go ER

verb

To commit an indiscriminate mass murder, particularly one that targets women.

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Meanings

verbgo ER (third-person singular simple present goes ER, present participle going ER, simple past went ER, past participle gone ER)

present singular third person goes ER · participle present going ER · past went ER · participle past gone ER

  1. incel slangTo commit an indiscriminate mass murder, particularly one that targets women.

    As far as I know, femoids going ER are extremely rare or maybe non-existent.

    2018, anonymous, quoted in Rebecca Karlén, "Incels: En kartläggning av diskursen på forumetincels.is", thesis submitted to Uppsala University, page 30
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    Arguably, the most effective way to prevent an incel from “going ER” is by proactively addressing his suicidal impulses.

    2020, Bruce Hoffman, Jacob Ware, Ezra Shapiro, “Assessing the Threat of Incel Violence”, in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, volume 43, number 7

    Yes, because there will always be some self-proclaimed incel out there who will go ER.

    2021, anonymous, quoted in Rosa Auf der Strasse & Ebba Philipson, "My loneliness is killing me (and everyone else): En kvalitativ studie om hur incels diskuterar våld online", thesis submitted to Kristianstad University, page 29

Origin

Initialism referring to Elliot Rodger, who carried out a series of deadly mass shootings in Isla Vista, California, in 2014 with the intent of punishing women for rejecting him and men he envied.

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