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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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A coastal town and port in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3231).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A village in Camborne parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6638).
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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.
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noun
A transgender person, especially a trans woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, derogatory, offensive
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verb
To undergo gender transition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, derogatory, intransitive, offensive
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Synonyms: troon out
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verb
To make someone undergo gender transition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, derogatory, offensive, transitive
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh2t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Old French gendrebor. Middle English gendre English gender English transgender Proto-Indo-European *dheǵh- Proto-Indo-European *-ōm Proto-Indo-European *dhéǵhōm Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *ǵhmṓ Proto-Germanic *gumô Proto-West Germanic *gumō Old English guma Middle English gone? English gooney English goon blend English troon Blend of tr(ansgender) + (g)oon (“member of Something Awful”). Coined on Something Awful, and later popularized by Kiwi Farms and 4chan. First attested in 2010.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
