-cel

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cel"

English

Etymology

A clipping derived from incel. A highly-productive suffix; compare the more offensive -fag, which may have partly inspired it. First attested in c. late 2010s.

Suffix

-cel (noun-forming suffix, plural -cels)

(incel slang) Denoting a type of incel (often through a stereotype).
‎curry + ‎-cel → ‎currycel (“an Indian incel”)

‎rice + ‎-cel → ‎ricecel (“an East Asian incel”)

‎gym + ‎-cel → ‎gymcel (“an incel who works out”)
(Internet slang, loosely, ironic) Used tongue-in-cheek for a wide range of effects unrelated to romance.
‎word + ‎-cel → ‎wordcel (“someone with high writing skills and verbal intelligence”)

‎theory + ‎-cel → ‎theorycel (“someone interested in extremely academic and abstract ideas”)
- 2022 November 22, @EverydayWarren, Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 September 2023:
  we're in our deep sleep arcs, we're such snoozepilled napcels.
- 2022 December 5, u/BaronDornier, “My mom asked me if I wanted some coffee and I said yes and she served me these tiny tiny cottagecore japanese cup that I don't know how to hold”, in Reddit‎^[2], r/redscarepod, archived from the original on 29 September 2023:
  I'm a full ceramicpilled coffeecel, going tiny mug mode rn
- 2023 May 8, @Freyjihad, Twitter‎^[3], archived from the original on 29 September 2023:
  I'm such a sandwichmaxxing lunchmoder. I'm a foodpilled hungrycel.
- 2023 June 28, u/Ok_Capital_2927, “everyone needs to shut the fuck up when they find something useful or cool”, in Reddit‎^[4], r/redscarepod, archived from the original on 29 September 2023:
  shushmaxxed secretcel

Derived terms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡sɛl]
Rhymes: -ɛl

Suffix

-cel

(case suffix) assimilated harmonic variant of -val/-vel (“with”)
‎perc (“minute”) + ‎-cel → ‎perccel (“with [a] minute”)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin -cellus, from -culus +‎ -lus.

Suffix

-cel

Diminutive suffix.

Derived terms

Old French terms suffixed with -cel

penuncel