Meanings
plural honmoders
- derogatory4chan /lgbt/ slangA trans woman who presents as feminine, despite being clockable.
>i've never seen a manmoder that's the general idea yeah. if you recognized they were trans they'd be a honmoder not a manmoder
2024 April 2, anonymous author, “/mmg/ - manmoder general”, in 4chan, /lgbt/4 more examples
I would rather be a biological female and have to manmode for life (or boymode I guess), be socially male rather than be a crossdresser or honmoder
2025 July 15, anonymous author, “/mmg/ - manmoder general”, in 4chan, /lgbt/I'm honestly at the point in my transition where boymoding isn't really possible anymore, but neither is passing, so I'm just kinda forced to choose how much of a honmoder I can stomach being.
2021 December 11, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/I don’t understand how honmoders can be so shameless and oblivious to the world around them lmfao. I swear, most honmoders must be at a Chris Chan level of autism to lack that much self awareness.
2021 November 20, u/Throwamay6, “Stop repmoding, start honmoding today!”, in Reddit, r/4tranthat's why I'm no longer a girlmoder but I'm not a manmoder or boymoder either so I'm a honmoder neither man nor woman not even human
2022 January 20, lil kawaii naz/bol/, “mtfg”, in 4chan, /lgbt/
Origin
From honmode + -er. By surface analysis, hon (“a trans woman who does not pass”) + -moder.
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honmoder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honmoder
“honmoder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honmoder. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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