troid

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of Metroid.

Noun

troid (plural troids)

1. (fandom slang) Any of the video games in the Metroid franchise.
   • 2018 April 15, Andrew! (@Drewiker_), Twitter‎:

     Games I look forward to next year:
     [...]
     Metroid Prime 4 (I’ve never played one of the 3D troids but I wanna)

   • 2020 May 3, D3 (@Professor_D3), Twitter‎:

     It kinda ruined parts of Metroid 2 and it's definitely one of the weaker 2D troids, but it has solid moment to moment gameplay and Samus "feels" great to control.

   • 2021 October 27, Brandon Classic Movies (@Thatoneguy64), Twitter‎:

     really hope MercurySteam gets to keep cranking out some more 2D troids

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2. (fandom slang) An individual member of the fictional alien Metroid species in this franchise.
   • 2016 May 29, Horrible Checkers Lad Appreciator (@clockwork353), Twitter‎:

     The much derided linearity is merely a reappearance of the linearity of Metroid 2, with it's coincidental earthquakes when you killed troids

   • 2020 April 30, Antiquity Row (@vorpalll), Twitter‎:

     the metroid fights, meanwhile, their counter tells are SO LONG i always miss them by hitting the button early. like, it can't possibly be that long. except it is. i have no success trying to do it on reaction either..
     also, the troids spend too long being invuln for w/e reason

   • 2021 July 15, Lorian (@grackling), Twitter‎:

     I love to draw samus and metroids... metroids are cute... I want to draw more of the other critters too (space pirates? ridley? non-larval troids????)

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Etymology 2

From tranny +‎ -oid, probably as an abbreviation of earlier slur trannoid.

Noun

troid (plural troids)

1. (Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) A transgender person.
   • 2020 July 10, MKULTRA (@mkultraism), Twitter‎:

     at least we both concede that troids are hard on the eyes

   • 2020 November 30, CoolAndGood (@HowDareYouSir_), Twitter‎:

     Ever wonder why the majority of troids are trans "woman"?

   • 2022 January 6, Evan (@EvanPlatinum), Twitter‎:

     thats an awful lot of words to say you dont like troids

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:troid.

Coordinate terms

• moid (derogatory)
• foid (derogatory)
• femoid (derogatory)