transfic
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Sense 1
Meaning · English
A fanfic which focuses on a transgender character, especially one in which a canonically cisgender character is portrayed as trans.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
Transfics do not ignore, negate, or push these transgender materialities to the margins; they explicitly foreground them as narratives and, in doing so, highlight the complexities of living as transgender in a cisgender-biased world.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Sense 2
Meaning · English
Such fan fiction collectively.
Register: slang
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “transfic” mean?
A fanfic which focuses on a transgender character, especially one in which a canonically cisgender character is portrayed as trans.
Is “transfic” formal or informal?
transfic is generally slang.