troon

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UK/ˈtɹuːn/US/ˈtɹun/Australia, New Zealand/ˈtɹʉːn/

noun

A transgender person, especially a trans woman.

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Meanings

troon1

nountroon (plural troons)

plural troons

  1. InternetderogatoryoffensiveA transgender person, especially a trans woman.

    how do I wear skirts without coming off like a troon twitter no-fashion-sense transbian

    2021 October 26, @coolestrogen, Twitter, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2021
    2 more examples

    Good Woke Boys pretending like they didn't obsessively post "troons are mentally ill" for 5 years is my favorite* part of twitter

    2016 September 19, @uchimatador, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 May 2023

    When the troons speak about ‘gender neutral spaces’ ALWAYS maintain they are promoting unisex spaces.

    2020 August 29, @fifyfomum, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2020
verbtroon (third-person singular simple present troons, present participle trooning, simple past and past participle trooned)

present singular third person troons · participle present trooning · participle past trooned · past trooned

  1. InternetderogatoryintransitiveoffensiveTo undergo gender transition.

    How old were you when you trooned?

    2021 November 25, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/
    2 more examples

    Everyone was a hon back then and trooning at that age still guarantees that you'll be a hon.

    2020 December 15, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/

    >Are you trooning? yeah I started trooning five years ago kek

    2022 December 29, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/

    Synonyms: troon out

  2. InternetderogatoryoffensivetransitiveTo make someone undergo gender transition.

    wait, i thought yu get forcebly trooned if you do the gay in iran? white man propaganda?

    2021 October 8, @primalplat, Twitter, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2021
    2 more examples

    Is it so strange that our time is dominated by mental illness, that our men are trooned and our civilization is torn apart by screeching women? Deny a God, suffer a God's wrath.

    2022 March 13, @autistocrates, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2022

    I don't support trooning kids because I'd be bitter they get to transition earlier than I did.

    2023 March 15, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/

Troon2

proper noun
  1. A coastal town and port in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3231).
  2. A village in Camborne parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6638).
  3. A village (Troon Village), country club and golf course in North Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, possibly named after Troon in Scotland, well known for its golf courses.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo undergo gender transition.

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  11. Proto-Italic*genos
  12. Latingenus
  13. Old Frenchgendre
  14. Middle Englishgendre
  15. Englishgender
  16. Englishtransgender
  17. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeǵʰ-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéǵʰōm
  19. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰmṓ
  20. Proto-Germanic*gumô
  21. Proto-West Germanic*gumō
  22. Old Englishguma
  23. Middle Englishgone?
  24. Englishgooney
  25. Englishgoon
  26. Englishtroon

Coined as a blend of tr(ansgender) + (g)oon (“member of Something Awful”) on Something Awful, and later popularized by Kiwi Farms and 4chan. First attested in 2010.

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Translations

Bulgarian джендър
  • джендър (džendăr)Translations
French troon
  • troonTranslations
Polish trans, transpedał
  • transTranslations
  • transpedałTranslations

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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