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	Ton den Boon is the editor in chief of Van Dale's Great Dictionary of the Dutch language. In 2018 he became the first lexicographer to define the term "incel". Born in 1962, he studied at the University of Groningen and then worked for about a decade as a dictionary editor and communication advisor. He defined "incel" as:		Ton den Boon is the editor in chief of Van Dale's Great Dictionary of the Dutch language. In 2018 he became the first lexicographer to define the term "incel". Born in 1962, he studied at the University of Groningen and then worked for about a decade as a dictionary editor and communication advisor. He defined "incel" as:

	::(gender-neutral countable noun) someone who lives involuntarily celibate; an acronym of "involuntary celibate".<ref>http://www.vandale.nl/wvdd-incel</ref>		::# (gender-neutral countable noun) someone who lives involuntarily celibate; an acronym of "involuntary celibate".<ref>http://www.vandale.nl/wvdd-incel</ref>