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This is a guide to some of the more common buzzwords, terms of art, neologisms, and memes current among men's rights activists, pick-up artists, Men Going Their Own Way, and other such misogynist internet kooks from the plethora of movements and websites occasionally collectively referred to as the manosphere.

[edit] Terms

[edit] Alpha

An alpha is a male who gets all the sex he wants, because his controlling and socially-dominant personality is so alluring to females.[1] Alphas are contrasted with betas and omegas, and are similar to bad boys.

The term "alpha" may also be used to refer to a man's body type, meaning that the man is tall, muscular, and generally built like a football player -- in other words, the kind of man that the manosphere thinks that all women are physically attracted to.

[edit] Alpha male of group

Abbreviation: AMOG

The alpha male of group is the most alpha-y person in the group.

[edit] Androphile

See the main article on this topic: Jack Donovan

Androphiles are men who pursue sexual relationships with other men, but reject effeminacy, camp, and other aspects of what they see as the "feminist-influenced" gay movement. Basically, they act like MRAs but are attracted to men instead of women. The term was coined by The Spearhead's Jack Donovan, a self-described androphile.

[edit] Anglosphere

The Anglosphere is the sections of the world that have primarily English-speaking populations. The Anglosphere is filled with Western women. Obviously this is a bit of an Anglocentric term, since many places in the world (e.g. Western Europe) are filled with feminism-influenced women but speak English only as a second language, but anglocentrism is really the least of the Manosphere's sins.

[edit] Apex fallacy

The apex fallacy is a "logical fallacy" invented by MRA's that essentially disclaims male privilege. The "fallacy" claims that feminists are defining privilege around the experiences of men on the top rungs of society; since men are competitive by nature, a man at the apex does not wield his power in a way that benefits "normal" men, and may in fact act towards their detriment. This one was even laughed off of Wikipedia.

[edit] Average frustrated chump

Abbreviation: AFC

The term average frustrated chump refers to betas, incels, nice guys, and any male who "should" be getting sex but isn't, probably because of those evil feminists.

[edit] Bad boy

A bad boy is a male who is an asshole to females, being keyed into the revelation that they will reward him with sex for doing so.[1][2] Many manosphere sites support a false dichotomy between bad boys and nice guys. Whining women's perceived preference for bad boys is common among self-described betas, nice guys, loveshies and incels, who see this dynamic as the cause of their own sexual failures with females. Don't be surprised if bad boys also come with heavy doses of racism and misogyny.

[edit] Beta

A beta is a male who is somewhat inept in relationships with females and thus doesn't get "enough" sex, because he isn't controlling confident enough to be an alpha, because he isn't assholish enough to be a bad boy, or maybe because he doesn't buy into all this pick-up artist shit at all. (At least they aren't omegas.)

[edit] Blue pill

A blue pill is a person who hasn't woken up to the fact that society discriminates against males, not females; to blue pill is to do the same. The term is a reference to The Matrix, in which taking the blue pill means remaining part of the sheeple and believing nothing is wrong, while taking the red pill means waking up.

[edit] Carousel

Also known as: Cock Carousel

The carousel is apparently the period between the ages of roughly 18 and 30 in which a female has sex with as many alphas as possible, preferably in a hypergamous manner, after which they hit the wall, panic, and attempt to marry a beta.[3]

[edit] Cel

Short for "celibacy". The manosphere uses this term much more broadly than a dictionary would; it essentially refers to any significant period of time which a man has spent without sex. See; hicel, incel, marcel, nearcel, noncel, volcel.

[edit] Creep shaming

See the main article on this topic: Creep shaming

Creep shaming occurs when a female rejects and/or comment on a male's unwanted sexual advances in a way that shames him, sometimes (though not necessarily) by calling him a creep. Making a big deal about creep shaming distracts people from whatever the male did and whether it was indeed creepy. Interestingly, many who attack direct forms of rejection such as creep shaming also attack indirect forms such as friendzoning, suggesting the problem is with rejection itself.

[edit] Display of Higher Value

Abbreviation: DHV

A display of higher value is any public behaviour which increases one's sexual market value in the sexual marketplace.

[edit] Display of Lower Value

Abbreviation: DLV

A display of lower value is any public behaviour which decreases one's sexual market value in the sexual marketplace.

[edit] Dread game

Dread game is achieving greater emotional control over a relationship by threatening to end it or publically violating its bounds. Considered a form of abuse by most people who aren't fucked in the head.

[edit] Equalism

Equalism and similar terms are trotted out by people who insist that they're not MRAs while rehashing the same old anti-feminist talking points as MRAs, such as claiming that feminists are not interested in true equality; "I'm not a feminist, I'm an equalist".

This usage of the term is not to be confused with its usage on Nickelodeon's animated TV series The Legend of Korra,[4] although the fictional and real versions of the word do share some similarities -- both are essentially hate groups which disguise themselves behind a paper-thin veneer of vaguely convincing arguments.

[edit] Feminazi

See the main article on this topic: Feminazi

Feminazi is a self-explanatory snarl word for feminists, popularised by Rush Limbaugh. The term is common among MRAs and very common in "red pill" circles. Godwin's Law and its corollary apply.

[edit] Feminism

See the main article on this topic: Feminism

The manosphere divides feminism into two categories:

  1. Historical feminism; the old-fashioned kind of feminism (pre-90s for politically liberal MRAs, pre-1960s for conservatives) which pushed for equality between males and females. According to MRAs, gender equality has totally been achieved, so these feminists should just go the fuck away.
  2. feminazism or "modern feminism", the current kind of feminism, in which females strip males of their rights and refuse to have sex with men who deserve it.

[edit] Foreign women

See the main article on this topic: Foreign women

In the manosphere, foreign women are women who come from cultures which the manosphere thinks (probably incorrectly) are untouched by feminism, and who therefore remain subservient to male demands pure and beautiful. Foreign women are highly sought after, and are contrasted with Western women.

[edit] Frame

Frame is the ability to control social interaction with a female, which the legendary alphas all apparently possess.[5]

[edit] Friendzone

See the main article on this topic: Friendzone

A friendzone occurs when a male is friends with a female without them having sex, especially if the two were originally girlfriend and boyfriend. The idea of being friends with a female is apparently insufferable to many incels.

Of course, "we should just be friends" is usually a coded way for a female to tell a male that she doesn't want to date or have sex with him, whether or not she actually wants to be friends with him. Interestingly, many who attack indirect forms of rejection such as friendzoning also attack more direct forms such as creep shaming, suggesting that their real problem is with rejection itself.

[edit] Game

Game or gaming is the (sleazy) art of seduction practised by pick-up artists. Game involves various conversational and psychological techniques to break down a woman's resistance (no, really) and make her receptive to having sex, whether she intends to or not.

[edit] Go fuck ten other women

Abbreviations: FTOW,[6] GFTOW[7]
Also known as: Go find ten other women (for when you're on a board with a swear filter)

Go fuck ten other women is common advice from pick-up artists to get over oneitis and rejection. Why? Because having sex with ten females reminds a male that all females are the same, and therefore no singular female is worthy of a male's attention.

[edit] Herbivore men

Herbivore men are a recent phenomenon in Japan of males eschewing social expectations to pursue relationships, marriage, or a family, concentrating instead on a single life. Men Going Their Own Way are obsessed with the herbivore men, whom they insist are part of their own movement, regardless of the differing social and cultural factors at play in Japan — even going so far as to speculate about why feminism has such a notable impact in Japan.[8] In fact, the social pressures to marry in Japan (and many other cultures) are very un-feminist and apply to both genders, though males are somewhat better placed to defy these expectations.

[edit] HB

HB stands for "Hot Babe". This may be suffixed by their attractiveness rating.

[edit] Hicel

A hicel is a "high-standards involuntary celibate" person.[9] How the celibacy is "involuntary" when the person has "high standards", we may never know.

[edit] Hypergamy

Hypergamy is the perceived tendency of females to date, have sex with, and/or marry males of a higher socioeconomic status than them. This is also often called "gold-digging" in more overtly low-brow and less pseudo-intellectual parlance. According to many in the manosphere, hypergamy is instinctual, and it is A Bad Thing, responsible for involuntary celibacy among so many suffering low-status men.

It's worth noting that the term "Hypergamy" is an actual scientific term, used in sociology to classify relationships where the male member of the relationship is of higher status (pertaining to a relevant variable, like education or income). Of course, even a cursory examination of studies using the term reveals how that such relationships are not particularly common, rather than being as inevitable as MRAs usually prortray them.

