OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 11340

tranny

/ˈtɹæ.ni/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
trava • travelo • travesaño
A transgender person, especially a trans woman.
"This is the boys' corner – this block and the next," he says. "Everybody has their territory: males, females, queens, trannies (transvestites) [...]
Newton (1972) has indicated that they are professional performers, who carefully do not try to totally pass as women. This is seen as too 'tranny' (transvestite) and possibly offen…
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