puppygirlhood

From puppygirl +‎ -hood.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌ.piˌɡɜːlˌhʊd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌ.piˌɡɜɹlˌhʊd/
• Rhymes: -ʌpiɡɜː(ɹ)lhʊd
• Hyphenation: pup‧py‧girl‧hood

puppygirlhood (uncountable)

1. (neologism, nonce word) The state or condition of being a puppygirl.
   • 2024 March 15, @FatesWright, X (formerly Twitter)‎^[1] (post), archived from the original on 16 October 2025:

     Catgirls were "early transfem phase" at a macro level, purely a want of aesthetic and social appeal of anime catgirls. ¶ Puppygirlhood is the acceptance of ones own place in society as an Average Jane and being able to work on what you actually want to exhibit as a person beyond

   • 2025, Szpilka, Jay, “What Puppygirls Know? The (in)Human Pedagogy of a Trans Feminine Style”, in Australian Feminist Studies, →DOI, page 20 of 1–24:

     The drawing illustrates this transition by showing a passage from youthful partying to adult office work – but one within which the trans woman in question is still a dog. The potentially queerphobic mandate of leaving the childhood follies of erotic extravagance for the sake of gainful employment is thus juxtaposed with the affirmation of a possibility to remain a dog woman even as one ages out of puppygirlhood.