hobito

eo-head

hobito (accusative singular hobiton, plural hobitoj, accusative plural hobitojn)

hobiton (accusative singular)
hobitoj (plural)
hobitojn (accusative plural)

Estas ja tre klare, ke malgraŭ postaj fremdiĝoj, la hobitoj estas niaj parencoj: pli proksimaj al ni ol la elfoj, aŭ eĉ la gnomoj.

1995, J. R. R. Tolkien, translated by William Auld, La kunularo de l' ringo, page 22:

It is indeed very clear that despite later alienation, the hobbits are our relatives: closer to us than the elves or even the dwarves.

La hobitoj ne estas tute kiel ordinaraj homoj, kaj kvankam ili loĝas en tre bonaj komfortaj truoj, kiuj estas sufiĉe bone aerumataj kaj tre malsimilaj al la goblenaj tuneloj, ili tamen pli bone konas tunelojn ol ni, kaj ili ne facile perdas sian direkton subtere, eĉ kiam iliaj kapoj resaniĝas post dolora frapo.

2005, Christopher Gledhill, chapter 5, in La hobito, aŭ tien kaj reen, 2nd edition, Kaliningrad: Sezonoj, translation of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, →OL:

Hobbits are not quite like ordinary people; and after all if their holes are nice cheery places and properly aired, quite different from the tunnels of the goblins, still they are more used to tunnelling than we are, and they do not easily lose their sense of direction underground — not when their heads have recovered from being bumped.

2009, Sergio, "re: Meksiko aŭ Meksikio?", soc.culture.esperanto:
La plej granda parto de la rusiaj gaso kaj nafto situas ĉirkaŭ la Tumena regiono, kies indiĝenaj popoloj estas ĥantoj kaj mansoj (du suomugraj etnoj). Estas 28600 ĥantoj; estas 11400 mansoj (laŭ la censo de la 2002a jaro; oni rajtas sin deklari ajna etnano, eĉ esperantisto aŭ hobito, aŭ diri nenion).
Most Russian gas and oil is in the Tyumen region, whose indigenous peoples are Khants and Mansis (two Finno-Ugric peoples). There are 28,600 Khants; there are 11,400 Mansis (according to the 2002 census; people can declare themselves any ethnicity at all, even Esperantist or hobbit, or say nothing).


Hooke's atom

The harmonic potential used to describe the electron-nucleus interaction is a consequence of Hooke's law.

(quantum mechanics) An artificial helium-like atom where the Coulombic electron-nucleus interaction potential is replaced by a harmonic potential.


ฝ่าบาท

th-noun

ฝ่าบาท • (fàa-bàat)

From contraction of ฝ่าพระบาท (fàa-prá-bàat).

th-l

ฝ่าพระบาท (fàa-prá-bàat)

(only found in fiction) used as a title or term of address for a monarch or high-ranking royal person.


มัจฉา

th-noun

มัจฉา • (mát-chǎa)

/mat̚˦˥.t͡ɕʰaː˩˩˦/

From Pali macchā, nominative plural form of maccha (“fish”).


สุวาน

From Pali suvāna (“dog”). Compare with Lao ສຸວານ (su wān).

(Buddhism) clerk of the Naraka hell, bearing the duty to keep records about living beings, such as births and deaths, merits and sins, etc.


unukornulo

eo-head

unukornulo (accusative singular unukornulon, plural unukornuloj, accusative plural unukornulojn)

unukornulon (accusative singular)
unukornuloj (plural)
unukornulojn (accusative plural)

From unu (“one”) + korno (“horn”) + -ulo.


Romulan

From Romulus + -an. From the Star Trek franchise, in which they are described as being from the planet Romulus, drawing inspiration from the Roman origin story of Romulus and Remus.

"Some sort of Romulan game," Riker said thoughtfully. "Trying to make us guess what they're up to."

1999, Peter Allen David, Double or Nothing:

"He looks like a Romulan." Suddenly, her attention is focused on him and she calls across the street, "Hey, monkey Romulan, sort it out!"

...the law vaporizes like a Romulan warrior into the ions of space.

2001, Michael W McConnell, Robert F Cochran, Angela C Carmella, Christian perspectives on legal thought:

A member of a fictional alien race, described as being cunning and opportunistic.


Romulan

en-adj

Romulan (comparative more Romulan, superlative most Romulan)

more Romulan (comparative)
most Romulan (superlative)

Pertaining to the fictional extraterrestrial race, or its fictional polity, the Romulan Star Empire; from Star Trek.


Romulan

constructed language
constructed language#English

A fictional language and a constructed language. The fictional language of the Romulans, a fictional extraterrestrial race from Star Trek. Created words and phrases from Star Trek have been latterly expanded upon to create a constructed language, that some among the Star Trek fandom attempt to build into a usable language.


Chekhov's gun

Calque of Russian Чеховское ружьё (Čexovskoje ružʹjó). The principle was articulated by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov and reported in various forms.

cal

Чеховское ружьё

The episode of the sun-god's island is the Odyssey's equivalent of Chekhov's gun, announced in the poem's earliest lines as the occasion of the companions' downfall and anticipated ever since.

2005, John Miles Foley, A companion to ancient epic, →ISBN, page 324:

He is Chekhov's gun on the wall, destined to go off at the crucial moment.

2007, John Updike, Due considerations: essays and criticism, →ISBN, page 336:

An element that is introduced early in the story whose significance to the plot does not become clear until later.


harlekin

harlekin (nominative singular)
harlekiny (nominative plural)
harlekina (genitive singular)
harlekinów (genitive plural)
harlekinowi (dative singular)
harlekinom (dative plural)
harlekin (accusative singular)
harlekiny (accusative plural)
harlekinem (instrumental singular)
harlekinami (instrumental plural)
harlekinie (locative singular)
harlekinach (locative plural)
harlekinie (singular vocative)
harlekiny (plural vocative)

(derogatory, literature) pulp romance (romance novel with little artistic value)


fetiller

ca-noun

fetiller m (plural fetillers, feminine fetillera)

(fantasy) a magician, wizard or sorcerer


Undine

de-noun

Undine f (genitive Undine, plural Undinen)

Undine (genitive)
Undinen (plural)
Undine (nominative singular)
Undinen (definite nominative plural)
Undine (genitive singular)
Undinen (definite genitive plural)
Undine (dative singular)
Undinen (dative definite plural)
Undine (accusative singular)
Undinen (accusative definite plural)

English: undine

ja-r

ウンディーネ (undīne)

Japanese: ウンディーネ (undīne)


Twihard

Getting "Twihards" who love virtuous vampires to buy the soundtrack is easy — but getting Radiohead fans to plunk down cash for a little bit of the "New Moon" universe will be a coup.

2009 October 3, Ann Donahue, “'New Moon' Rising”, in Billboard, page 19:

Beginning at popular Rialto Beach, share this classic coastline with beachcombers, dog walkers (allowed on-leash to Ellen Creek), and scores of Twihards from across the country.

2011, Craig Romano, Backpacking Washington: Overnight and Multiday Routes, The Mountaineers Books, published 2011, →ISBN, page 38:

'Not me, I'm an out and out Twihard, loved the vampires in Twilight – still do, always will – so I know what it's like when people take the mickey. My brothers drew huge fangs and devil tails on all my posters of Robert Pattinson.'

2014, Samantha Tonge, From Paris, With Love, Carina, published 2014, →ISBN:

(fandom slang) An avid fan of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series or the related films.


obluda

obluda (nominative singular)
obludy (nominative plural)
obludy (genitive singular)
oblud (genitive plural)
obludě (dative singular)
obludám (dative plural)
obludu (accusative singular)
obludy (accusative plural)
obludo (singular vocative)
obludy (plural vocative)
obludě (locative singular)
obludách (locative plural)
obludou (instrumental singular)
obludami (instrumental plural)


ùraisg

head

ùraisg f (genitive singular ùraisg, plural ùraisgean)

ùraisg (genitive singular)
ùraisgean (plural)


antihéroe

es-noun

antihéroe m (plural antihéroes, feminine antiheroína, feminine plural antiheroínas)

antihéroes (plural)
antiheroína (feminine)
antiheroínas (feminine plural)


Obi-Wan Kenobi

Coined for the movie character Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi Master in the Star Wars films, introduced in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.


Jaspis

Blend of jasper and lapis (from lapis lazuli).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Lazuli Jasper and Lapis Lazulifrom the Steven Universe series.


Juliska

Juliska (nominative singular)
Juliskák (nominative plural)
Juliskát (accusative singular)
Juliskákat (accusative plural)
Juliskának (dative singular)
Juliskáknak (dative plural)
Juliskával (instrumental singular)
Juliskákkal (instrumental plural)
Juliskáért (causal-final singular)
Juliskákért (causal-final plural)
Juliskává (singular translative)
Juliskákká (plural translative)
Juliskáig (singular terminative)
Juliskákig (plural terminative)
Juliskaként (essive-formal singular)
Juliskákként (essive-formal plural)
Juliskában (inessive singular)
Juliskákban (inessive plural)
Juliskán (singular superessive)
Juliskákon (plural superessive)
Juliskánál (adessive singular)
Juliskáknál (adessive plural)
Juliskába (illative singular)
Juliskákba (illative plural)
Juliskára (singular sublative)
Juliskákra (plural sublative)
Juliskához (allative singular)
Juliskákhoz (allative plural)
Juliskából (elative singular)
Juliskákból (elative plural)
Juliskáról (delative singular)
Juliskákról (delative plural)
Juliskától (ablative singular)
Juliskáktól (ablative plural)
Juliskáé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Juliskáké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
Juliskáéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Juliskákéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
Juliskám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Juliskáim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
Juliskád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Juliskáid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Juliskája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Juliskái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Juliskánk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Juliskáink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
Juliskátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Juliskáitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Juliskájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Juliskáik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Gretel, the girl in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.


Jancsi

Jancsi (nominative singular)
Jancsik (nominative plural)
Jancsit (accusative singular)
Jancsikat (accusative plural)
Jancsinak (dative singular)
Jancsiknak (dative plural)
Jancsival (instrumental singular)
Jancsikkal (instrumental plural)
Jancsiért (causal-final singular)
Jancsikért (causal-final plural)
Jancsivá (singular translative)
Jancsikká (plural translative)
Jancsiig (singular terminative)
Jancsikig (plural terminative)
Jancsiként (essive-formal singular)
Jancsikként (essive-formal plural)
Jancsiban (inessive singular)
Jancsikban (inessive plural)
Jancsin (singular superessive)
Jancsikon (plural superessive)
Jancsinál (adessive singular)
Jancsiknál (adessive plural)
Jancsiba (illative singular)
Jancsikba (illative plural)
Jancsira (singular sublative)
Jancsikra (plural sublative)
Jancsihoz (allative singular)
Jancsikhoz (allative plural)
Jancsiból (elative singular)
Jancsikból (elative plural)
Jancsiról (delative singular)
Jancsikról (delative plural)
Jancsitól (ablative singular)
Jancsiktól (ablative plural)
Jancsié (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Jancsiké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
Jancsiéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Jancsikéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
Jancsim (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Jancsijaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
or Jancsiim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
Jancsid (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Jancsijaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
or Jancsiid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Jancsija (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Jancsijai (or Jancsii) (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Jancsink (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Jancsijaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
or Jancsiink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
Jancsitok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Jancsijaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
or Jancsiitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Jancsijuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Jancsijaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
or Jancsiik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Jancsi és Juliska

Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel#English

Hansel (the boy in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)


AMV

Coordinate term: PMV

Initialism of anime music video: a fan-made anime clipshow set to music.


slumberland

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Julia therefore sank back into slumberland, and forgot all about her friend's dream, but not so Beth. The fear of what she dreamed haunted her...

