Stacy
See also: stacy
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsteɪ.si/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪsi
Proper noun
Stacy
- An English surname, variant of Stacey.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek transferred from the surname.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek derived from the surname, popular in the 1970s.
Derived terms
Noun
Stacy (plural Stacys or Stacies)
- (Internet slang, chiefly incel slang, sometimes derogatory) An attractive, popular woman who is sexually active, often conceived as the female counterpart of a Chad.[1][2][3]
- 2020, Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex[1], page 41:
- Incels scoff at Beckys, hoping to score exclusively with Stacys because Stacys alone are the sexual currency that will lead to admiration.
- 2020, Renata Salecl, A Passion for Ignorance: What We Choose Not to Know and Why[2], pages 120–121:
- While incels rant against Stacys for only paying attention to alpha men, they desire and despise them at the same time for being, according to the incel stereotype, attractive, spoiled, successful, and promiscuous all at once.
- 2022, Bonni Rambatan, Event Horizon: Sexuality, Politics, Online Culture, and the Limits of Capitalism[3]:
- Yet, incels want nothing more than to finally be desired by and be with a Stacy.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Stacy.
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References
- ^ Yourtango, "What Does 'Chad' Mean? The Odd Way Incel Men On Reddit And 4Chan Use It To Describe Certain Guys", Arianna Jeret, 5 August 2019
- ^ Hornet Networks, "A Quick Explainer of the Incel Movement, the Saddest Bunch of Hateful Dorks on the Internet", Matt Keeley, 25 April 2018
- ^ The National Post, "What is 'incel'? Explaining the cryptic Facebook message allegedly left by Toronto attacker", Brian Platt, 24 April 2018