transfan

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noun

One who is attracted to transsexual or transgender people.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

transfan1

nountransfan (plural transfans)

plural transfans

  1. informalOne who is attracted to transsexual or transgender people.

    […] saying that she did not want to live if I wanted to throw her over for a man, especially a “transfan” type of man.

    2008, Rusty Mae Moore, “Satan and Lady Babalon: Polymory Again at 64”, in Tracie O'Keefe, Katrina Fox, editors, Trans People in Love, Routledge, →ISBN, page 154
    2 more examples

    "Just make sure he's not a transfan. You know about them, right? Make sure if he's interested, that he's interested in who you are, not what you are."

    2013, Linda Vista, Siva's Arrow, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 40

    "I'm...." he pauses, glancing over to Frank, then to me again, "I'm what they call a transgender admirer, or transfan. I'm attracted to transgender people," he concedes.

    2015, Amy Daws, London Bound, Star Hollows Publishing, →ISBN

Transfan2

nounTransfan (plural Transfans)

plural Transfans

  1. informalA fan of Transformers, a toy and entertainment franchise dealing with factions of alien robots who can change their form.

    As a Transfan since 1985 and an ATTer since around 1997, the online face of Transfandom has definitely changed.

    2006 July 24, Chad Rushing, “Re: Wow - is this ATT?”, in alt.toys.transformers (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    I love reading about the Transfans who now buy TF's for their kids in much the same way that others of a previous generation bought GIJoes for theirs, and continue to do. It's just a warm fuzzy feeling; we're building a community, one Transfan at a time...ain't it something?

    2003 October 8, Downtown Torpedo [username], “Re: How Old Are You All?”, in alt.toys.transformers (Usenet)

    But I really don't care where they'll end after I go - it's good enough if they make it in my lifetime (a fellow Transfan recently lost his collection in a fire, and the general cheer up was "they can be replaced", which is ultimately true).

    2006 January 14, Cappeca [username], “Re: Thoughts on AFA and MISB TFs”, in alt.toys.transformers (Usenet)

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APA

transfan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transfan

MLA

“transfan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transfan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transfan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transfan.

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