transvestigate
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English
Etymology
Blend of transgender + investigate.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɹænzˈvɛs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /tɹænzˈvɛs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/, /-tə-/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪt
- Hyphenation: trans‧ves‧ti‧gate
Verb
transvestigate (third-person singular simple present transvestigates, present participle transvestigating, simple past and past participle transvestigated)
- (Internet slang) To perform transvestigation; to informally investigate into whether a public figure is secretly transgender, generally by analyzing that person's appearance and anatomical structure.
- The poster has transvestigated this celebrity because of her defined jawline.
- 2024 August 14, Quispe López, “How “Transvestigation” Crawled Out of the Worst Corners of the Internet Into the Mainstream”, in Them, archived from the original on 2024-08-14:
- Who are transvestigators, and what does it mean to transvestigate?
Related terms
Translations
to investigate someone's gender
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References
- “Online Anti-LGBTQ Hate Terms Defined: “Transvestigation””, in GLAAD, launched 2022
Further reading
Transvestigation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
