volcel
UK/ˈvɒlsɛl//ˈvɑlsɛl/
volcel noun: a person who is voluntarily celibate, i.e., who chooses to avoid sexual activity with other people.
Noun
volcel (plural volcels)
- A person who is voluntarily celibate, i.e., who chooses to avoid sexual activity with other people.
- All of these subsets have a shared loathing of “volcels,” otherwise known as voluntary celibates.2018 October 30, Judah Weinerman, “Meet incels, the internet's resident anti-women hate brigades”, in The Justice, Brandeis University, page 11
- If you are good-looking, or not ugly enough, you are a volcel, a voluntary celibate.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 89
- Antonyms:
- incel
Antonyms of volcel
Forms of volcel
| plural | volcels |
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Origin of volcel
From voluntary + -cel.
Questions about volcel
- What does volcel mean?
- Volcel means a person who is voluntarily celibate, i.e., who chooses to avoid sexual activity with other people.
- What part of speech is volcel?
- Volcel is a noun.
- How do you pronounce volcel?
- Volcel is pronounced /ˈvɒlsɛl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of volcel?
- The plural of volcel is volcels.
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