Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

swerfy

/ˈswɝfi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: swerfy
IPA: /ˈswɝfi/

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling, characteristic of, or related to anti-sex work feminism.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Maybe this year we stop saying brandwh*re? Maybe that slur doesn't belong to all of us?? Maybe we think about the SWERFy streak in our community??? Just some thoughts"
"The most artistic SWers I know don’t want to make NFTs because they see how misogynistic, transphobic, racist and SWERFy the culture is."
"I was in a panel today & pushed back against "public health" narratives that position people selling sex + using drugs as traumatized people first. This is actually a really SWERFy position to take."

Etymology

From SWERF + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: SWERF

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈswɝfi/
British English: /ˈswɜːfi/

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

SWERFier (comparative) SWERFiest (superlative) SWERF-y (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce swerfy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈswɝfi/.
What does swerfy mean?: Resembling, characteristic of, or related to anti-sex work feminism.
Where does swerfy come from?: From SWERF + -y.

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