she-he

See also: shehe and she/he

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Etymology

From she +‎ he.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃiːhiː/

Noun

she-he (plural she-hes)

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (informal, derogatory, offensive) A transsexual or transgender man; a man who was assigned female at birth.
  2. (informal, derogatory, offensive) A trans woman.
    • 2004 June 22, Jayson Gallaway, Diary of a Viagra Fiend, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
      ... 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.
    • 2015 September 1, Bryan D. Palmer, Marxism and Historical Practice (Vol. II): Interventions and Appreciations. Volume II, BRILL, →ISBN, page 135:
      […] 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 […]

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