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currycel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkʌ.ɹiˌsɛl/ (UK)

Etymology

From curry + -cel, referencing the stereotype of curry as a staple of Indian cuisine.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, qualifier:incel slang, slur) An incel of South Asian (especially Indian) heritage.
   • Currycel teen, extreme manlet (5'5 3/4 but I say 5'6 so I can make myself seem taller), incel because I am curry in the west, and if you are ethnic in the west you are fucked unless you can pass as either white, latino or black. 2019, anonymous, quoted in Clara Rubertsson, "'The majority of females are selfish and don’t want to help us lonely men out': En netnografisk studie om män som är incels", thesis submitted to Lund University, page 33
   • So are you suggesting me to stay in india among currycels where I earn mediocre salary? 2022 June 14, Ksenija Bogetic, anonymous quotee, “Race and the language of incels: Figurative neologisms in an emerging English cryptolect”, in English Today, volume 39, number 2:
   • Particularly for self-described ‘currycels,’ there seemed to be a consensus that white Incels held a higher value on the sexual market. 2020, Angus Charles Lindsay, "Swallowing the Black Pill: A Qualitative Exploration of Incel Antifeminism within Digital Society", thesis submitted to Victoria University of Wellington, page 83

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