gender-bender

gender bender

noun
Informal. one, as a cross-dresser, that blurs differences between the sexes.

Origin:
1980–85

gen·der-bend·ing, adjective
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gender-bender
 
n
1.  informal a person who adopts an androgynous style of dress, hair, make-up, etc
2.  a male-male or female-female adaptor, used esp for computer hardware

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gender-bender definition


  1. n.
    a device that changes electrical plugs or sockets to the opposite gender—male to female, female to male. : You need what's called a gender-bender to match those plugs.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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