Glincel

English

Etymology

Blend of Glinner +‎ incel, the first component being taken from Linehan's now-suspended Twitter account (@glinner), itself a blend of his given name and surname.

Noun

Glincel (plural Glincels)

1. (Internet slang, derogatory) A fervent defender of Graham Linehan and/or supporter of his views on transgender people.
   • 2019 February 27, meh (@ohnonotphil), Twitter‎^[1]:

     Glincels in force doing their master’s bidding in response to this tweet.

   • 2019 September 17, Bethany Black (@BeffernieBlack), Twitter‎^[2]:

     Seen a lot of Glincels and even Linehan himself repeating the lie “people are forceably transing gay teenage kids”.

   • 2020 May 8, hashtag girlboss (@surfacingwater), Twitter‎^[3]:

     at some point you'll incur the wrath of him or his Glincels.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Glincel.