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Well, at least "identity politics" are two proper English words, not just some weird abbreviation like "cis".
by SagelyGuru 9y ago
Well, at least "identity politics" are two proper English words, not just some weird abbreviation like "cis".
- steveklabnik 9y ago"cis" is not an abbreviation, it's an adjective/prefix. It comes from Latin, incidentally.
- dragonwriter 9y agoIn the use ”cis-woman" it is an abbreviation for "cisgender". (In "cisgender", it's a prefix which is the opposite of "trans-".) It's, therefore, both a prefix and an abbreviation (it's an adjective in that it's an abbreviation for an adjective.)
- steveklabnik 9y agoYes, my slash was intended to be an 'and'. Good clarification, thanks.
- humanrebar 9y agoSee, you get identified with new nouns and adjectives so that other people can better self identify. It's about letting people define themselves. Just not you per se.