If only she had done her best train horn impression.

Ok but what train horn specifically?

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clocked

What does "clocked" mean in this context?

Recognized, as in it was easy enough to tell she was autistic it was like looking at a clock to tell the time.

I always thought it came down from radar/sonar terminology, e.g. "I got a bogey at seven o'clock" where the radar dial is compared to an analog clock dial. So that "clock" became "notice, or see something, especially something hidden." And in my mental canon, trans and/or gay (See also: "gaydar") military personnel and veterans took it to the streets. Whereupon autistic people who were also passing embraced it. But that could all be in my head.

like looking at a clock to tell the time

lol this etymology is way cooler than cop radar. It is now canonical to me.

Recognised as trans, usually femmes. Something 'transvestigators' try to do.

"Clocked" can mean you noticed anything unseen by others, whether autism or transgender or a closeted gay person or an affair or a plainclothes detective or combat veteran or grifter. And it's often because you noticed similarities to yourself, whether you too are hiding that part of yourself or open about it. You're right that it's used by transphobic people as well, although I bet they get it wrong as often as right.

first time I see it in a positive wholesome context

Brutal 😭

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