TERFery
English
Etymology
TERF + -ery
Noun
TERFery (uncountable)
- The state or quality of holding trans-exclusionary feminist views.
- Synonym: TERFdom
- 2019 December 19, Christa Peterson (@christapeterso), Twitter:
- can't stop thinking about all these British ladies that apparently need the smelling salts because a judge ruled that TERFery isn't an equality act PROTECTED CHARACTERISTIC akin to disability, race, sex, religion or sexual orientation
- 2020, J. K. Rowling, "J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues", 10 June 2020:
- But accusations of TERFery have been sufficient to intimidate many people, institutions and organisations I once admired, who’re cowering before the tactics of the playground.
- 2021 October 23, Ana Mardoll (@AnaMardoll), Twitter:
- We're doing the usual road from "just asking questions" to "trans are being mean to me" to full-blown terfery and at this point can we just skip to the end?
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:TERFery.
Usage notes
- See notes at TERF.