Theorycel

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone (not necessarily an incel) interested in extremely academic and abstract ideas, but having little to no practical skills. Internet, derogatory

    "theorycels trying not to use the word bourgeois in a tweet"

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"theorycels trying not to use the word bourgeois in a tweet"

Etymology

From theory + -cel.

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