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Transfan

Transfan

See also: transfan

English

Noun

Transfan ‎(plural Transfans)

(informal) A fan of Transformers, a toy and entertainment franchise dealing with factions of alien robots who can change their form.
- 2003 October 8, Downtown Torpedo [username], “Re: How Old Are You All?”, in alt.toys.transformers, Usenet:
  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?
- 2006 January 14, Cappeca [username], “Re: Thoughts on AFA and MISB TFs”, 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 July 24, Chad Rushing, “Re: Wow - is this ATT?”, in alt.toys.transformers, Usenet:
  As a Transfan since 1985 and an ATTer since around 1997, the online face of Transfandom has definitely changed.

transfan

transfan

See also: Transfan

English

Noun

transfan ‎(plural transfans)

(informal) One who is attracted to transsexual or transgender people.
- 2008, Rusty Mae Moore, "Satan and Lady Babalon: Polymory Again at 64", in Trans People in Love (eds. Tracie O'Keefe & Katrina Fox), Routledge (2008), ISBN 9780789035714, page 154:
  […] saying that she did not want to live if I wanted to throw her over for a man, especially a “transfan” type of man.
- 2013, Linda Vista, Siva's Arrow, Lulu.com (2013), ISBN 9781304195647, page 40:
  "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."
- 2015, Amy Daws, London Bound, Star Hollows Publishing (2015), ISBN 9780990325291, unnumbered page:
  "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.