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incelspeak

incelspeak noun: the style of language characteristic of incels.

Noun

incelspeak (uncountable)

  1. The style of language characteristic of incels.
    • The thesis is a demonstration and an analysis of the parts of incelspeak that focus on and create a certain image of incels themselves, as well as other men.2019 July 11, Skalna Agnieszka, A Linguistic Image of Selves and Other Men in the Incel Jargon, Kraków: Jagiellonian University
    • Incelspeak is rife with neologisms as well as novel uses of existing words.2020 December 31, Ewelina Prażmo, “Foids are worse than animals. A cognitive linguistics analysis of dehumanizing metaphors in online discourse”, in Topics in Linguistics, volume 21, number 2...

Forms of incelspeak

alternative formincel speak
alternative formincel-speak

Origin of incelspeak

From incel + -speak.

Questions about incelspeak

What does incelspeak mean?
Incelspeak means the style of language characteristic of incels.
What part of speech is incelspeak?
Incelspeak is a noun.

Words near incelspeak in the dictionary

  1. incellike
  2. incelly
  3. incelosphere
  4. incelospheres
  5. incels
  6. incelspeak
  7. incend
  8. incended
  9. incendiaries
  10. incendiarism
  11. incendiarisms

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