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Tism is short for autism. It ain't derogatory by nature. However colloquially, assholes can always use words for poorer use. The act of shortening words for an edgier bit, can imply the intent of trying to walk around the line of societal acceptability, but it really is just a contraction.

2016年1月26日 · TISM's own manager was pulling his hair out because he had the Hey! Hey! director screaming in his ear, asking what the hell was going on, and also threatening to ban them from TV entirely. They had also kinda pissed / scared Daryl off before the performance, because while they were rehearsing, Daryl came in for a chat and the band didn't want ...

Only my autistic friends say tism, the one who said auti was allistic I think (undiagnosed, has never even briefly mentioned it, etc). Auti seems like it's supposed to be 'an autistic person' while tism appears to just mean 'autistic' so I think they're used differently if auti is used at all. Tbh at first I thought they meant the car XD

2023年10月4日 · 45 votes, 53 comments. I wanted to know what you guys thought about the phrase "touch of the tism". To me it sounds a little bit like everyone is a…

2.4K votes, 79 comments. 219K subscribers in the aspiememes community. Watch this space. r/Aspiememes originally went dark in support of the 3rd…

2022年12月23日 · “Not that I condone tism, or any -ism for that matter. -Ism's in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, "I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me." Good point there. After all, he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. I'd still have to bum rides off people.”

I think “‘tism” is just another case of a word getting shortened. Reasons can be either making it quicker/easier to say, or it just the internet using it a lot, so people unironically start using it irl. (This is very common) Especially “‘tism” because of the phrase “a touch of the tism”.

tism def annoys me. im a highschooler, friends with lots of neuro divergent, queer people. they love making them being queer and mentally ill their personality and hate anyone who isnt, they all say tism constantly. i dont hate the word necessarily, just the only time i …

2023年2月6日 · I say (or said) “Tis the tism” to explain my behaviour to my friends or family bc it was quick. Now everyone is going “I have a touch of the tism” as if it isn’t just as offensive as “everyone’s a little autistic” so it’s just another thing the internet wrecked for me