The word itself is an amalgam of "trans" and "cartoon."
It describes a particularly obnoxious kind of person often encountered on the internet whose entire personality revolves around "gender identity" and "pronouns," etc...
Co-morbid symptoms include obsessively moderating subreddits and/or discord servers catering to other troons, coaxing children in said forums into becoming troons, and generally being a blight on common human decency.
I keep seeing this word lately. WTF is a troon?
The word itself is an amalgam of "trans" and "cartoon."
It describes a particularly obnoxious kind of person often encountered on the internet whose entire personality revolves around "gender identity" and "pronouns," etc...
Co-morbid symptoms include obsessively moderating subreddits and/or discord servers catering to other troons, coaxing children in said forums into becoming troons, and generally being a blight on common human decency.
I always assumed it was a portmanteau of "trans" and "goon".
Oh right, I've run into a couple of those on Twitch. One reason that website is blocked now in my household.