troon

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English

Etymology

Blend of transgender +‎ goon (“member of Something Awful”) or transgender + loon (“crazy person”).

Noun

troon (plural troons)

  1. (Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) A transgender person.
    • 2020 August 7, Nyssa Gryffindyke (@iowntheterf), Twitter‎[1]:
      Nevertheless, the troons are forcing their ways into women's sports, women's jails, women's safe spaces, women's seats in political parties (Decaudin), etc.
    • 2020 August 29, Fiona (@fifyfomum), Twitter‎[2]:
      When the troons speak about ‘gender neutral spaces’ ALWAYS maintain they are promoting unisex spaces.
    • 2021 October 26, Celeste (@coolestrogen), Twitter‎[3]:
      how do I wear skirts without coming off like a troon twitter no-fashion-sense transbian
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:troon.

See also

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /troːn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oːn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch trone, from Old French trone.

Noun

troon m (plural tronen, diminutive troontje n)

  1. throne (ornate seat)
  2. (Christianity, angelology) throne (angel of an order between cherubim and dominions)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: troon

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

troon

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of tronen
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of tronen

Anagrams

References

  • “troon” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Thron.

Noun

troon (genitive trooni, partitive trooni)

  1. throne

Declension

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Further reading

  • “troon”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • troon in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
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