the street and said "Aye pal, you tryna become a lassie?" I was just like "Umm I guess" super embarrassedly, and he said "ah well good on ya, don't let nae cunt tell you who you are, be yoursel"
2021 September 1, @babethebashful, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-05:...just been told I look better in boymode...
2021 December 3, @InkMasterbator, Twitter, archived from the original on 2021-12-04:Before I came out as trans I was in boymode at work and this girl came up to me and goes "You're not fooling anyone" I was like "Huh?" she goes "You're one of them girls pretending to be a boy. I can see your tits and they're bigger than mine!" I love accidental validation!
Translations
Verb
boymode (third-person singular simple present boymodes, present participle boymoding, simple past and past participle boymoded)
- (transgender slang, intransitive) To present as a boy, regardless of one's actual gender identity, especially of a trans woman.
- Coordinate term: girlmode
2022 February 20, @SmoothShinyShae, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-05:We are 6 months away from cis girls posting that they're boymoding for not putting on makeup to go to the corner store
2022 July 18, @the_aiju, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-01-21:you boymode because you feel insecure about your appearance, she boymodes to hijack a boeing 727-100 airplane, demand $200,000 in negotiable american currency and jump out the aft staircase, you are not the same
2022 August 20, @autogynamelia, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-20:Living authentically is addictive. So many trans people go full-time sooner than planned. Once they get a taste they can't go back. I boymoded 24/7 my first 15 months on HRT. Then I went out in a skirt ONCE. 4 months later I submitted my petition for legal name and gender change.
2022 October 29, @barkriza, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-05:i dont boymode, i manmode
2022 December 18, @halomancer1, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-01-22:when you're 6 months on HRT but still trying to boymode
Translations
Usage notes
- Boymode suggests a younger and less masculine appearance than manmode.