-cel
suffixEtymology A clipping derived from incel. A highly-productive suffix; compare the more offensive -fag, which may have partly inspired it. First attested in c. late 2010s.
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Morpheme Denoting a type of incel (often through a stereotype).
- curry + -cel → currycel (“an Indian incel”)
- rice + -cel → ricecel (“an East Asian incel”)
1 more example
- gym + -cel → gymcel (“an incel who works out”)
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Internet, Broadly, Ironic, Morpheme Used tongue-in-cheek for a wide range of effects unrelated to romance.
- word + -cel → wordcel (“someone with high writing skills and verbal intelligence”)
- theory + -cel → theorycel (“someone interested in extremely academic and abstract ideas”)
4 more examples
- we're in our deep sleep arcs, we're such snoozepilled napcels.2022 November 22, @EverydayWarren, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2023:
- I'm a full ceramicpilled coffeecel, going tiny mug mode rn2022 December 5, u/BaronDornier, “My mom asked me if I wanted some coffee and I said yes and she served me these tiny tiny cottagecore japanese cup that I don't know how to hold”, in Reddit, r/redscarepod, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2023:
- I'm such a sandwichmaxxing lunchmoder. I'm a foodpilled hungrycel.2023 May 8, @Freyjihad, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2023:
- shushmaxxed secretcel2023 June 28, u/Ok_Capital_2927, “everyone needs to shut the fuck up when they find something useful or cool”, in Reddit, r/redscarepod, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2023: