Meanings
plural femoids
- derogatoryoffensiveincel slangA woman, occasionally referring to the especially hypergamous.
Members describe women as “femoids” and the men they have sex with as “chads”.
2017 November 8, Olivia Solon, “'Incel': Reddit bans misogynist men's group blaming women for their celibacy”, in The Guardian4 more examples
The user wrote: "Although I don’t condone what celbro Frank Yeager did, normies and femoids need to understand what can happen after you bully us for so long."
2017 November 9, Alexandra Richards, “Reddit bans 'misogynist' group which blamed women for its members' celibacy”, in Evening StandardBut when they abandon the pursuit of relationships in favor of long-winded posts about their anger toward “femoids,” one’s sympathy wanes.
2018 April 27, Brooke A. Rodgers, “The online ‘incel’ culture is real – and dangerous”, in New York PostAlongside the terms used in Minassian’s message, a common idiom in their discussions is “femoid”. Short for “female humanoid”, it’s used in place of the word “woman” to depict how, in an incel’s view, women are not entirely human, but are instead robot-like androids who only crave sex with Chads.
2018 April 28, Kate Wilson, “Last week in tech: sex robots”, in The Georgia StraightMr. Genco posted on an incel website that he had also shot couples and “foids” — short for “femoids,” an incel term for women — with orange juice from a water gun, which made him feel “spiritually connected to the saint on that day,” according to the indictment.
2021 July 21, Michael Levenson, “‘Incel’ Is Charged With Plotting to Shoot Women, U.S. Says”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁(y)-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂
- Proto-Italic*θēmanā
- Proto-Italic*fēmanā
- Latinfēmina
- Latinfēmella
- Old Frenchfemele
- Middle Englishfemele
- Middle Englishfemale
- Englishfemaleclip.
- Latinfēmina
- Latinfēminīnus
- Old Frenchfeminin
- Middle Englishfemynyne
- Englishfeminineclip.
- Englishfem-
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
- Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
- Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
- Englishfemoid
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Cite this entry
femoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/femoid
“femoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/femoid. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “femoid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/femoid.
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