Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoX now treats the term cisgender as a slurwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square263fedilinkarrow-up1630arrow-down128cross-posted to: enoughmuskspam@lemmy.world
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minus-squarejmcs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up79arrow-down7·8 months agoWhen you have a trans-something you have cis-something. It’s how language works. The only way for cisgender to be a slur is if you consider transgender a slur too.
minus-squarevithigar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoYou could construct a cis- form of the word, but it’s not always going to be useful, or even sensible. Cismit? Cisaction? Cislate? Cisportation?
minus-squarejmcs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 months agoCismit - communicating with one self, for e.g. inner dialog Cisaction - an agreement with one self or within a group Cislate - to rephrase in the same language Cisportation - moving inside a boundary
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoI kinda love all of these. Especially cislate, I have to do that one so often
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoOr to cislate your last statement, “I am required to do that one frequently.”
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoAll in favor of intra-city public transportation being renamed the cisportation network?
When you have a trans-something you have cis-something. It’s how language works.
The only way for cisgender to be a slur is if you consider transgender a slur too.
You could construct a cis- form of the word, but it’s not always going to be useful, or even sensible.
Cismit? Cisaction? Cislate? Cisportation?
Cismit - communicating with one self, for e.g. inner dialog
Cisaction - an agreement with one self or within a group
Cislate - to rephrase in the same language
Cisportation - moving inside a boundary
I kinda love all of these. Especially cislate, I have to do that one so often
Or to cislate your last statement, “I am required to do that one frequently.”
All in favor of intra-city public transportation being renamed the cisportation network?