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I don't see much difference between cis / cisgender and teen / teenager.

• OJFord 6y ago
  'teen' isn't a preposition (er, are they prepositions.. I mean 'prefixes' like 'pre', 'post', 'super', 'intra', 'inter', 'ultra', 'non', 'un', 'trans', 'cis', ... - modifier perhaps? I mean that 'teen' isn't altering 'ager' that otherwise stands alone.) - and it's not a term I'd use personally anyway, but it doesn't annoy me for that reason. The better example would be 'trans' of course, but yes it bugs me too. It's just in more common usage I suppose.
  • throwaway2245 6y ago
    Prefixes are used in this way all the time, wherever the context is clear. some which immediately come to mind: 'mono'/'stereo', 'poly', 'bike', 'homo', 'macro', 'telly'
    • OJFord 6y ago
      The only ones of those that mean anything to me alone are 'bike', 'homo', and 'telly'. The latter two are abhorrent; I wouldn't use them either. 'Bike' I might rarely say, but isn't an example of this anyway. ('bi' is, and I'm aware that's used - with different meaning to 'bike' of course' - but I'd make the same comment as for 'trans'.)
      • throwaway2245 6y ago
        My point was that you don't necessarily use them 'alone', but they are commonly used when the context is clear. 'Stereo' is in very common use. I've seen 'Poly' used by Polynesians and the polyamorous community, for example - when the context is clear.