fakecel
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]fakecel (plural fakecels)
- (incel slang) Someone who claims to be incel, despite having had some success in romance and dating.
- 2018, NBC News, After Toronto attack, online misogynists praise suspect as 'new saint'[1]:
- While some posters questioned whether Minassian, 25, was a “fakecel” — the term for someone whose average looks disqualifies him from community membership — most hailed him as a hero of the movement.
- 2018, Daily Beast, Sympathy for the ‘Incel’[2]:
- Thus Peterson was called a “fakecel.” No, Peterson says, that’s wrong. He definitely still is an incel. He is a part of the group. Where then does he now belong?
- 2019, NPR Invisibilia, The End of Empathy[3]:
- Shut the f*** up you fakecel (ph). Like, oh, well, if you had any experience, then you can get another one eventually.
- 2020, 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 31:
- Others insist that race alone does not make someone an incel. For example, spicycurry says, “Arab men can get Indonesian/Pakistani/Back girls without a problem. If you only try for white girls then you are a fakecel.”
- 2020, BBC, Toronto van attack: Inside the dark world of 'incels'[4]:
- Anyone who successfully interacts with women is instantly branded a "fakecel" - meaning "fake incel".