manmode

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Canada, US/ˈmænmoʊd/

noun

The state of presenting as a man, regardless of one's actual gender identity, especially of a trans woman.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounmanmode (uncountable)
  1. especiallyuncountableThe state of presenting as a man, regardless of one's actual gender identity, especially of a trans woman.

    christmas manmode (my mom asked for hair advice)

    2022 December 25, @HORMONEABUSER, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023
    2 more examples

    I actually wanna record one of my songs for the Youtubs^([sic]) but I don't know if I'm ready to come out on Youtube and I don't wanna record in MaNmOdE it's a crisis 😩

    2021 March 3, @CaptAmazo, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2021

    Gotta spend Friday afternoon with my family in manmode tho, rip

    2022 June 24, @MsTransKafka, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2022
verbmanmode (third-person singular simple present manmodes, present participle manmoding, simple past and past participle manmoded)

present singular third person manmodes · participle present manmoding · participle past manmoded · past manmoded

  1. especiallyintransitiveTo present as a man, regardless of one's actual gender identity, especially of a trans woman.

    i dont boymode, i manmode

    2022 October 29, @barkriza, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023
    2 more examples

    okay, i get it, the new haircut sucks, back to manmoding for me

    2022 March 9, @0xCAFEBEEF, Twitter, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2022

    manmoding at work (tragic)

    2022 October 4, @xaviersonline, Twitter

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Cite this entry
APA

manmode. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manmode

MLA

“manmode.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manmode. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “manmode,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manmode.

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