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Is cis a slur
Cis is literally just the antonym of Trans. It is not a Slur any more than trans is a slur.
Oftentimes I see it used dismissively in the face of cis folks describing how they think a trans person feels or ought to feel / behave, in which case that intent is quite warranted. Other times it's a means of expressing exhaustion at folks who simply don't "get it", and don't particularly need to. That is to say, cisgenderedness is a form of Privilege.
Gender-criticals or TERFs tend to avoid the adjective "cis", preferring to other transgender men and women as "transmen" and "transwomen", separate from the (assumed cis) categories "men" and "women" (Terf wars: an introduction).