[edit] Incel

An incel is a male who is 'involuntarily celibate", usually blaming it on society, females, feminists, bad boys, hypergamy, etc. While there are obviously many ordinary people who experience sexual frustration and rejection, those who self-identify as "incels" tend to exhibit a bizarre misogynistic worldview, claiming, for example, that it's "cruel" for women to have sex with some men while rejecting others, or to dress attractively while not being sexually available to every guy who's interested.

[edit] Kino escalation

Kino escalation is a game technique in which a male follows up on verbal seduction by touching a female, without seeking her permission, followed by increasing the amount and intimacy of the touching. (She won't notice it, honest!)

[edit] Last minute resistance

Abbreviation; LMR

Last minute resistance is something that the chosen target of a pick-up artist says or does to indicate that no, she actually still doesn't want to have sex with him. Various game theories and techniques are devoted to overcoming this kind of last minute resistance and achieving something approximating consent so that the pick-up artist can carry on in the direction he's going.

[edit] Looks ladder

Also known as: Attractiveness rating, X/10 rating

A measure of a person's physical attractiveness, with 10/10 meaning very attractive and 1/10 meaning very unattractive. The resultant number is often used as a noun sometimes saying the numerator only (e.g. "last night I banged a 7"), showing not only their willingness to think of a woman as a piece of meat, but also a terrible lack of creativity. The Manosphere generally assumes their ratings of the women and of themselves to be objective truth.[10]

[edit] Looksism

Looksism is the belief that a person's physical appearance is the primary determinant of their attractiveness as a mate.[11] Looksism is opposed to personalitism.

[edit] Loveshy

A Loveshy is a male with a purported social or psychological condition that renders them unable to pursue relationships or sex due to social anxiety, awkwardness and shyness. The concept has been popularised by — and is most heavily associated with — Love-shy.com. Essentially, Loveshies are an even more self-pitying variation on incels with some added self-diagnosis and pseudopsychology.

[edit] Mangina

See the main article on this topic: Mangina

A mangina is a pro-feminist male, or one who is seen as collaborating with the perceived matriarchy. Frequently expanded to any male who isn't stereotypically macho enough or doesn't share the MRA movement's hostility toward females.

[edit] Marcel

Short for married celibate, a marcel is somebody who is involuntarily celibate in marriage.[12] There are two implications here: first, that married people are somehow trapped in marriage together, even if it is sexless; and, second, that married persons should not be celibate, because their spouse should comply with their sexual wishes.

[edit] Marriage 2.0

A neologism referring to marriage in the age of no-fault divorce. The supposed sequence of events is, that after years of acting bitchy and withholding sex, an evil American woman decides she's "unhappy," and proceeds to kick her husband out of his own house, claim half of his worldly possessions, alienate him from his children, collect "free" money every month in the form of alimony and child support, and jump into the bed of someone with better hair and optional tattoos. For bonus points, throw in a provably false accusation of domestic abuse or child molestation; most research shows that this is likely to backfire in real-world divorce or custody cases, to the point where many lawyers will tell a battered wife to keep quiet in the interest of a faster or more equitable split.

[edit] Married Man Sex Life

Abbreviation; MMSL

A series of books and an accompanying website by self-described "relationship counselor" Athol Kay, very popular in the manosphere. The central thesis is that if you're a man in an unhappy marriage, it's because you aren't alpha enough. While toxic in its own right, it's considerably less nasty and bombastic than most "red pill" literature, and is often used to put a false face on the community as a whole (who doesn't want a happy relationship?). As such, it is one of the prime vehicles for "converts" to the manosphere, and heavily responsible for the influx of the manosphere's female element.

[edit] Men's rights movement

See the main article on this topic: Men's rights movement
Abbreviations: MR, MRA (Men's Rights Activist/Activism), MRM

The men's rights movement is a movement that pushes for the rights of males in Western society, which is perceived as discriminatory against males. At the (mostly) benign end of the spectrum are equalist groups and individuals that have some valid points to make (for example, on issues such as disparities in divorce outcomes and child custody, mental health stigmas, or enforced military service for men in some countries). However, these groups often play host to men with disturbing views about feminism and women in general. The more outspoken men's rights groups, including incel communities, MGTOW and "red pill" communities, are toxic dens of misogyny.

