קוקסינל

Hebrew

Etymology

Borrowed from French coccinelle (“ladybug”), the stage name of a famous French singer and transgender woman Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy, who visited Israel circa the 1960s.

Noun

קוֹקְסִינֶל • (koksinél) m (plural indefinite קוֹקְסִינֶלִים, feminine counterpart קוֹקְסִינֶלִית)

  1. (chiefly derogatory) An insult mostly used against trans women, drag queens, and sometimes queer men.
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