inkshed means the writing of polemical letters or articles. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Why “inkshed” is a great word
INKSHED — [Noun] The act of writing polemical letters or articles, considered a profuse and wasteful expenditure of ink. A blend of ‘ink’ and ‘bloodshed,’ with ‘-shed’ implying a wasteful or violent outpouring, it was first attested in 1672 by Andrew Marvell. Unlike “polemic” (which foregrounds the argument’s content) or “correspondence” (which suggests a neutral exchange), inkshed spotlights the laborious, material act of contentious writing itself. It is the frantic scratching of a quill in candlelight, the dark pools of accusation blotting the page, and the library shelves groaning with forgotten pamphlets—a quiet war of attrition waged in the medium of its own messy evidence.
noun
- The writing of polemical letters or articles.“By our electioneerings and Hansard Debatings, and ever-enduring tempest of jargon that goes on everywhere, we manage to settle that; to have it declared, with no bloodshed except insignificant blood from the nose in hustings-time, but with immense beershed and inkshed and explosion of nonsense, which darkens all the air, that the Right Honorable Zero is to be the man.”