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Egg (Transgender)
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About
"Egg" or "Egg Mode" is an Internet and LGBTQ+ slang used to describe transgender individuals who do not realize they are a transgender person yet, or are in denial about being a transgender individual. The term is best compared to "the closet," a term used when referring to a state of secrecy and insecurity about one's homosexuality, with "hatching" having a similar meaning as "coming out."
Origin
On August 23rd, 2016, the term "Egg mode" was defined by Urban Dictionary user bitplane7 as "Someone who is trans but doesn't know it yet. Someone who is still an embryo of the trans person they will eventually hatch into."[2] The definition gained 106 upvotes and four downvotes in three years. On August 9th 2017, Urban Dictionary user happycookie defined "egg" as "Transgender person who hasn't come out yet. A chick or a c--k on the inside." the definition has received 329 upvoted and 89 downvotes in two years. It has since become the top definition for this term. [3]
Precursor
Prior to becoming popular in the transgender community, "Egg Mode" was infrequently used to describe pets, most commonly cats sitting with their legs completely hidden under their bodies, giving them an egg shape (shown below).
Spread
On July 26th 2017, the subreddit r/egg_irl was created [4] it's name being a variant of the popular Me IRL subreddits. The subreddit r/egg_irl is self described as "memes about trans people who don't know they're trans yet" and "Memes about trans people in denial." It has gained almost 200,000 members in four years. On May 9th, Redditor TheHuntingMaster[6][7] posted two memes typical of the subreddit (shown below). The posts gained 35 points (91% upvoted) and 34 points (100% upvoted) respectively, in a day.
Various Examples
Related memes
Coolyori
Coolyori or Sayori drakeposting is a variant of Drakeposting using Sayori from Doki Doki Literature Club. They became very common on the sureddit r/egg_irl. Memes involving her generally, but not always, are meant to be relatable to trans women. Other variants have been used on r/egg_irl that are based on the style of this version, meant to be relatable to trans men and Non-Binary individuals. On April 11th 2019, the original artist of the Sayori comic made a post (shown below) in fascination of the fact their illustration had become so popular on r/egg_irl. [5]
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – '#eggmode'
[2] Urban Dictionary – Egg Mode
[6] Reddit – u/thehuntingmast
[7] Reddit – u/thehuntingmaster
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