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    It’s worth noting that its success might have prevented the common term “incel” from coming about.

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        I really have no idea, but “blogger in the 80s” is kind of hilarious. The coining of a term can be hard to pin down, but it also matters a lot less than when it takes off. Looking at this ngram I think we can place the rise, when most people would become aware of it, in the early 2010s.

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    The Phase II clinical trial is evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and efficacy of Incel administered intravenously

    Mainlining incel, damn that doesn’t sound great at all