Poorly-socialized male-at-birth who was mostly raised by screens (TV, computer, etc.) rather than their parents, and therefore didn't properly develop a healthy self-identity during their adolescence, as well as having no friends or positive male role-models growing up. Their screen-addiction and lack of identity leads them to form parasocial relationships with various female pornography subjects and/or female video game & cartoon characters, eventually causing them to identify as girls themselves, and become "transgender lesbians".
Usually fails miserably at passing (both in appearance and personality) because they do not understand that fictional portrayals of women in mass media targeted at horny boys aren't an accurate reflection of how typical women act in real life.
First observed on the Something Awful forums in the early 2010's. Usually works in the tech sector and has a strong overlap with the furry community, which is also host to people who were raised more by screens instead of people.
Usually fails miserably at passing (both in appearance and personality) because they do not understand that fictional portrayals of women in mass media targeted at horny boys aren't an accurate reflection of how typical women act in real life.
First observed on the Something Awful forums in the early 2010's. Usually works in the tech sector and has a strong overlap with the furry community, which is also host to people who were raised more by screens instead of people.
The office ladies held back tears of laughter as they explained to the newly-minted troon on the software dev team that middle-age women usually do not wear Japanese schoolgirl uniforms in public.
by . . November 28, 2023

Poorly-socialized male-at-birth who was mostly raised by screens (TV, computer, etc...) rather than their parents, and therefore didn't properly develop a healthy identity during their adolescence, as well as having no friends or positive male role-models growing up. Their screen-addiction and lack of identity leads them to form parasocial relationships with various female pornography subjects and/or female video game & cartoon characters, causing them to identify as girls, and become "transgender lesbians".
Usually fails miserably at passing (both in appearance and personality) because they do not understand that fictional portrayals of women in mass media targeted at horny boys aren't an accurate reflection of how typical women act in real life.
First observed on the Something Awful forums in the early 2010's. Usually works in the tech sector and has a strong overlap with the furry community, which is also host to people who were raised more by screens instead of people.
Usually fails miserably at passing (both in appearance and personality) because they do not understand that fictional portrayals of women in mass media targeted at horny boys aren't an accurate reflection of how typical women act in real life.
First observed on the Something Awful forums in the early 2010's. Usually works in the tech sector and has a strong overlap with the furry community, which is also host to people who were raised more by screens instead of people.
The office ladies held back tears of laughter as they explained to the newly-minted troon on the software dev. team that middle-age women usually do not wear Japanese schoolgirl uniforms in public..
by . . December 15, 2023

by Slang_handler May 27, 2025

Poorly-socialized male-at-birth who was mostly raised by screens (TV, computer, etc..) rather than their parents, and therefore didn't properly develop a healthy self-identity during their adolescence, as well as having no friends or positive male role-models growing up. Their screen-addiction and lack of identity leads them to form parasocial relationships with various female pornography subjects and/or female video game & cartoon characters, eventually causing them to identify as girls themselves, and become "transgender lesbians".
Usually fails miserably at passing (both in appearance and personality) because they do not understand that fictional portrayals of women in mass media targeted at horny boys aren't an accurate reflection of how typical women act in real life.
First observed on the Something Awful forums in the early 2010's. Usually works in the tech sector and has a strong overlap with the furry community, which is also host to people who were raised more by screens instead of people.
Usually fails miserably at passing (both in appearance and personality) because they do not understand that fictional portrayals of women in mass media targeted at horny boys aren't an accurate reflection of how typical women act in real life.
First observed on the Something Awful forums in the early 2010's. Usually works in the tech sector and has a strong overlap with the furry community, which is also host to people who were raised more by screens instead of people.
The office ladies held back tears of laughter as they explained to the newly-minted troon on the software dev. team that middle-age women usually do not wear Japanese schoolgirl uniforms in public.
by . . December 6, 2023

Slur for transgender people, typically associated with Twitter or 4chan. When you’re bored of tranny and want to feel a little more neck-beard, consider using troon!
Mildly increased in popularity after the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Mildly increased in popularity after the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
by holycarpimacat September 18, 2025

an offensive phrase used by kiwi farms to refer to a transgender persons transition
can also be applied to people suspected to be transgender
applied to all trans people regardless of identity
- also said as trooned out and trooning out
can also be applied to people suspected to be transgender
applied to all trans people regardless of identity
- also said as trooned out and trooning out
i always knew that chris tyson was gonna troon out!
did you hear that the annoying orange creator trooned out?
i think my brother might be trooning out..
did you hear that the annoying orange creator trooned out?
i think my brother might be trooning out..
by paleak December 24, 2023

“stop trooning
by pastor benny sinn February 2, 2025
