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Can someone explain what a foid and moid is? I know they're in reference to gender. I don't remember these being in use a few years ago but I took a break and now they're everywhere.
Picunrel
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>>1544739
It comes from incel terminology. -oid is a suffix which can be used to create derogatory terms, such as "wastoid." Incels called women femoids, which they shortened to foid, and then women created moid in response
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>>1544745
Appreciate it anon
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>>1544739
I think it stems from 'android', a counterpart to 'robot'.
I saw a reddit comment saying that androids could blend into society better than robots and 'femoid' was a neutral term that actually highlighted women's ability to mask better than their male 'robot' counterparts. Later the term devolved into a mere insult and I presume the derogatory connotations of the -oid suffix consequently arose.
Dunno though how one would go about verifying this.
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>>1544755
I thought it was trying to replicate racist terms like mongoloid or negroid
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>>1544811
>wiki says those terms existed since the 20th century
I was going to say that the -oid suffix could only have come via android and thus femoid but now doubts have been cast. I don't know.



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