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Etymology

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All are shortened forms of the indicated terms (most of which start with the prefixtrans-) +‎-y.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tranny (countable anduncountable,pluraltrannies)

  1. (slang, chiefly derogatory, offensive) Atransgender person, especially a trans woman.
    • 1976 [1974 April], Mike Brake, “I May Be A Queer, But At Least I am a Man”, in Diana Leonard Barker, Sheila Allen, editors,Sexual Divisions and Society: process and change (Explorations in Sociology)‎[1],London:Tavistock Publications Limited,→ISBN,→OCLC, page188:
      Newton (1972) has indicated that they are professional performers, who carefully do not try to totally pass as women. This is seen as too 'tranny' (transvestite) and possibly offending an audience.
    • 1978 September 13, Alan Daniels, “Keeping tabs on the graduates of 52 Water: Teenage runaways”, inThe Vancouver Sun‎[2], page D2:
      "This is the boys' corner – this block and the next," he says. "Everybody has their territory: males, females, queens,trannies (transvestites) [...]
    • 2018, Roddie Lee Kingsfield, M.Ed.,Purple Passionflower: The Path to Becoming a Powerful Trans Peace Warrior, page56:
      When I spoke with lesbians, most would tell me, “I don't datetrannies.[…]
    • For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:tranny.
  2. (colloquial, Commonwealth) Atransistor radio.
    • 1995,Paul Vautin,Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page135:
      He spent most of his time in his darkened storeroom with atranny and an earplug while his kid ran riot in the classroom.
    • 2012, Dave Thompson,To Major Tom:
      We talk, and I listen to Radio Luxembourg on mytranny – I have a little earplug, so if any teachers come in they won't hear it.
  3. (colloquial, automotive) A vehicle'stransmission.
    • 2012, Phil Edmonston,Lemon-Aid Used Cars and Trucks 2012–2013:
      Other incidents where thetranny suddenly locks up in high gear and requires that the car be restarted to return to normal.
  4. (colloquial) Anelectricaltransformer.
  5. (slang, skateboarding, countable) Atransition betweenmoves.
  6. (slang, skateboarding, uncountable) A style of skateboarding based on transitioning from one move to the next.
  7. (Northern England, slang) AFord Transit(type of van).
    • 2014,Sally Wainwright, 1:49 from the start, inHappy Valley, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Kirsten McAskill (Sophie Rundle):
      Oooh! Gotta go. Jenson Button's just streaked past in a whitetranny. I think he's trying to smash the land speed record, bless him. And he's got a tail-light out. I think I might give him a tug.

Usage notes

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  • The sense referring to a trans person is considered to be an extremely offensive term. It is used especially in pornography, and of trans women. Trans people occasionallyreclaimtranny.

Derived terms

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trans person

Translations

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(colloquial, derogatory) a transsexual, transgender or transvestite person
electrical transformer

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