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currycel

UK/ˈkʌ.ɹiˌsɛl/

currycel noun: an incel of South Asian (especially Indian) heritage.

Noun

currycel (plural currycels)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, incel slang) An incel of South Asian (especially Indian) heritage.
    • Currycel teen, extreme manlet (5'5 3/4 but I say 5'6 so I can make myself seem taller), incel because I am curry in the west, and if you are ethnic in the west you are fucked unless you can pass as either white, latino or black.2019, anonymous, quoted in Clara Rubertsson, "'The majority of females are selfish and don’t want to help us lonely men out': En netnografisk studie om män som är incels", thesis submitted to Lund...
    • Particularly for self-described ‘currycels,’ there seemed to be a consensus that white Incels held a higher value on the sexual market.2020, Angus Charles Lindsay, "Swallowing the Black Pill: A Qualitative Exploration of Incel Antifeminism within Digital Society", thesis submitted to Victoria University of Wellington, page 83

Forms of currycel

pluralcurrycels

Origin of currycel

From curry + -cel, referencing the stereotype of curry as a staple of Indian cuisine.

Questions about currycel

What does currycel mean?
Currycel means an incel of South Asian (especially Indian) heritage.
What part of speech is currycel?
Currycel is a noun.
How do you pronounce currycel?
Currycel is pronounced /ˈkʌ.ɹiˌsɛl/ (UK).
What is the plural of currycel?
The plural of currycel is currycels.

Words near currycel in the dictionary

  1. Curry-Howard correspondence
  2. Curry-Howard isomorphism
  3. curry-muncher
  4. curry-munchers
  5. curry-queen
  6. currycel
  7. currycels
  8. currycomb
  9. currycombed
  10. currycombing
  11. currycombs

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