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- neologismnonce worduncountableThe state or condition of being a puppygirl.
Catgirls were "early transfem phase" at a macro level, purely a want of aesthetic and social appeal of anime catgirls. ¶ Puppygirlhood is the acceptance of ones own place in society as an Average Jane and being able to work on what you actually want to exhibit as a person beyond
2024 March 15, @FatesWright, X (post), archived from the original on 08 Jul 20261 more example
The drawing illustrates this transition by showing a passage from youthful partying to adult office work – but one within which the trans woman in question is still a dog. The potentially queerphobic mandate of leaving the childhood follies of erotic extravagance for the sake of gainful employment is thus juxtaposed with the affirmation of a possibility to remain a dog woman even as one ages out of puppygirlhood.
2025, Jay Szpilka, “What Puppygirls Know? The (in)Human Pedagogy of a Trans Feminine Style”, in Australian Feminist Studies, →DOI, page 20 of 1–24
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puppygirlhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puppygirlhood
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