List of internet stock characters
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The following is a list of notable sobriquets, sub-archetypes, and stock characters that are, or have been, used on the internet, to represent a generic or typical type, either online or offline. Some terms may be considered pejorative or disrespectful, depending on the context.
| Character Type | Classical Counterpart | |
| Bear (LGBT) |
A large, hairy masculine gay man.[1] | |
| Becky (Manosphere) |
The "average" woman. Its counterpart is "Stacy," the "above-average" woman.[2] | Girl next door |
| Becky | A young woman, especially white, who is seen as entitled and clueless about social and racial issues.[3] | Valley girl |
| Boomer (4chan) |
An out-of-touch, politically regressive, web-illiterate person.[4] | |
| Butch (LGBT) |
A rugged, outdoorsy gay woman.[5] | |
| Coomer (4chan) |
A person with a high sex drive or someone who replaces their life goals and hobbies with masturbation and porn.[6] | |
| Chad / Stacy (Manosphere) |
A hypermasculine/hyperfeminine, attractive popular man/woman presumed to have sex with a lot of people. Its counterpart is "becky"/"incel."[2] | Jock (stereotype), airhead, queen bee |
| Doomer (4chan) |
A depressed, purposeless nihilistic person.[7][4] | |
| Incel | A person who believes they are "involuntary celibate." Typically it may mean a sexually insecure heterosexual man who wishes harm to women.[8] | |
| Karen (Black Twitter) |
A woman seen as entitled and aggressive, typically a privileged middle-aged white woman.[9] | |
| Kyle | An angry, video game–playing white male teenager. [10] | |
| NPC (4chan) |
A person who supposedly cannot think for themselves or make their own decisions, exhibiting herd mentality.[4] | |
| Trixie | Money hungry women in their 20s and 30s, social climbers, marriage-minded, obsessed with designer brands[11] | |
| Twink (LGBT) |
A thin, effeminate gay man.[1][5] |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "A Handy Guide to All Gay Men. (Moylan, Brian). Gawker. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jennings, Rebecca (April 28, 2018). "Incels Categorize Women by Personal Style and Attractiveness". Vox.
- ↑ "Words We're Watching: 'Becky'". Merriam Webster. 2019.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "4chan’s ‘Doomer’ Memes Are a Strange Frontier in Online Extremism. As usual, the far right smuggles ‘ironic’ racism within their memes." (Klee, Miles) Mel Magazine. Retrieved 2020-07-18
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "An Illustrated Guide To Recognizing Your Gay Stereotypes." (Miller, Jennifer). Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-07-18
- ↑ Dickson, E. J.; Dickson, E. J. (2019-11-08). "How a New Meme Exposes the Far-Right Roots of #NoNutNovember". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
- ↑ Keating, Shannon (11 September 2019). "Against Nihilism". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "When Women are the Enemy: The Intersection of Misogyny and White Supremacy." ADL. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ↑ Lewis, Rachel Charlene (10 April 2020). "'Karen' Isn't a Slur – It's A Critique of Entitled White Womanhood". Bitch Media. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ↑ "How 'Kyle' became synonymous with angry, Monster Energy-chugging white boys". The Daily Dot. 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
- ↑ DuBow, Shane (2002). "Field Notes From Author Shane DuBow". National Geographic. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
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