Meaning

1 senses

  1. To refer to someone (especially a transgender person) who has changed names by their previous name.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Tom accidentally deadnamed Mary.

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  2. I'll call Twitter X when Elon stops deadnaming his daughter.

    ruЯ буду называть Твиттер X, когда Илон перестанет деднеймить свою дочь. — Txoria

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  3. Elon Musk deadnames his own daughter but wants everyone to start calling Twitter "X."

    deElon Musk schafft es nicht, seine eigene Tochter beim neuen Namen zu nennen, will aber, dass bei Twitter jetzt alle von „X“ sprechen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From dead + name, because the old name is dead (“no longer used”). Attested since at least

From dead + name, because the old name is dead (“no longer used”). Attested since at least 2010 as a noun and 2013 as a verb by the OED.

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Forms

deadnames, deadnaming, deadnamed, deadnamed
Base formdeadname · to deadname
3rd person singulardeadnames
Present participledeadnaming
Past simpledeadnamed
Past participledeadnamed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydeadname
he, she, itdeadnames

Past simpleLesson

all personsdeadnamed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave deadnamed
he, she, ithas deadnamed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill deadname

Word family

3 related words
Relateddead-namingmisgendernecronym

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
deadlockdeadlyB1deafB1deafen
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