1903, Dorothy C. Paine, A Little Florida Lady:

An imaginary place inhabited by those who are asleep; (by extension) the state of slumber.


molecular assembler

en-noun

molecular assembler (plural molecular assemblers)

(science fiction) A device that, given an object and sufficient atoms of the required elements, would reproduce exact copies.


anhorn

ānhorn (canonical masculine)
ānhorn (nominative singular)
ānhornas (nominative plural)
ānhorn (accusative singular)
ānhornas (accusative plural)
ānhornes (genitive singular)
ānhorna (genitive plural)
ānhorne (dative singular)
ānhornum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *ainahorn, a calque of Latin ūnicornis. Equivalent to ān + horn.


reem

Bos primigenius
Bos primigenius#Translingual

A large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously identified with the wild ox or aurochs (Bos primigenius), the Arabian oryx, or a mythical creature (compare unicorn).


nymff

cy-noun

nymff f (plural nymffod or nimffau or nimffiaid, not mutable)

nymffod (plural)
nimffau (plural)
nimffiaid (plural)

Borrowed from Latin nympha (“nymph, bride”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride”).

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) nymph


dynfarch

dynfeirch (plural)
dynfarch
ddynfarch (soft)
nynfarch

From dyn (“man”) + march (“horse, stallion”).


utomjording

utomjording (indefinite nominative singular)


rebis

From Latin res (“matter”) + Latin bina (“double”).

While the rebis is the final form of alchemical variability, the larger process of alchemy looked to mercury as both the agent and patient of transformative possibilities.

2023, Micah James Goodrich, “Trans Animacies and Premodern Alchemies”, in Medieval Mobilities: Gendered Bodies, Spaces, and Movements, page 214:

(alchemy, fiction) The end product of the alchemical magnum opus, a reunion of opposing qualities such as spirit and matter or male and female, represented by an androgynous being.


fujo

Clipping of fujoshi, from Japanese 腐女子 (ふじょし, fujoshi, literally “rotten girl”).

uder

They consider themselves “Fujo” (Yaoi readers or creators are referred as “Fujoshi” in Japanese) and they have been reading Yaoi for more than five years.

2010, Dienfang Chou, “Exploring the Meaning of Yaoi in Taiwan for Female Readers: From the Perspective of Gender”, in Intercultural Communication Studies, volume 19, number 1, page 82:

people be like “fujos suck and fetishize gay men” and then talk about their favorite BL 😳😳

2019 October 25, mahi alina (@noctupavo), Twitter:

"So, while I'm personally self-aware of the fact that I'm a fujoshi," she continued, "I would still be upset if someone were to say, 'You're into that fujoshi crap?' or call me a 'nasty fujo' to my face. […]

2022, Kota Nozomi, translated by Tristan K. Hill, When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace, Volume 1, unnumbered page:

(informal, fandom slang, sometimes derogatory) A female fan of yaoi or more broadly of slash fiction.


Basic Pokémon

A Pokémon card (in Pokémon Trading Card Game) that does not evolve from any other Pokémon card, or evolves from a Baby Pokémon card.


mytharc

Blend of mythology + story arc, used originally and most commonly in reference to The X-Files.

This [Neon Genesis Evangelion] is one show that -really- has me sucked in. And yes, their mytharc has to be the most perfectly constructed thing I've ever seen. :)

1999, Heath Smith, “TAN: Neon Genesis and how to do the mytharc properly”, in aus.tv.x-files (Usenet):

I think this is what you seek to avoid in mytharcs - a plot that drowns out the character-based drama and morality plays that are still Gene's finest legacy.

2000, Allronix, “An open letter to Ms. Roddenberry”, in alt.tv.earth-final-conflict (Usenet):

The mytharc is a continuous story line about the government's involvement in a plot to cover up the presence of extraterrestrials on Earth.

2008, J. P. Telotte, The essential science fiction television reader, page 234:

(fandom slang) The ongoing story arc that underpins all episodes of a television series.


werewolfish

en-adj

werewolfish (comparative more werewolfish, superlative most werewolfish)

more werewolfish (comparative)
most werewolfish (superlative)

When one of the girls goes down into the basement, she is devoured by the POV accompanied by audio portions of werewolfish sounds.

1999, Laurence A. Rickels, The vampire lectures, page 259:

Resembling or characteristic of a werewolf.


khí

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sát khí

killing chi, provoked by killing intent (sát ý)

tà khí

linh khí

yêu khí

chướng khí

(fiction) an aura (chi) that can be sensed by chi masters, usually helps them notice the presence of someone or something even without seeing that person or thing


superkick

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Thirty minutes later this superkick landed me, when I came crashing back to earth, at the door of the Egyptian tomb.

1920, The Saturday Evening Post, Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, page 129:

"Mere you-tickle-me-I-tickle you stuff. No Urge^([sic]) about that sort of thing; no Superkick;—well Starfire, if you know what I mean!"— she said it shyly, being young enough and Anglo-Saxon enough, to dread the language.

1933, Eleanor Mercein Kelly, Arabesque, Harper & Brothers, page 231:

Lori Couto's SUPERKICK?

1980, Berkley Middle School Yearbook, Berkley Public Library, page 29:

At the end of the season, in December, they have a competitive and hilarious “superkick,’ a contest measuring accuracy, distance, and style (“style meaning how mongrelly your kicks are”), but that’s generally the extent of formal ceremony, a fact Kelly savors.

2004, Brian Doyle, Spirited Men: Story, Soul & Substance, Cowley Publications, →ISBN, page 127:

(martial arts, video games, fantasy, science fiction, rare) An extremely strong kick, performed with proficiency, which differs from the common wrestling variation.


bha siud ann uaireigin

Bha siud ann uaireigin duine a bha...

(literally, “Once there was a man who was...”)

Once upon a time there was a man who was...

(used at the beginnings of fairytales) once upon a time


Pippi Långstrump

From långstrumpa (“long stocking”). Her full name is Pippilotta Viktualia Rullgardina Krusmynta Efraimsdotter Långstrump.

Pippi Longstocking (fictional character invented by Astrid Lindgren)


Cheshire cat

the Cheshire cat (canonical)
Cheshire cats (plural)

/ˌtʃɛʃə ˈkat/

/ˌtʃɛʃɚ ˈkæt/

Term attested since at least the 1780s in the expression grin like a Cheshire cat. The reason why Cheshire was combined with cat is disputed: see here for more information.

CHESHIRE CAT. He grins like a Cheshire cat; said of any one who shows his teeth and gums in laughing.

1788, Francis Grose, A classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue, 2nd corrected and enlarged edition, London:

“Please would you tell me,” said Alice, a little timidly, for she was not quite sure whether it was good manners for her to speak first, “why your cat grins like that?” “It’s a Cheshire-Cat,” said the Duchess, “and that’s why.”

1865, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland:

‘It’s almost as if we’ve gone silly with happiness,’ said Marcus two days later. ‘Everyone in the house going round grinning like a lot of Cheshire Cats! The family I mean.’ ‘And Jess,’ said Kitto quickly. ‘Oh well, Jess is as good as family,’ said Fanny comfortably. Jessamy said nothing, but she looked up quickly and her smile would have rivalled any Cheshire Cat.

1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 127:

A fictional cat with a broad fixed grin, made popular by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).


Jediism

A minor modern religion based on the Jedi of the Star Wars series.


Eeveelution

(fandom slang) Any Pokémon that is an evolution of Eevee, either official or made up by fans.


Simpsonian

Simpsonian (comparative more Simpsonian, superlative most Simpsonian)

more Simpsonian (comparative)
most Simpsonian (superlative)

Of or relating to George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984), US paleontologist.

Of or pertaining to The Simpsons, an American animated sitcom.


Homer Simpsonian

Homer Simpsonian (comparative more Homer Simpsonian, superlative most Homer Simpsonian)

more Homer Simpsonian (comparative)
most Homer Simpsonian (superlative)

From Homer Simpson (name of a character in The Simpsons, an animated TV serial) + -ian.

Of or pertaining to the vocalizations or behavior of Homer Simpson.


Pokémaniac

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Blend of Pokémon + maniac. Derived from "POKéMANIAC", the name of a class of opponent characters in-game. The characters are nowadays seen donning cosplay pieces resembling the Pokémon creatures (though originally wearing lab coats and portrayed as being somewhat lunatic). "POKéMANIAC" was the term used in the English translation for the aforementioned, originally called 「かいじゅうマニア」 [kaijuumania] ("monster maniac") in Japanese. Equivalent to Poké- + maniac.

A dedicated or obsessive fan of Pokémon.


Mickey Mousing

From Mickey Mouse + -ing, in reference to early Walt Disney films, where the music served to mimic the animated motions of the characters.

(animation) Synchronization of actions on screen with the accompanying music.


呪文

彼らはその文句を呪文のように繰り返した。

Karera wa sono monku o jumon no yō ni kurikaeshita.

They repeated the word like an incantation (like a broken record).

1999 November 18, “ハイ・プリーステス [High Priestess]”, in Vol.6, Konami:

She soothes the unruly minds by chanting spells that you've never heard.

聞いたことのない呪文を唱え、あらぶる心をしずめてくれる。

Kiita koto no nai jumon o tonae, araburu kokoro o shizumetekureru.


Novikov self-consistency principle

Developed by Russian physicist Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov in the mid-1980s.

(physics) A conjecture asserting that it is impossible to create paradoxes by time travel because the past cannot be changed.


thể loại

[tʰej˨˩˦ l⁽ʷ⁾aːj˨˩˨]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 體類, composed of 體 (“genre, style”) and 類 (“category”).


Potterverse

From Potter + -verse. Named after fictional character Harry Potter, the main character of the original property created by J.K. Rowling.

(fandom slang) The setting of the Harry Potter series.

(fandom slang) The Harry Potter and related and spin-off media franchise. Officially, this is known as the "Wizarding World".


eevolution

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Eevolution.


Pokédollar

From Poké- + dollar, coined by fans to describe an alternative symbol for yen that first appears on the games Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue, from 1996.

(Pokémon) A unit of currency that is usually described as having characteristics of yen and/or dollar. Its symbol is .


Potterian

en-adj

Potterian (comparative more Potterian, superlative most Potterian)

more Potterian (comparative)
most Potterian (superlative)

Of or pertaining to J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of fantasy novels, depicting a secret society of people able to perform magic.


reset button

But after a year of sagging ratings, Dallas hit the reset button, by having Pam wake up to see Bobby, very much alive, lathering up in their shower. The entire 1985–86 season, including Bobby's death, had been a bad dream of Pam's, and now that she was awake, Dallas could go on the way it should have, with the previous year's events effectively wiped away.

2016, David Bianculli, The Platinum Age of Television […] , Anchor, →ISBN, page 140:

Voyager the show ambles and meanders just like Voyager the ship, hypothetically exploring new territory but actually doomed to retreads and consequence-free episodic storytelling (heavy on what fans came to call “the Reset Button” that restores the status quo), exacerbated by overuse of technobabble.

2020, Murray Leeder, “Confessions of an Anti-Fan”, in Robert L. Lively, editor, Exploring Star Trek: Voyager: Critical Essays, McFarland, →ISBN, page 250:

(fiction) A plot device that interrupts continuity in works of fiction, by returning characters and situations to the status quo they held before certain changes were introduced.


