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[–]fuck_redditThou/Thee/Thy 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

“Trans” is actually more of a prepositional phrase, meaning “beyond” or “on the other side of” in Latin. And this is its original sense, since it is from “transexual.”

So this means comparing “tall women” (adjective + noun) is grammatically non-sensical. It would be more correct to compare “trans woman” to “by a woman” or “towards the woman.”

But that would make it clear that “trans” is not describing a part of “woman” but instead a description of action or change.

[–]IX-Hispana 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's why they started saying the term "transwomen" was transphobic and added the space in the middle ("trans women"): to turn the prefix into an adjective.

The fucks believe if you twist language, you'll bend reality.

[–]fuck_redditThou/Thee/Thy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They can say that’s what adding a space does, but it doesn’t… but that just reaffirms your assertion that they are, indeed, fuckwits.