adjective for a trans person who looks like they're cis, whether intentionally or not
usage mostly limited to where trans people are functioning within cis society, where everyone is assumed cis until informed otherwise — a person "passes" for cis until clocked. within trans circles, passing is irrelevant and a rarely used term, because everyone is assumed to be trans.
adopted from an older use of passing, meaning african-americans who move within white society in order to survive. sometimes disambiguated as white-passing and cis-passing. a less appropriative & more accurate term for trans "passing" is masking.
i know passing isn't encouraged anymore bc "trans visibility" or w/e but gawd some days i wish i could just pass at the grocery store and not have to have my guard up24/7/365
A No Pass is somebody who when playing basketball passes the ball as little as possible, always shoots outrageous shots, usually misses and then later blames others.
Michael: Hey you wanna play basketball?
Frank: Ya but T.J. is such a No Pass, I hope he isn't on my team.
By Lorena
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When something that was a huge fad or extremely popular, is no longer that anymore. Old. Over.
"My dad was old and ill, and he passed yesterday."
"Really?"
"Yeah, it was in a no-passing zone, and he crashed into an oncoming car."
"Bummer."
"Yeah, both he and the other driver were killed."
