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cotton ceiling

noun

Etymology

Coined by Canadian activist Drew Deveaux. Modelled on glass ceiling. Underwear is typically made from cotton.

Definitions

  1. A social barrier to consideration (by cisgender women) of transgender women as viable…

    A social barrier to consideration (by cisgender women) of transgender women as viable sexual partners.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cotton, ceiling.

    • These ceilings on this house are not a canvas ceiling. They are a cotton ceiling and the water can drop on these ceilings […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA