cryptoTERF

English

Etymology

From crypto- +‎ TERF.

Noun

cryptoTERF (plural cryptoTERFs)

1. A person who conceals or masks their gender-critical views, especially from friends or within trans-inclusive spaces.
   • 2019 October 25, shut up and go in peace (@deidaravore), Twitter‎^[1]:

     Cryptoterfs are really good at using social justice language to weasel themselves into these spaces and make people accept Bad Ideas and i hate it.

   • 2021 March 15, alina (@sindibunny), Twitter‎^[2]:

     ok so i think my moot is a cryptoterf and a bunch of ppl follow them and i dmed them about it (cause they’re following someone posting violent transmisogynist & transphobic shit) […]

   • 2021 June 15, Roo (@roopicoroo), Twitter‎^[3]:

     i'm glad i've curated my following on this account well enough from my last account that i don't have to read any cryptoterf "b- but queew is a swuw used to siwence wesbians 🥺" takes anymore

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cryptoTERF.

Usage notes

• See notes at TERF.