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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Volcel

Also known as "fakecel," the term "volcel" is used within the incel subculture to describe a person who is voluntarily celibate and therefore does not fit the criteria to be an incel.
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We Wuz Kangs

The phrase "We Wuz Kangs" is a racist term meant to attack African Americans by racist mockery of Afrocentric theories about Egyptian connections to sub-Saharan Africa.
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Neo-Confederate

Neo Confederate, in its most serious incarnation, refers to a person or group seeking to create an independent Southern nation, like the original Confederates sought, and, in its lesser incarnation, those who glorify, whitewash and romanticize the... Read more
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Pick Up Artists (PUA)

Pick up artists, or PUAs, are members of the online misogynistic manosphere, along with incels and MRAs. PUAs seek to seduce women through game-like strategies. The community is known for misogyny, harassment and toxic masculinity.
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Pink pill

The "pink pill" is the female version of the incel black pill, and represents a woman's realization that she will never be attractive to men. The "pink pill" can also be a transphobic reference to taking an... Read more
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Purple pill

The "purple pill" is a term used among incels to explain male-female behaviors in a more moderate way, rejecting both redpill and bluepill philosophies.
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Rape pill

The rape pill is a term used by subset of the incel community who identify as "rapecels." They believe all sexual interaction between men and women is (or should be) coercive. Women, they figure, are mindless beings... Read more
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Reverse dog pill

The "reverse dog pill" is the response to the dog pill, which claims that women would rather sleep with dogs than incels, meaning that incels will start sleeping with dogs instead of women. There is debate over... Read more
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