he-she
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he-she
- /ˈhiː.ʃiː/
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From he + she.
noun he-shes · heshe
- A butch (or masculine) woman; (sometimes also) a trans man (regarded as a masculine woman). [page 4:] The weekend butches were scared of me because I was a stone he-she. […] [page 27:] I noticed a grownup whose sex I couldn't figure out. "Mom, is that a he-she?" I asked out loud. […] "What's a he-she?" my sister demanded to know. I was interested in the answer too. "It's a weirdo," my fath
- A transsexual or transgender woman (a woman who was assigned male at birth). Cops aren't very fond of prostitutes; they create work. […] The prostitutes in the Four-one bear no resemblance to Shirley McLaine's Irma La Douce. They are the ugliest assortment of hes, shes, he-shes, and she-hes in the world.
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Talk about this word "he-she." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he-she. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. he-she. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he-she "he-she." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he-she.
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@misc{he_she_2026,
title = {he-she},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he-she},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