Sarlacc

From the Star Wars film Return of the Jedi (1983).

A fictional multi-tentacled beast known to dissolve its prey slowly, buried in a depression in the desert sands of the planet Tatooine.


storyland

Thanks also go to my husband for his tireless support—for reading early drafts, brainstorming, and proofreading, and for making sure we have food, clean dishes, and, most important, cat food whenever I'm lost in storyland.

The fictitious world where stories are set.


movieland

The fictitious world where films are set.


Iblis

From Arabic إِبْلِيس (ʔiblīs, “Iblis”), possibly from the trilateral root ب ل س (b-l-s) with the general meaning of “despair”, بَلَسَ (balasa). Alternatively, perhaps from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).

beyond these mountains, Eblis and his accursed Dives hold their infernal empire.

1786, William Beckford, Vathek; an Arabian Tale:

I do believe that Eblis hath
A snare in ev’ry human path —

1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:


Rocketshipper

From rocket + shipper (after the characters' team, Team Rocket, and punningly on rocketship).

Those of you who have read my fanfics will know that I am a Rocketshipper.

2000 January 13, Blue-Jackal and her box-o-Skywarp [username], “Jessie and James, an item?”, in alt.fan.team-rocket (Usenet):

All the Rocketshippers love to talk about evidence in favor of Jessie/James being in love and such.

2000 February 7, BBD127 [username], “Rocketshipping... negative evidence?”, in alt.fan.team-rocket (Usenet):

You realize, of course, that this thread would probably get us lynched by the large Rocketshipper population on the net.

2001 January 15, Bodger [username], “Re: Gay couple in Godzilla vs. Megalon”, in rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A shipper of Jessie and James, characters in the animated version of Pokémon.


Jedi Knight

A powerful rank of Jedi below that of Jedi Master.


Yoda

The character was introduced in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Perhaps from Sanskrit योद्धा (yoddhā, “warrior”).

A wise old Jedi Master in the Star Wars films.


miles gloriosus

en-noun

miles gloriosus (plural milites gloriosi)

Borrowed from Latin mīles (“soldier”) + glōriōsus (“glorious”).

[I]t of course ought not to be said that the General who assumes the responsibility behaved "generously" on one occasion and "magnanimously" upon another. About such expressions there is a reminiscence of the classical "Miles gloriosus" of the British Nelson, or of the American Winfield Scott.

1898 September 8, “The Army against the War Department”, in New York Times, retrieved 2010-12-04:

He placed Falstaff in the tradition of the miles gloriosus, the type of rascally braggart soldier borrowed from Roman comedy.

1932, John W. Draper, “Sir John Falstaff”, in The Review of English Studies, volume 8, number 32, page 414:

It is possible, then, to read the text of 1 Henry IV as exploiting Hotspur's contradictions for maximum effect, producing a figure who is neither tragic hero, comic miles gloriosus, nor historical reenactment but exuberantly all three at once.

2003, Roberta Barker, “Tragical-Comical-Historical Hotspur”, in Shakespeare Quarterly, volume 54, number 3, page 303:

(literary, performing arts) A standard character in ancient comedy and in modern comedy depicting ancient military figures: the bravado-filled, self-important, swaggering soldier.


elfa

eo-head

elfa (accusative singular elfan, plural elfaj, accusative plural elfajn)

elfan (accusative singular)
elfaj (plural)
elfajn (accusative plural)

From elfo (“elf”) + -a (adjectival suffix).

(fantasy) resembling or related to elves, elfin, elvish


gameverse

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(fandom slang) A universe depicted in one or more video games.


設定

二次創作で、公式とは違う設定

niji sōsaku de, kōshiki to wa chigau settei

personalities that are different from the canonical personality in fan works

(narrative, fiction) in-universe information (of a character, the background, or any part of a fictional universe)


Pikachu

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(video games, anime, manga) A small yellow rodent-like Pokémon species that has red cheeks and a tail shaped like a lightning bolt, and has electricity-related powers.


Pikachu

Borrowed from English Pikachu, from Japanese ピカチュウ (Pikachū).

(ACG, video games, anime, manga) Pikachu


bioneer

Blend of biological + pioneer or biological + engineer, possibly coined by Kenny Ausubel.

Beneath the coat, a metal frame of gears and levers and wheels: living bone, tendon, sinew holding it together. A bioneer’s wet dream.

2002, Trent Jamieson, Garry Nurrish, Redsine, 7, →ISBN, page 13:

(chiefly science fiction) A biological engineer, an engineer of creatures, especially partially artificial/mechanical ones.


bioneer

en-verb

bioneer (third-person singular simple present bioneers, present participle bioneering, simple past and past participle bioneered)

bioneers (present singular third-person)
bioneering (participle present)
bioneered (participle past)
bioneered (past)

Lost beneath her abundant flesh was a vestigial skeleton which floated disconnected and unmoving in a gelatinous sea. Her bioneered organs were swollen to immense proportions and hundreds of liters of blood pumped through her extensive circulatory system.

1975, Thomas F. Monteleone, edited by Roger Elwood, Dystopian visions, page 3:

Devon scowled. "This is clever bioneering. A muttie that dies before it lives."

2002, Trent Jamieson, Garry Nurrish, Redsine, 7, →ISBN, page 11:

[…] an open space that would not have been possible a millennium earlier, before the development of sophisticated bioneering.

2002, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., The Octagonal Raven, →ISBN, page 90:

The cows were bioneered
so urbs could have fresh milk, laced
with graces — vitamins and serums conveyed in compact, pet-like packages. Even their shit is boutiqued. It falls in uniform pellets and smells like Zen.

2007, Peter Jay Shippy, How to build the ghost in your attic: a book-length poem, page 21:

(chiefly science fiction) To engineer biologically.


stökkull

is-noun

stökkull m (genitive singular stökkuls, nominative plural stökklar)

stökkuls (genitive singular)
stökklar (nominative plural)
stökkull (indefinite nominative singular)
stökkullinn (definite nominative singular)
stökklar (indefinite nominative plural)
stökklarnir (definite nominative plural)
stökkul (accusative indefinite singular)
stökkulinn (accusative definite singular)
stökkla (accusative indefinite plural)
stökklana (accusative definite plural)
stökkli (dative indefinite singular)
stökklinum (dative definite singular)
stökklum (dative indefinite plural)
stökklunum (dative definite plural)
stökkuls (genitive indefinite singular)
stökkulsins (definite genitive singular)
stökkla (genitive indefinite plural)
stökklanna (definite genitive plural)

(mythology) a whale that hunts ships to destroy them


Callistan

(science fiction) An inhabitant of Callisto.


Das Reich

(historical and pseudohistorical fiction) The Third Reich.


shoulder angel

An angel representing a person's conscience in works of fiction, portrayed as sitting on one shoulder while a shoulder devil occupies the other.


shoulder devil

Coordinate term: shoulder angel

A devil representing a person's temptations in works of fiction, portrayed as sitting on one shoulder while a shoulder angel occupies the other.


harpie

From Latin harpȳia, from Ancient Greek ἅρπυια (hárpuia), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch, seize”).

(derogatory) a shrew, a harridan, a harpy

Harpia harpyja
Harpia harpyja#Translingual


Ebenezer Scrooge

en-noun

Ebenezer Scrooge (plural Ebenezer Scrooges)

After the character in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.


Ventafocs

Verb-object compound, composed of venta (“to blow, to fan”) + focs (“fires”).


Jacob Marley

A fictional man who appears as a ghost in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, warning his former business partner Ebenezer Scrooge against being greedy and selfish.


Romeo and Juliet

From a tragedy, written by Shakespeare, about two young lovers named Romeo and Juliet whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families.

Unlike cynical you, however, I do believe a Romeo and Juliet love is possible.

1996, Katherine Stone, Rainbows, page 73:

We all married—well, most of us married—for love, for some version of Sinatra and Casablanca love, for a love that would light up our lives and cast out fear, for a Romeo and Juliet love (except with a better ending), for a love that the poet John Donne once wrote "makes one little room an everywhere."

2008, Judith Viorst, Grown-Up Marriage: What We Know, Wish We Had Known, and Still Need to Know, page 6:

A pair of lovers, particularly if they are young, visibly enamored, and come from families or groups that are on opposing sides of a dispute.


Hansel and Gretel

A German fairy tale, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812, about the siblings named Hansel and Gretel who are threatened by a cannibalistic witch who lives in a house made of cake and bread.

糖果屋 (tángguǒ wū, literally “candy house”)


Big Bad Wolf

An evil fictional wolf that appears in fairy tales or fables.

(figuratively) Someone blamed for causing problems; a scapegoat.


title character

en-noun

title character (plural title characters)

A fictional character whose name or a short description is present in the title of the work where the character appears.


Ghost of Christmas Future

the Ghost of Christmas Future (canonical)

The character first appeared in the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, written in 1843, and called Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The name Ghost of Christmas Future was coined by analogy with Ghost of Christmas Past and Ghost of Christmas Present.

Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come#English

Synonym of Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come


Ghost of Christmas Past

A fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, who visits Ebenezer Scrooge in order to show him his past, especially certain events of past Christmases that contributed to his later distaste for Christmas.


Ghost of Christmas Present

the Ghost of Christmas Present (canonical)

A fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, who visits Ebenezer Scrooge accompanied by a great feast in order to show him events of the current Christmas.

duch teraźniejszych świąt Bożego Narodzenia


Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (canonical)

A fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; it visits Ebenezer Scrooge in order to show his impending fate of death and loneliness in a future Christmas that is ultimately avoided.


animesque

en-adj

animesque (comparative more animesque, superlative most animesque)

more animesque (comparative)
most animesque (superlative)

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Whilst it doesn't include anything specifically anime, there are a variety of animesque elements to the event and I'm sure some of you will find something of interest there...

2002, Happosai, “[Event] Jam:Tokyo-London”, in uk.media.animation.anime (Usenet):

His blush increasing to truly animesque proportions, the younger conjoined mutant/immortal scuffs one toe against the floor...

2003, skyefire, “AAE 8: Catch-up and wrap-up”, in alt.callahans (Usenet):

Resembling or with aspects characteristic of anime.


light novel

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Calque of Japanese ライトノベル (raito noberu, ultimately from English light + novel).

calque

A Japanese novel primarily targeting young adults, typically illustrated (in an anime/manga style) and containing not more than 50,000 words.


tsundere

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Borrowed from Japanese ツンデレ (tsundere), from つんつん (tsun-tsun, “in a cross, aloof, or standoffish manner”, adverb) + でれでれ (dere-dere, “in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner”, adverb).

I usually draw very peaceful, happy manga, so it has been a real challenge for me to illustrate the vice president's death glare and Ri-chan's subtle tsundere attitude.

2008, Kio Shimoku, Kujibiki Unbalance 1, Del Rey/Ballantine Books, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

Even Kaname's rude and overbearing tsundere personality is explained by her having gone to school in the United States where she was socialized to just bluntly say what she thought.

2010 August 14, David Johnston, “Full Metal Panic: One Night Stand”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

Despite his apparent power, the boy behaves with uncharacteristic meekness toward the formidable tsundere Misato Tachibana, whose grotesquely distorted romantic feelings for Koujirou almost invariably result in her shooting him all over the school with heavy weaponry (which seems to spring out of nowhere).

2012, Dani Cavallaro, Kyoto Animation: A Critical Study and Filmography, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 157:

(chiefly Japanese fiction) A fictional character who fits the archetype of being cold or even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warm and caring side.

