cisfolk
/ˈsɪs.foʊk/
cisfolk noun: cisgender people.
Noun
cisfolk pl (plural only)
- Cisgender people.
- “I want to fuck gender. What does that mean? It means taking gender, a beautiful, wonderful thing and rockin it just right. Most cisfolk, they're stuck holding hands. And that's not to say no cisfolk fuck gender, or that hand holding isn't its own amazing thing. […]”2010 Spring, “The Queerest Art: Genderf*ck”, in OutWrite Newsmagazine, University of California, Los Angeles, page 7
- Trans* and trans each come from the abbreviation of transgender, the word that I've found resonates most with cisfolk above a certain age.2014 October, Taylor Stocks, “Gender Lesson 201”, in The Outport, page 6
- Antonyms:
- transfolk
Antonyms of cisfolk
Origin of cisfolk
From cis- + folk.
Questions about cisfolk
- What does cisfolk mean?
- Cisfolk means cisgender people.
- What part of speech is cisfolk?
- Cisfolk is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cisfolk?
- Cisfolk is pronounced /ˈsɪs.foʊk/ (US).
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