• daellat@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Yes everyone would be cool with trans people and not bigots if only they didn’t use silly little acronyms

        • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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          9 days ago

          An acronym is a word which is formed by the first letters of a name for something, such as “laser” (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) or “radar” (RAdio Detecting And Ranging).

          “Cis” isn’t that. It’s a Latin word which is the opposite of “trans”.