تْسُونْدِرِي

character who fits the archetype of being cold or hostile before gradually showing a warm and caring side


deathfic

en-noun

deathfic (countable and uncountable, plural deathfics)

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(countable, fandom slang) A work of fan fiction centered around the death of a character.

(uncountable, fandom slang) Such fan fiction collectively.


crack fic

crack fic (countable and uncountable, plural crack fics)

Referring to the erratic behaviour of a person on crack cocaine.

(countable, fandom slang) A work of fan fiction that is absurd, surprising or ridiculous, often intentionally.


eroge

Borrowed from Japanese エロゲー (erogē), a portmanteau of エロチックゲーム (erochikku gēmu), from English erotic game.


WAFF

WAFF (countable and uncountable, plural WAFFs)

Acronym of warm and fuzzy feeling(s). Reportedly coined by fans of the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997). First attested on alt.tv.lois-n-clark as part of a fandom glossary in January 1996.

Why wait until the series is close to an end to change their relationship, leaving fans with a feeling of having been cheated of great WAFFs (Warm And Fuzzy Feelings)?

1996 January 7, Nancy Lemieux, “Re: The girlfriend/boyfriend thing”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

Sharon remembers the WAFFs, the romance, the cuddling, the tender bits, the honesty and openness between our heroes and gives the episode an A+.

1996 March 18, Colonel X, “Re: Camping With Clark”, in alt.tv.lois-n-clark (Usenet):

I did love Dad Kent's response to her, beginning with "Dearest Lois, a love... [I've forgotten the rest, but it was a major WAFF for me :-)]

1996 May 14, Polly Robinson, “Re: Clark's disappearance”, in alt.tv.lois-n-clark (Usenet):

(countable, fandom slang) A warm and fuzzy feeling, especially in relation to a ship.

Any idiot would have to know that 99% of the fans expect the relationship to progress, but Singer's answer just doesn't give fans that WAFF that they may need after feeling so betrayed by the current arc.

1996 March 6, KalElFan, “Damage Control at TPTB Central”, in alt.tv.lois-n-clark (Usenet):

Well, I can now see why ABC did not hop on the boards here to try and quell the disquiet the 'wedding' arc caused. A) because there is no wedding in the arc, and B) The episode isn't quite the WAFF one might expect.

1996 March 16, Zoomway, “Updated Spoilers on OW”, in alt.tv.lois-n-clark (Usenet):

It's a pity that this term isn't used on atxc, as I'd describe this as a lovely slice of Moose & Squirrel WAFF (stands for warm-and-fuzzy-feelings).

1999 July 14, Harper, “Re: xfc NEW: When God Dreams, 3 of 3. by Snark, rated PG”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

(uncountable, fandom slang) Such feelings collectively.


Tiny Tim

The crutches on the bottom look like the Tiny Tim model, while the top sports stainless steel walkers and canes and a few crutches that look like they are made from the same stuff as fancy tennis rackets and golf clubs.

2006, Brendan Halpin, Long Way Back, Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, page 67:

A poor disabled boy whose death is ultimately averted by Ebenezer Scrooge in the classic tale A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

(historical, military, countable) A United States rocket, used in World War II and the Korean War.


teleportera

head

teleportera (present teleporterar, preterite teleporterade, supine teleporterat, imperative teleportera)

teleporterar (present)
teleporterade (preterite)
teleporterat (supine)
teleportera (imperative)
teleportera (active infinitive)
teleporteras (infinitive passive)
teleporterat (active supine)
teleporterats (passive supine)
teleportera (active imperative)
teleporteren (active archaic imperative plural)
teleporterar (active indicative present)
teleporterade (active indicative past)
teleporteras (indicative passive present)
teleporterades (indicative passive past)
teleportera (active archaic indicative plural present)
teleporterade (active archaic indicative past plural)
teleporteras (archaic indicative passive plural present)
teleporterades (archaic indicative passive past plural)
teleportere (active dated present subjunctive)
teleporterade (active dated past subjunctive)
teleporteres (dated passive present subjunctive)
teleporterades (dated passive past subjunctive)
teleporterande (participle present)
teleporterad (participle past)


smølf

smølf c (singular definite smølfen, plural indefinite smølfer)

smølfen (definite singular)
smølfer (indefinite plural)
smølf (indefinite nominative singular)
smølfen (definite nominative singular)
smølfer (indefinite nominative plural)
smølferne (definite nominative plural)
smølfs (genitive indefinite singular)
smølfens (definite genitive singular)
smølfers (genitive indefinite plural)
smølfernes (definite genitive plural)

From Dutch smurf, changed from French schtroumpf.


pitufo

es-noun

pitufo m (plural pitufos, feminine pitufa, feminine plural pitufas)

pitufos (plural)
pitufa (feminine)
pitufas (feminine plural)

Named after Patufet, a child character in Catalan folklore.
The bread rolls sense comes from a comparison to the small size of the smurfs, a popular cartoon at the time.

El alcalde, David Fernández, asegura que tan sólo quedan tres casas por pintar en esta localidad de 250 habitantes, elegida por Sony Pictures Releasing para representar el pueblo pitufo.

2011 June 10, “Pueblo pitufo”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:

Los Pitufos ya no podrán vivir legalmente en su pueblo de Málaga, Júzcar: desde el próximo día 15, el llamado "primer pueblo pitufo del mundo" dejará de serlo porque los herederos del dibujante belga Peyo, creador de los enanos azules de gorro frigio blanco, quieren cobrar al municipio serrano derechos de imagen y el pueblo se niega a hacerlo.

2017 August 7, El País, “Los Pitufos reniegan del pueblo pitufo”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:


estrumpfe

(Portugal, comics, fiction) smurf (fictional blue pixie character of The Smurfs)


home llop

ca-noun

home llop m (plural homes llop, feminine dona llop)

homes llop (plural)
dona llop (feminine)


MIB

en-noun

MIB (countable and uncountable, plural MIBs)

(US, ufology, conspiracy theorists) Initialism of man in black.

(US, in the plural) Initialism of men in black.

Initialism of man in black.
Initialism of men in black.


ドナルドダック

Donald Duck (one of the Disney characters)


UD

Just wondering what server everybody plays on? I have a 60 human warrior on Blackrock and 60 UD priest on Shadowmoon.

2005, Mr Stephen Feeney, “What server are you on?”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet):

(fantasy roleplaying games) Abbreviation of undead.


antag

(informal, fiction, writing) Clipping of antagonist.


GINO

From the construction of RINO and DINO, using -INO in conjunction with "G" for Galactica.

(neologism, fandom slang) Acronym of Galactica in name only—a derogatory term used by partisan fans of the original Battlestar Galactica to refer to the reimagined Battlestar Galactica


shee

head

shee m (genitive singular shee, plural sheeghyn)

shee (genitive singular)
sheeghyn (plural)
shee (mutation mutation-radical)
hee (lenition mutation)
after "yn" (lenition mutation)
çhee (lenition mutation)

From Middle Irish side, from Old Irish síd, from Proto-Celtic *sīdos (“mound (inhabited by fairies); peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēds, from *sed- (“to sit”). Cognate with Irish sí (“fairy mound”).


HAL

artificial intelligence
artificial intelligence

(fiction, computing) A homicidal computer, an artificial intelligence that acts similarly to the HAL 9000 featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey.


Fortebraccio

Fortinbras (a character in Shakespeare's Hamlet)


necrocracy

From necro- (“dead”) + -cracy (“power, rule”).

confix

(fantasy, science fiction) A government ruled by the undead.


Saci

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese saci, from Old Tupi sa'si.

(folklore) A black, one-legged, prankster youngster in Brazilian folklore, who smokes a pipe and wears a magical red hat that enables him to disappear.


Cuca

An evil old hag in Brazilian folklore, said to attack children who don't go to bed early.


結界

/t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

(fiction, chiefly ACG) force field; invisible barrier


結界

Originally a Buddhist term borrowed from Middle Chinese 結界 (MC ket keajH), itself a translation of Sanskrit सीमाबन्ध (sīmābandha, literally “boundary, edge + bounded”).

女人結界

女人結界 にょにんけっかい

結界限界

結界限界 けっかいげんかい

結界忍術

結界忍術 けっかいにんじゅつ

結界を張る

(fantasy) on a small scale, meaning a projected energy barrier, force field, or shield; and on a larger scale, meaning a pocket universe, spiritual or otherwise


Alice band

From Lewis Carroll's fictional Alice, often depicted wearing the headband in Through the Looking-Glass.


zrůda

zrůda (nominative singular)
zrůdy (nominative plural)
zrůdy (genitive singular)
zrůd (genitive plural)
zrůdě (dative singular)
zrůdám (dative plural)
zrůdu (accusative singular)
zrůdy (accusative plural)
zrůdo (singular vocative)
zrůdy (plural vocative)
zrůdě (locative singular)
zrůdách (locative plural)
zrůdou (instrumental singular)
zrůdami (instrumental plural)

Pokud upřímně věřil tomu, co o mně rozšiřoval, provinil se méně; pokud však ty řeči šířil jen proto, aby mě dostal do nesnází, je to zrůda.

2006, Alexandre Dumas, Rytíř de Sainte-Hermine, translation of original by Dana Melanová:


dropship

I'm sending down five more dropships, combat EMVs, and a thopter gunship.

1997 September 20, Dan Simmons, The Rise of Endymion, New York: Bantam, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 363:

IFF confirmed. Contact is Pelican Dropship Kilo 23. Over.

2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Sierra 117:

(science fiction) A flying transport that drops troops or equipment onto a planet, etc.


Mickey Mouse Protection Act

the Mickey Mouse Protection Act (canonical)

So called because it served to prevent Disney's Mickey Mouse character from entering the public domain for a further period.

(informal, derogatory) The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.


pikachurin

Named after Pikachu, a Pokémon character, + -in.

(biochemistry) A dystroglycan-interacting polysaccharide which has an essential role in the precise interactions between the photoreceptor ribbon synapse and the bipolar dendrites.


jods

jods (nominative singular)
jodi (nominative plural)
jodu (accusative singular)
jodus (accusative plural)
joda (genitive singular)
jodu (genitive plural)
jodam (dative singular)
jodiem (dative plural)
jodu (instrumental singular)
jodiem (instrumental plural)
jodā (locative singular)
jodos (locative plural)
jod (singular vocative)
jodi (plural vocative)

(mythology) Latvian mythological being, also called velns; a devil that presides over the dead in a realm under the earth


Bluto

Fictional character name for the antagonist of Popeye coined in 1932 by cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar.

He was built like Bluto. "Who the hell are you?" he said.

1986, Lee K. Abbott, Strangers in paradise, page 38:

For whatever reason, it'd taken her a little while to get out of the cab when they first got here, and when Chuck introduced me — she stood a full foot shorter than him, a tiny woman next to this Bluto of a man, a knitted green afghan over her shoulders, a white blouse and blue jeans.

2008, Bret Lott, Ancient Highway: A Novel, page 152:

His pit bull parts thinned out his back end but gave him a Bluto disproportion in his front end.

2010, Susan Wilson, One Good Dog, page 21:

It wasn't the black loudmouth I'd expected but a Bluto of a man almost filling the entire doorway.

2011, Shaun Attwood, chapter 25, in Hard Time: Life with Sheriff Joe Arpaio in America's Toughest Jail:

The customers sometimes called him Bluto. He earned the nickname by his tremendous build and great strength.

