Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cisboy

/ˈsɪs.bɔɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cis-boy
IPA: /ˈsɪs.bɔɪ/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cisgender man or boy.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Indeed, the heavy and active involvement of (cis)women soldiers in the torture of prisoners stands in clear contradiction to not only the U.S. military's self-image as the quintessential masculine institution that turns cisboys into cismen, but also seems to falsify feminist scholarship on the foundational role of militarized masculinity in military operations […]"
"Of course, cisboys and trans girls may also want and obtain these items (and clearly, many do), but representing them as specifically girls' toys overdetermines their location."
"We had a bunch of cis-girls and cis-boys in the unit."

Etymology

From cis- + boy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: cis

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

cisboys (plural)

Synonyms

cisdude cisguy cis man

Questions

How do you pronounce cisboy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪs.bɔɪ/.
What does cisboy mean?: A cisgender man or boy.
Where does cisboy come from?: From cis- + boy.

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