cissplain en · VERB
Etymology
From cis + -splain, after mansplain.
Meanings
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(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, Volume 89, Issue 4 (2014), page 480
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cissplaining | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| cis-splain | alternative | lexicographic | |
| cisplain | alternative | lexicographic | |
| cissplains | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| cissplained | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| cissplained | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Coordinates
womansplain · mansplain · femsplain · whitesplain · straightsplain