The secret codes of the Incels: Former 'involuntary celibate' lifts the lid on the sinister underworld of women-hating extremists and their cryptic dialect

>Riley was motivated to quit the incel community for good after learning more about the #MeToo movement a few years ago. 

>Teacher, Kathryn Downs from a Leeds secondary school previously said: 'A study in October 2021, suggested that there was a 6.3 per cent chance of being suggested an incel-related video by YouTube within five "hops" of a non-incel related video.

>'Clearly this shows the dangers of failing to support and improve the mental wellbeing of boys within schools.'

THE INCEL CODES

GIGACHAD

• Extremely muscular man

CHAD

• Conventionally attractive man

STACY

• Conventionally attractive woman

BECKY

• Physically plain woman

BLACK PILL

• A fatalistic idea that an incel cannot improve their own situation and should accept their fate of unattractiveness, lack of wealth or social status

RED PILL

• Refers to waking up from your 'normal' life of ignorance and seeing the world how it really is

BLUE PILL

• A person who lives a conventional life, unaware of men’s 'oppression' by women

PURPLE PILL

• Feeling unsure about conventional stances but rejecting a particularly gendered value system

LOOKSMAX

• Using earnings, possessions, exercise or plastic surgery to maximise attractiveness

GOING ER

• Inspired by US mass murderer, Elliot Rodger, means a killing spree

ROPE

• Denotes suicide

LDAR

• Translates to Lie Down And Rot, indicating there is no hope in life