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[–] 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

GenX 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

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    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.

    I mean, those words also describe most right-wingers.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    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.

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