femoid en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂ Proto-Italic *θēmanā Proto-Italic *fēmanā Latin fēmina Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin fēmella Old French femelebor. Middle English femele Middle English female English femaleclip. ▲ Latin fēmina Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin fēminīnusder. Old French femininbor. Middle English femynyne English feminineclip. English fem- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English femoid From fem- + -oid.
Meanings
-
(derogatory, offensive, qualifier:incel slang) A woman, occasionally referring to the especially hypergamous.
The user wrote: "Although I don’t condone what celbro Frank Yeager did, normies and femoids need to understand what can happen after you bully us for so long."
2017 November 9, Alexandra Richards, “Reddit bans 'misogynist' group which blamed women for its members' celibacy”, in Evening Standard:Alongside the terms used in Minassian’s message, a common idiom in their discussions is “femoid”. Short for “female humanoid”, it’s used in place of the word “woman” to depict how, in an incel’s view, women are not entirely human, but are instead robot-like androids who only crave sex with Chads.
2018 April 28, Kate Wilson, “Last week in tech: sex robots”, in The Georgia Straight:Mr. Genco posted on an incel website that he had also shot couples and “foids” — short for “femoids,” an incel term for women — with orange juice from a water gun, which made him feel “spiritually connected to the saint on that day,” according to the indictment.
2021 July 21, Michael Levenson, “‘Incel’ Is Charged With Plotting to Shoot Women, U.S. Says”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:But when they abandon the pursuit of relationships in favor of long-winded posts about their anger toward “femoids,” one’s sympathy wanes.
2018 April 27, Brooke A. Rodgers, “The online ‘incel’ culture is real – and dangerous”, in New York Post:Members describe women as “femoids” and the men they have sex with as “chads”.
2017 November 8, Olivia Solon, “'Incel': Reddit bans misogynist men's group blaming women for their celibacy”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| femoids | Number=Plur | lexicographic |