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genderfuck

genderfuck noun: the conscious effort to subvert traditional notions of gender identity and gender roles.

Noun

genderfuck (plural genderfucks)

  1. (idiomatic, slang, vulgar) The conscious effort to subvert traditional notions of gender identity and gender roles.
    • At a micro-level boi and boy, for example, are slang terms used to describe a type of masculine identity adopted by people on a butch and/or FTM or MTF and/or queer and/or genderfuck spectrum.2008, Julia Horncastle, “Queer Bisexuality: Perceptions of Bisexual Existence, Distinctions, and Challenges”, in Journal of Bisexuality, volume 8, numbers 1–2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 35
  2. A person who engages in this.
    • I have been classified as a drag queen, a gender fuck, and many other stereotypes.1973 December 8, Anthony, “Reactions”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 25, page 6

Verb

genderfuck (third-person singular simple present genderfucks, present participle genderfucking, simple past and past participle genderfucked)

  1. (idiomatic, slang, vulgar) To subvert traditional notions of gender identity and gender roles.
    • As noted above, ten faggots, including myself, were recently expelled from Sporters Bar for gender fucking on the premises. While the general attitude of the clientele was supportive of us, the management considered our garb to be "disruptive." Indeed, let us hope that we were more than disruptive...1976 August 21, John Cummings, “Speaking Out!”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 8, page 5

Forms of genderfuck

Noun
pluralgenderfucks
Verb
third-person singular presentgenderfucks
present participlegenderfucking
past participlegenderfucked
pastgenderfucked

Origin of genderfuck

From gender + fuck. See fuck with (“mess with, tweak”).

Words formed from genderfuck

Questions about genderfuck

What does genderfuck mean?
Genderfuck means the conscious effort to subvert traditional notions of gender identity and gender roles.
What part of speech is genderfuck?
Genderfuck can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of genderfuck?
The plural of genderfuck is genderfucks.

Words near genderfuck in the dictionary

  1. genderflips
  2. genderfluid
  3. genderfluidity
  4. genderflux
  5. genderfree
  6. genderfuck
  7. genderfucked
  8. genderfucker
  9. genderfuckers
  10. genderfucking
  11. genderfucks

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: genderfuck (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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