Sayings
Sayings glossary terms
Common phrases, memes, and expressions used in trans communities
- Take your pills Alice: A copypasta meme phrase used to either inform an egg that they should follow through and transition, or to reassure...
- God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers: the original basis for a phrase with infinite variations that humorously describes ironic and/or unfair situations...
- Monday morning, hairs a mess, no makeup, how do i look?: A copypasta meme phrase, used to downplay a selfie as not being their best effort.
- Simple as: Idiom implying something is so basic, it's unquestionable.
- Spinny: "Dress Go Spinny", also referred to as "Skirt Go Spinny", is a popular catchphrase used in the LGBT community. The...
- Take your shots Ayden: Derived from "Take your pills Alice" as an FTM equivalent. Used to encourage FTMs to follow through with their...
- Tire iron: Part of a running gag around engaging in slapstick antics to punish a boymoder for engaging in over-the-top trans...
- What would you do if you saw a boymoder ___ and being ___?: Copypasta meme phrase with long descriptive sentences filling in the blanks. The stock reply is, "tire iron".
- Would transition have saved her?: A copypasta meme phrase. Unironically used to refer to people identified as probable eggs that died before...
- kys: Abbreviation of "kill yourself". A (typically) hyperbolic command issued to people whose words or actions have...
- waow: An exclamation used when a person secretly agrees with a socially unacceptable statement, but does not want to...
- Heckin valid: A term used to sarcastically describe the validity of unfavorably percieved behavior within tucute subcultures, such...
- Trans bodies are celestial: A sarcastic quote taken from the instagram page of an artist that is regarded as a tucute.
- fmst: Fuck my stupid tranny life.
- Fuck your dad / Fuck your brother: canned advice for any question from OP that even tangentially includes their father or brother.
- Stunning and Brave: A sarcastic quote used to mock those who are overly politically correct while complimenting a transgender person.
- Mogs me: Mog means to make someone seem inferior by comparison due to their superior looks. The phrase "mogs me" is used...
- HRT is magic: A sarcastic reuse of a common trans phrase which praises the powers of HRT to transform a persons body.
- Being trans is body horror: The often horrific and disgusting nature of experiencing life through the perspective of a brain with a gender...
- NGMI: Not Going to Make It. The situation is doomed.
- GIWTM: Abbreviation of "God I wish that were me." This phrase is sometimes used in reference to things that would not...
- KMS: Kill myself.
Source: Brainworms Glossary category compiled from 4chan /lgbt/ and adjacent community usage.