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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. | 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. | ||
The term incel was later used in the [[Donnelly Study]] in 2001, which was the formal academic exploration of the subject. Later, in 2018, was | The term incel was later used in the [[Donnelly Study]] in 2001, which was the first formal academic exploration of the subject. Later, in 2018, the term was [[Ton den Boon|lexicographically recognized]] in a Dutch-language online dictionary.<ref>https://www.vandale.nl/wvdd-incel</ref> | ||
==Definition== | ==Definition== | ||