volcel

English

Etymology

Blend of voluntary +‎ celibate; also voluntary +‎ -cel.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑlsɛl/

Noun

volcel (plural volcels)

1. (neologism) A person who is voluntarily celibate, i.e., who chooses to avoid sexual activity with other people.

   Hypernyms: celibate, cel

   Antonym: incel

   • 2018 October 30, Judah Weinerman, “Meet incels, the internet's resident anti-women hate brigades”, in The Justice, Brandeis University, page 11:

     All of these subsets have a shared loathing of “volcels,” otherwise known as voluntary celibates.

   • 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 89:

     If you are good-looking, or not ugly enough, you are a volcel, a voluntary celibate.

   • 2020, December Maxwell, Sarah R. Robinson, Jessica R. Williams, Craig Keaton, “'A Short Story of a Lonely Guy': A Qualitative Thematic Analysis of Involuntary Celibacy Using Reddit”, in Sexuality & Culture:

     One commenter explained he was “a tiny bit of a volcel” since he did not like women from his country because of their personalities.

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

Anagrams

• Covell