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Other autonyms to describe romantically unsuccessful people in the 2000s were "love-shy" and "involuntary celibate", although both have fallen out of use, probably because they are dionysms (consisting of two words). However, gradually from the mid 2010s onwards, the term "inceldom" has become the default autonym for the state of being romantically or sexually unsuccessful. One of the reasons that the term "incel" has replaced ''TFL'' and other synonyms is because it becomes a ''aptonym'' (word that aptly describes another thing) when you consider that the word "incel" sounds like "in cell". Its aptonymous nature derives from the fact that many incels do in fact feel trapped in loneliness, hence feeling like they are in fact in a cell. | Other autonyms to describe romantically unsuccessful people in the 2000s were "love-shy" and "involuntary celibate", although both have fallen out of use, probably because they are dionysms (consisting of two words). However, gradually from the mid 2010s onwards, the term "inceldom" has become the default autonym for the state of being romantically or sexually unsuccessful. One of the reasons that the term "incel" has replaced ''TFL'' and other synonyms is because it becomes a ''aptonym'' (word that aptly describes another thing) when you consider that the word "incel" sounds like "in cell". Its aptonymous nature derives from the fact that many incels do in fact feel trapped in loneliness, hence feeling like they are in fact in a cell. | ||
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