mentalcel

English

Etymology

From mental +‎ -cel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mentalcel (plural mentalcels)

1. (incel slang) Someone who is an incel due to mental illness or a psychological disorder.
   • 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:

     Joey, on the other hand, claims he is a mentalcel: involuntary celibate due to his mental challenges.

   • 2019, “Dr. Castle”, in The Blackpill Theory: Why Incels Are Right & You Are Wrong, page 143:

     We even have research confirming that 'mentalcels' struggle in the same way high-functioning autistic adolescents struggle when it comes to relationships.

   • 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:

     Some suspect that gay men are using this site and attempt to ostracize them from it. Others insist that mental illness is not an excuse for someone to be an incel. 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.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:mentalcel.