boymode

Etymology

From boy +‎ mode.

Noun

boymode (uncountable)

1. (especially in transgender slang) The state of presenting as a boy, regardless of one's actual gender identity.

   Coordinate term: girlmode

   • 2021 October 7, @Vamp_Page, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2023-07-05:

     I was out in semi-boymode tonight and some drunk Scottish guy walked up to me in the street and said "Aye pal, you tryna become a lassie?" I was just like "Umm I guess" super embarrassedly, and he said "ah well good on ya, don't let nae cunt tell you who you are, be yoursel"

   • 2021 September 1, @babethebashful, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2023-07-05:

     ...just been told I look better in boymode...

   • 2021 December 3, @InkMasterbator, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2021-12-04:

     Before I came out as trans I was in boymode at work and this girl came up to me and goes "You're not fooling anyone" I was like "Huh?" she goes "You're one of them girls pretending to be a boy. I can see your tits and they're bigger than mine!" I love accidental validation!

Verb

boymode (third-person singular simple present boymodes, present participle boymoding, simple past and past participle boymoded)

1. (intransitive, especially in transgender slang) To present as a boy, regardless of one's actual gender identity.

   Coordinate term: girlmode

   • 2022 February 20, @SmoothShinyShae, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2023-07-05:

     We are 6 months away from cis girls posting that they're boymoding for not putting on makeup to go to the corner store

   • 2022 July 18, @the_aiju, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2023-01-21:

     you boymode because you feel insecure about your appearance, she boymodes to hijack a boeing 727-100 airplane, demand $200,000 in negotiable american currency and jump out the aft staircase, you are not the same

   • 2022 August 20, @autogynamelia, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2022-08-20:

     Living authentically is addictive. So many trans people go full-time sooner than planned. Once they get a taste they can't go back. I boymoded 24/7 my first 15 months on HRT. Then I went out in a skirt ONCE. 4 months later I submitted my petition for legal name and gender change.

   • 2022 October 29, @barkriza, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2023-07-05:

     i dont boymode, i manmode

   • 2022 December 18, @halomancer1, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2023-01-22:

     when you're 6 months on HRT but still trying to boymode

Usage notes

• See usage notes at manmode.