"cisfolk" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From cis- + folk. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|cis-|folk}} cis- + folk Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} cisfolk pl (plural only)
  1. (informal) Cisgender people. Tags: informal, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): LGBT
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          "text": "“I want to fuck gender. What does that mean? It means taking gender, a beautiful, wonderful thing and rockin it just right. Most cisfolk, they're stuck holding hands. And that's not to say no cisfolk fuck gender, or that hand holding isn't its own amazing thing. […]”",
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          "ref": "2014 October, Taylor Stocks, “Gender Lesson 201”, in The Outport, page 6:",
          "text": "Trans* and trans each come from the abbreviation of transgender, the word that I've found resonates most with cisfolk above a certain age.",
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          "text": "[> A transgender person is going to a lot of trouble to insist on adopting a particular gender. Why wouldn't 'they' want to adopt the usual pronoun?]\nSeparate issues. Some cisfolk might also prefer 'they'.",
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        "(informal) Cisgender people."
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          "ref": "2014 October, Taylor Stocks, “Gender Lesson 201”, in The Outport, page 6:",
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        "(informal) Cisgender people."
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