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shape rotator en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Referencing IQ tests in which one is tasked with mentally rotating 3D objects to gauge one's spatial intelligence.

Meanings

1. (Internet) Someone with high mathematical and technical skills, often portrayed as rivals to the wordcels (who have stronger language and verbal skills).
   • Much of America’s culture war can be cynically flattened and viewed through the lens of these two words; “woke” wordcels live in the land of philosophy and books and liberal colleges, clinging to ideals espoused in their precious books, tweeting about Wordle, while shape rotators are out here coding, building businesses, doing engineering, etc. etc. 2022 February 7, Matthew Gault, “OK, WTF Are Wordcels and Shape Rotators?”, in VICE, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2023:
   • You can think of Musk's acquisition of Twitter as the latest sortie, a takeover of the ultimate wordcel site by the world's most successful shape rotator. 2023 January 5, “Tesla suffers from the boss’s fixation on Twitter”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2023:
   • Coordinate term: wordcel

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Synonyms

numbercel · mathcel