Comments on: comment dit-on?

Question: comment dit-on?

skwint — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 12:57:12 -0800

is there a sophisticated word for altering your partner's appearance?

To be more specific making someone appear more feminine or masculine by changing their hair or clothes. Maybe a french word?

By: leotrotsky

leotrotsky — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 12:58:55 -0800

Pygmalion?

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 12:59:28 -0800

feminize/masculinize

By: jeffamaphone

jeffamaphone — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 13:08:32 -0800

Marier?

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 13:20:00 -0800

You are "grooming" them. The word takes on dual meaning here, on one hand referring to actual physical grooming and tending, and on the other hand referring to guiding or preparing them, wrt gender, as you would an apprentice or intern.

By: skwint

skwint — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 14:30:57 -0800

I agree it is grooming. Although I am not doing it to anybody, thank you, hermitosis. There is a french word "en femme" to describe being in drag. Feminize or masculinize seems right too. There's also a word virilize but that implies through hormones. It seems like there would be an opposite for sissification but the only thing I can find is masculinization.

The only thing I can find in french is masculiniser.

By: bz

bz — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 23:55:53 -0800

Muliebritization?

By: skwint

skwint — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:43:04 -0800

bz, i don't get it. Please explain.

I invented noitacifissis. If anyone cares.

By: bz

bz — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:30:30 -0800

My abomination of the word muliebrity.

By: skwint

skwint — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:58:10 -0800

en homme? maybe?