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Hidden meaning behind pill smartphone emoji used in Netflix's Adolescence
Some Adolescence viewers were left confused by discussions around emojis and what they actually mean.
Netflix's Adolescence has opened viewers' eyes to the sinister hidden meanings behind some emojis - but one emoji the show didn't mention, the 'black pill', perhaps has the darkest meaning of all.
Parents watching at home, however, are also concerned over the apparent rise in 'incel' behaviour and the hidden meaning behind some of the emojis school kids are now using.
In the modern world, incel culture has coincided with social media use, and people who believe in the ideology now use emojis to display their feelings.
The 'red pill' and the 'blue pill' were mentioned in the series, and they happen to be metaphors taken from 1999 film The Matrix.
The black pill is basically the red pill, but with the view that life is unchangeable.
In the most extreme of circumstance, this can lead to incels taking part in murderous or rapacious acts against women.
Other 'incel' terms to be aware of
Chads and Stacys
Robert Lawson, an Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics at Birmingham City University, said in a column for The Conversation: "Chads are the 'ultimate alpha' – the ultra-masculine, virile, powerful and sexually attractive man to whom Stacys and other women flock. The term 'gigachad' refers to the most alpha of alpha males
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"Stacys are an idealisation of femininity – a hyper-attractive, sexually desirable, promiscuous but vapid woman.
"She is ultimately unobtainable, especially to men who are not Chads. Simultaneously the objects of disdain and desire, Chads and Stacys highlight a clichéd view of men and women, rooted in stereotypes and pigeonholes rather than in reality."
Cuck
The professor states that 'cuck' is shortened from 'cuckhold,' which means a man's wife has been unfaithful.
"The term is strongly associated with a subgenre of 'humiliation pornography', in which a man derives sexual pleasure from watching his female partner have sex with another man," the sociolinguistics expert said.
"Cuck is often used as an insult, especially since the idea of allowing one’s partner to have consensual sex with other men goes against heteronormative notions of male sexuality, control and ownership."
(N)awalt
(N)awalt stands for '(not) all women are like that', according to Lawson.
"Awalt is used to suggest women are all vapid, insincere, sexually promiscuous, driven by emotions rather than rationality, motivated by financial gain and more. Awalt is also deployed to emphasise the claim that men are everything women are not – moral, rational, intelligent, loyal, honourable and individualistic," he added.





