troon

Blend of transgender +‎ goon (“member of Something Awful”) or transgender + loon (“crazy person”).

troon (plural troons)

1. (Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) A transgender person.
   • 2020 August 7, Nyssa Gryffindyke (@iowntheterf), Twitter‎:

     Nevertheless, the troons are forcing their ways into women's sports, women's jails, women's safe spaces, women's seats in political parties (Decaudin), etc.

   • 2020 August 29, Fiona (@fifyfomum), Twitter‎:

     When the troons speak about ‘gender neutral spaces’ ALWAYS maintain they are promoting unisex spaces.

   • 2021 October 26, Celeste (@coolestrogen), Twitter‎:

     how do I wear skirts without coming off like a troon twitter no-fashion-sense transbian

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:troon.

• troons (“trousers”)

• IPA^(key): /troːn/

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• Rhymes: -oːn

From Middle Dutch trone, from Old French trone.

troon m (plural tronen, diminutive troontje n)

1. throne (ornate seat)
2. (Christianity, angelology) throne (angel of an order between cherubim and dominions)

• (angel): cherub, macht, seraf, serafijn

• keizerstroon
• koningstroon
• tronen
• troonengel
• troonopvolger
• troonopvolging
• troonrede
• troonsbestijging

• Negerhollands: troon

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

troon

1. first-person singular present indicative of tronen
2. imperative of tronen

• “troon” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

• toorn

Borrowed from German Thron.

troon (genitive trooni, partitive trooni)

1. throne

• troon in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
• troon in Sõnaveeb