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gaycel en · NOUN

Etymology

From gay + -cel.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:incel slang) A homosexual male incel.
   • He feels depressed, disconnected from the gay community, and ostracised by his fellow incels, who respond to his nihilistic posts with the argument that ‘gaycels’ are always ‘volcels’ (voluntarily celibate), a rationale which stems from the untrue stereotype that gay guys can always get laid. 2020 February 19, Jake Hall, “Investigating the insidious rise of the gay incel”, in Dazed:
   • Jewsel does both in the same comment: “Well, you are severe gaycel, or an extreme mentalcel. Just go to therapy and stop being this loli creepy guy and you would escape inceldom easily.” 2020, "Jewsel", quoted in Joshua A. Segalewitz, "'You Don't Understand... It's Not About Virginity': Sexual Markets, Identity Construction, and Violent Masculinity on an Incel Forum Board", thesis submitted to the University of Dayton, page 25
   • One of the most actively repudiated members of Incel forums are Femcels as well as Incels from the LGBTQ community, commonly referred to as “Gaycels” who are actively met with great hostility, shut out, and blocked from Incel forums. 2019, Farshad Labbaf, “United By Rage, Self-Loathing, And Male Supremacy: The Rise of the Incel Community”, in INvoke: Gender, Colonization, and Violence, volume 5, page 19:

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