See screenname in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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},
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"text": "2020, Lee Williams, \"Inside the Incelosphere: Tracing the Origins and Navigating the Contradictions\", thesis submitted to the University of Regina, pages 93-94:\nWomen “absolutely love playing the victim” a man using the screenname michael2222 vehemently claims, asserting that women have taken a men’s issue, Incel, and made it about themselves (through the creation of femcels) because “they feel the need to be victimized by absolutely everything” (November 12, 2019).",
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