2015, Maryann Bouco, chapter 4, in The Last Stand:

A man who is large and muscular in top-heavy proportions, often combined with a comically brutish and aggressive personality.


private investigator

en-noun

private investigator (plural private investigators)

An agent hired by a private party for the purpose of investigation or evidence gathering.


suicide booth

(fiction) A booth that contains equipment to kill a user who wants to commit suicide, often automatically.


小女子

小 (ko-, “small”) + 女子 (onago, “female child”)


sjøorm

sjøormen (definite singular)
sjøormer (indefinite plural)
sjøormene (definite plural)

From sjø (“sea; lake”) + orm (“serpent”).

sea serpent (also used for creatures in lakes)


sjøorm

sjøormen (definite singular)
sjøormar (indefinite plural)
sjøormane (definite plural)


Speedy Gonzales

After a fast-running animated mouse in Warner Bros. cartoons.

(idiomatic, informal) A fast person; someone who does something very quickly.


handwavium

From hand waving + -ium (“the chemical element suffix”).

af

My handwavium was an invented mineral, but - reading up - what about platinum? Could I substitute platinum for handwavium?

2008 February 3, Jacey Bedford <jacey@artisan-harmony.com>, “Handwavium”, in rec.arts.sf.composition (Usenet):

It made no sense to him that their very impossibility was their pleasure. He puzzled over the spacecraft and their handwavium drives. "The thousand and one nights of Scheherazade, told by an engineering student who failed his graduation exams," was his literary judgment.

2008 March, Alexander Jablokov, “The Boarder”, in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 114, number 3, Concord, N.H.: Fantasy House, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9:

She writes romantic fantasy and science fiction, and makes liberal use of the substance known as handwavium.

2012, Imogen Howson, Blood of the Volcano, Cincinnati, Oh.: Samhain Publishing, →ISBN, page 167:

(informal, fiction) Any hypothetical but unobtainable material with desirable engineering properties.


Betty Boop

A feminist she is not, and we see her with many a Betty Boop look of horror as her two loutish pals make matchsticks out of every piece of barroom furniture in sight.

1997, David Howard Day, A Treasure Hard to Attain: Images of Archaeology in Popular Film, page 89:

He sits astride a motorcycle and fingers the hem of a bright red dress worn by a pert, blonde, cherry-lipped model. Her mouth is open in a Betty Boop "ooh."

2002, Catherine Orenstein, Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale, page 192:

She had straight black hair with a Betty Boop bob cut and ruby red sweetheart lips.

2005, Stephanie Lehmann, Are You in the Mood?, page 188:

Betty: Shall we? (Her voice has now assumed a Betty Boop pitch.)

2007, James Fitzgerald, The Joys of Smoking Cigarettes, page 22:

Thirty years old when the song came out, Lauper was playacting at being a girl — and the ultimate girl, at that — with her Betty Boop voice and crazy dress-up outfits.

2010, Marisa Meltzer, Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music, page 75:

A fictional female entertainer introduced in 1930s cartoons, characterized by a high-pitched singing and speaking voice, short and curly black hair, and sexually provocative clothing, mannerisms, and facial expressions.


big red button

A real, fictional, or figurative button that controls a function of critical importance and that is usually large and red, ensuring quick identification.


Rin-Tin-Tin

Alternative spelling of Rin Tin Tin (“the name given to certain fictional dogs”)


Rin Tin Tin

From the name of a good-luck charm that French children often gave to American soldiers.

A name given to several related fictional German Shepherd dogs, particularly from the 1920s and the 1930s.


เสื้อ

th-adj

เสื้อ • (sʉ̂ʉa)

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩮᩬᩥ᩶ᩋ, Lao ເສື້ອ (sư̄a), Lü ᦵᦉᦲᧉ (ṡoe²), Tai Dam ꪹꪎ꫁, Shan သိူဝ်ႈ (sōe), Ahom 𑜏𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫 (süw) or 𑜏𑜥 (sū).

cog

Lao ເສື້ອ (sư̄a)

Lü ᦵᦉᦲᧉ (ṡoe²)


เสื้อ

Lao ເສື້ອ (sư̄a)

Lü ᦵᦉᦲᧉ (ṡoe²)

เสื้อแสง

sʉ̂ʉa-sɛ̌ɛng


scream queen

Her [Janet Leigh's] "scream queen" status also led to cameo roles in Jamie Lee Curtis' 1998 horror sequel Halloween H20: 20 Years Later and A Fate Totally Worse than Death in 2000.

2004 October 4, “Psycho actress Janet Leigh dies”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 2016-08-02:

What makes a good scream queen? Lloyd Kaufman, whose Troma Films has distributed more than 1,000 horror films since the mid-'70s, says, "It's more than just crying and having ketchup thrown on you. You not only have to be attractive, but you also have to have a big brain. You have to be frightened, you have to be sad, you have to be romantic."

2007 April 27, Thomas K. Arnold, “Three screams for these stars”, in USA Today, archived from the original on 2016-03-04:

In short order, Friday the 13th (the first widely distributed major studio slasher flick), Terror Train and Prom Night – the latter two starring uber-scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis […]– led the charge into cinemas. With the formula nailed down – masked killer stalks and slays teenagers on a particular holiday or special event – everyone and their cousin could assemble their own cheapie horror flick and as a result, quality slumped as quantity multiplied.

2017 May 11, Peter Schorn, “Going To Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film: The slasher film dissected in this documentary retrospective [review]”, in IGN, archived from the original on 2016-09-15:

Confessions of a Scream Queen by Matt Beckoff (BearManor Media) is a series of interviews with actresses associated with horror films (using a very loose definition of the term "scream queen").

2011, “Nonfiction Books”, in Ellen Datlow, editor, The Best Horror of the Year, volume III, San Francisco, Calif.: Night Shade Books, →ISBN:

In this unique gallery of “Scream Queens,” you'll discover sixteen actresses who starred in bloodcurdling movies and TV shows […] The original Scream Queens were actresses in precarious, life-threatening situations—exemplified by the scene in King Kong in which the monstrous Kong "holds" [Fay] Wray in his hand while terrorizing Manhattan.

2015, Tim Foley, Scream Queens Paper Dolls, Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, →ISBN:

(informal) An actress who appears in several horror films.

кралица на ужаса

actress who appears in several horror movies


ĉefrolulo

eo-head

ĉefrolulo (accusative singular ĉefrolulon, plural ĉefroluloj, accusative plural ĉefrolulojn)

ĉefrolulon (accusative singular)
ĉefroluloj (plural)
ĉefrolulojn (accusative plural)

From ĉef- (“main”) + rolulo (“character”).


Don Quixote

Borrowed from Spanish Don Quixote, the older spelling of modern Spanish Don Quijote.

A famous 1605–1615 Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), whose full title is El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha).

Don Kishoti

the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel

ഡോൺ ക്വിൿസോട്ട്

ḍōṇ kviksōṭṭŭ


Don Quixote

But he was a born leader. As danger thickened his jaunty manner would increase, his speech become more racy, his cold eyes glitter into ardent life, and his Don Quixote moustache bristle with joyous excitement.

1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

[…] while joint libraries are wonderful endeavors, which may or may not be a part of our future, they also represent the best of human cooperation for the greater good. This book is dedicated to these Don Quixotes of the library world.

2012, Claire B. Gunnels, Susan E. Green, Patricia M. Butler, Joint Libraries: Models That Work, page 161:

(also attributive) Any person or character who displays quixotism.


Don Quixote

Don Quixote (the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel)


Goofy

A Disney character: a slow-witted anthropomorphic dog with a goofy laugh.


Scooby-Doo

Frank Sinatra
Scooby-Doo
Strangers in the Night

Uncertain. scooby doo appears as a vocable scatted in "The Boppenpoof Song" written in 1954, as the name of a band (The Scooby-Doo All-Stars) in 1956 and the title of a song by the Jerry Lieber Beat Band published by Zephyr Records in 1959 (both of which were signed to Zephyr Records). It is likely that such uses were an influence on the creators of the cartoon but they may also have been partially influenced by Frank Sinatra's "doo-be-doo-be-doo" improvisation in "Strangers in the Night" released in 1963 a few months prior to the first episode of Scooby-Doo being shown (also in 1963).

I knew I had to be very careful when I was crafting the story, so that it wouldn't be a Scooby Doo moment—you know, the one where the villain rips off his mask and tells you why he did it—and that he would have gotten away with it, if not for those pesky kids!

2007, Jodi Picoult, "Reader's Companion" (Washington Square Press) to the author's Plain Truth (Simon and Schuster, 2000) p.414

A mile out of town, off the Combe Martin road, discover a real Scooby Doo experience at Chambercombe Manor. It's shrouded in ghost stories and has starred in TV shows about the paranormal.

2008, Simon Heptinstall, Devon (Crimson Publishing) page 137

It was a Scooby-Doo moment: everybody looks down, everybody looks up. Maddy looks surprised. Pat looks guilty. Oh, those meddlesome kids.

2010, J. Wachowski, In Plain View, Carina Press, page 314:

"I love the Scooby-Doo of it all." And it was fun, combing through old books and papers for recognizable names.

2010, Buzzy Jackson, Shaking the Family Tree: Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Genealogist, Simon and Schuster, page 171:

An American cartoon franchise, named for one of the main characters, a large dog, and featuring as protagonists four "meddling" teenagers who unravel seemingly supernatural mysteries.


萌え

→ Chinese:

Mandarin: 萌 (méng, “moe”)

→ English: moe, moé

→ Korean: 모에 (mo'e, “moe”)

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 萌える (moeru, “to bud, sprout; be aroused”).
The "feelings of affection towards a fictional character" sense likely first appeared in the early 1990s.

(anime, manga slang) moe: feelings of affection towards a fictional character


Sněhurka

Sněhurka (nominative singular)
Sněhurky (genitive singular)
Sněhurce (dative singular)
Sněhurku (accusative singular)
Sněhurko (singular vocative)
Sněhurce (locative singular)
Sněhurkou (instrumental singular)


létající talíř

létající talíř (nominative singular)
létající talíře (nominative plural)
létajícího talíře (genitive singular)
létajících talířů (genitive plural)
létajícímu talíři (dative singular)
létajícím talířům (dative plural)
létající talíř (accusative singular)
létající talíře (accusative plural)
létající talíři (singular vocative)
létající talíře (plural vocative)
létajícím talíři (locative singular)
létajících talířích (locative plural)
létajícím talířem (instrumental singular)
létajícími talíři (instrumental plural)


meido

From Japanese メイド (meido, “maid, maidservant”), from English maid.

uder

I was really struck by how many of the bishoujo cliches it managed to bring up. We already have the older sister, younger sister, childhood friend, and exotic transfer student. We have a genki girl, a ditzy girl, a hime-sama, and a meido.

2006 October 13, Abraham Evangelista, “Re: Crescent Love - dull new anime”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

And then there’s Roberta, who seems like a typical meido (maid) character until she pulls out machine guns from her lacy uniform!

2008 October 12, Kitty Sensei, “Playing pirate”, in Malaysia Star:

Although this is a manga about maids, don’t expect to see the submissive and fawning maids of the meido category. The protagonist here is a faithful, skilled and courteous maid from the old English society.

2008, Memedi, "Loyal helper", Malaysia Star, 9 November 2008

(chiefly Japanese fiction) A female fictional character who is employed as a maid, typically wearing a stylized French maid outfit.

