Cissies glossary terms

Terms related to cisgender people from a trans perspective

  • Cis: Identifying as the gender assigned at birth.
  • Cisgender: A person who identifies as the gender they were assigned at birth.
  • Cishon: A cis woman who is masculine enough in her appearance that she sometimes gets mistaken as a trans woman. It is often...
  • Cispooner: A cis man who is feminine enough in his appearance that he sometimes gets mistaken as a trans man.
  • Cissoid: A playful derogatory term used to refer to cis people.
  • Cissy: A humorous and slightly derogatory term that refers to cis people. It seems to be a play on the word sissy.
  • Female brained females: A cis woman who is naturally feminine in their personality, lifestyle, and brain structure.
  • Reverse Dysphoria: The gender dysphoria that cis people are said to experience when they mistakenly transition, have an appearance that...
  • TCD / Total Cissoid Death: An ironic statement expressing frustration with cisgender people, typically used hyperbolically when venting about...
  • ftF: A term originating from the YouTuber Jreg. It describes transitioning from a lower case female to an uppercase...
  • mtM: A term originating from the YouTuber Jreg. It describes transitioning from a lower case male to an uppercase MALE,...
  • Getting hatecrimed: Being violently attacked or murdered by a transphobic cis person, usually a cis man or group of cis men. This is...
  • Day of the Rope: A term stemming from white supremacy movements, it refers to the day in which oppressed minorities are hung from...
  • V-coding: The very real and all to common nightmare scenario of trans women being put in mens prisons with the deliberate...
  • Trans Panic Defense: A valid legal defense in most US states which permits "I feared for my life when I realized she was a man" as a...
  • Femcel: A woman who cannot get access to quality partners or sexual encounters. The female equivalent of an incel. However,...
  • Incel: A man is involuntarily celibate. He cannot access sex with women and therefore often hates them for it. Much of the...

Source: Brainworms Glossary category compiled from 4chan /lgbt/ and adjacent community usage.

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