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sissy | trans |

As a proper noun sissy

is .

As an adjective trans is

(chemistry) in (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the opposite side of the bond.

As a noun trans is

.

sissy

English

Etymology 1

Extended form of

Noun

(sissies)
  • (pejorative, colloquial) An effeminate boy or man.
  • (pejorative, colloquial) A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.
  • (BDSM) A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours.
  • (colloquial) Sister.
    • Synonyms
    * (timid or cowardly person) mama's boy, pansy, nancyboy * (effeminate boy) janegirl
    Derived terms
    * prissy * sissified * sissy bar (a passenger backrest for a motorcycle or bicycle) * sissyphobia * sissy squat (a weightlifting exercise emphasizing knee extension)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (pejorative) .
  • * 2000 , (revised edition), Bantam Books, ISBN 0-553-58176-7, page 173:
    • she’d decided the wrapping paper was too feminine. It had a viney pattern that wasn’t anything sissier than you’d see in the old Arabian Nights illustrations. But Richard might think they were flowers.
  • (pejorative) .

    • Etymology 2

    Likely onomatopoetic, perhaps related to (etyl) . Compare piss; wee-wee.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (childish, colloquial) Urination; urine.
  • *

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (childish, colloquial) To urinate.
  • *
    • English onomatopoeias

    trans

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ).

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (chemistry) In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the opposite side of the bond.
    • the trans effect is the labilization of ligands which are trans to certain other ligands
  • (cytology) Of the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.
  • (colloquial) Transgender, transsexual.
  • An umbrella term that refers to all the identities, other then cisgender, that are within the gender identity spectrum.
    • Usage notes
    Compare (m) and its usage notes, particularly with regard to the gender-related sense. Compare and and its usage notes with regards to the umbrella sense.
    Derived terms
    * trans fat * transman / trans man; transwoman / trans woman
    Related terms
    * transgender * transsexual * transvestite

    Coordinate terms

    * cis

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation.

    Noun

    • Anagrams

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