pooner

English

Etymology

From poon (“poontang, the vagina”) +‎ -er. Possibly inspired by boomer derivatives such as coomer and doomer.

Noun

pooner (plural pooners)

1. (transgender slang, 4chan, derogatory, offensive) A trans man.
   • 2021 February 22, anonymous author, 4chan‎^[1], /lgbt/:

     How will pooners recover?

   • 2021 November 23, @DryOldHooker, Twitter‎^[2], archived from the original on 2022-12-08:

     Dude..., could you have picked a less attractive name? Lmfao. If I were a pooner I'd say my name is Thor or Magnus.. not FUCKING FRODO

   • 2022 June 24, @AmarylisRetard, Twitter‎^[3], archived from the original on 2022-07-12:

     sorry but the barney mf literally looks like a pooner caricature

   • 2022 October 12, @ARYANFAGGOT, Twitter‎^[4], archived from the original on 2023-07-05:

     someone said i was larping as a pooner because of this

   • 2023 January 1, @transmedbiomed, Twitter‎^[5], archived from the original on 2023-07-05:

     you cannot unironically look like a pooner cartoon and then complain about misgendering

   • 2023 May 8, anonymous author, 4chan‎^[6], /lgbt/:

     pooners when they have to cut their hair, remove their piercings and take testosterone to pass

   • 2023 May 14, anonymous author, 4chan‎^[7], /lgbt/:

     Pooners pass poorly in general and have a harder time fitting in with what society expects of a man.
     Of course no one knows this because pooners are fucking invisible

Usage notes

• The term is often used to describe trans men who are subjectively viewed as not passing or are thought to not put effort into passing.

Further reading

• “pooner”, in Know Your Meme, launched 2007