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Blend of transgender +‎ investigate.

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transvestigate (third-person singular simple present transvestigates, present participle transvestigating, simple past and past participle transvestigated)

  1. (Internet slang) To informally investigate into whether a celebrity, public figure, or politician is secretly transgender, generally by analyzing that person's appearance and anatomical structure. [from mid-2010s]

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