Especially, In transgender slang The state of presenting as a man, regardless of one's actual gender identity, especially of a trans woman.
I actually wanna record one of my songs for the Youtubs^([sic]) but I don't know if I'm ready to come out on Youtube and I don't wanna record in MaNmOdE it's a crisis 😩2021 March 3, @CaptAmazo, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2021:
Gotta spend Friday afternoon with my family in manmode tho, rip2022 June 24, @MsTransKafka, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2022:
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christmas manmode (my mom asked for hair advice)2022 December 25, @HORMONEABUSER, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
manmode
verb
Etymology From man + mode.
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Especially, In transgender slang To present as a man, regardless of one's actual gender identity, especially of a trans woman.
okay, i get it, the new haircut sucks, back to manmoding for me2022 March 9, @0xCAFEBEEF, Twitter, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2022:
manmoding at work (tragic)2022 October 4, @xaviersonline, Twitter:
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i dont boymode, i manmode2022 October 29, @barkriza, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023: