TERFy

English

Alternative forms

• TERF-y
• terfy

Etymology

TERF +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜːfi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɝfi/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)fi
• Homophone: turfy

Adjective

TERFy (comparative TERFier, superlative TERFiest)

1. (informal, neologism) Resembling, characteristic of, or related to trans-exclusionary feminism or those who hold such views.
   • 2016, "Peter", quoted in T. J. Jourian, "'My Masculinity Is a Little Love Poem to Myself': Trans*masculine College Students’ Conceptualizations of Masculinities", dissertation submitted to Loyola University, page 238:

     Usually when I jump into the conversation it’s me defending trans* women against cis women who are acting a little bit TERF-y […]

   • 2018 October 18, Tori Truscheit, “The Rage of All Women”, in Slate:

     I assumed they were straight and cis, because otherwise they would have known about TERFy women’s lands or at least about the drama of Michfest.

   • 2020, Quinn McGlade-Ferentzy, "Heterosexist Suspicion of a Queer Outsider", thesis submitted to the University of Guelph, page 46:

     After years of being shamed for their bodies, is celebrating their monthly moons and the power of their uterus inherently TERF-y?

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:TERFy.

Usage notes

• See notes at TERF.

Anagrams

• treyf