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.