| she-male | |
| —n | |
| informal a male-to-female transsexual | |
| Main Entry: | she-male |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a genetic male who has both male and female characteristics; a male who has undergone surgical feminization |
| Usage: | derogatory slang |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
"Davy Crockett's hand would be sure to shake if his iron was pointed within a hundred miles of a shemale." ["Treasury of American Folklore"]By 1972 it had come to be used (disparagingly) for "masculine lesbian." The sense of "transsexual male" seems to date from c.1984.