Body Parts
Body Parts glossary terms
Terms related to physical anatomy and body measurements relevant to trans people
- Sexual dimorphism: In trans contexts, refers to the biological differences between typical male and female bodies that often become a...
- Bideltoid width: The widest part of your shoulders including muscle. AMABs average 21.5 inches (54.6 cm) while AFABs average 18.4...
- Biacromial width: The distance between the bony points at the top of your shoulder blades. AMABs average 16.2 inches (41.1 cm) while...
- Canthal tilt: This refers to the angle of a person's eyes. According to incel culture, a negative canthal tilt is an extremely...
- Conetits: The small conical/tubular shaped breasts that many trans women develop as a result of their breast growth getting...
- Digit ratio: The amount of length difference between your middle and ring finger. This is supposedly affected by fetal exposure...
- Facial planes: A measurement of the bony profile of the face. This term is typically used in the context of referring to whether or...
- FWHR: Facial width to height ratio, a measure derived from archaeological skull measurements. FWHR may be linked with...
- Girlcock: A tongue-in-cheek name for the penis of a trans woman. Also referred to as "gock" or "girldick".
- Gonial angle: The angle of the bottom outer edge of a person's jaw bone when viewed from the side. It is said to be within 128°...
- Gridlock: A word that many trans women easily mistake for "girldick".
- Midface: Shorthand for the section of face spanning from the mouth to the eyes. A shorter midface appears more feminine, and...
- Nasolabel angle: A term used by cosmetic surgeons in the context of rhinoplasties that has no majority consensus definition, it is...
- Norwood scale: The Norwood scale (or Hamilton-Norwood scale) is the leading classification system used to measure the extent of...
- Peener: A penis.
- Philtrum length: The length of the vertical indentation in the middle area of the upper lip. The average philtrum length for males is...
- Q-angle: The angle formed by a line drawn from the ASIS to central patella and a second line drawn from central patella to...
- Radial Spacing of Pores: An esoteric means of clocking trans people by looking at the spacing of their pores. AFAB individuals supposedly...
- Sanpaku: A Japanese term that refers to being able to see the full white of a person's eyes either above or below the iris.
- AGPcurls: The curly hair that many AGPs supposedly have in disproportionate numbers compared to that of the non-AGP population.
- Anogenital distance: The distance between a person's anus and genitals. This is significantly shorter on AFABs over AMABs.
- Gungular / Gungoy: A seemingly nonsense body part term used in conversation to confuse people who are not in on the joke.
- Self harm Scars: The self inflicted scars often found on a trans person's body due to the years of the mental instability and self...
- Physiognomy: The situation of distinctly having the phenotype, or general appearance of a certain class or type of person. For...
- Poon: Common prefix (or suffix) for derogatory terms for trans men which refers to AFAB genitalia.
Source: Brainworms Glossary category compiled from 4chan /lgbt/ and adjacent community usage.