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cishon

cishon noun: a cis woman who looks like a non-passing trans woman due to having masculine features.

Noun

cishon (plural cishons)

  1. (derogatory, 4chan /lgbt/ slang) A cis woman who looks like a non-passing trans woman due to having masculine features.
    • GenderCritical redfem cishons can suck my gt2016 October 16, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/
    • making a cishon folder2017 April 27, Zoekas, 4chan, /lgbt/

Examples of cishon in a sentence

  • if you'll allow me to be problematic, i'm glad the facebook whistleblower seems to be a cishon, it's made me realise that i'm somewhat passable2021 October 5, @GriffinSice, Twitter, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2023:
  • Skylar is such a cishon it's insane, truly the greatest trans ally2022 June 8, @pussyhitler, Twitter, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2022:
  • tttt has fried my brain. im sitting at dinner w family and thinking about how grandma is a cishon2022 December 24, @WOMANFAGGOT, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
  • this tweet is remarkably funny coming from the brickiest cishon to walk earth. i pass better than u sweetheart2022 December 30, @puppybref, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:

Forms of cishon

pluralcishons

Origin of cishon

Compound of cis (“cisgender”) + hon (“a trans woman who does not pass”).

Questions about cishon

What does cishon mean?
Cishon means a cis woman who looks like a non-passing trans woman due to having masculine features.
How do you use cishon in a sentence?
if you'll allow me to be problematic, i'm glad the facebook whistleblower seems to be a cishon, it's made me realise that i'm somewhat passable
What part of speech is cishon?
Cishon is a noun.
What is the plural of cishon?
The plural of cishon is cishons.

Words near cishon in the dictionary

  1. cisheteropatriarchal
  2. cisheteropatriarchies
  3. cisheteropatriarchy
  4. cisheterosexual
  5. cishets
  6. cishon
  7. cishons
  8. cisid
  9. cisidentity
  10. cisids
  11. cisinteraction

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