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cisplain

cisplain is the alternative form of cissplain.

Meaning of cissplain

Verb

cissplain (third-person singular simple present cissplains, present participle cissplaining, simple past and past participle cissplained)

  1. (Internet, colloquial, derogatory) To explain transgender issues, people or behavior to a trans person (as a cis person) in a condescending manner, presuming the listener’s inferior understanding.
    • Don’t ask us about transgenderism only to cissplain how we’re still “really” our birth sex and always will be.2012, Natalie Reed, "How To Ask A Trans Person Questions Without Being Insensitive About It", quoted in Benjamin Zimmer, Jane Solomon, & Charles E. Carson, "Among the New Words", American Speech...

Forms of cisplain

third-person singular presentcisplains
present participlecisplaining
past participlecisplained
pastcisplained

Questions about cisplain

What is cisplain the alternative form of?
Cisplain is the alternative form of cissplain.

Words near cisplain in the dictionary

  1. cispersons
  2. cisphobe
  3. cisphobes
  4. cisphobia
  5. cisphobic
  6. cisplain
  7. cisplained
  8. cisplaining
  9. cisplains
  10. cisplanckian
  11. cisplatin

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