The word "incel" has lost all meaning

[hinters]

It's come to mean anyone vaguely opposed to feminism, as opposed to someone who's involuntarily celibate(its actual meaning).

What are your theories as to why this?

 

[Nomadic lord]

It didn't lose it's meaning it just evolved.

 

[Internet Nomad]

It didn't lose it's meaning it just evolved.

Yeah it evolved to something different than its original meaning hence why OP said it lost its meaning.

 

[Internet Nomad]

Thats the natural progression of words when it gets popularised.

 

[Nomadic lord]

Yeah it evolved to something different than its original meaning hence why OP said it lost its meaning.

I mean, when you think of an incel, you think of someone who is celibate but is now perceived as anti-women so the original meaning is still there.

 

[Internet Nomad]

I mean, when you think of an incel, you think of someone who is celibate but is now perceived as anti-women so the original meaning is still there.

Sometimes being a virgin(celibate) is out of peoples hands. If they are a 2/10 and cannot get laid it doesn't mean they hate women its just circumstances.

 

[hinters]

Sometimes being a virgin(celibate) is out of peoples hands. If they are a 2/10 and cannot get laid it doesn't mean they hate women its just circumstances.

True, those are the types that become "blackpilled" a lot of the time.

 

[Omar del Sur]

the underlying assumption of how it's used is that men who aren't in line with feminism are "incels"... and this is just absurd. no normal, healthy man is in line with feminism. this is how it is in the West, abnormality is celebrated, normality is stigmatized.

i think it's also worth noting that feminists don't even care about truth, it's all about pushing their agenda even if it's blatant nonsense... third world countries are full of men who aren't in line with feminism (which is really a Western thing) and the highest fertility rates are in those countries.. in fact the countries with the highest fertility rates tend to be among the most conservative, unfeminist countries

 

[Angelina]

I’m sorry but most men that are referred to as incels aren’t men that are ‘vaguely’ against feminism, they’re usually full blown sexists. insulting women, saying that women expire, engaging in double standards ect, doesn’t make you just against feminism, it makes you a sexist. The issue is that some young men think that being downright vile towards women is simply being against feminism. Nope, you’re a misogynist and pointing that out is seen as ‘feminism’ or feminist inclined when it comes to some demographic of men. But you’re right. The word incel has lost its meaning, but so has feminism.

 

[Internet Nomad]

I’m sorry but most men that are referred to as incels aren’t men that are ‘vaguely’ against feminism, they’re usually full blown sexists. insulting women, saying that women expire, engaging in double standards ect, doesn’t make you just against feminism, it makes you a sexist. The issue is that some young men think that being downright vile towards women is simply being against feminism. Nope, you’re a misogynist and pointing that out is seen as ‘feminism’ or feminist inclined when it comes to some demographic of men. But you’re right. The word incel has lost its meaning, but so has feminism.

Do you think the internet is the cause of words losing their meaning so fast.

 

[Yusuf Abdi Ali Rashid]

I noticed this phenomenon a while back https://www.somalispot.com/threads/“incel”-announcement.140231/

 

[Waa dhamatay]

It’s based on the presumption that lack of play makes a man sexist. Which ironically implies that’s all a woman can offer lmao