Dictionary

-cel en · X

Pronunciation

• /-sɛl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Middle English voluntarie English voluntary English involuntarysyl. abbr. Latin caelebslbor. English -ate English celibatesyl. abbr. English incelclip. English -cel A clipping derived from incel. A highly-productive suffix; compare the more offensive -fag, which may have partly inspired it. First attested in c. late 2010s.

Meanings

1. (morpheme, qualifier:incel slang) Denoting a type of incel (often through a stereotype).
   • rice + -cel → ricecel (“an East Asian incel”)
   • curry + -cel → currycel (“an Indian incel”)
   • gym + -cel → gymcel (“an incel who works out”)
2. (Internet, broadly, ironic, morpheme) Used tongue-in-cheek for a wide range of effects unrelated to romance.
   • word + -cel → wordcel (“someone with high writing skills and verbal intelligence”)
   • I'm a full ceramicpilled coffeecel, going tiny mug mode rn 2022 December 5, u/BaronDornier, “My mom asked me if I wanted some coffee and I said yes and she served me these tiny tiny cottagecore japanese cup that I don't know how to hold”, in Reddit, r/redscarepod, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2023:
   • we're in our deep sleep arcs, we're such snoozepilled napcels. 2022 November 22, @EverydayWarren, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2023:
   • I'm such a sandwichmaxxing lunchmoder. I'm a foodpilled hungrycel. 2023 May 8, @Freyjihad, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2023:
   • theory + -cel → theorycel (“someone interested in extremely academic and abstract ideas”)
   • shushmaxxed secretcel 2023 June 28, u/Ok_Capital_2927, “everyone needs to shut the fuck up when they find something useful or cool”, in Reddit, r/redscarepod, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2023:

Forms

Relateds

-maxx · -pilled