"femcel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: femcels [plural]
Etymology: fem(ale) + -cel; a relatively new consolidation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|female|cel|alt1=fem(ale)}} fem(ale) + -cel Head templates: {{en-noun}} femcel (plural femcels)
  1. (incel slang) A female incel. Categories (topical): Female people, Incel community, People Synonyms: AFChick
    Sense id: en-femcel-en-noun-sVB2AE9I Disambiguation of Female people: 82 18 Disambiguation of Incel community: 68 32 Disambiguation of People: 71 29
  2. (loosely, Internet, slang, ironic) A woman associated with and/or adjacent to the incel "aesthetic", "vibe", or other connotations. Tags: Internet, broadly, ironic, slang Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-femcel-en-noun--lyvkpxH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cel Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cel: 42 58

Inflected forms

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