In a rare 2018 interview, she described originating the term as a description of a “lonely community” that couldn’t find love. His rampage cast an international spotlight on incels – a portmanteau of ‘involuntarily celibate’, coined by a blogger known only as Alana back in 1993. By way of explanation, he posted a chilling, seven-minute video detailing the specifics of his murder rampage, describing it as ‘retribution’. He then drove to a local sorority house, shot three women, continued to a local deli and shot a man to death there, too.

On the evening of May 23, 2014, 22-year-old California native Elliot Rodger stabbed three men to death in his apartment.