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Etymology 1
Noun
cissy (plural cissies)
- Alternative spelling of sissy (“wimp”).
Etymology 2
From cis(gender) + -y, on the analogy of tranny and punning on sissy.
Noun
cissy (plural cissies)
- (slang, rare, often humorous, sometimes derogatory) A cisgender or cissexual person.
1998 June 10, Karen Ross, “Re: what does cisgendered stand for anyway ...”, in alt.support.srs (Usenet):> Cis- is a Latin prefix meaning "on this side" or, less correctly, "near", as opposed to trans-, Latin for "across" or "through".
Gee, I guess that makes most folks cissies! :-)
2003, Brian St.Claire-King, Fates Worse Than Death: Sunrise Hotel, →ISBN, page 104:"She could be a straight cissy who just had a bunch of plastic surgery done," Tabitha said. A cissy was a 'cisgendered' person, someone who wasn't transsexual, someone happy with being and dressing like whatever gender they were born as.
- 2014 January 8-15, Dan Savage, in Philadelphia Weekly:
- If a coalition of queer and trans-rights groups came together and called for a big demonstration outside the Fox News studeios in midtown Manhattan, I would be there along with tons of other gay, lesbian, straight and bi cissies. How about it?