she-he

/ʃiːhiː/

noun

A trans woman.

Meanings

nounshe-he (plural she-hes)

plural she-hes · alternative shehe

  1. derogatoryinformaloffensiveA trans woman.

    ... Stunning supermodel types who are seven feet tall in their heels, with voices a good octave deeper than mine; unearthly “she-hes” to whom not even the term “hermaphroditic” applies.

    2004 June 22, Jayson Gallaway, Diary of a Viagra Fiend, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
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    […] cross-dressing or what we now call transgender women, those to whom Cutting refers as 'she-hes', would have frequented the Five Points with such confidence that they would walk the streets openly and cause barely a ripple of notice in public dances[…]

    2015 September 1, Bryan D. Palmer, Marxism and Historical Practice (Vol. II): Interventions and Appreciations. Volume II, BRILL, →ISBN, page 135

Origin

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