trap

A male character who looks female. Also known as "femboy", or less frequently as "tomgirl".

The Japanese term 男の娘 (otoko no ko) is a pun on 男の子 (otoko no ko), meaning "boy", replacing 子 with the ko reading of 娘 (commonly musume, girl).

Some people use "femboy" to describe anyone who appears or acts feminine, even if they don't convincingly pass as female. If you can correctly tell the character is male with complete certainty from the thumbnail alone without looking at the genitalia, it's not this.

While many traps engage in crossdressing, it is not a requirement. Sufficiently feminine characters can pass as girls even when near-nude or dressed in typically masculine clothing.

The English term for trap originated in 4chan circa 2004, derived from Admiral Ackbar's quote "It's a trap!".

For the literal definition of the word "trap", see trapped or booby trap.

Examples

See also

• androgynous for a general tag for characters of all genders with both masculine and feminine traits
• bishounen for boys with both masculine and feminine beauty traits
• reverse trap for ladies in masculine dress
• girly boy for boys that are feminine in personality, but not necessarily appearance
• futa without pussy for male genitalia, but otherwise female body
• cuntboy for female genitalia, but otherwise male body
• futanari for those with both male and female genitals, but female body
• male futanari for those with both male and female genitals, but male body
• josou seme, where the trap is the more dominant sexual partner
• Pool: Manly Femboys

External links

• Wikipedia: Otokonoko

The following tags are aliased to this tag: femboy, otoko_no_ko, and otokonoko (learn more).