incel

[in-sel]

noun

1. a member of an online subculture of men who want to have sex but are unable to find sexual partners, typically blaming women or hating people who are sexually successful (often used attributively).

   Perhaps unsurprisingly, contemplation and discussion of suicide features prominently on incel forums.

Word History and Origins

Origin of incel¹

First recorded in 1990–95; earlier INVCEL, short for involuntarily celibate

Example Sentences

She acknowledges young people now are exposed to far more than readers were in the 1990s or 2000s, with conversations about misogyny, online abuse and even incel culture filtering down into classrooms.

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"If I were to put something as troubling as the whole incel thing into a children's book, it would only ever be implied," she explains.

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Rewinding to 2016, its “Wieners Out” episode is named for an incel movement that “Butters” Stotch launches by Winnie-the-Poohing it at school.

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The boy had been actively exploring incel culture online.

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"I had the scary thought that this might boost incel communities."

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