Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, slang)A trans woman.

  2. (slang)A character with a female body but only male genitals.

Origin

Calque of Japanese ニューハーフ (nyūhāfu). ニューハーフ is wasei eigo, from English.

Calque of Japanese ニューハーフ (nyūhāfu). ニューハーフ is wasei eigo, from English.

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Forms

plural: newhalfs / newhalves

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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