noun
- Plural of cissy; a person, typically a boy or man, regarded as effeminate or unmanly.
Usage: informal; often derogatory; chiefly British
Examples
- The bullies called the sensitive boys cissies on the playground.
- He refused to cry, not wanting to be labeled one of the cissies.
- In the old school, boys who preferred reading to sports were sometimes mocked as cissies.
- The term cissies reflects outdated gender stereotypes.
- They used cissies as an insult, which was hurtful and unfair.