TERFery

English

Etymology

TERF +‎ -ery

Noun

TERFery (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of holding trans-exclusionary feminist views.

   Synonym: TERFdom

   • 2019 December 19, Christa Peterson (@christapeterso), Twitter‎^[1]:

     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 June 10, J. K. Rowling, J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues:

     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^[2]:

     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.