boymode

English

Etymology

From boy +‎ mode.

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɪmoʊd/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

boymode (uncountable)

1. (transgender slang) The state of presenting as male, regardless of one's actual gender identity, especially while undergoing feminizing HRT.

   Coordinate term: girlmode

   • 2021 October 7, @Vamp_Page, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 5 July 2023:

     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"

   • 2021 September 1, @babethebashful, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 5 July 2023:

     ...just been told I look better in boymode...

   • 2021 December 3, @InkMasterbator, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 4 December 2021:

     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!

Translations

Translations

French: boymode (fr)

Verb

boymode (third-person singular simple present boymodes, present participle boymoding, simple past and past participle boymoded)

1. (intransitive, especially in transgender slang) To present as male, regardless of one's actual gender identity, especially while undergoing feminizing HRT.

   Coordinate term: girlmode

   • 2022 February 20, @SmoothShinyShae, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 5 July 2023:

     We are 6 months away from cis girls posting that they're boymoding for not putting on makeup to go to the corner store

   • 2022 July 18, @the_aiju, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 21 January 2023:

     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

   • 2022 August 20, @autogynamelia, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 20 August 2022:

     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.

   • 2022 October 29, @barkriza, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 5 July 2023:

     i dont boymode, i manmode

   • 2022 December 18, @halomancer1, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 22 January 2023:

     when you're 6 months on HRT but still trying to boymode

Derived terms

• boymoder

Translations

Translations

French: boymoder (fr)

Usage notes

• See usage notes at manmode.