[Ads-l] Singular they is Web of Language Word of the Year

[Wilson Gray]

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Geoffrey Nunberg <
nunberg at ischool.berkeley.edu> wrote:

> cissy


Is this "cissy" the _cissy_ of the name of the instrumentals by The Meters,
the "Cissy Strut" and "Sophisticated Cissy"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_iC0MyIykM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cissy_Strut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtw9NEF4On0

Here, "cissy" is a P.C.-like re-spelling of BE "sissy" = "fag." The
"sophisticated sissy" is the name of a popular dance that, IME in L.A.,
preceded the composition of the music. Sometimes, a dance inspires the
composition of a song; sometimes, a song motivates the invention of a dance.

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