muffing

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noun

The making of a mistake or gaffe.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of muff
nounmuffing (countable and uncountable, plural muffings)

plural muffings

  1. countableslanguncountableThe making of a mistake or gaffe.
  2. slanguncountablePenetration of the inguinal canal (e.g. with a finger, or by pushing the testicle back inside it) as a form of sexual activity among trans women and other people with testicles.

    […] she says she and her partner were having a great time last night and she really enjoyed the muffing.

    2018, Eric Yarbrough, Transgender Mental Health, page 177
    1 more example

    Muffing is a penetration technique enjoyed by some non-op trans women. It involves fingering (or otherwise penetrating) the inguinal canals, the canals through which the testes drop during puberty. […] Sometimes the testes are pushed back up into the body during muffing, and sometimes they're simply moved aside […]

    2015, Allison Moon, Girl Sex 101, Allison Moon, →ISBN, page 153

Origin

In the sexual sense, popularized by Mira Bellwether's 2010 zine "Fucking Trans Women".

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Translations

French muffing
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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