Lost in Transvestite Trans-Lation - Alternative meanings for tranny 'trans' words

Lost in Trans-Lation

Trans-Vestite Ever stopped to thing what 'transvestite' actualy means? trans•ves•tite: (n) Person with a strong desire to dress in clothing of the opposite sex (1922). From Latin trans- (across) and vestire (to dress, to clothe). cf. also travesty, which is the same word but older. Shortened form 'tranny' first recorded 1983. Transvestism is first attested 1928. So transvestite is just 'cross-dresser' in Latin ('Roma non vestitum die' as they used to say in ancient Rome). But there are lots of words that begin with 'trans' other than transvestite or transsexual. Here's the Trans-MISSION light-hearted take on some alternative meanings for these oft misunderstood ladies of the dictionary...

Lost in Trans-Lation

Trans-Vestite

Ever stopped to thing what 'transvestite' actualy means?

trans•ves•tite: (n)
Person with a strong desire to dress in clothing of the opposite sex (1922). From Latin trans- (across) and vestire (to dress, to clothe). cf. also travesty, which is the same word but older. Shortened form 'tranny' first recorded 1983. Transvestism is first attested 1928.

So transvestite is just 'cross-dresser' in Latin ('Roma non vestitum die' as they used to say in ancient Rome). But there are lots of words that begin with 'trans' other than transvestite or transsexual.

Here's the Trans-MISSION light-hearted take on some alternative meanings for these oft misunderstood ladies of the dictionary...

Transact	A play featuring only pantomime dames.
Transatlantic	American tranny visiting London (or vice versa).
Transduce	Match point in a tranny tennis match.
Transfix	Whether to wear the red heels or the black ones?
Transformer	A corset or other body shaping underwear.
Transistor	Brother with a penchant for lingerie.
Transit	What trannies do after a short totter in their heels.
Translate	Normal tranny timekeeping.
Transmission	London's number one tranny club of course!
Transmit	Woolly gloves to keep your nail varnish intact.
Transmute	A silent tranny (Note: no such thing exists).
Transom	Noise made by a meditating Buddhist tranny.
Transparent	Dad who dresses up as Mum or vice versa.
Transplant	A rose by any other name.
Transpond	Where drakes dressed as ducks hang out.
Transport	Any vehicle where your knickers show when you get out.
Transpose	Checking your make-up in a mirror while drinking champagne.
Transverse	Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Rowena?

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