Definitions

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  • noun An effeminate homosexual man, or one who adopts a feminine appearance, especially an intergender person.

Etymologies

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lady +‎ boy

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Examples

  • It's quite possible that the term ladyboy covers everyone from a lad with a moustache who calls himself Sue, to a former lad who now has ladybumps the size of small planets, with his middle wicket having recently been removed by a team of crack surgeons, so to speak.

    an englishman in osaka 2009

  • Queen of Lincoln Road; 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14; GATEWAY. ø'The Amazing Truth about Queen Raquela: Raquela is a transsexual-or "ladyboy" - from the Philippines who dreams of escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris.

    miami.com - 2009

  • We chuckled at the time, but seeing how Lily is a proper London cockney and not someone from Thailand, we think that calling someone a ladyboy is a bit uncalled for.

    Lily Allen & Cheryl Cole: People, The War is Over 2010

  • Brenda Archer -- she of the furor over the alleged claim that registering gender would cause hatred of transgendered -- was first up to declare this filtering of "ladyboy" "breath-taking" discrimination -- although I'll bet Craigslist, now that all those attorneys generals have concentrated their minds wonderfully, are forced to look for ads on the key word "ladyboy" and "t-girl" and whatnot as well.

    Second Thoughts 2009

  • Not surprisingly, on the JIRA, where a lot of the politics of Second Life is playing out now, a resident named Boy Lane, who is one of the loudmouths on the Concierge List often heckling me nastily, mounts a proposal demanding that the term "ladyboy" be removed from the list of "adult" words that have to be filtered out of the search list under the new dispensation.

    Second Thoughts 2009

  • Mint is the kind of ladyboy who will have you screaming in sweet ecstasy.

    Penisbot.com Quality Porn Links 2009

  • I actually seen em first but could tell that they were "ladyboy" size 8, and I wear a much more respectably masculine 11-11. 5 (sorry G-Roc, I know you got them size 8.5 baby feet too lol … ….)

    TheShoeGame.com - Sneakers & Information 2009

  • Plug the term "ladyboy" or "shemale" into search without the adult checked off in the viewer, and every single return is about a club or an avatar offering prostitution and/or open sex of the most graphic kind.

    Second Thoughts 2009

  • One look at this statue and you can see what could have been the beginnings of the 'ladyboy' culture in Thailand.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009

  • So if you want to run an escort business free of harassment by Lindens trawling for adult activity, be sure to type "ladyboy" into your profile.

    Second Thoughts 2009

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