English Explanatory Dictionary

-cel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Denoting a type of incel (often through a stereotype).
  2. Used tongue-in-cheek for a wide range of effects unrelated to romance.

Word forms

-cel -cels

Etymology

A clipping derived from incel. A highly-productive suffix; compare the more offensive -fag, which may have partly inspired it. First attested in c. late 2010s.

Related words

-maxx -pilled
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