[edit] Men Going Their Own Way

See the main article on this topic: Men Going Their Own Way
Abbreviations: MGTOW, MGHOW (Man Going His Own Way), MGTOWer

Although it may sound like the title of a gay porn film, Men Going Their Own Way are actually a subset of MRAs who react to the feminazism and female supremacy they imagine to be going on in society by boycotting women altogether. So instead of having girlfriends or wives, they just congregate online to complain about how women are all such bitches and brag about how easily they could laid if they wanted to. Unlike incels, their celibacy is voluntary. Some do not even necessarily abstain from sex or dating but merely "refuse to surrender their will to the social expectations of women and society" in their interactions.

[edit] Misandry

See the main article on this topic: Misandry

Misandry is hatred of men, a characteristic of every feminist, especially feminazis, all females who don't succumb to clumsy attempts at seduction, and Western society at large.

[edit] Misogyny

See the main article on this topic: Misogyny

Misogyny is hatred of females, which nobody in the manosphere has. Nobody.

[edit] Natural

A man who can engage in casual sex or satisfying relationships without adopting a shitload of misogynistic concepts and evo psych woo. Inside the manosphere, the term is used as a snarl word to invalidate these men's experience, as it isn't "normal" for the majority of beta men. On the other hand, people outside of the manosphere refer to so-called "naturals" as "functioning adults".

[edit] Nearcel

Short for nearly celibate, a nearcel is a person who is unable to satisfy their sexual urges often enough, making them one step above incels.[13] Poor souls.

[edit] Negging

Negging is an ubiquitous "game" technique in which the pick-up artist entices his target by treating her like shit. Because that's what females want, right?

[edit] Nice guy

See the main article on this topic: Nice guy

A nice guy is somebody who is not mean to women, contrasting with bad boys. "I'm a nice guy — how come girls don't want to sleep with me?" is a familiar lament among frustrated and entitled incels and MRAs and the phrase nice guy is most often used as a pejorative for men who play this card. The problem here is that the guy usually isn't as "nice" as he thinks he is, and this delusion can mask anything from token shows of chivalry in the hope of sexual favours to more overtly stalkerish and passive-aggressive behaviour toward women. Even Isla Vista killer Elliot Rodger described himself as "the perfect guy" and "the supreme gentlemen" shortly before embarking on his violent rampage.[14]

[edit] Noncel

A noncel is somebody who is not celibate; i.e. a man who has sex regularly.

[edit] Not all women are like that

Abbreviation; NAWALT

Not all women are like that is a common and reasonable response to manospheric claims that all women are evil man-hating bitches. MRAs who are used to this kind of response will just dismiss any criticism of this kind, citing it as example of the NAWALT argument, as if this refutes it. Ironically, "not all men are like that" or "not all MRAs are like that" have become common defences within the MRA community when faced with severe criticism, especially in the aftermath of the misogyny-inspired Isla Vista massacre of May 2014. This in turn prompted the "#YesAllWomen" social media hashtag used by women to share experiences of sexism and sexual victimisation.

[edit] Omega

An omega is a male who has no prospects whatsoever of getting laid. Omegas are below alphas, betas, and every other rung on the imaginary sexual hierarchy.

"Omega" is occasionally used as a term of pride by PUAs to glorify their technique. According to these men, they are not "alphas" because they are not heavily muscled jocks, but they can nevertheless get women through their game techniques; that is to say, their game supposedly transcends their alleged physical unattractiveness. Of course, a more likely explanation of this phenomenon is that, contrary to manospheric beliefs, different women are attracted to different types of men.

[edit] Oneitis

Oneitis occurs when a male falls in love with a singular female, but said female does not love said male. Because pick-up artists oppose romance/monogamy/marriage and support having as much sex as possible, the proscribed treatment for oneitis is to go fuck ten other women.

[edit] Orbiter

Abbreviation: Orb

An orbiter is a male who has entered the friendzone but somehow continues to like his female friend despite the fact that they don't want sex. According to the manosphere, sexual relationships are the only valid relationships that heterosexual men can have with women.

[edit] Paleomasculinist

A paleomasculinist is a red pill adherent who views male domination and female submission as part of the natural order of things. Paleomasculinism as a movement seeks to distance itself from the men's rights movement and PUAs/gamers.[15] See appeal to nature, biological determinism.

[edit] Personalitism

Personalitism is the belief that a person's personality is the primary determinant of their attractiveness as a mate.[16] Personalitism is opposed to looksism.

[edit] Pick-up artist

See the main article on this topic: Pick-up artist
Abbreviations: PUA
Also known as: Gamer

A pick-up artist is a male whose lifestyle is devoted to seducing and having sex with females, usually in through various game strategies.

