Cos wasn't coined for anything even remotely related to sex or gender. It's just the Latin opposite of trans. Which honestly just makes whinging about the term from reactionaries like Musty all the more ridiculous.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 36 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

No it's not, it's the ratio of an angle's adjacent side to the hypotenuse in a right angled triangle.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 21 points 4 months ago

Damn autocorrect. Imma leave that up, it's too funny.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The "x just means y" argument has its merits, but there are many words that "just mean" something, but after being used in a bad way now are considered offensive. "Retarded" just means "slowed down", and "negro" just means "black". So then the question becomes, who gets to decide if a word is offensive? People with dictionaries, or people who feel offended? Either way, I think society should be consistent.

[–] tonarinokanasan@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 months ago

The thing that's most alarming to me every time I hear someone say "cis isn't offensive" is the complete lack of self-awareness, from groups that should really know better. But humans are humans so it just is what it is.

[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That's really funny actually. All it means is unchanged