inkwell
noun/ˈɪŋk.wɛl/
Etymology Compound of ink + well.
1
A container for ink, designed and usually positioned so that a person may conveniently dip a pen (such as a dip pen or quill pen) into it whenever a refill is needed.
- Near-synonym: inkstand
- The reference library itself proclaimed the substance of the city with its solid elbow chairs and long mahogany tables, grooved along the edge to hold a pen, and in the centre of each table a massive pewter inkwell.2011, Alan Bennett, “Baffled at a Bookcase”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.15:
2
A store of ink built into a pen, comprising a tube attached to the tip of the pen.
3
Internet, Euphemistic Euphemistic form of incel (“a member of an online subculture who define themselves as unable to find a partner”).
- Boy those woman already suffer enough in that line of work. Imagine how much worse it would be if this radical inkwells were in charge of them 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️2021 January 21, u/CadrielZR, “Someone's cheerful today /s”, in Reddit, r/IncelTear, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2024:
- this is what leftist "just have sex inkwell" types assume what the standards RW men have in looking for women are2023 September 23, @CyberChesterton, Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2024:
2 more examples
- There is no such thing as a female inkwell. You won't change my mind.2024 March 16, @DCardassia, Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2024:
- If a woman has been single and hasn't got laid in awhile,^([sic]) its^([sic]) wildly accepted that this is by her choice. She hasn't met the right man yet. If a man hasn't got laid in awhile, he's seen as an inkwell.2024 June 12, u/alienfranco, “Single women are happier... Whats^([sic]) your perspective on this?”, in Reddit, r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2024:
- Derived terms
- dip one's pen in someone's inkwell, you don't dip your pen in the company inkwell, you don't dip your pen in the inkwell
- Related terms
- dip pen, fountain pen, nib pen, quill, quill pen