Meanings
troon1
plural troons
- InternetderogatoryoffensiveA transgender person, especially a trans woman.
how do I wear skirts without coming off like a troon twitter no-fashion-sense transbian
2021 October 26, @coolestrogen, Twitter, archived from the original on 26 Oct 20212 more examples
Good Woke Boys pretending like they didn't obsessively post "troons are mentally ill" for 5 years is my favorite* part of twitter
2016 September 19, @uchimatador, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 May 2023When the troons speak about ‘gender neutral spaces’ ALWAYS maintain they are promoting unisex spaces.
2020 August 29, @fifyfomum, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2020
present singular third person troons · participle present trooning · participle past trooned · past trooned
- InternetderogatoryintransitiveoffensiveTo undergo gender transition.
How old were you when you trooned?
2021 November 25, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/2 more examples
Everyone was a hon back then and trooning at that age still guarantees that you'll be a hon.
2020 December 15, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/>Are you trooning? yeah I started trooning five years ago kek
2022 December 29, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/Synonyms: troon out
- InternetderogatoryoffensivetransitiveTo make someone undergo gender transition.
wait, i thought yu get forcebly trooned if you do the gay in iran? white man propaganda?
2021 October 8, @primalplat, Twitter, archived from the original on 08 Oct 20212 more examples
Is it so strange that our time is dominated by mental illness, that our men are trooned and our civilization is torn apart by screeching women? Deny a God, suffer a God's wrath.
2022 March 13, @autistocrates, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2022I don't support trooning kids because I'd be bitter they get to transition earlier than I did.
2023 March 15, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/
Troon2
- A village (Troon Village), country club and golf course in North Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, possibly named after Troon in Scotland, well known for its golf courses.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo undergo gender transition.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
- Proto-Italic*trāns
- Proto-Italic*trāns-
- Latintrans-
- Englishtrans-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
- Proto-Italic*genos
- Latingenus
- Old Frenchgendre
- Middle Englishgendre
- Englishgender
- Englishtransgender
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰéǵʰōm
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰmṓ
- Proto-Germanic*gumô
- Proto-West Germanic*gumō
- Old Englishguma
- Middle Englishgone?
- Englishgooney
- Englishgoon
- Englishtroon
Coined as a blend of tr(ansgender) + (g)oon (“member of Something Awful”) on Something Awful, and later popularized by Kiwi Farms and 4chan. First attested in 2010.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian джендър
- джендър (džendăr)Translations
French troon
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Polish trans, transpedał
- transTranslations
- transpedałTranslations
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Cite this entry
troon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/troon
“troon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/troon. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “troon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/troon.
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