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gymcel

gymcel noun: an incel who works out to become more physically fit and improve their sexual market value.

Noun

gymcel (plural gymcels)

  1. (incel slang) An incel who works out to become more physically fit and improve their sexual market value.
    • Most likely, they will end up being gymcels, i.e. incels who go to the gym trying to improve their bodies.2020, Sara Brzuszkiewicz, “Incel Radical Milieu and External Locus of Control”, in The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague (ICCT) Evolutions in Counter-Terrorism, volume 2...
    • lmao at all of the gymcels telling me I'm wrong but not realising their gymcelling has failed to attract a single girl which actually proves my point2020, anonymous, quoted in Vanja Zdjelar, "Alone together: Exploring community on an incel forum", thesis submitted to Simon Fraser University, page 54

Verb

gymcel (third-person singular simple present gymcels, present participle gymcelling, simple past and past participle gymcelled)

  1. (intransitive, incel slang) To work out to become more physically fit and increase one's sexual market value.
    • However, many insist that, for truecels, looksmaxing does not actually improve one’s status: “Gymcelling doesn't work. We all know that. You need good genes to succeed at gymcelling, and if you have such genes you'll never need to gymcel anyway because women will be naturally attracted you and...2020 April 26, Joshua A. Segalewitz, quoting OrangeFez2311, “"You Don't Understand... It's Not About Virginity": Sexual Markets, Identity Construction, and Violent Masculinity on an Incel Forum...
    • I gymcel at home with minimum equipment... my father did so with no equipment back in the day (rocky style). Your logic is stupid.2020, anonymous, quoted in Vanja Zdjelar, "Alone together: Exploring community on an incel forum", thesis submitted to Simon Fraser University, page 54
    Synonyms:
    gymmaxx

Examples of gymcel in a sentence

  • “[Tinder Experiment] Ugly gymcel gets hot Tinder matches! [Spicy thread] [GTFIH]” from the 14/1, 2018.Spring 2021, Hugo Engholm, anonymous quotee, “The lack of looks: A study on the Incel ideology of Incelism during the 2010s–2020s and its...
  • However, many insist that, for truecels, looksmaxing does not actually improve one’s status: “Gymcelling doesn't work.2020 April 26, Joshua A. Segalewitz, quoting OrangeFez2311, “"You Don't Understand... It's Not About Virginity": Sexual Markets, Identity...
  • Average looking guys have to gymcel for years and get minor surgeries and have extremely low levels of body fat all year round, […]Spring 2021, Hugo Engholm, anonymous quotee, “The lack of looks: A study on the Incel ideology of Incelism during the 2010s–2020s and its...

Synonyms of gymcel

Forms of gymcel

Noun
pluralgymcels
Verb
third-person singular presentgymcels
present participlegymcelling
past participlegymcelled
pastgymcelled

Origin of gymcel

From gym + -cel.

Questions about gymcel

What does gymcel mean?
Gymcel means an incel who works out to become more physically fit and improve their sexual market value.
How do you use gymcel in a sentence?
“[Tinder Experiment] Ugly gymcel gets hot Tinder matches! [Spicy thread] [GTFIH]” from the 14/1, 2018.
What part of speech is gymcel?
Gymcel can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of gymcel?
The plural of gymcel is gymcels.

Words near gymcel in the dictionary

  1. gymbal
  2. gymbals
  3. Gymbowen
  4. gymbro
  5. gymbros
  6. gymcel
  7. gymcelled
  8. gymcelling
  9. gymcels
  10. Gymea
  11. Gymea Bay

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