"Incel" etymology: Difference between revisions

The other reason why the term "incel" has caught on is the accuracy of its unabbreviated form "involuntary celibacy". The [[nonsexuality]] article explains how people who don't understand [[inceldom]] sometimes conflate it with other forms of sexual inactivity even though [[incelibacy]] is very different. The term "involunarily celibate" is criticized as a misnomer on some platforms owing to the fact that "celibacy" is sometimes claimed to be by definition voluntary. This logic is faulty on three pillars; firstly one of the perks of the English language is that adjectives permit altering the meaning of the following noun. Secondly, the English language is filled with terms that on the surface seem like a misnomer but are in practise standard usage. For example Guinea pigs originate in the Andes, not in Guinea. Thirdly, although it is true that celibacy is overwhelmingly used in volitional contexts, it has also often been used in nonvolitional contexts.