[edit] Red pill

A red pill is a person who has woken up to the fact that society discriminates against men, not women; to red pill is to do the same. The term is a reference to The Matrix, in which taking the blue pill means remaining part of the sheeple and thinking nothing is wrong, while taking the red pill means waking up and accepting that evolutionary psychology drives human nature and the real world works that way it does. [17] The term is used among the more militantly misogynistic and conspiracy theorist manosphere groups. The concept of "red pilling" is also applied in other contexts where there is believed to be some important "truth" (i.e. a conspiracy theory) that the sheeple are oblivious to (e.g. "red pill me on 9/11"). It is particularly hilarious that organised misogynists and reactionaries have wholeheartedly embraced a term from a movie written and directed by a trans woman.

[edit] Red pill women

Red pill women is a term for female bloggers that generally agree with manosphere philosophy and link to manosphere sites, and an interesting snapshot of internalized misogyny and power politics. Many tend to be religious wingnuts from groups with a focus on "male headship", and/or willing to take desparate measures to fix an unhappy relationship. Male manosphere types tend to alternate between holding them up as shining examples of someone who "gets it," or using them as proxy targets in their fight against women. For example, a prominent female blogger in the sphere will be heavily reposted to show the community doesn't hate women and in fact welcomes them, then castigated for "stealing the spotlight" from equally talented male bloggers. Many tend to post (either of their own volition, or from not wanting to be seen as "frigid") explicit sexual content, with a heavy emphasis on "domestic discipline", they are then accused of exploiting their sexual power over men for page hits.

[edit] Seduction

Seduction is a term used by pick-up artists, presumably in an attempt to make their sleazy activities sound sophisticated and, well, seductive. Successful PUAs have achieved the dictionary definition of seduction without any of the romantic connotations.

[edit] Sex

See the main article on this topic: Sex

Like a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy sex is the most massive object in the manosphere, around which all else revolves.

[edit] Sexual marketplace

Abbreviations: SMP

The sexual marketplace is the market on which everyone flaunts their sexual goods. If it sounds weird, that's because it is.

[edit] Sexual market value

Abbreviations: SMV

Somebody's sexual market value refers to their sexual desirability. It is apparently the primary measure of an individual's worth.

[edit] Snowflake

A snowflake is a female who is different and better than all the other females. All females attempt to convince all males that they are the snowflake, when it's an obvious truth that all women are the same.

[edit] Social justice warrior

Abbreviations: SJW

A social justice warrior is anyone who supports feminism, attacks racism, is generally not an asshole, etc. In the manosphere, the term is always used pejoratively and attempts to end discussion through humiliation and otherization.

[edit] Target

A target is a woman whom a pick-up artist has set his sights on. Normal people instead call her a victim.

[edit] Thirsty

A person is thirsty if they highly desire sex.[18]

[edit] Token resistance

When a woman makes comments like "No", "I don't want to have sex", or "We're not going to have sex" that don't line up with supposed other behavior that indicates that really, she did want to have sex, officer.[19]

[edit] Volcel

A volcel is a person who is voluntarily celibate.[20]

[edit] The Wall

Females hit The Wall when they get really old, like 30 or so, suddenly become totally gross, have a precipitous drop in sexual market value, get flung off of the cock carousel, and have to marry a boring beta. This is a thing that totally happens in reality.

As a "fun" side note, in Japan, a woman who has hit the Wall is known as a "Christmas cake", because supposedly no one wants it after the 25th.[21]

[edit] Western women

Abreviations: WW
Also known as: Ameriskanks

Western women are those females who have been touched by the evil corruption of feminism and don't wish to have sex with males on demand. Western women primarily come from the Anglosphere and are contrasted with foreign women.

[edit] White Knight

See the main article on this topic: Whiteknighting
Abbreviations: WK
Also known as: Whiteknighting

A white knight is a male who defends a female in an argument. Using this term likens any male defending a female to a knight rescuing a damsel in distress, which apparently always degrades the female as being unable to defend herself. Furthermore, white knights apparently only defend females in the hope of getting sex from said females. White knights may also be accused of being blue pills, betas, manginas, etc. The term is always derogatory and is intended to end discussion through humiliation.

[edit] Zeta

Not to be confused with the Mexican drug cartel of the same name, Zetas are synonymous with omegas, except with a worse understanding of the Greek alphabet.

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