這個拼法是2個不同的字· 2 words spelled “tranny”

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    tranny · slur for a trans person對跨性別者的貶稱One way to hold this use: a long word about a person is chopped in half and given a small -y ending.
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    tranny · portable radio手提收音機A different picture, and a different word that only looks the same.
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tranny · slur for a trans person

noun

One way to hold this use: a long word about a person is chopped in half and given a small -y ending. English does that to make words casual — but done to a person, the shrinking is the insult. What is left is a label thrown at someone, not a description of them.

可以想成一個關於「人」的長字被砍成一半,再加上一個小小的 -y。英文常用這招把字變隨口,像 telly、brekkie。但同樣的動作用在人身上,縮小本身就成了輕視。剩下的東西不是描述,而是丟向別人的標籤。這就是為什麼字典把它標成粗俗、輕蔑、冒犯,而中性的說法是 transgender person、trans woman、drag performer。

From the word’s history

A clipping of transgender (and, for the cross-dressing use, transvestite) with -y added.

由 transgender 砍短加 -y 而來;指變裝者的用法則對應 transvestite。

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丟向人的貶稱

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slur for a trans person · noun

An offensive slang word for a transgender person, especially a trans woman. It is a slur: it is used to insult, and it hurts the person it is aimed at. The ordinary words are transgender person, trans woman and trans man.

對跨性別者的貶稱

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tranny · portable radio

noun

A different picture, and a different word that only looks the same. English long trans- words in workshops and living rooms and sticks -y on the end. Several separate machines happen to come out of that habit spelled tranny, so here the shared thing is the habit, not the meaning.

這一組要換一個畫面,而且它們其實是幾個互不相干的字,只是長得一樣。英文口語習慣把 trans- 開頭的長機器名砍短,再加上 -y。好幾個不同的機器剛好都被這樣處理,於是拼出來都是 tranny。所以這裡共通的是「造字的習慣」,不是意思。判斷靠旁邊的字:出現電池和電台就是收音機,出現引擎和換檔就是變速箱。

From the word’s history

Separate clippings: transistor (radio) + -y, and transmission + -y.

兩條各自獨立的縮寫:transistor(radio)加 -y,以及 transmission 加 -y。

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