• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
    19·
    3 days ago

    “hon” is a 4chan slur for trans women (who in their view don’t “pass’”), mocking how we use “hon(ey)” as a pet name for women.

    Sneed is an ellision of “special needs”

    I’m sure you can guess the connotation of “gorilla” in this context

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 days ago

      4chan is still calling people hons? That’s so old fashioned of them

      And that’s not where hon comes from exactly. It’s from young trans women making fun of an older trans forum where a lot of the older (and often less passing) women called each other “hon” a lot because it was a common thing for silent gen and baby boomer women to do. Real shitbag behavior, but young people often suck in such ways

    • onlooker@lemmy.ml
      14·
      3 days ago

      Man, and here I thought I would learn something fun. Instead, it’s just some weird slurs. Anyway, thanks for explaining.

      • vapor_body@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
        5·
        3 days ago

        I genuinely had no idea what the fuck those meant. I thought saying hon was just a condescending feminine pejorative for fools. Like you’re talking to a kid. Very cool on my part to ignorantly blast a bunch of people with dysphoria

    • vapor_body@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Ohhhh wait that makes sense because they say sneed when they use the Lawnmower Man wojak. Who in the movie is a special needs person who gets uploaded into a computer a supergenius. I hate this etymology so much. Impressive.