-cel

suffix

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.

1. Denoting a type of incel (often through a stereotype).

   “curry + -cel → currycel (“an Indian incel”)”

   “rice + -cel → ricecel (“an East Asian incel”)”

2. Used tongue-in-cheek for a wide range of effects unrelated to romance.

   “word + -cel → wordcel (“someone with high writing skills and verbal intelligence”)”

   “theory + -cel → theorycel (“someone interested in extremely academic and abstract ideas”)”