Actually, the two times I was there, it was really quite dull in terms of the people wandering around. The most excitement I saw was that one candidate for Prime Minister giving a van-top speech in front of Akihabara station. Oh, and a demonstration of some RC "Tokyo Drift" toy cars out on the street. No dancing in the streets, only a very few meido (some of questionable gender >__< ), and quite a few gaikokujin.

2008 February 9, Captain Nerd [username], “Re: "Alien Jones" - "Boss" coffee ads”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

These meido attract customers by role-playing the part of a maid, complete with French maid-inspired outfits that are long on fantasy elements and typically short on skirt length.

2009, John Graham-Cumming, The Geek Atlas: 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive, O'Reilly Media, published 2009, →ISBN, page 104:

"I like having conversations with different meidos," he explains, "but Haruki is my favourite because she's friendliest to me."
[…]
Utena, a meido with pink hair and red plastic horns, recently celebrated her fourth year at Maidolce.

2012 April 1, Dave Tacon, “Dusting off a geek fetish for all things maid in Japan”, in Sydney Morning Herald:


леший

ru-noun+

ле́ший • (léšij) m anim (genitive ле́шего, nominative plural ле́шие, genitive plural ле́ших)

ле́ший (canonical)
léšij (romanization)
ле́шего (genitive)
ле́шие (nominative plural)
ле́ших (genitive plural)
ле́ший (nominative singular)
ле́шие (nominative plural)
ле́шего (genitive singular)
ле́ших (genitive plural)
ле́шему (dative singular)
ле́шим (dative plural)
ле́шего (accusative singular)
ле́ших (accusative plural)
ле́шим (instrumental singular)
ле́шими (instrumental plural)
ле́шем (prepositional singular)
ле́ших (plural prepositional)

→ English: leshy

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěšь, from *lěsъ (“forest, woods”) + *-ьjь (possessive suffix).

af

(mythology) leshy (a male woodland spirit in Slavic mythology who protects wild animals and forests)


Care Bear

Brand name. The characters were introduced in 1981 for use on greeting cards and turned into plush toys in 1983.

The baby or toddler who goes to sleep alone (with a Care Bear, with his favorite blanket, or by sucking his thumb) learns valuable self-quieting behaviors that can be used for many years to come.

1994, Edward R. Christophersen, Pediatric Compliance: A Guide for the Primary Care Physician, page 171:

But the domestic turkey is about as remote from the wild animal as a Care Bear is from a grizzly.

2004, Jerry Sullivan, Hunting for Frogs on Elston, and Other Tales from Field & Street, page 68:

One of my real aspirations of this is I wanna see interstellar wars between Care Bears and Klingons.

2007 March 13, Will Wright, keynote, South by Southwest, Austin

Any of a brand of cheerful bear figures, seen on greeting cards and as stuffed toys.

He was smart, tough, witty yet gentle all at the same time. He was my care bear.

2004, Jordyn Tate, Unforgivable Misconception, page 15:

"Man, you are beautiful, my Care Bear", he said in awe.

2013, D. Antoinette, The First Book of Carrie, page 121:


teika

teika (nominative singular)
teikas (nominative plural)
teiku (accusative singular)
teikas (accusative plural)
teikas (genitive singular)
teiku (genitive plural)
teikai (dative singular)
teikām (dative plural)
teiku (instrumental singular)
teikām (instrumental plural)
teikā (locative singular)
teikās (locative plural)
teika (singular vocative)
teikas (plural vocative)

From the same stem as the verb teikt (“to say”) (q.v.). Dialectally and originally the meaning was “saying, talk.” The current meaning (corresponding to German Sage, Russian предание (predanije)) appeared in the 1860's, perhaps under the influence of A. Kronvalds.

latviešu tautas teika

teika par Dundagas pili

teika par Lāčplēsi

the legend of Lāčplēsis (the Bear-Slayer)

vietu teikas

stāstīt teikas

sena teika stāsta, ka Sjerraleone (tulkojumā “Lauvu kalni”) dabūjusi savu nosaukumu no portugāļu jūras braucējiem

an old legend says that Sierra Leone (literally “Lion Mountains”) obtained its name from Portuguese sailors

legend, tale (traditional folk narrative combining the real and the fantastic; the respective genre)


killbot

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-killbot.wav

(especially science fiction) A robot designed to kill; a robotic assassin.


ringmail

en-noun

ringmail (usually uncountable, plural ringmails)

(now chiefly fantasy) A type of personal armour constructed as series of metallic rings sewn to a fabric or leather foundation, assumed by the Victorians to have been used in the Middle Ages, but now generally thought not to have existed historically.


borowy

borowy (nominative singular)
borowi (nominative plural)
borowego (genitive singular)
borowych (genitive plural)
borowemu (dative singular)
borowym (dative plural)
borowego (accusative singular)
borowych (accusative plural)
borowym (instrumental singular)
borowymi (instrumental plural)
borowym (locative singular)
borowych (locative plural)
borowy (singular vocative)
borowi (plural vocative)

(nominalized) leshy (male woodland spirit in Slavic mythology who protects wild animals and forests)


marsbuar

marsbuaren (definite singular)
marsbuarar (indefinite plural)
marsbuarane (definite plural)

From Mars (“Mars”) + buar (“inhabitant, one who inhabits”).


tricky slave

A fictional character who fits into the archetype of being lower-class, being more clever than the other characters, and helping the protagonists.


NTR

(historical) Initialism of National Transcontinental Railway.


NTR

Coordinate term: NTP

nuclear-thermal rocket
nuclear-thermal rocket#English

(astronautics) Initialism of nuclear-thermal rocket.


NTR

Borrowed from Japanese NTR(エヌティーアール) (enutīāru).

(pornography, slang) Initialism of netorare.


NTR

en-verb

NTR (third-person singular simple present NTRs, present participle NTRing, simple past and past participle NTRed)

NTRs (present singular third-person)
NTRing (participle present)
NTRed (participle past)
NTRed (past)


bootstrap paradox

en-noun

bootstrap paradox (plural bootstrap paradoxes)

Compare bootstrap, pull oneself up by one's bootstraps, etc.

A time travel paradox in which the consequences of an event in the future travel back in time and cause an event in the past or present, which in turn is among the causes of the first event, forming a causal loop in which each event is caused by the other.


closed timelike curve

closed timelike curve (plural closed timelike curves)

(physics) A worldline that returns to its starting point.


Roman ring

closed timelike curve
closed timelike curve

A configuration of wormholes where for each individual wormhole the time difference across its mouths is such that it may not allow a closed timelike curve.


chronovisor

A hypothetical machine that is able to see past and future events.

kronovizor

machine able to see past and future events


grandfather paradox

grandfather paradox (plural grandfather paradoxes)

From the paradox proposed by the French author René Barjavel in 1944 in his book Le Voyageur Imprudent, translated into English as "Future Times Three"; in its original form the paradox of one person going back to the past and killing their biological grandfather before the latter fathered the traveler's father, thus preventing the time traveler from ever being conceived in the first place.

The paradox of time travel in which inconsistencies emerge through changing the past.

Future Times Three
René Barjavel
grandfather paradox


Tipler cylinder

Tipler cylinder (plural Tipler cylinders)

Named after American physicist Frank J. Tipler, who recognized the possibility of such a device in 1974.

A hypothetical massive, infinitely long cylinder spinning along its longitudinal axis, enabling time travel.


closed time loop

closed time loop (plural closed time loops)

(science fiction) A chain of events in which someone or something time travels to the past as a means to fulfill their role in the history exactly as it already happened, thus implying impossibility to change the past.


autoinfanticide

For consider the most lurid implication of Gödel's idea – autoinfanticide.

2015, Roger Highfield, Peter Coveney, The Arrow of Time:

The inventor of a time machine about to commit autoinfanticide in the past

2016, Paul J. Nahin, Time Machine Tales, page 212:

(science fiction) The act of traveling back in time to the past and killing oneself as a baby.


Askungen

aska (“ash”) + ungen (“the kid”), "the ash kid"


lidérc

lidércek (plural)
lidérc (nominative singular)
lidércek (nominative plural)
lidércet (accusative singular)
lidérceket (accusative plural)
lidércnek (dative singular)
lidérceknek (dative plural)
lidérccel (instrumental singular)
lidércekkel (instrumental plural)
lidércért (causal-final singular)
lidércekért (causal-final plural)
lidérccé (singular translative)
lidércekké (plural translative)
lidércig (singular terminative)
lidércekig (plural terminative)
lidércként (essive-formal singular)
lidércekként (essive-formal plural)
lidércben (inessive singular)
lidércekben (inessive plural)
lidércen (singular superessive)
lidérceken (plural superessive)
lidércnél (adessive singular)
lidérceknél (adessive plural)
lidércbe (illative singular)
lidércekbe (illative plural)
lidércre (singular sublative)
lidércekre (plural sublative)
lidérchez (allative singular)
lidércekhez (allative plural)
lidércből (elative singular)
lidércekből (elative plural)
lidércről (delative singular)
lidércekről (delative plural)
lidérctől (ablative singular)
lidércektől (ablative plural)
lidércé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
lidérceké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
lidércéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
lidércekéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
lidércem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
lidérceim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
lidérced (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
lidérceid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
lidérce (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
lidércei (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
lidércünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
lidérceink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
lidércetek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
lidérceitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
lidércük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
lidérceik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

unknown

Of unknown origin.


Mickey Mouse glove

en-noun

Mickey Mouse glove (plural Mickey Mouse gloves)

Worn by the animated character Mickey Mouse.

A glove that is white and usually four-fingered.


次元

/t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/t͡sʰiː³³ jyːn²¹/

/t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/t͡sʰiː³³ jyːn²¹/

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 次(じ)元(げん) (jigen)

wasei kango

(chiefly ACG) dimension (especially in science fiction, fantasy)


次元

次元 (canonical)
jigen (romanization)
zigen (romanization)
じげん (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese: 次元 (cìyuán)

→ Korean: 차원 (chawon)

→ Vietnamese: thứ nguyên

Appeared in 数学ニ用ヰル辞ノ英和対訳字書 (Sūgaku ni Mochiiru Ji no Ei-Wa Taiyaku Jisho, “Vocabulary of mathematical terms in English and Japanese”) of 1889 as a translation of English dimension.

lang

数学ニ用ヰル辞ノ英和対訳字書

数学ニ用ヰル辞ノ英和対訳字書


telekinezo

eo-head

telekinezo (uncountable, accusative telekinezon)


Mickey Mouse hat

en-noun

Mickey Mouse hat (plural Mickey Mouse hats)

Mickey Mouse cap
Mickey Mouse cap#English


Mickey Mouse cap

Mickey Mouse cap (plural Mickey Mouse caps)

A black cap with two round appendages that imitate the ears of Mickey Mouse.


ainneamhag

head

ainneamhag f (genitive singular ainneamhaig)


pseudo anime

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudo anime.wav

An animated work that has many typical characteristics of Japanese animation but is not from Japan.


magic user

(fantasy) One who uses (or has skill with) magic.


Queen of Hearts

en-noun

Queen of Hearts (plural Queens of Hearts)

At eighteen she was the Queen of Hearts and conscious of the fact: an exacting, dictatorial, haughty woman...

Extravagantly pretty, with a delicate figure and great dark-blue eyes, cordial, charming and a winning hostess, she was the Queen of Hearts in Weimar...

1956, Eliza Marian Butler, Byron and Goethe:

A woman who has gained the adoration of the public.


spiritual sequel

spiritual sequel (plural spiritual sequels)

A successor to a work of fiction which does not directly build upon the storyline established by a previous work as do most traditional prequels or sequels, but nevertheless features many of the same elements, themes, and styles as its source material.


