קוקסינל

Hebrew

Etymology

From קוקסינל, the Hebrew transliteration of French Coccinelle (literally “Ladybug”), the stage name of a famous French singer and transsexual 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 used against trans women, drag queens, and even queer men.
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