worder

[ wer-der ]

noun

1. a piece of writing or text of a specified number of words (used in combination):

   Fiction is hard for me, but I just wrote a short 2,000-worder that turned out pretty well.

   I like it when new users leave a detailed comment instead of just a one-worder like “Good.”

2. a person who loves words or who does work that focuses on words, such as writing or editing:

   Our worders will take care of everything to do with your translation, including copyediting and formatting.

   This volume of crosswords is ideal for the worders in your circle.

3. Slang. someone whose primary or only use for a computer is word processing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of worder¹

First recorded in 1920–25 worder fordef 1; 1650–60 worder fordef 2; word ( def ) + -er ¹( def )