trannyn.1
/ˈtrani/, U.S. /ˈtræni/ colloquial.
= transistor radio n. at transistor n. Compounds. Also attributive.
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society > communication > broadcasting > radio broadcasting > [noun] > radio set
portable1900
wireless set1907
wireless1909
crystal receiver1910
radio1912
radio set1912
box1916
crystal set1921
crystal radio1922
receiver1930
car radio1931
clock radio1946
transistor set1953
transistor radio1956
steam radio1957
transistor1961
tranny1969
Casseiver1976
1969 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 28 Oct. 14/4 Salt and sand have..been eroding the trannie set rather badly.
1969 Nova Nov. 144/3 ‘How do you feel about the Love Generation now?’.. ‘Sick to my stomach,’ he replied, tuning into The Archers on his tranny to get back in touch with decent values.
1976 Listener 5 Aug. 152/2 The Controller surely had her tranny in the shed with her.
1978 D. Murphy Place Apart viii. 158 A solitary, yawning customs officer sitting beside a hideously wailing ‘trannie’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
trannyn.2
/ˈtrani/, U.S. /ˈtræni/ Photography colloquial.
A photographic transparency; a slide.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > transparency
slide1819
transparency1866
tranny1979
1979 Amateur Photographer 30 May 92/2 An extra stop or so over-exposure can spoil a good tranny.
1980 Amateur Photographer 6 Sept. 84/1 If you happen to be a reputed photographer like Norman Parkinson you don't expect one of your royal subjects to throw your trannies into a rubbish truck.
1987 Pract. Photography Dec. 8/1 If the shot's good enough we'll use it regardless of it being a print or a trannie. That said, given the choice between a colour print and a tranny of the same shot, the tranny would get the nod.
1990 Photopro Spring 27/3 To reproduce the picture by scanning, which calls for the tranny to be fixed to a drum, the mount has to be split.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
trannyn.3
/ˈtrani/, U.S. /ˈtræni/ Frequently derogatory and now often offensive (see note at main sense).
A transvestite. Also: a transgender (or transsexual) woman.Although in early use typically regarded as a colloquial synonym of transvestite, many of the people referred to by this word in the past would now probably be regarded as transgender women. Although used humorously in some contexts, esp. as a self-designation, the word is usually derogatory and is now regarded as offensive if used of a transgender woman.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > wearing clothes associated with opposite sex > person
berdache1806
hijra1838
she-male1842
female impersonator1857
transvestite1911
Eonist1928
transvestist1928
transvestitist1930
drag queen1941
moffie1960
TV1960
shim1973
cross-dresser1976
tranny1979
1979 D. Bickerton King of Sea i. 57 I came back through downtown; the streets were wet from the night's rain, deserted, even the trannies on Hotel Street had gone home, there was just one red-eyed drunk in a doorway.
1990 Gay Times July 47 By 11pm they seem drunkenly immune to the influx of trannies, trendies, and other creatures of the night.
1997 J. Wilson Girls in Love (2000) 131 ‘Clock all those trannies!’ says Magda, giving me a nudge. I blink and take another look. Magda's right, they're boys under all the blusher.
2014 H. Simmons & ‘F. White’ in L. Erickson-Schroth Trans Bodies, Trans Selves i. 12 The term tranny is very controversial. Coming from the outside world, it is often experienced as rude, demeaning, and harassing. However some of us use this term to talk about ourselves, especially when we are in a circle of friends.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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