crossplay

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The ability to record data with one device and play back the data on a different,…

   The ability to record data with one device and play back the data on a different, compatible device.

   • The problem with the crossplay of plastic-based (Mylar) tape is that it's pliable; any difference in temperature or mechanical stress, induced by various transports, will distort track patterns recorded on the compliant tape.
2. 2

   Subordinate communication between participants in a conversation.

   • Although in all three events the requests were performed in front of and for the benefit of the student audience as intended bystanders, the crossplay observed in the guest-student episode was absent from the guest-teacher interactions.
3. 3

   Cross-platform multiplayer functionality.

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   1. 4

      A form of cosplay in which one dresses up as a character of the opposite sex.

      • Incidentally, I'm not sure you're bucking the trend so much as going along with it; FTM crossplay is getting pretty popular, although you see more women going for bishounen and visual-kei genderfucky stars than anything else.
      • Crossplay is where a cosplayer employs gender reversal (i.e., a female who dresses as a male character or vice versa).
      • At CCI, where a large number of people cosplay, crossplay becomes a mode to "stand out."
   2. 5

      To cosplay as a character of the opposite sex.

      • [Replying to: "Really, I'll be wearing a costume as well...] Me too...but I won't be crossplaying...
   3. 6

      To cosplay as (a character of the opposite sex).

      • BTW, one can be a touch hefty and pull off Urd. You don't even have to be a woman. A *guy* crossplayed Urd at C-Kon and won the cosplay contest!
   4. 7

      To roleplay as a character of the opposite sex, especially in a MUD.

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