He-she

Quick meaning: He-she is a noun meaning (informal, derogatory, offensive) A butch (or masculine) woman; (sometimes also) a trans man (regarded as a masculine woman).

Meaning

(informal, derogatory, offensive) A butch (or masculine) woman; (sometimes also) a trans man (regarded as a masculine woman).

More Meanings

1. (informal, derogatory, offensive) A transsexual or transgender woman (a woman who was assigned male at birth).

Example Sentences

Cops aren't very fond of prostitutes; they create work. […] The prostitutes in the Four-one bear no resemblance to Shirley McLaine's Irma La Douce. They are the ugliest assortment of hes, shes, he-shes, and she-hes in the world.

Max Ray, a white transgender man […] recalled […] 'I went to swipe my pass, and there was three or four teenage guys on the front of the trolley and they started saying, "That's a female. That's a female. They think that's a female. You're a he-she."'

Sophia is an out transwoman […] When the character of Sophia—who, in the memoir, is named Vanessa Robinson—is introduced, Kerman write that "the Camp was abuzz. The he-she is coming up!!!" (181) and goes on to paint a vivid portrait of Vanessa that is rife with exoticization: 'I soon got my first glimpse of Vanessa—all six foot, four inches of blond, coffee-coloured, balloon-breasted almost-all-woman that she was. […] This was no unassuming "shim" […]

Word Forms

• he-shes
• heshe

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shehe, hefemale, she-male, t-girl, gurl, she-dog.

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