ink slingers
Those who write
Ink slingers are writers, especially journalists or hack writers who produce copy quickly and prolifically.
The term carries a slightly dismissive tone, suggesting quantity over quality—someone who churns out words for pay rather than art: The old ink slingers at the newspaper could file three stories before lunch.
Also spelled as one word.
- penInk-filled writing tool
- pen nameAuthor's assumed identity
- reporterOne who gathers news
- beat reporterJournalist covering specific field
- journalistNews profession practitioner
yellow journalism · war correspondent · ghostwriter · copy editor · pamphleteer · biographer · author · press · wordsmith · copy · essayist · scribe · story · columnist · diarist · inkpot · paper · chronicler
ink slingersreaders
Those who peruse text
audiences · subscribers · bookworms · consumers · listeners
ink slingersmanual laborers
Workers using physical effort
number crunchers · bean counters · pencil pushers · craftsmen · tradespeople
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