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The terms are simplified with its usage of simple grammar that befits Ogden's basic English. As such, it is easily malleable for linguistic morphology, which has been fully utilized in the [[incelosphere]] with the additional coinages of multiple derivatives through additions of affixes, such as in "[[inceldom]]", or prefixes, as in "[[mentalcel]]" etc. Both abbreviations are also catchy. The longer way of saying "incel" is "involuntarily celibate person", however this lengthened term is rarely used because it has 11 syllables. | The terms are simplified with its usage of simple grammar that befits Ogden's basic English. As such, it is easily malleable for linguistic morphology, which has been fully utilized in the [[incelosphere]] with the additional coinages of multiple derivatives through additions of affixes, such as in "[[inceldom]]", or prefixes, as in "[[mentalcel]]" etc. Both abbreviations are also catchy. The longer way of saying "incel" is "involuntarily celibate person", however this lengthened term is rarely used because it has 11 syllables. | ||
Although there are many [[synonyms]] of ''incel'', the reason incel has caught on in public discourse over the other terms in because it rolls off the tongue so easily. Another factor is probably the "in" aspect of the term '''in'''cel. Many incels feel that their inceldom is a situation or circumstance that they are '''in'''. As such, sometimes the adoption of a word is largely because of the way it sounds. For example, if I called you a schmuck, and you had never heard the word schmuck before, you might gather that its an insult even if you didn't know the meaning of the word. That's because the word schmuck just sounds a certain way that indicates that it is not a compliment. | Although there are many [[synonyms]] of ''incel'', the reason incel has caught on in public discourse over the other terms in because it rolls off the tongue so easily. Another factor is probably the "in" aspect of the term '''in'''cel. Many incels feel that their [[inceldom]] is a situation or circumstance that they are '''in'''. As such, sometimes the adoption of a word is largely because of the way it sounds. For example, if I called you a schmuck, and you had never heard the word schmuck before, you might gather that its an insult even if you didn't know the meaning of the word. That's because the word schmuck just sounds a certain way that indicates that it is not a compliment. | ||
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