"cisfolk" meaning in English

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Noun

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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  "etymology_text": "From cis- + folk.",
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          "ref": "2010 Spring, “The Queerest Art: Genderf*ck”, in OutWrite Newsmagazine, University of California, Los Angeles, page 7",
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 August 11, Richard Yates, “Re: non-binary gender pronoun confusion”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet)",
          "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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          "ref": "2018 August 11, Richard Yates, “Re: non-binary gender pronoun confusion”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet)",
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        "(informal) Cisgender people."
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