genderswap

== English == === Etymology === From gender +‎ swap. === Noun === genderswap (plural genderswaps) (fandom slang) An instance of changing a fictional character's biological sex or gender identity from the canonical norm. Synonyms: genderbend, Rule 63 2009, Emily Turner, "Scary Just Got Sexy: Transgression in Supernatural and Its Fanfiction", in In the Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural (ed. Supernatural.tv), BenBella Books (2009), →ISBN, page 162: More sober challenges to the representation of gender in mainstream media (and of course, Supernatural specifically) occur in genderswap stories where the sudden change of anatomy is one that throws the character's world into chaos. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:genderswap. === Verb === genderswap (third-person singular simple present genderswaps, present participle genderswapping, simple past and past participle genderswapped) (fandom slang) To change a fictional character's biological sex or gender identity from its canonical norm. Synonyms: genderbend, gender-flip For more quotations using this term, see Citations:genderswap. === See also === racebend