#preboy

583: preman, preboy, premale, etc.

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DEFINITION ⦂⠀A state in which one is growing into but not quite a man/boy/male/etc., or is moving to identify as a man/boy/male/etc. but has yet to fully embrace the identity. One may feel that their gender is transitioning towards, but has not yet reached, man/boy/male/et cetera.

PROMPT ⦂⠀"Day 2 : Dec. 25 - a term connected to your favorite musician / a term related to manhood" from chronicallyqueercoining2 (Tumblr link).

ADDITIONAL ⦂⠀Coined on the 24th of December, 2025. A wiki about pregender (lgbtqia.wiki link). Colour picked from this (Tumblr link).

TAGGING ⦂⠀@c1rcus-of-silliness @chronicallyqueercoining2 @radiomogai @scarmogai

Pregender: A feeling that one’s gender is growing into, but not quite yet at, a particular gender. A pretransneutral, for example, may feel that their ningender is transitioning towards, but has not yet reached, (trans) neutral-gender.

Pretransgender Pride Flag

Pretransness: A feeling that one’s transness is growing into, but not quite yet at, a transgender. A pretrans may feel that their gender is transitioning towards, but has not yet reached, transgenderness.

Prenonbinary Pride Flag

Prenb or preabinary: A feeling that one’s gender is growing into, but not quite yet at, a nonbinary or abinary gender. A pre(trans)enby may feel that their gender is transitioning towards, but has not yet reached, (trans) nonbinary.

Preandrogyne Pride Flag

Preandrogynous or prelingender: A feeling that one’s lingender is growing into, but not quite yet at, an androgyne gender. A preambonec (prean) may feel that their gender is transitioning towards, but has not yet reached, ambonec.

Pregirl Pride Flag

Pregirl or prewoman: A feeling that one’s (fin)gender is growing into, but not quite yet at, a womanhood or girlhood. A pre(trans)girl may feel that their gender is transitioning towards, but has not yet reached, (trans) female.

Preboy Pride Flag

Preboy or preman: A feeling that one’s (min)gender is growing into, but not quite yet at, a manhood or boyhood. A pre(trans)boy may feel that their gender is transitioning towards, but has not yet reached, (trans) male.