Meanings
- slanguncountableThe ability to detect whether or not a person is transgender by observing that person.
My hearing isn't that great, but my transdar immediately zoned in on him.
2000 July 26, Cheryl, “Re: everyone flame me, I deserve it.”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet)2 more examples
I found out about 20 minutes into the workshop that at least six of the men in attendance had been born women. Not one of them had twigged my "transdar."
1996 July 24, Janet W. Hardy, “Re: Independence Day - The movie”, in bit.listserv.words-l (Usenet)Other respondents offered similar descriptions of transdar as a keen understanding of the most important sex cues.
2013, Asia Friedman, Blind to Sameness: Sexpectations and the Social Construction of Male and Female Bodies, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 59Synonyms: clock
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe ability to detect whether or not a person is transgender by observing that person.
Origin
From trans + -dar, after the pattern of gaydar.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French transdar
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Cite this entry
transdar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transdar
“transdar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transdar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transdar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transdar.
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