TERFs glossary terms

Terms related to Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists and their ideology

  • TERF: Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist. An AFAB cis feminist who supports women's rights at the complete exclusion of...
  • Autogynesmile: A TERF term that insists that trans women smile in an unnatural and unfeminine way that is both creepy and...
  • Biochan: a TERF character often drawn wearing a science coat with DNA-like hair to mock trans people through the assertion...
  • Giggle: A social network app that attempts to use facial recognition to only allow cis women to register. The facial...
  • IITS: Ideology Induced Transsexual. Someone who is purported to not really be trans, just identifies as such due to social...
  • Kikomi: terf character that claims to be "biotrans", meaning that she is a biological female who is transitioning into an...
  • Mumsnet: British parent support forum that has overwhelmingly become a home for TERFs.
  • Ovarit: TERF website modeled on Reddit.
  • Peak Trans: A TERF term for the moment when a TERF has had enough of trans people and decides to become a TERF.
  • Peaking: A TERF term for causing a peak trans moment for another person by attempting to convince them that trans women are...
  • ROGD: Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria. A term coined by Lisa Littman after conducting a survey of parents which established...
  • Spinster.xyz: TERF Mastodon instance.
  • TERF pipeline: similar to the more well-known alt-right pipeline, refers to the consumption of increasingly extreme ideological...
  • TIF: Trans Identified Female. The TERF term for an FTM.
  • TIM: Trans Identified Male. The TERF term for an MTF.
  • TERFmoder: an FTM who represses by becoming a TERF. JK Rowling is a commonly cited example of this phenomenon.
  • TERF Island: The United Kingdom.

Source: Brainworms Glossary category compiled from 4chan /lgbt/ and adjacent community usage.

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