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Red Pill – In incel communities, where the term originated, someone who has taken the red pill believes that a person’s individual attempts to alter their appearance, personality, and wealth may lead to a sexual relationship.

This definition is broadly consistent with how the term is also used within the looksmaxxing community.

Black Pill – In incel communities, where the term originated, someone who has taken the black pill believes that looks and relationships are pre-determined and that no individual action can change a person’s chances of having a sexual relationship.

The term is used differently within the looksmaxxing community, where someone who has taken the black pill believes that looks – rather than personality or wealth – are the only factor in determining a man’s relationship prospects, and also their broader quality of life.

ASCENDING – In the incel community, ascending refers to the act of ‘escaping inceldom’, so having a sexual partner. In the looksmaxxing community, the term can carry this meaning but is also used more widely to refer to the act of looking ‘better’ and improving different aspects of your life.

Foid – An abbreviation of femoid, itself a portmanteau of female and humanoid, foid is a derogatory term created in incel communities and popularised by the looksmaxxing community.

It refers to the belief within the looksmaxxing and incel communities that women are unintelligent and biologically wired to only be attracted to ‘attractive’ men.

Mogging – Deriving from the incel acronym AMOG – Alpha Male Of the Group – to mog someone is to dominate or ‘outrank’ someone in terms of their physical looks and stature. Recent evolutions of the word include the trend of ‘frame-mogging’, which refer to standing next to someone smaller or less muscular, exposing their ‘inferiority’.