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Foid is a shortened form of the internet slang term femoid, a derogatory term coined by incel communities to refer to women. While "foid" is used interchangeably with "femoid," a term that can be traced back to Reddit and 4chan incel and lookism communities from 2017, it gained renewed attention online in 2024.

Origin

The term femoid arose out of incel communities on Reddit, 4chan and various online forums around 2017. The term is a portmanteau of the words "female" and "android," with the implication being that women are unintelligent and robotic beings preprogrammed to reproduce only with Chads.

An early example of the term "foid" used interchangeably with "femoid" is an April 10th, 2018, post on 4chan's /r9k/^[1] board on which an anonymous user posted an image that read, "Around a foid, be paranoid."

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On May 2nd, 2018, Redditor^[3] u/IAmNotTheshirtIWear reposted a post from the now-banned subreddit /r/Braincels, asking "The fuck is a foid?"

On July 3rd, 2018, an anonymous user on 4chan's /pol/^[2] used the term "foid" as well, posting an image of a Dora the Explorer cosplay, writing, " How about those foids, right guys? I hate chads. Post your best feminazis getting btfo or red pills about feminism here."

On November 23rd, 2023, the Australian news agency TheFeedSBS posted a video titled, "Lunch with Incels," where at the 1:22 timestamp, an anonymous incel uses the term "foid." An Instagram^[4] post of the clip gathered over 2,000 likes, while a repost to Twitter^[5] / X noted the use of the term foid, gathering over 700,000 views and 5,000 likes in a year.

imagine saying “irl foid” out loud. their misery is entirely self-inflicted and it will be a cold day in hell before i feel an ounce of sympathy for one of these freaks pic.twitter.com/N1RAFufGuu

— the belle of the jar (@Dworkinette) November 27, 2023

On June 3rd, the Instagram^[6] page sexiestbagels reposted a since-deleted tweet showing a man debating about sending unsolicited images of his privates to someone he refers to as a "foid." The post gathered over 2,000 likes in five months.

On October 4th, 2024 X^[7] user @TheManlet_King posted a tweet using the term "foid," writing, "You let a foid into your life and where did it get you?" The post gathered over 4,000 likes in a month.

On November 17th, X^[8] user @uncledoomer posted a meme containing the term "foidslop," which the poster equates to the idea of girl dinner. The post gathered over 20,000 likes in a day.

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