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truecel

/ˈtɹuːsɛl/

truecel noun: an incel who has never experienced any form of physical intimacy, including kissing or holding hands, and believes they have (or is believed to have) little to no chance of changing that status.

Noun

truecel (plural truecels)

  1. (incel slang) An incel who has never experienced any form of physical intimacy, including kissing or holding hands, and believes they have (or is believed to have) little to no chance of changing that status.
    • “If you haven’t raped someone by age 22, you’re prob a truecel for life,” one said. His comment sparked a flurry of furious agreement.2014 May 29, Sam Clench, “Mass murderer Elliot Rodger's hatred of women is shared by more men than we would like to believe”, in The News (Australia)
    • There is, for example, a thread discussing whether Joey, in the Vice documentary mentioned in my introduction, is a truecel. He is too good looking, according to many tellers.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 90

Forms of truecel

pluraltruecels
alternative formtrucel

Origin of truecel

From true + -cel.

Questions about truecel

What does truecel mean?
Truecel means an incel who has never experienced any form of physical intimacy, including kissing or holding hands, and believes they have (or is believed to have) little to no chance of changing that status.
What part of speech is truecel?
Truecel is a noun.
How do you pronounce truecel?
Truecel is pronounced /ˈtɹuːsɛl/.
What is the plural of truecel?
The plural of truecel is truecels.

Words near truecel in the dictionary

  1. trueblue
  2. trueblues
  3. trueborn
  4. trueborns
  5. truebred
  6. truecel
  7. truecels
  8. truechimer
  9. truechimers
  10. trued
  11. trued up

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