Meanings
- uncountabletransgender slangThe state of presenting as male, especially while undergoing feminizing HRT.
Coordinate term: girlmode
3 more examples
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 October 7, @Vamp_Page, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023...just been told I look better in boymode...
2021 September 1, @babethebashful, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023Before 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!
2021 December 3, @InkMasterbator, Twitter, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2021
present singular third person boymodes · participle present boymoding · participle past boymoded · past boymoded
- especiallyintransitiveTo present as male, especially while undergoing feminizing HRT.
Coordinate term: girlmode
5 more examples
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 February 20, @SmoothShinyShae, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023you 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 July 18, @the_aiju, Twitter, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2023Living 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 August 20, @autogynamelia, Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2022i dont boymode, i manmode
2022 October 29, @barkriza, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023when you're 6 months on HRT but still trying to boymode
2022 December 18, @halomancer1, Twitter, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2023
Origin
Translations
French boymode, boymoder
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Polish boymode, być w trybie boymode
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Cite this entry
boymode. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boymode
“boymode.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boymode. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boymode,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boymode.
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