terf bangs

noun

Short, straight, blunt-edged bangs, especially when paired with a bob on a woman.

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terf bangs1

nounterf bangs pl (plural only)
  1. alternativepluralplural onlyAlternative form of TERF bangs.

TERF bangs2

nounTERF bangs pl (plural only)

alternative terf bangs

  1. pluralplural onlyslangShort, straight, blunt-edged bangs, especially when paired with a bob on a woman.

    […] tell your hair stylist at Brown Sugar you need a chin length blunt bob with terf bangs stat.

    2019, "Assimilation Advice from a fellow SoCoDu", The Piranha (Trinity College, Dublin), September 2019, page 6
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    TERF bangs: My tumblr post critiquing modern beauty standards got over 100,000 reblogs, but it's so important to uphold these values in day-to-day life, too. I don't even know what TERF stands for!

    2017, "How To Dress Like an Art Hoe", Jerk Magazine (Syracuse University), March 2017, page 67 (caption pointing to an image of someone with such bangs)

    Basically, you can pry my TERF bangs from my cold, dead forehead—unless you tell me they’re actively doing harm, in which case I guess it’s headbands for a while.

    2019, Anonymous, quoted in Danny M. Lavery, "Help! My Stepfather Told Me He Had a Sex Dream About Me.", Slate, 6 August 2019

    Synonyms: baby bangs

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nounShort, straight, blunt-edged bangs, especially when paired with a bob on a woman.

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Origin

Originated on social media platform Tumblr circa 2014 from the (possibly jocular) association of women with this hairstyle and trans-exclusionary feminist views.

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