X now considers the term “cisgender” a slur. On Tuesday, the platform reportedly began posting an official warning that the LGBTQ-inclusive terms could result in a ban from the platform.
  • jmcs
    72•5 months ago

    When you have a trans-something you have cis-something. It’s how language works.

    The only way for cisgender to be a slur is if you consider transgender a slur too.

    • neidu2
      13•5 months ago

      Now I’m curious what a cisformer would be in the context of electrical engineering

      • jmcs
        29•5 months ago

        Ok let me rephrase for pedantic people, adjectives with trans prefix have a correspondent cis adjective.

        And an electrical cisformer would be something that would keep energy inside the same circuit at roughly the same voltage, so basically a wire. Feel free to use the term if you want to oversell something.

        • Jesus_666
          33•5 months ago5 months ago

          Cisformers
          They’re what meets the eyes
          Cisformers
          Bots not in disguise
          Robobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of
          The Obviouscons

        • neidu2
          18•5 months ago5 months ago

          I will start using “cisformer” in place of “wire” from now on, in a similar manner to how we at work sometimes refer to “power aspect negation cycle” for pulling the plug on something and reconnect it.

          Also, I guess a cisistor would be just a regular switch or potentiometer.

      • hperrin
        2•5 months ago

        A cisformer would just be a conductor (like a wire). It takes a current/voltage on one side, and gives you the same current/voltage on the other side.

        Now if we’re talking about the big robots that turn into cars, a cisformer would be a car that turns into the same car (so just any car).

    • vithigar
      2•5 months ago

      You could construct a cis- form of the word, but it’s not always going to be useful, or even sensible.

      Cismit? Cisaction? Cislate? Cisportation?

      • jmcs
        11•5 months ago

        Cismit - communicating with one self, for e.g. inner dialog

        Cisaction - an agreement with one self or within a group

        Cislate - to rephrase in the same language

        Cisportation - moving inside a boundary

        • captainlezbian
          6•5 months ago

          I kinda love all of these. Especially cislate, I have to do that one so often

          • samus12345English
            4•5 months ago

            Or to cislate your last statement, “I am required to do that one frequently.”