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 [[Henry Flynt]] discussed male involuntary celibacy in relation to being perceived as [[creep]] in his 1975 book [[Blueprint for a Higher Civilization]].
-The "neoliberal feminist" [[Alana]] introduced the abbreviated term "invcel" in 1997
+The feminist creator of the first known incel discussion forum, [[Alana]], did not coin the abbreviated version of the phrase "incel" as has been commonly promulgated in the media. She merely introduced a prior attempt at shortening the phrase, as "invcel" in 1997. It was pronounced "invacel." As this sounds the term "imbecile", she later adopted "incel" at the suggestion of someone in the mailing list she created; this new contraction was also easier to pronounce.
-*she later adopted "incel" at the suggestion of [[founder|someone in the mailing list]] she created: it was easier to pronounce and did not sound as much like "imbecile."
 Incel was later used in the [[Donnelly Study]] in 2001 and was first [[Ton den Boon|lexicographically recognized]] in 2018.<ref>https://www.vandale.nl/wvdd-incel</ref>
 ==Definition==
 The [[Donnelly]] Study defined incels as adults who fail to find a sexual partner for six months or more without choosing so.