"theorycel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: theorycels [plural]
Etymology: From theory + -cel. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|theory|-cel}} theory + -cel Head templates: {{en-noun}} theorycel (plural theorycels)
  1. (Internet slang, derogatory) Someone (not necessarily an incel) interested in extremely academic and abstract ideas, but having little to no practical skills. Tags: Internet, derogatory
    Sense id: en-theorycel-en-noun-4NFWNlxE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cel

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2020 November 10, @Martposting, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-09-29",
          "text": "theorycels trying not to use the word bourgeois in a tweet",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 January 5, Geoff Shullenberger, “(post title)”, in Outsider Theory, archived from the original on 2023-06-05",
          "text": "Theorycels in Trumpworld",
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          "ref": "2022 January 24, Miles Klee, “The Depressing Rise of 'Wordcels' and 'Numbercels'”, in MEL Magazine, archived from the original on 2023-09-24",
          "text": "You can understand a \"wordcel\" to be an individual with significant training and expertise in the humanities, particularly reading and writing — a \"theorycel\" being the most heightened version, the cloistered pedant studying literally everything that pertains to their area of interest, yet unable to convert those ideas into practical realities.",
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          "ref": "2022 September 1, @grecian_the, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-09-29",
          "text": "rhythm footwork and timing at 230lbs because according to twitter training theorycels, i lack 'endurance and agility'",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 31, u/shangumdee, “Anon explains the technology behind AI”, in Reddit, r/4chan, archived from the original on 2023-09-29",
          "text": "Every sophisticatard thought basic jobs would automated so they could focus on useless art and theorycel ramblings no one was gonna read",
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        {
          "ref": "2023 July 17, @Wired73813850, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-09-29",
          "text": "Your favourite twitter theorycel is, at best, half as well-read as you think he is. Probably more like 1/10th in most cases. Read old books, not tweets by 22-year-olds who read old books.",
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        "(Internet slang, derogatory) Someone (not necessarily an incel) interested in extremely academic and abstract ideas, but having little to no practical skills."
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          "text": "theorycels trying not to use the word bourgeois in a tweet",
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        },
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          "ref": "2021 January 5, Geoff Shullenberger, “(post title)”, in Outsider Theory, archived from the original on 2023-06-05",
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          "ref": "2022 January 24, Miles Klee, “The Depressing Rise of 'Wordcels' and 'Numbercels'”, in MEL Magazine, archived from the original on 2023-09-24",
          "text": "You can understand a \"wordcel\" to be an individual with significant training and expertise in the humanities, particularly reading and writing — a \"theorycel\" being the most heightened version, the cloistered pedant studying literally everything that pertains to their area of interest, yet unable to convert those ideas into practical realities.",
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          "ref": "2022 September 1, @grecian_the, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-09-29",
          "text": "rhythm footwork and timing at 230lbs because according to twitter training theorycels, i lack 'endurance and agility'",
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        },
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          "ref": "2023 March 31, u/shangumdee, “Anon explains the technology behind AI”, in Reddit, r/4chan, archived from the original on 2023-09-29",
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          "ref": "2023 July 17, @Wired73813850, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-09-29",
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