SNP’s word of the day: Trantastic

Illustration by Lewis Mirrett
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett

Word: Trantastic

Meaning: A word to describe someone (of either gender, but usually boyz) who looks tranny-ish, and also fantastic. But you could have deduced that.

Usage: “Did you love that Sid Neigum show? I thought it was trantastic.”

Making words up: more fun than thesaurus.com!

You should know it because: The appearance of beautiful, hermaphroditic-looking male supermodel Andrej Pejic at two Toronto Fashion Week shows (Arthur Medonça on Monday, Pink Tartan yesterday) seems to have inspired our gent attendees. Yesterday I spotted no fewer than three men in heels. Okay, one—in Alexander Wang platform booties—was from Montreal. Supertrantastic.

It’s funny, too, the way fashion girls have adopted “tran” as the slangiest and best compliment. No connotations, no consciousness of what it means to be transsexual, probably. Just like, the new “fierce.”

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