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* '''2015''': r/incels is created; it is banned two years later after getting more than 40,000 members
* '''2015''': r/incels is created; it is banned two years later after getting more than 40,000 members
* '''2016''': The [[inceldom pride flag]] is created.
* '''2016''': The [[inceldom pride flag]] is created.
* '''2017''': The [[incelphobic]] subreddit [[r/inceltears]] is created by [[caspertruth666]]  
* '''2017''': The [[incelphobic]] subreddit [[r/inceltears]] is created by [[caspertruth666]]. [[r/incels]] gets shut down.  [[Incels.co]] starts.
* '''2018''': [[Ton den Boon]] becomes the first lexicographer to define the term "incel", defining it as a gender-neutral noun, meaning someone who lives an [[involuntarily celibate]] life.<ref>http://www.vandale.nl/wvdd-incel</ref> Its also shortlisted by Oxford as a "word of the year"<ref>https://languages.oup.com/word-of-the-year/2018-shortlist/</ref>
* '''2018''': [[Ton den Boon]] becomes the first lexicographer to define the term "incel", defining it as a gender-neutral noun, meaning someone who lives an [[involuntarily celibate]] life.<ref>http://www.vandale.nl/wvdd-incel</ref> Its also shortlisted by Oxford as a "word of the year"<ref>https://languages.oup.com/word-of-the-year/2018-shortlist/</ref>
* '''2019''': [[Incelistan.net]] is created.  r/braincels gets shut down by Reddit.
* '''2019''': [[Incelistan.net]] is created.  r/braincels gets shut down by Reddit.
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