Meanings
plural skelehons
- derogatory4chan /lgbt/ slangA non-passing trans woman who is extremely thin.
sorry i need to gain weight to hide my facial bone structure and not be a skelehon.
2022 May 11, anonymous author, “/fa/trans Lose Weight Edition”, in 4chan, /lgbt/3 more examples
opened the thread and expected another anorexic skelehon ghoul. pleasantly surprised to see an actual womanly looking body. would fuck.
2025 January 7, anonymous author, “Attention seeking”, in 4chan, /lgbt/I'm also 18bmi and it helped me a lot. def try it. You don't want to be a skelehon who could easily pass by being a tiny bit chubby
2023 June 15, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/i've been eating like a pig for a month but i have not gained a single pound, i think i am destined to be a freakish skelehon forever until i kill myself
2024 August 6, anonymous author, “mmg/ - manmoder general”, in 4chan, /lgbt/
Origin
Blend of skeleton + hon (“a trans woman who does not pass”).
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skelehon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skelehon
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