"wordcel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wordcels [plural]
Etymology: From word + -cel (“denoting a type of incel”). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|word|-cel|t2=denoting a type of incel}} word + -cel (“denoting a type of incel”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wordcel (plural wordcels)
  1. (Internet slang) Someone (not necessarily an incel) with high writing skills and verbal intelligence, often portrayed as rivals to the shape rotators (who have stronger mathematical and technical skills). Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-wordcel-en-noun-79lbaJ9V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cel

Inflected forms

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