go ER en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Initialism referring to Elliot Rodger, who carried out a series of deadly mass shootings in Isla Vista, California, in 2014 with the intent of punishing women for rejecting him and men he envied.
Meanings
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(qualifier:incel slang) To commit an indiscriminate mass murder, particularly one that targets women.
Yes, because there will always be some self-proclaimed incel out there who will go ER.
2021, anonymous, quoted in Rosa Auf der Strasse & Ebba Philipson, "My loneliness is killing me (and everyone else): En kvalitativ studie om hur incels diskuterar våld online", thesis submitted to Kristianstad University, page 29Arguably, the most effective way to prevent an incel from “going ER” is by proactively addressing his suicidal impulses.
2020, Bruce Hoffman, Jacob Ware, Ezra Shapiro, “Assessing the Threat of Incel Violence”, in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, volume 43, number 7:As far as I know, femoids going ER are extremely rare or maybe non-existent.
2018, anonymous, quoted in Rebecca Karlén, "Incels: En kartläggning av diskursen på forumetincels.is", thesis submitted to Uppsala University, page 30
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| goes ER | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| went ER | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| gone ER | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| going ER | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
wikipedia: Elliot Rodger · wikipedia: 2014 Isla Vista killings