boymode
English
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!
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
Usage notes
- Boymode suggests a younger and less masculine appearance than manmode.
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