theyfab

English

Etymology

Blend of they +‎ AFAB (“assigned female at birth”)

Noun

theyfab (plural theyfabs)

1. (LGBT slang, derogatory) A non-binary person who was assigned female at birth, especially one who displays transmisogynistic behavior.

   Coordinate term: theymab

   • 2022 May 18, @CartaMonir, Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 2022-05-18:

     *holding your newborn baby* so are they theymab or theyfab

   • 2022 August 7, @uncanny_eli, Twitter‎^[2], archived from the original on 2022-11-25:

     i watch the trans women in my life matter of factly talk about how most cis women & theyfabs & transmascs systematically mistreat them at worst and use them as free therapy at best and i'm like Hmm i wonder what hidden dynamics of abuse and labour are going on here

   • 2022 August 8, @gwencystic, Twitter‎^[3], archived from the original on 2022-08-08:

     if you call people theymabs or theyfabs then you're transphobic.

   • 2022 August 8, @fagfemme_menace, Twitter‎^[4], archived from the original on 2023-03-17:

     if you hate the term theyfab so much, then stop putting afab in your bio. stop introducing yourself as afab nonbinary. stop using afab as shorthand for being safe. and for the love of god stop telling trans women they have amab bodies.

   • 2022 November 18, @girlofswords, Twitter‎^[5], archived from the original on 2022-11-25:

     I'm non binary in a theyfab way but I'm a trans woman

Translations

Translations

• French: theyfab