cissplain
cissplain verb: 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.
Verb
cissplain (third-person singular simple present cissplains, present participle cissplaining, simple past and past participle cissplained)
- 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 cissplain
| third-person singular present | cissplains |
|---|---|
| present participle | cissplaining |
| past participle | cissplained |
| past | cissplained |
| alternative form | cis-splain |
| alternative form | cisplain |
Origin of cissplain
From cis + -splain, after mansplain.
Questions about cissplain
- What does cissplain mean?
- Cissplain means 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.
- What part of speech is cissplain?
- Cissplain is a verb.
- What is the past tense of cissplain?
- The past tense of cissplain is cissplained.
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