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"masculine"
],
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},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "member of an online subculture unable to find a romantic or sexual partner",
"word": "incel"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "member of an online subculture unable to find a romantic or sexual partner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "incel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "member of an online subculture unable to find a romantic or sexual partner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Incel"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "member of an online subculture unable to find a romantic or sexual partner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "incel"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "member of an online subculture unable to find a romantic or sexual partner",
"word": "インセル"
},
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"sense": "member of an online subculture unable to find a romantic or sexual partner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "incel"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "member of an online subculture unable to find a romantic or sexual partner",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"feminine",
"masculine"
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"word": "incel"
},
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"sense": "member of an online subculture unable to find a romantic or sexual partner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "инце́л"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "incélka",
"sense": "member of an online subculture unable to find a romantic or sexual partner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "инце́лка"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "member of an online subculture unable to find a romantic or sexual partner",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "íncel"
},
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "incél",
"sense": "member of an online subculture unable to find a romantic or sexual partner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "інце́л"
},
{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "incélka",
"sense": "member of an online subculture unable to find a romantic or sexual partner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "інце́лка"
}
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"incel"
],
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}
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"2": "\"Alana\"",
"in": "1997",
"nobycat": "1",
"w": "-"
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"name": "coin"
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"word": "MGTOW"
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{
"word": "nice guy syndrome"
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{
"word": "orbiter"
}
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