Meanings
plural cryptoTERFs
- A person who conceals or masks their gender-critical views, especially from friends or within trans-inclusive spaces.
Cryptoterfs are really good at using social justice language to weasel themselves into these spaces and make people accept Bad Ideas and i hate it.
2019 October 25, shut up and go in peace (@deidaravore), Twitter2 more examples
ok so i think my moot is a cryptoterf and a bunch of ppl follow them and i dmed them about it (cause they’re following someone posting violent transmisogynist & transphobic shit) […]
2021 March 15, alina (@sindibunny), Twitteri'm glad i've curated my following on this account well enough from my last account that i don't have to read any cryptoterf "b- but queew is a swuw used to siwence wesbians 🥺" takes anymore
2021 June 15, Roo (@roopicoroo), Twitter
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cryptoTERF. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptoTERF
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