While debating H.R. 1028, the “Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act” in the House Judiciary Committee on 3 February, Wyoming Republican Representative Harriet Hageman declared the term cisgender to be a “made-up word”.

“Cisgender is a made-up word. That means nothing,” Hageman said. “Do not call me cisgender. I am a woman.”

Rep. Hageman went on the declare that the term “epitomises the Left’s ongoing effort to rewrite the English language in order to change the debate and destroy civil order”.

  • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    24 hours ago

    all my homies hate neologisms

    I prefer to only use words coined in the 17th century or earlier

    “internet” is a made-up word that means nothing, it’s just an attempt to rewrite the English language to destroy civil order

    • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
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      19 hours ago

      Sorry, slight clarification: Internet is a portmanteaux word. So it is a made-up word made-up of two different made-up words.