clowncel
clowncel noun: an incel who identifies with the Joker from the Batman franchise.
Noun
clowncel (plural clowncels)
- An incel who identifies with the Joker from the Batman franchise.
- The thing about Joker that specifically appeals to clowncels is the heroic mirage imparted on the Joker.2019, Caroline Cabe, "Inside Todd Phillips’ Joker and the Rise of the ‘Clowncel’, The Texas Orator, 22 October 2019
- As for Joker, after the FBI warned of mass-shooting threats from so-called “Clowncels,” some theaters in the United States banned makeup and costumes during the screening of Phillips’s movie (Margolin and Katersky).2021 March, Manuel Herrero-Puertas, “Super Whitman 1885”, in Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies, volume 47, number 1, page 311
Forms of clowncel
| plural | clowncels |
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Origin of clowncel
From clown + -cel.
Questions about clowncel
- What does clowncel mean?
- Clowncel means an incel who identifies with the Joker from the Batman franchise.
- What part of speech is clowncel?
- Clowncel is a noun.
- What is the plural of clowncel?
- The plural of clowncel is clowncels.
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