# troon
## English
### Etymology

Blend of transgender +‎ goon (“member of Something Awful”). Coined in the comedy website and internet forum Something Awful in the late 2000s.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtɹuːn/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈtɹun/
* (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈtɹʉːn/
* Rhymes: -uːn

### Noun

troon (plural troons)
* (anti-LGBTQ slur, Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) A transgender person; most commonly, a trans woman.
    Coordinate term: pooner
** 2016 September 19, @uchimatador, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2023-05-29:Good Woke Boys pretending like they didn't obsessively post "troons are mentally ill" for 5 years is my favorite* part of twitter
** 2020 August 29, @fifyfomum, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2020-08-29:When the troons speak about ‘gender neutral spaces’ ALWAYS maintain they are promoting unisex spaces.
** 2021 October 26, @coolestrogen, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2021-10-26:how do I wear skirts without coming off like a troon twitter no-fashion-sense transbian
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:troon.

#### Usage notes

* Despite the term's offensive connotations, it has seen some usage by transgender people, particularly on sites like 4chan's /lgbt/ board.

#### Derived terms

* trooner
* troonism
* troon out

#### Translations
### Verb

troon (third-person singular simple present troons, present participle trooning, simple past and past participle trooned)
* (intransitive, Internet slang, chiefly derogatory, offensive) To undergo gender transition.
    Synonym: troon out
** 2020 December 15, anonymous author, 4chan‎, /lgbt/:Everyone was a hon back then and trooning at that age still guarantees that you'll be a hon.
** 2021 November 25, anonymous author, 4chan‎, /lgbt/:How old were you when you trooned?
** 2022 December 29, anonymous author, 4chan‎, /lgbt/:>Are you trooning? yeah I started trooning five years ago kek
* (transitive, Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) To make someone undergo gender transition.
** 2021 October 8, @primalplat, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2021-10-08:wait, i thought yu get forcebly trooned if you do the gay in iran? white man propaganda?
** 2022 March 13, @autistocrates, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2022-03-13:Is it so strange that our time is dominated by mental illness, that our men are trooned and our civilization is torn apart by screeching women? Deny a God, suffer a God's wrath.
** 2023 March 15, anonymous author, 4chan‎, /lgbt/:I don't support trooning kids because I'd be bitter they get to transition earlier than I did.

### See also

* troons (“trousers”)

### References

* “Online Anti-LGBTQ Hate Terms Defined: “Troon””, in GLAAD, launched 2022
* “Troon”, in Hatepedia, Online Hate Research and Education Project, launched 2022
* Gemma Stone (2020 August 10) “A Glossary Of Transphobia”, in Medium
* “Troon (Slang)”, in Know Your Meme, website first launched 2007

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /troːn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oːn

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “seat, throne”).

#### Noun

troon m (plural tronen, diminutive troontje n)
* throne (ornamental seat)
* (Christianity, angelology) throne (angel of an order between cherubim and dominions)
    Synonyms: cherub, macht, seraf, serafijn

##### Derived terms

* keizerstroon
* koningstroon
* tronen
* troonengel
* troonopvolger
* troonopvolging
* troonrede
* troonsbestijging

##### Descendants

* Negerhollands: troon

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

troon
* inflection of tronen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### References

* “troon” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

### Anagrams

* toorn

## Estonian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Thron, borrowed from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, borrowed from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos).

### Noun

troon (genitive trooni, partitive trooni)
* throne (ornamental seat)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “troon”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
* troon in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

## French
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English troon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʁun/

### Noun

troon m or f by sense (plural troons)
* (anti-LGBTQ slur, Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) troon (transgender person)
    Coordinate term: pooner
** 2023 August 3, Twitter:Mdrrr pourquoi les troons ils bandent toujours sur la violence alors qu’ils font strictement rien irl(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2023 August 3, Twitter:Trop bien ça fait quoi d’être en coloc avec toutes les troons de Paris???(please add an English translation of this quotation)