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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]]. On the 2nd of May 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 an involuntarily celibate life; an acronym of "involuntary celibate".<ref>http://www.vandale.nl/wvdd-incel</ref>		:# (gender-neutral countable noun) someone who lives an involuntarily celibate life; an acronym of "involuntary celibate".<ref>http://www.vandale.nl/wvdd-incel</ref>