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truecel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɹuːsɛl/
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Etymology

From true + -cel.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:incel slang) An incel who has never experienced any form of physical intimacy, including kissing or holding hands, and believes they have (or is believed to have) little to no chance of changing that status.
    • There is, for example, a thread discussing whether Joey, in the Vice documentary mentioned in my introduction, is a truecel. He is too good looking, according to many tellers. 2019, Thea Høiland, "Incels and the stories they tell: A narrative analysis of Incels’ shared stories on Reddit", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 90
    • “If you haven’t raped someone by age 22, you’re prob a truecel for life,” one said. His comment sparked a flurry of furious agreement. 2014 May 29, Sam Clench, “Mass murderer Elliot Rodger's hatred of women is shared by more men than we would like to believe”, in The News (Australia):
    • If u think of urself as a ”mentalcel” ur most likely a truecel in denial 2020, anonymous, quoted in Melinda Karlsson & Terese Wisberg, "'Live to be mogged. The truecel tale': En kritisk diskursanalys av forumen incels.co och looksmax.me", thesis submitted to the University of Gävle, page 38

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
trucel alternative lexicographic
truecels Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

permavirgin · WBAFC · KHHV · dry speller · genetic dead end · wizard · forever alone