Pronunciations
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/ˈbɔɪmoʊd/
Pronunciation notes
- Canada
- US
Noun
The state of presenting as male, especially while undergoing feminizing HRT.
Usage- Uncountable
- Examples
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Coordinate term: girlmode
More examples (1)
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"
...just been told I look better in boymode...
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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
To present as male, especially while undergoing feminizing HRT.
Usage- especially
- Intransitive
- in transgender slang
- Examples
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Coordinate term: girlmode
We are 6 months away from cis girls posting that they're boymoding for not putting on makeup to go to the corner store
More examples (4)
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
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.
i dont boymode, i manmode
when you're 6 months on HRT but still trying to boymode