heighthon

H4E1I1G2H4T1H4O1N1
US/ˈhaɪtˌhʌn/

noun

A trans woman who is clockable due to being significantly taller than a typical cis woman.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounheighthon (plural heighthons)

plural heighthons

  1. derogatory4chan /lgbt/ slangA trans woman who is clockable due to being significantly taller than a typical cis woman.

    Nah she's implying anyone over 6' is a heighthon.

    2023 February 2, @epistemophagy, Twitter
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    >tfw 5'10 (literally 98 percentile for white women and 99.9999 percentile for non-white women) >tfw 11 US women's shoe size (like 99 percentile for ALL women) Forever a heighthon/foothon.

    2017 April 11, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/

    random old lady i passed on the street: "hey do you play basketball?" "no, why?" "because you’re so tall, you look like you’d be good at it!" i hate being a heighthon

    2021 September 23, @petrichoror, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023

    idk how bad my face looks tbh, im trying to fix my face but im a heighthon, im 6'3 💀💀

    2022 June 7, @AyumuKasugaFan, Twitter, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2022

    5'6 is the average for cis woman. u r bdd. meanwhile im an actual heighthon(174cm)

    2022 June 29, @silly_boymoder, Twitter

    Tfw I will never be a 5'3 cisoid woman who has her bf grab things for her. Doomed to be a heighthon and get the spices from the top rack myself

    2023 February 1, @AmooliaGang, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023

Origin

From height + hon (“a trans woman who does not pass”).

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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