Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cotton ceiling

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables
cot-ton -ceil-ing
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A social barrier to consideration (by cisgender women) of transgender women as viable sexual partners.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cotton, ceiling.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Coined by Canadian activist Drew Deveaux. Modelled on glass ceiling. Underwear is typically made from cotton.

Inflected Forms

cotton ceilings (plural)

Phrases

glass ceiling

Frequently Paired Words

glass ceiling

Questions

What does cotton ceiling mean?
A social barrier to consideration (by cisgender women) of transgender women as viable sexual partners.
Where does cotton ceiling come from?
Coined by Canadian activist Drew Deveaux. Modelled on glass ceiling. Underwear is typically made from cotton.

How to pronounce cotton ceiling

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