tryke

tryke

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹaɪk/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -aɪk

Noun

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.