Baeddel is the etymological root of bad. Originally meaning "a queer or effeminate man or hermaphrodite" people forgot all about the original meaning. Just as if everyone forgot that calling someone queer had anything to do with being gay and just began using it for its derogatory connotation. Later on trans women began calling themselves Baeddels as part of a feminist movement meant to reclaim their history sometime around 1990. Around 2016 when various tumblr users encountered real feminists trying to revive parts of an ancient indigenous language it went about as well as anyone could have expected. They should have just invented a xenogender.
Trans woman: I've been reading a lot about baeddels and I think I should start calling myself one because I'm tired of being called a man hating rapist child molestor.
Tumblr users: you're a man hating rapist child molestor! Probably racist too!
Tumblr users: you're a man hating rapist child molestor! Probably racist too!
by we_dont_exist June 26, 2023
A old derogatory term used against trans women and intersex groups. It originates back to Old English and means "an effeminate man" or a "hermaphrodite". Similar to the word "shemale".
by teacherperson July 14, 2014
Originally an old-English slur that likely meant "hermaphrodite"/intersex, but may have also been associated with "effeminate men". It's theorized by some that the word was the origin of the word "bad", but this is widely considered unlikely at best.
Around 2014, a group of trans women on Tumblr interpreted this to mean that transmisogyny was the root of all oppression, created an ideology around that ("Baeddelism"), became notorious for harassing other trans people- trans women included- as well as intersex people, created a "safe house" for trans lesbians, and eventually fell apart over sexual assault allegations from a resident of the safe house against one of the "leaders" of their movement.
Around 2014, a group of trans women on Tumblr interpreted this to mean that transmisogyny was the root of all oppression, created an ideology around that ("Baeddelism"), became notorious for harassing other trans people- trans women included- as well as intersex people, created a "safe house" for trans lesbians, and eventually fell apart over sexual assault allegations from a resident of the safe house against one of the "leaders" of their movement.
by thesaurusaurus March 12, 2022