[A4ET8a8uTh0]

Caught my attention as well. Must be neologism assuming it originated from as a variant of incel, but here focused on deriding people getting their jollies out of the written word ( me:P ). Naturally, I might be wrong. Lets see if the author responds.

[flancian]

Not the author but: yes. This word emerged from online discourse a few years back about 'wordcels' vs 'shape rotators':

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wordcel

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shape_rotator

[tessierashpool]

that’s bonkers. “philosophers and other wordcels” not only insults Borges but the entire world of philosophy. the arrogance and the nonsense in that phrasing are both off the charts.