Tolkienite

A person who has an extended knowledge and is also a fan of the works and fantasy world (Middle-Earth) of J. R. R. Tolkien; used especially when referring to a fan of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.


鬼法

(Buddhism) the practices of demons or evil spirits


咒文

/ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ wən³⁵/

/t͡sɐu̯³³ mɐn²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ wən³⁵/

/t͡sɐu̯³³ mɐn²¹/


visual novel

Calque of Japanese ビジュアルノベル (bijuaru noberu), from English visual + novel

cal

(video games) An interactive fiction video game of a style originated in Japan, consisting primarily of narration illustrated by anime-style images.


呼び出し

呼び出し (canonical)
yobidashi (romanization)

Compound of 呼び (yobi, “calling”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 呼ぶ (yobu, “to call”)) + 出し (dashi, “out”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 出す (dasu, “to let or bring out”)). Literally, “calling [something] out”.

compound

(fantasy) an invocation or summons, as of a magic spell or of a spirit


天狐

(mythology, Shinto): A heavenly/celestial fox; a nine-tail fox said to be the most powerful form of the kitsune: Once they turn 1,000-years-old, they gain all nine of their tails, turn a golden color, and ascend to the heavens, where they become celestial foxes.


式神

ja-noun

式(しき)神(がみ) or 式(しき)神(じん) • (shikigami or shikijin)

式神 (canonical)
式神 (canonical)
shikigami (romanization)
shikijin (romanization)

Compound of 式 (shiki, “ceremony”) + 神 (kami, “god, spirit”). The kami changes to gami due to rendaku (連濁).
Alternately, compound of 式 (shiki, “ceremony”) + 神 (jin, “god, spirit”).

compound

A kind of familiar spirit, summoned-up in service as a servant to the will of a practitioner of the onmyōdō (陰陽道) religion, very much like a western familiar.


Alice in Wonderland

en-adj

Alice in Wonderland (comparative more Alice in Wonderland, superlative most Alice in Wonderland)

more Alice in Wonderland (comparative)
most Alice in Wonderland (superlative)

Derived from the children's fantasy story Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

It is an Alice in Wonderland question. Let me answer it this way: To design a car, you must — emphasize must — have restrictions to guide you.

1978 Apr, Popular Mechanics, volume 149, number 4, page 204:

The law-making affair often has an Alice in Wonderland touch. Terms are defined by law, and if the law says black is white, then for the purpose of the law, black is white.

IBM's current system and network management story has an Alice in Wonderland touch to it, with incongruity as the prevailing theme. Just as it is in Wonderland, most things in IBM's management story are not what they appear to be.

1992 September 7, Network World, volume 9, number 36, page 37:

What makes this debate an Alice in Wonderland debate is that the people who support this bill are the very people who will benefit from taking the American people out of the debate by limiting the ability of people to put up their time.

2001, Phil Gramm, Congressional Record-Senate, March 29, 2001, page 5053:

It became more Alice in Wonderland all the time: was I now to navigate as well?

2002, Alan Stripp, Codebreaker in the Far East, page 35:

This is all a little more Alice in Wonderland than I had expected.

2008, Lisa Margonelli, Oil on the Brain: Petroleum's Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank, page 68:

Herzog further noted that the United Nations developed an Alice in Wonderland perspective on Israel.

2012, Danny Danon, Israel: The Will to Prevail, page 69:

Tautology is not a problem in an Alice in Wonderland world in which a junior official can be said to coordinate the work of the Secretary of State.

2014, L. Pope, The Demilitarization of American Diplomacy:

As in a surreal fairy tale where things work at odds to the way they do in the real world.


Alice in Wonderland

en-noun

Alice in Wonderland (plural Alices in Wonderland or Alice in Wonderlands)

Alices in Wonderland (plural)
Alice in Wonderlands (plural)

After three years of meeting in a tiny room in the student center, we were stunned that we could all get in one room and move around without stepping on each other. It wasn't crowded; and besides that, it was beautiful. We felt like 50 Alices in Wonderland.

1965, Alpha Omicron Pi, To Dragma - Volume 56, Issue 11, page 24:

But I do not live in a riding that represents the Alice in Wonderlands of the world, Mr. Speaker.

1980, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, House of Commons Debates, Official Report - Volume 3, page 3251:

I'm giddy. I haven't even stopped to notice my surroundings. I'm not much of an Alice in Wonderland.

2014, Jane Peranteau, Jumping: A Novel, page 189:

Brackett views the community rather as might an Alice in Wonderland according to the entries in his diaries, although the same diary entries do not reflect his later claim that he “was assigned to twelve different stories in my first year."

2014, Anthony Slide, It's the Pictures That Got Small, page 4:

An observer of strange, incomprehensible or disorienting situations.

I think it is an Alice in Wonderland to say we are going to approve another drug, yet the whole fundamental thing is we still have exactly the same mortality and nobody has anything that impacts on it.

2012, J. Morganroth, E. Neil Moore, Congestive Heart Failure:

Sgt. Pepper seemed to be nothing less than an Alice in Wonderland for the brave new psychedelic world.

2014, Penelope Rowlands, The Beatles Are Here!::

Some context: The Aviary is like the Alice in Wonderland of cocktail bars, a place where drinks are served in porthole vessels or in sphere/foam/gelee form (there’s an outpost in New York City, but the original is in Chicago).

2019 June 26, Kevin Pang, “Eric Trump went to a fancy Chicago cocktail bar and got spat on”, in The Takeout:

A strange, fantasy-like creation or situation that follows its own bizarre logic.


魔法少女

ㄇㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄩˇ

/mu̯ɔ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɔː⁵⁵ faːt̚³ siːu̯³³ nɵy̯¹³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lu⁵⁵⁴/

/mɔ̃¹³⁻²² huat̚³²⁻⁵ siau²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau¹¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/

/mɔ̃²³⁻³³ huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau²¹⁻⁴¹ lu⁴¹/

/mu̯ɔ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɔː⁵⁵ faːt̚³ siːu̯³³ nɵy̯¹³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lu⁵⁵⁴/

/mɔ̃¹³⁻²² huat̚³²⁻⁵ siau²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau¹¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/

/mɔ̃²³⁻³³ huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau²¹⁻⁴¹ lu⁴¹/

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 魔(ま)法(ほう)少(しょう)女(じょ) (mahō shōjo, “magical girl”). Doublet of 馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ).

ja-r

ま%ほう %しょう%じょ

wasei kango

ま%ほう %しょう%じょ

zh-l

馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)

《魔法少女小圓》

《魔法少女小圆》

(manga, anime) magical girl (a girl or young woman with magical abilities and engaged in magical adventures)


魔法少女

ja-noun

魔(ま)法(ほう)少(しょう)女(じょ) • (mahō shōjo) ^(←まはふせうぢよ (mafafuseudyo)?)

魔法少女 (canonical)
mahō shōjo (romanization)
mafafuseudyo (romanization)
まはふせうぢよ (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese:

zh-l

馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)

Mandarin: 馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)

魔法少女 (mófǎ shàonǚ)

Mandarin: 魔法少女 (mófǎ shàonǚ)

→ Korean: 마법소녀(魔法少女) (mabeopsonyeo)

→ English: magical girl (calque)

From 魔法(まほう) (mahō) + 少女(しょうじょ) (shōjo).


impervium

(science fiction) An impervious substance.


hand axe

From Middle English hand-ax, handax, handex, hond axe, from Old English handæx, from Proto-Germanic *handakwisī; equivalent to hand + axe.

(fantasy, roleplaying games) A hatchet or throwing axe.


Xenaverse

Guess things are different in the Xenaverse. Maybe Ares and the other gods don't like competition?

1998, Greg Cox, Battle On!: An Unauthorized, Irreverent Look at Xena: Warrior Princess, page 88:

The show is an amazing foray into women's expressions of rage — there's a lot of other women in the Xenaverse with a penchant for feats of arms […]

2005, "Doris", quoted in Sue Austin, Women's Aggressive Fantasies: A Post-Jungian Exploration of Self-hatred, Love and Agency, page 22

Gender was not relevant in the Xenaverse. There, a girl or a boy could be a warlord or a farmer, a bard or a sad sack needing protection.

2013 September 9, Jennifer Sky, “My Life as a Warrior Princess”, in The New York Times:

(fandom slang) The fictional universe depicted in the Xena: Warrior Princess series.

Many wonderful people and events have come into our lives from being part of the Xenaverse.

2002, Jo Marriott, Carly Bramwell, “Maid Marion, Meet Xena”, in Nikki Stafford, editor, How Xena Changed Our Lives: True Stories by Fans for Fans, page 72:

The task of mapping the online Xenaverse is, of course, an impossible one. The Xenaverse is too expansive, too unstructured, too fluid and fast moving to be charted; […]

2003, Sara Gwellian-Jones, “Histories, Fictions and Xena: Warrior Princess”, in Will Brooker, Deborah Jermyn, editors, The Audience Studies Reader, page 188:

For instance, when I lived in Italy a couple of years ago, I stumbled across the Italian Xenaverse.

2005, Anik LaChev, "Fan Fiction: A Genre And Its (Final?) Frontiers", Spectator, Volume 25, Number 1, Spring 2005, page 91

(fandom slang) The fandom of Xena: Warrior Princess.


ξωτικό

xotikó (romanization)
ξωτικά (plural)
ξωτικό (nominative singular)
ξωτικά (nominative plural)
ξωτικού (genitive singular)
ξωτικών (genitive plural)
ξωτικό (accusative singular)
ξωτικά (accusative plural)
ξωτικό (singular vocative)
ξωτικά (plural vocative)

From Byzantine Greek ἐξωτικόν (exōtikón), with aphesis. Doublet of εξωτικός (exotikós).

Ο γιος μου ντύθηκε ξωτικό για τις Απόκριες.

O gios mou ntýthike xotikó gia tis Apókries.

(mythology, folklore) elf, sprite, imp, pixie, gnome (any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings)


animeverse

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GoF

(politics) Abbreviation of Gang of Four.


dweomercraft

From Middle English dwemercraft, from Middle English dweomercræft (“magic; sorcery”), equivalent to dweomer + -craft.

der

There was an ominous tendency among people who considered themselves "upper class" to dismiss the art he practiced as well as all the other elements of Dweomercraft. It was frightening.

As he always did when confronted by his old teacher in dweomercraft, Salamander felt profoundly guilty, even though this time he'd done nothing wrong.

It used to be known for dweomercraft, the craft of healers, magicians, those who know spells, those who know the sourcery of words.

2008, Jane MacNamee, In Her Element: Women and the Landscape - An Anthology:

(rare, fantasy) Magic; magical arts; jugglery.


dimoni

Borrowed from Latin daemonium, from Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion), substantivised adjective from δαίμων (daímōn).


tokusatsu

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tokusatsu.wav

A Japanese genre of film and television drama featuring superheroes and special effects.


white magic

Widespread popular tolerance of white magic thus helped to mitigate the rigours of the law.

1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 238:

(idiomatic) Magic derived from good or benign forces, as distinct from evil or malevolent forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing good or giving aid.


hypersleep

suspended animation
suspended animation#English

(science fiction) A form of suspended animation in which the body's functions are not merely slowed down but halted entirely.


cybersuit

The notion of a second skin may still be more seductive in the imagining than the reality, but on the utopian side of the Blade Runner there is the prospect of cybersuits, made possible by petrochemical fabrics.

