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heighthon

noun

Etymology

From height + hon (“a trans woman who does not pass”).

  1. borrowed from 韓
  2. borrowed from 韓
  3. compounded as heighthon — “height + hon”

Definitions

  1. A trans woman who is clockable due to being significantly taller than a typical cis woman.

    • >tfw 5'10 (literally 98 percentile for white women and 99.9999 percentile for non-white women) >tfw 11 US women's shoe size (like 99 percentile for ALL women) Forever a heighthon/foothon.
    • random old lady i passed on the street: "hey do you play basketball?" "no, why?" "because you’re so tall, you look like you’d be good at it!" i hate being a heighthon
    • idk how bad my face looks tbh, im trying to fix my face but im a heighthon, im 6'3 💀💀

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