Transvestar
n. a man who uses a female avatar on popular online services such as Second Life, World of Warcraft and many others.
(alt) n. A superstar tranvestite, like Mitzi from Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
So we were having drinks with Alli Mooney and Jeremy from NGT at my place of the moment - Death & Company - last night when for some obscure reason we started chatting about female avatars and the men who use them. This sparked off one of the few cells in my gray matter which managed to survive the influence of the delightful cocktails (go for the Ramble or the Simo Moon) and kick a few lazy language related synapses into gear. The result: Transvestar. Born of cocktail and conversation. Now free to spread throughout the world. Fly my pretty, fly.
PS Some casual googling turned up zilch. Let’s hope I’m #1 soon!
6 responses so far ↓
1 Alli // Jun 22, 2007 at 9:30 am
It was just brought to my attention that one can purchase sex organs in Second Life, so it’s technically possible to be an in-world transvestite avatar. I do believe this merits a third, though less common, definition. Thoughts?
2 michael // Jun 22, 2007 at 11:14 am
That sounds more like a virtual Transexual Avatar. Hmm.. how about: Transexuvar?
3 dan // Jun 22, 2007 at 1:54 pm
You are, at this moment, #1/1.
4 Alli // Jun 22, 2007 at 2:53 pm
well, technically those SL avatars are androgynous, right? So say a guy put on the proper appendage, then a halter dress? I think that’s your tranvestite avatar right there.
Transexuvar… is that South African?
5 Alli // Jun 22, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Googled Tranvestar–indeed, you are 1/1. But Google wondered if didn’t mean Tranvester, apparently a popular term. 1/37 from http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=transvester:
1. transvester
2 up, 1 down
A word used by an Asian immigrantto describe transvestites he saw on vacation in Thailand. Should be noted that 3 out of every 4 pictures taken on his trip was of a “Transvester.”
The Transvesters I saw on vacation were hot.
tags transvestites shemales chicks with dicks ts not a girl
6 michael // Jun 23, 2007 at 12:28 am
Dear Google,
I did not mean transvester. Thanks though, I appreciate your helpful stemming algorithms and your delightful suggestions.
Sincerely,
Michael
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