TERFspeak

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noun

The jargon and rhetoric of gender-critical or trans-exclusionary feminists.

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Meanings

nounTERFspeak (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe jargon and rhetoric of gender-critical or trans-exclusionary feminists.

    "Trans-identified male" is TERFspeak for trans woman.

    2019 December 17, fern +r | Badenlily (@fernseasons), Twitter
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    Truth be told parroting actual TERFspeak for it's^([sic]) comedy value might have been a bad call.

    2018 March 13, venyle (@cold_inthewater), Twitter

    “Respecting other people’s boundaries” is just TERFspeak for “trans women are not welcome to use public spaces”.

    2022 March 3, Bette Joy (@SlaggitySlag), Twitter

Origin

From TERF + -speak.

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APA

TERFspeak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/TERFspeak

MLA

“TERFspeak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/TERFspeak. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “TERFspeak,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/TERFspeak.

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