Technically, you could say ‘a trans,’ but it would fall into the same space as calling someone ‘a gay’ or ‘a black.’ It sounds weird enough to almost be dysphemistic.
It’s close but I don’t think so. A metonym for trans people would be something like ‘IKEA sharks.’ That would be something associated with the group rather than the direct word that names the group. ‘A trans’ is more of an unusual phrasing to create a sort of neologistic ethnonym.
‘A trans’ : ‘a trans person’ :: ‘an american’ : ‘an american person’
Technically, you could say ‘a trans,’ but it would fall into the same space as calling someone ‘a gay’ or ‘a black.’ It sounds weird enough to almost be dysphemistic.
I think this would be an example of metonymy.
It’s close but I don’t think so. A metonym for trans people would be something like ‘IKEA sharks.’ That would be something associated with the group rather than the direct word that names the group. ‘A trans’ is more of an unusual phrasing to create a sort of neologistic ethnonym.
‘A trans’ : ‘a trans person’ :: ‘an american’ : ‘an american person’
To.me it sounds archiac, like “the Google”