Although the main
definition would be something along the lines of "female incel", the term femcel is often just used to describe various personality traits. Yes, a femcel is a celibate woman (voluntarily or not), but with time, the word has mostly been used to describe single women interested in (non exhaustive list) :
- the internet. Femcels are known to be chronically online first and foremost.
- being mentally ill, in one way or another.
- being obsessed with femboys/being a
yandere.
- listening to "femcel music" : mitski, fleetwood mac, blondie,
princess chelsea, deftones, deathgrips...
- having "femcel hobbies" : video games, horror, a mix of both, "cutesy" things, art, spending all day in bed doing absolutely nothing, anime...
- generally being a social reject, especially in real
life, and mostly having online friend (if any
IRL friends at all).
"i haven't left my room in a week and my back really hurts."
"
Yeah,
maybe that's because you've been doing nothing but rewatching Serial Experiments Lain for the 100th time and listening to
three hours deep dives about every PS2 psychological horror games with a woman protagonist you could find."
"lol yeah i guess."
"You're such a fucking femcel."