tryke

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of transsexual +‎ dyke, coined in the 1990s.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tɹaɪk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪk

Noun[edit]

tryke (plural trykes)

  1. (slang) A lesbian trans woman.
    • 2005, Emanuel Xavier, Bullets & Butterflies: Queer Spoken Word Poetry, page 117:
      [] faggots dykes and trykes who have not found the ability or the words []
    • 2020, Riki Wilchins, Joan Nestle, Clare Howell, GenderQueer-Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binary, page 237:
      I mention an idea for Tryke T-shirts. "They'd say 'Trykes like dykes' on the front," I explain, and 'Dykes like Trykes' on the back. I wonder if anyone would wear them?
      One of the Avengers looks at me. She is very pretty. I feel something pass between us. "I would wear it," she says. I wonder what she sees, what I've passed as.