Meanings
transfan1
plural transfans
- 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 1542 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
plural Transfans
- 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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transfan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transfan
“transfan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transfan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transfan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transfan.
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