Those are all fantastic words, but for a direct translation of incel, I’d go with weirdo.
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skeezix@lemmy.world 3 days agoGenX here. We had a plethora of other names: nerd (before it was desirable to be labeled that), dweeb, dweeblet, dillweed, dillhole, dork, dorkwad, goober, he-hasnt-had-pussy-since-pussy-had-him, dolt, bozo, numpty, schlub, git
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 days ago
They still get called these things, but none of them are truly descriptive of the specific kind of dweeb, dillhole, goober, bozo, etc an incel is.
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 3 days ago
Goober? Ive usually only seen that one used as a sort of endearing tease between friends accusing the other of being silly, never seen it used to describe either a person’s love life or their politics.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 days ago
It used to be synonyms with “idiot.”