1999, Herbert Blau, Nothing in itself: complexions of fashion, page 268:

Just as these suits make cybersex possible, they let the physician poke and feel, using cybergloves on one end and the patient's cybersuit responding on the other.

2002, Douglas Mulhall, Our molecular future:

He was looking at a small flexible screen wrapped halfway around his forearm, meshed into the fabric of his cybersuit.

2010, Sam Fisher, E-FORCE: State of Emergency, page 61:

(science fiction) A hypothetical suit of clothing that augments the wearer's capabilities by means of computer technology.


変身

Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Shapeshifting
ja:変身

Probably from Middle Chinese as compound 變身 (MC pjenH syin, “change” + “body; self”). Compare modern Mandarin 變身／变身 (biànshēn).
First attested in Japanese in 1060.

ltc-l

shapeshifting, a transformation of one's body, particularly of a human into some other creature or form


変身

A shout called out when metamorphising into one's powerful alter-ego. Found in tokusatsu, mecha and magical girl fiction.


変身

変身する (canonical)
henshin suru (romanization)
変身し (stem)
変身した (past)
変身し
へんしんし
henshin shi
変身する
へんしんする
henshin suru
変身すれ
へんしんすれ
henshin sure
変身せよ (imperative literary)
変身しろ (colloquial imperative)
へんしんせよ (imperative literary)
へんしんしろ (colloquial imperative)
henshin seyo (imperative literary)
henshin shiro (colloquial imperative)
変身される (passive)
へんしんされる (passive)
henshin sareru (passive)
変身させる (causative)
変身さす (causative)
へんしんさせる (causative)
へんしんさす (causative)
henshin saseru (causative)
henshin sasu (causative)
変身できる (potential)
へんしんできる (potential)
henshin dekiru (potential)
変身しよう (volitional)
へんしんしよう (volitional)
henshin shiyō (volitional)
変身しない (negative)
へんしんしない (negative)
henshin shinai (negative)
変身せず (continuative negative)
へんしんせず (continuative negative)
henshin sezu (continuative negative)
変身します (formal)
へんしんします (formal)
henshin shimasu (formal)
変身した (perfective)
へんしんした (perfective)
henshin shita (perfective)
変身して (conjunctive)
へんしんして (conjunctive)
henshin shite (conjunctive)
変身すれば (conditional hypothetical)
へんしんすれば (conditional hypothetical)
henshin sureba (conditional hypothetical)

to shapeshift, to transform physically into some other creature or form


antispinward

en-adv

antispinward (comparative more antispinward, superlative most antispinward)

more antispinward (comparative)
most antispinward (superlative)

To antispinward was the largest mountain men had ever seen.

1970 October, Larry Niven, Ringworld, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 152:

My fathers and mothers tell that we have been moving to antispinward since they were little. They remember that they had to go around a great sea, but they did not come too close, because the beasts would not eat the plants that grow around the shore.

1978, Galileo: Magazine of Science & Fiction, Boston, Mass.: Avenue Victor Hugo Publishers, page 77:

Laura imagined that he would expect them to flee along the beams, and she watched his narrow face searching the impenetrable shadows antispinward of where they hid.

1985, Nancy Kress, Trinity and Other Stories, New York, N.Y.: Bluejay Books, →ISBN, page 214:

Edna's language was peppered with the unfamiliar. You found your way around a spinning space habitat by going spinward or antispinward or axisward ...

2007, Arthur C. Clarke with Stephen Baxter, Firstborn [A Time Odyssey; 3], New York, N.Y.: Del Rey Books; Ballantine Books, →ISBN:

antispinward adv. in or toward the opposite direction that something (a space station, galaxy, etc.) is rotating.

2007, Jeff Prucher, editor, Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9:

"[…] You would fall against the anti-spinward wall and slide down along that wall until you hit the floor ..." / "Whoa, whoa, whoa ..." Lars interrupted. "Anti-spinward? What in the world?" / "Moving in the same direction as the Station's direction of spin is considered spinward. Moving in the direction opposite the spin is considered anti-spinward. You sound like a boy asking what one does with his hands when the rollercoaster car leaves the track."

2015, Steven Burgauer, Skullcap, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN:

(often science fiction) In a rotating reference frame, against the direction of spin.


Browncoat

From brown + coat, after a kind of soldier in the TV series that wore brown coats as uniforms.

(fandom slang) A fan of the TV series Firefly.


goblinoid

(fantasy) A being having the appearance or characteristics of a goblin.


magic lamp

(Arab folklore, Arabic fiction and derived works) An oil lamp that can be rubbed in order to summon a genie who grants wishes.

Arab folklore; Arabic fiction and derived works; Arab folklore; Arabic fiction and derived works


ܕܝܘܐ

daywā (romanization)
ܕܝܘܐ (plural)
ܕܝܘ (absolute singular)
ܕܝܘܝܢ (absolute plural)
ܕܝܘ (construct singular)
ܕܝܘܝ (construct plural)
ܕܝܘܐ (emphatic singular)
ܕܝܘܐ (emphatic plural)
ܕܝܘܝ (common-gender first-person possessive singular)
ܕܝܘܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܕܝܘܝܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܕܝܘܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܕܝܘܝܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܕܝܘܗ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܕܝܘܘܗܝ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܕܝܘܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܕܝܘܝܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܕܝܘܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܕܝܘܝܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܕܝܘܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܕܝܘܝܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܕܝܘܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܕܝܘܝܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܕܝܘܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܕܝܘܝܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܕܝܘܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)
ܕܝܘܝܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)

From Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (daiva-). Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (ŠDYA /dēw/) and Persian دیو (div).


Sette Nani

i Sette Nani (canonical masculine plural)

the Seven Dwarfs (fairy tale and Disney characters)


vampiredom

Frozen at the age he was when vampiredom was thrust upon him (in the great influenza epidemic of 1918), Edward is now eternally a younger man, while Jake’s 16 and holding.

2007 August 12, Liesl Schillinger, “Children’s Books / Young Adult”, in New York Times:

The state of being a vampire; vampirehood.


peryton

Coined by the translator Norman Thomas di Giovanni translating Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings, from Borges' invented Spanish peritio. Astrophysical use began with a paper by S. Burke-Spolaor et al. (see quotations).

Despite a trend mimicking that expected from dispersion, such deviations decisively distinguish the pulses’ frequency-dependence from a delay induced by interstellar propagation. Hereafter we distinguish these detections with the name “Perytons,” representing the non-dispersive, highly swept, terrestrial signals exhibited by the pulses. (The name is chosen from mythology to be unassociated with an exact physical phenomenon, due to the ambiguous origin of the detections; Perytons are winged elk that cast the shadow of a man.)

2011 January 20, S. Burke-Spolaor et al., “Radio Bursts with Extragalactic Spectral Characteristics Show Terrestrial Origins”, in The Astrophysical Journal, volume 727, number 1:

Three of these FRBs are factors of >3 narrower than any documented peryton.

2013 July 5, D. Thornton et al., “A Population of Fast Radio Bursts at Cosmological Distances”, in Science, volume 341, number 6141, pages 53–56:

In this model, the Lorimer burst, which was detected in three adjacent beams of the multibeam receiver, occupies a place between traditional FRB events and traditional peryton events and is believed to have occurred at some distance from the detector close to the Fresnel scale for Parkes, 20 km.

2014 June 10, E. Petrov et al., “An Absence of Fast Radio Bursts at Intermediate Galactic Latitudes”, in Astrophysics Journal Letters, volume 789, number 2:

(astronomy) A radio signal which appears to come from outside the galaxy but is actually produced by terrestrial sources.


河童

/kapawarapa/ → /kawawappa/ → /kawappa/ → /kappa/
Originally a compound of 川 (kapa → kawa, “river”) + 童 (warapa → wappa, “child”).

com

1999 September 23, “ひょうすべ [Hyōsube]”, in Vol.5, Konami:

A kappa boss with low defense strength, but surprisingly high attack strength.

カッパの親分。攻撃力は意外と高い。守備力は低め。

Kappa no oyabun. Kōgekiryoku wa igai to takai. Shubiryoku wa hikume.

2000 July 13, “サイコ・カッパー [Psycho Kappar]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant －ファラオのしもべ－, Konami:

This kappa evades attack damage with his ESP.

いろいろな超能力を使い、攻撃のダメージを防ぐカッパ。

Iroiro na chōnōryoku o tsukai, kōgeki no damēji o fusegu kappa.

(Japanese mythology, folklore) a river-dwelling imp or monster from Japanese folklore


Ρουμπελστίλτσκιν

head

Ρουμπελστίλτσκιν • (Roumpelstíltskin) m (indeclinable)


half blood

(law) A person who shares one parent with another; a half-sibling.


yokai

From Japanese 妖怪 (yōkai, “ghost, phantom”).

(folklore, Japanese mythology) Any of various supernatural monsters, sometimes shapeshifters, in Japanese folklore.


aonbheannach

aonbheannach m (genitive singular aonbheannaigh, nominative plural aonbheannaigh)

aonbheannaigh (genitive singular)
aonbheannaigh (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
aonbheannach (indefinite singular)
aonbheannaigh (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a aonbheannaigh (indefinite singular)
a aonbheannacha (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
aonbheannaigh (indefinite singular)
aonbheannach (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an t-aonbheannach (definite singular)
na haonbheannaigh (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an aonbheannaigh (definite singular)
na n-aonbheannach (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an aonbheannach (definite singular)
don aonbheannach (definite singular)
leis na haonbheannaigh (definite plural)
aonbheannach
n-aonbheannach
haonbheannach
t-aonbheannach

From Old Irish óenbennach (“one-horned; unicorn”) equivalent to aon- (“one-, uni-”) + beann (“antler”) + -ach.


Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu

the Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu (canonical)

law (“rule”) + of + conservation (“preservation”) + of + ninjutsu (“a martial art used by ninjas”)
The law implies that each team of ninjas has the same finite amount of "power" of martial arts, therefore a team with fewer ninjas has more powerful ninjas.

> The more creativity and ingenuity you give your aliens, the less is
> available for your humans, generally the protagonists, which means
> things will end poorly for Our Heroes. [...]
Sort of like a SCIENCE application of the Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu?

2007 December 3, sw <sw@eyrie.org>, “Re: Why so few creative aliens?”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), message-ID <slrnfl8dbu.6gg.sw@haven.eyrie.org>:

In other words, if I can tweak the minion->normal->elite->solo system into a^([sic]) in-game representation of the Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu, there will be much win.

2008 May 19, Nockermensch <ralgomes@gmail.com>, “Re: Ampersand: The Scoop on D&D Insider”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet), message-ID <11398510-50ce-4342-a223-ca68b86c8b89@25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com>:

The Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu was working in the main characters' favor, but even so, it was hard going.

2011 February 19, Andrew Perron <pwerdna@gmail.com>, “LNH/RACCies: Just Imagine Saxon Brenton vs. Andrew Perron in the Return of the RACCies! #10: Poledancing Phantoms of Limbo”, in rec.arts.comics.creative (Usenet), message-ID <1hmvlegtnnkih$.1p14289mto1ro.dlg@40tude.net>:

(narratology, fiction, informal, humorous) The ability of one or few people to win fights against many opponents.


spaceling

Thanks to the latest graphics technology, almost all of those spacelings will be ready for their close-ups.

2007 October 16, Seth Schiesel, “Elves Are Out, Aliens In”, in New York Times: