femme fan

en-noun

femme fan (plural femme fans or femme fen)

Here was a picture whose screen fortunes must have caused much uncertainty as to the femme fan reaction. As it turns out all the signs are that the woman angle is favorable and that sets the picture for better than average money at the box office

1931 February 18, Alfred Rushford Greason, “Dracula”, in Variety:

Samuel Merwin, Jr., editor of Thrilling Wonder Stories, said much the same when he lamented in the December, 1946 (p. 100) that he didn't have a letter from a "femme fan" to publish that month and encouraged his female readers to send in letters.

1946 December, Eric Leif Davin, quoting Samuel Merwin, Jr., Partners in Wonder, published 2006, →ISBN:

Both reviews singled out the fact that Como's songs were greeted by a "frenzied screaming from the teenage femme fan fringe that follows Como around."

c. 1953, Malcolm Macfarlane, Ken Crossland, Perry Como: A Biography and Complete Career Record, published 2009, →ISBN, page 86:

Trust a femme-fan to start a stream-of-consciousness conversation every time.

1959, Terry Carr, Ron Ellik (as Carl Brandon), “The End”, in The BNF of Iz, archived from the original on 2013-07-21:

(dated, fandom slang) A female fan, particularly of science fiction.


trufan

From tru- (“true, genuine”) + fan. The irregular plural is derived from fen, itself formed in anology with men and women.

On either side of him were numerous parks and gardens, great and small, and of varying types of beauty, and in them walked shining, godlike figures whom he knew to be Trufans.

1954 February 20, Walt Willis, Bob Shaw, chapter 18, in The Enchanted Duplicator, page 26:

And even though I have gone on to find other interests, I remain at heart a "trufan."

1975 March, Joe Pumilia, “The Vulcan Invasion”, in KPFT, volume 2, number 7, page 1:

It is difficult to put into words, but for the "trufan" science-fiction or the magazines entered his life more than a hobby and only a little less than a vocation. Over and over one encounters the statement that when a trufan discovered science-fiction he/she found a fulfillment.

1998, Everett Franklin Bleiler, Science-fiction: The Gernsback Years, →ISBN, Introduction, page xxix:

(fandom slang) A very active and dedicated fan, particularly of science fiction.


wincest

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Oh I see, so if they were over the age of 18 you wouldn't be having "wincest" with them as you put it, huh?

2009 October 22, Onideus Mad Hatter [username], “Re: Tomba's pedo website ...ripe for hacking”, in alt.support.boy-lovers (Usenet):

5. Powerpuff Girls wincest (It's basically an act of hot sex between family members, which makes it WINcest according to www.urbandictionary.com).

2009 October 27, Ashleigh Johnson, “Playboy steals the Internet's idea”, in The Daily Titan, volume 85, number 27, California State University, Fullerton, page 6:

(slang, with a positive connotation, originally anime, fandom slang) incest, usually of two siblings.


-mance

I very much look forward to this on my Dorianmance playthrough.

My Andersmance was taken at a more leisurely pace, so I really got into the depth and grief over his character and his romance.

My own Galemance run will go full swing once my Astarionmance one wraps up, so more to come soon ☺

2023 September 19, Irma 'Aimo (@aimostudio), Twitter:

(fandom slang, video games) A suffix attached to a noun or character's name to create a word for an in-game romance subplot or mechanic.


stfnal

en-adj

stfnal (comparative more stfnal, superlative most stfnal)

more stfnal (comparative)
most stfnal (superlative)

Of or pertaining to scientifiction or science fiction.


ornithoid

(science fiction, fantasy) Any bird-like creature.


stfan

Los Angeles Futurians were entertained last nite by Walt Sullivan, visiting stfan

(fandom slang, dated) fan of science fiction


stf

(dated, fandom slang) Abbreviation of scientifiction.


sakuga

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sakuga-quality animation

The animation is superb, with high level fluid sakuga being prominent throughout.

2013, Luke Halliday, Cowboy Bebop Remastered Sessions Collection 1 Review, Capsule Computers:

Series that usually have to make do with unimpressive visuals have some of the most incredible highlights in the whole industry, and that stark contrast has been the wakeup call for many sakuga fans out there.

2015, Kevin Cirugeda, “The Joy of Sakuga”, in Anime News Network:

In Japanese animation (anime), a sequence of noticeably higher quality, used to highlight a particularly important scene.


gárgula

pt-noun

gárgula f or (rare, nonstandard) m (plural gárgulas)

(fantasy) gargoyle (grotesque winged creature)


uberfic

Kate Bolin cited the mellow, friendly, castrated Spike; another example would be the alternate universes which are popping up with increasing frequency these days: you know, the kind of almost-but-not-quite-uberfic where everything's so different from the show that the author has to literally reconceptualize about half the characters to get them all in so everyone up to and including Jonathan will have somebody to exchange bodily fluids with.

1999 June 21, David Hines, “Re: Hmm...Willow and Angel?”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

On a related topic, it occurred to me t'other day to wonder whether there was in fact any Uberfic in existence before "The Xena Scrolls".

1999 June 24, damaged justice [username], “First known Uberfic sighting? (was Re: Season 2 Review: "The Xena Scrolls")”, in alt.tv.xena (Usenet):

There are a few genres where you can get away with it (Xena/Gabrielle uberfic, for example -- S.X. Meagher's I Found My Heart In San Francisco series was repubished^([sic]) in a slightly different form; […]

2003 October 19, Shalon Wood, “Re: {ASSD} Hijacked! I feel like one of the gang now.”, in alt.sex.stories.d (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A genre of alternate universe fan fiction which features archetypes of canon characters (including ancestors, descendants, and reincarnations) living in a different time, setting, or reality than that found in canon.


Donkey Kong

Named after the Nintendo video game character Donkey Kong.

Let's get one thing straight, donkey kongs--I SERVE *NO ONE* BUT MYSELF, AT *ALL* TIMES, […]

1995 August 8, Zoogz Rift [username], “I'm not on this planet to serve YOU, ASSHOLES”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):

HEY DONKEY KONGS!
IF YOU RACIST SAY THAT THE "TAMILS CURSE IS HAUNTING SL CRICKET" […]

1996 January 26, P. DE SILVA, “Re: IS TAMILS CURSE HAUNTING SL CRICKET TEAM?!”, in soc.culture.sri-lanka (Usenet):

Well, if the retarded islamic DONKEY KONGS without any question, believe that HEAVEN awaits these dog shit heads after committing atrocity against humanity - both islamic and non-islamic, karmic reality is a better alternative.

1998 November 3, PAKI BASH [username], “Re: Too hot for Hindu Hoodlums?”, in soc.culture.indian (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory) An uncivilized or ill-mannered person; a boor.


Шүлгән

head

Шүлгән • (Şülgən)

ba-noun

Шүлгән • (Şülgən)

Şülgən (romanization)
Шүлгән (absolute singular-only)
Шүлгәндең (definite genitive singular-only)
Шүлгәнгә (dative singular-only)
Шүлгәнде (accusative definite singular-only)
Шүлгәндә (locative singular-only)
Шүлгәндән (ablative singular-only)

Cognate with Yakut сүлүүкүн (sülüükün, “water spirit”).
Akhmetyanov suggests a derivation from Chinese 水 (shuǐ, “water”) 龍／龙 (lóng, “dragon”) 王 (wáng, “king”).

cog

Ural-batyr (Bashkir folk epic):

Минең әсәм – Айһылыу, // Атам Шүлгән булғандыр, // Шүлгән һиңә туғандыр.
Mineñ əsəm – Ayhılıw, // Atam Şülgən bulğandır, // Şülgən hiñə tuğandır.
My mother is Ayhïlïw, my father was Shulgan, Shulgan is your relative.

In Bashkir epic tales, a mythical ruler of the underwater world, Shulgan


manfiction

He sang the praises of Elmore Leonard, Chabon, Malamud and a host of tough-guy “manfiction” novelists, to use his affectionately satirical term.

2007 March 18, Ben Neihart, “Prince of Darkness”, in The New York Times:

And current manfiction certainly gives women a better deal than they got in the pulps of yesteryear, when most were presented as barracuda debs in frilly negligees.

2008 October 12, Stephen King, “Who Says Real Men Don't Read?”, in Entertainment Weekly:

A professed affinity for Manfiction was a central tenet of this precarious Cool Girl identity; a Cool Girl was always ready to support the literary analysis presented by the dudes, even after consuming a fifth of bourbon at three in the morning.

2010, Amanda Hess (quoting Tiger Beatdown), "The Morning After: Manfiction and Mandles Edition", Washington City Paper, 1 June 2010

(informal) Literary fiction which appeals to, or is marketed toward, men, typically written by male authors and centering on male characters.


dick lit

dick (“penis”) + lit (“literature”), as a play on chick lit.

"I am really tired of reading about sad women and bad sex, especially in laddish terms - all that dick-lit stuff," she says dismissively.

2002 October 13, Jackie McGlone, “To hold but not to have”, in Scotland on Sunday:

She knew that he read books. Okay, so it was that trendy kind of real-life adventure-tragedy-on-Everest-in-Antarctica-in-Krakatoa-with-sharks-with-fire stuff. Sure, it was Dick Lit (a term Nina had coined in response to Chick Lit), but they were books, for god's sake, and not just the sports or business pages that many men considered "reading."

2004, Leslie Schur, The Dog Walker, Atria Books, →ISBN:

Peter Cameron's Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You has been touted as the current generation's Catcher in the Rye (both the Chbosky and Cameron titles provide teen dick lit alternatives to the many adolescent chick lit offerings).

2009, Malina Saval, The Secret Lives of Boys: Inside the Raw Emotional World of Male Teens, Basic Books, →ISBN:

(informal, vulgar) Literature which appeals to, or is marketed toward, male readers.


stfcon

Blend of stf (“scientifiction”) + convention.

blend

From the smogbound coast of Calif to the 'tater farms of Maine
We will see you-all in Portland when it's stfcon time again!

1950 January, Art Rapp, editor, Spacewarp, number 34, pages 17–21:

Scene: A street in Eugene, Oregon, site of the 17th World Stfcon

1951 November, Lee Hoffman, “The Tragedy of Fannius McCainius”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 1, page 23:

Externally no-one would imagine there was a stfcon going on, no beanies, zap guns (or water pistols) in fact no fun at all.

1952 October, “Contemplations (part 2)”, in Fred J. Robinson, editor, Straight Up, volume 1, number 5:

(fandom slang, dated) convention of science fiction fans.


fantastyka

fantastyka (nominative singular)
fantastyki (genitive singular)
fantastyce (dative singular)
fantastykę (accusative singular)
fantastyką (instrumental singular)
fantastyce (locative singular)
fantastyko (singular vocative)

speculative fiction (class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements)


Sherlocked

en-adj

Sherlocked (comparative more Sherlocked, superlative most Sherlocked)

more Sherlocked (comparative)
most Sherlocked (superlative)

After last week's first episode we are all most definitely Sherlocked, and can't wait for tonight's take on the seminal sleuth's most infamous case, The Hound Of The Baskervilles.

Wit and technical wizardry aside, the new series should draw a large audience because Sherlocked fans everywhere want to know how their hero faked his own death.

2014 January 16, Addison Engelking, “Watching The Detective”, in Memphis Flyer:

To to all of the Sherlocked fans, the new series will be coming back in 2016, […]

2014, Hannah Choe, "Sherlock Is Late and We Are Sad", The San Mateo Hi (San Mateo High School), Volume 92, Number 6, 11 April 2014, page 8

(fandom slang) Addicted to the television series Sherlock.


assal horizontology

Coined on the TV show The Simpsons in 1995, as a quasi-medical term. See ass, -al, horizontal, -ology.

Dr. Nick Riviera: "I recommend a slow, steady gorging process, combined with assal horizontology."

1995 November 5, “King-Size Homer”, in The Simpsons, season 7, episode 7, Matt Groening et al. (actors), production code 3F05:

Just as Yohann is restored to his proper state of Assal Horizontology, an audible cricking noise - his knuckles and neck - rings around the hall.

17 December 2000, Talen, “Re: [GRIT] Sleepers Unbound (Was: The Last Day ~ The Dawn of Atlantis)”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

what does he have a degree in? / Assal horizontology.

24 February 2001, The IRS, “Re: Comic Book Guy Trivia”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):

Don't forget the Choco-tastic!!! / assal horizontology.

14 March 2002, Billy J. Dancefloor, “Re: tonight's episode (3-13-02)”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):

(humorous, rare) The act of sitting around doing nothing for long periods of time.


Desdemona

Coined based on Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-) + δαίμων (daímōn), hence "ill-fated, unfortunate".

As I looked out of the corner of my eye at this savagely picturesque fellow, wondering where was his Desdemona, a dainty and remarkably pretty piece of femininity entered the car, advanced to our table and sat herself beside Othello.

1919, Lee Meriwether, The War Diary of a Diplomat:

On the first of these days' amusements ( I know not what year ) Frank took offence at some attentions paid his Desdemona, and walked away next morning to London in wrath.

1848, James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, page 77:

Luria, the Moor of Florence, is a sentimentally magnanimous Othello without his passions and without his Desdemona.

2005, Boyd Litzinger, Donald Smalley, Robert Browning: The Critical Heritage, page 260:

Devastated by early losses, the narcissistic lover is unable to live with his Desdemona because he is unable to live without his idealization of her.

2012, Alvin O. Korte, Nosotros: A Study of Everyday Meanings in Hispano New Mexico:

Othello's wife in Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, noted for being a victim of jealousy.


Kwyjibo

Taken from a nonsense word (supposedly meaning "A big, dumb, balding North American ape with no chin and a short temper") used in the 1990 episode "Bart the Genius" of the TV show The Simpsons.

An iron oxide-copper-gold deposit in Grenville, Quebec.


trollfic

en-noun

trollfic (countable and uncountable, plural trollfics)

Hmm. I always seem to be late to these threads... perhaps too much trollfic.. I mean, traffic?

1999 April 3, ACMCE [username], “Re: I Just Can't Stop Watching You...”, in rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc (Usenet):

Or it may be trollfic, designed to gross out the newsgroup.

1999 July 5, lee burwasser, “Re: Muldertorture, Scullytorture, Krycektorture, Skinnertorture, and Character Attacks”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

The fact that “My Immortal” is so poorly written and so (apparently, possibly?) meta about its story-within-a-story frame, and furthermore features so many (apparently, possibly?) self-reflexive, self-implicating jokes (at one point in the narrative, Ebony pulls out a “Hot Topic Loyalty card”) (ibid), suggests that, perhaps, “My Immortal” isn’t “real” fan fiction at all, but instead is “trollfic” or “badfic”—deliberately and excruciatingly bad fan fiction created for the explicit purpose of messing with a given fan community, even if a person happens to be a member of that community.

2017, Whitney Phillips, "'You're terrible, don't ever change!': How Identity, Rule Following, and Research Roadblocks Lend Meaning to Ambivalent Fan Engagement", in The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom (Melissa A. Click & Suzanne Scott), page 134

(uncountable, fandom slang) Such fan fiction collectively.


surrender monkey

surrender monkey (plural surrender monkeys)

cheese-eating surrender monkey
cheese-eating surrender monkey#English

Ellipsis of cheese-eating surrender monkey.


Stokerian

en-adj

Stokerian (comparative more Stokerian, superlative most Stokerian)

more Stokerian (comparative)
most Stokerian (superlative)

Of or relating to Bram Stoker (1847–1912), Irish novelist and short story writer, best known for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula.


stfdom

A monumental job by the VAMPIRE man, a 76-page ship of the line, featuring intelligent reviews of all phases of fandom and professional stfdom which features perhaps the best of the annual polls on just about everything.

1947 July, Startling Stories, volume 15, number 3, page 110:

Brotherly love is an old line, but stfdom is a living example that it will work.

1951 December, Wilkie Conner, “Konner's Korner”, in Quandry, number 16, archived from the original on 2011-06-07, pages 11–12:

(dated, fandom slang) The subculture of science fiction fans, the community of science fiction writers and fans.


stfandom

Blend of stf (“scientifiction”) + fandom

blend

And of course Sam Moskowitz, like Old Man Time Stream, rolls on forever with his monumental THE IMMORTAL STORM, a history of stfandom.

1947 May, Sam Merwin, Jr., “Review of Science Fiction Fan Publications”, in Startling Stories, volume 15, number 2, page 110:

But don't let it throw you. We have another hunch that stfandom will still be around after the rocket has returned to Earth—either on some high plateau or the slimy swampbottoms—complete with fads and feuds and foolish if quasi-endearing fripperies.

1950 September, “Wither Stf?”, in Startling Stories, volume 22, number 1, pages 143–144:

(dated, fandom slang) The subculture of science fiction fans


stfilm

Either abbreviation of scientifilm, or blend of stf (“scientifiction”) + film.

A Stfilm Committee of five were appointed to meet on Fridays, and plan the whole film project.

1940 May, Thrilling Wonder Stories, volume 16, number 2, page 128:

The report was that Earl had been attending the screening of chapter six of a new stfilm, The Underseas Kingdom with Crash Corrigan or something like that.

1951 November, Lee Hoffman, “The Lives and Deaths of Earl Tuckleton”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 1, page 5:

(dated, fandom slang) A film in the science fiction genre.


pressor beam

From press + -or and beam. Analogous to "presser beam", a beam that presses, as the inverse of tractor beam. Coined by American science fiction author E. E. Smith in 1931 in his novel Spacehounds of IPC, first serialized in Amazing Stories.

coin

Onward and upward flashed the gigantic duplex cone, its entire whirling mass laced and latticed together—into one mammoth unit by green tractor beams and red pressors.

1931 September, E. E. "Doc" Smith, “Spacehounds of IPC”, in Amazing Stories, volume 6, number 6, page 560:

By the way they're braced, there are tractor beams and pressor beams and—there are vacuum tubes that have grids but apparently work with cold cathodes.

1945 June, Murray Leinster, “The Ethical Equations”, in Astounding Science Fiction, volume 35, number 4, page 122:

A pressor beam lashed out, and invisible hammer blow of repulsion, five times the strength of the enemy tractor.

1956 September, Poul Anderson, “Margin of Profit”, in Astounding Science Fiction, volume 58, number 1, page 58:

(science fiction) A device that generates a beam that repels other objects; or the beam itself.


repulsor beam

From repulse + -or and beam, a beam that repulses.

Installed at the center of mass and set to repulsor-beam, this one would be able to move the entire planetoid from its orbit.

1958 November, Poul Anderson, “A Bicycle Built for Brew”, in Astounding Science Fiction, volume 62, number 3:

Hooked my model tractor beam into ship's power. Now it's a repulsor beam too. Want in?

1987, Dorothy Catherine Fontana, “The Naked Now”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton):

I always wondered how cloud city in ESB stay afloat and does not fall? Is it some kind of repulsor beam, or what?

1995 July 15, Umut Nurkan, “How does cloud city float?”, in rec.arts.sf.starwars (Usenet), message-ID <1995Jul14.190422.22468@hobbes.kzoo.edu>:

No, that indicates a cloaked Romulan vessel with a repulsor beam.

2008 February 20, Iarnrod, “Re: WTC Towers: The case for controlled demolition”, in alt.conspiracy (Usenet):

(science fiction) A device that emits an energy beam capable of pushing away other objects.


stfantasy

Either abbreviation of scientifantasy, or blend of stf (“scientifiction”) + fantasy.

blend

The average stefnist eats up good stfantasy, has an exaggerated idea of its literary merit, and will leap to defend it against detractors.

1944, John Bristol Speer, Fancyclopedia, page 69:

First, many thanks for giving us a de Camp tale. He is, to me, the most literate writer ever produced by stfantasy.

1947 April, C. Oliver, Thrilling Wonder Stories, page 98:

The usual melange of serious articles on stfantasy and its personalities, copiously interspersed with advertising. If you collect, sell, trade, or read fantasy or stf you cannot do without this one.

1950 September, Francis Towner Laney, “Fanzine Scope”, in Spacewarp, number 42, page 63:

After all, it was these same "parasites" who did much to keep science-fiction going in the dark days when stfantasy was the skeleton in the closet of literature — they supported it, they introduced it to their friends, they risked ridicule because they were intelligent enough to believe in what they liked.

1951 July, Chad Oliver, “QX Fella! We Got the Jets for the Job! [letter]”, in Planet Stories, volume 5, number 1, page 65:

(dated, fandom slang) The overall field of literature containing the genres of science fiction and fantasy fiction; imaginative fiction; speculative fiction.


presser beam

We'll have them in three days, and it ought to be fairly simple to dope out the opposite of a tractor, too—a pusher or presser beam.

1931 September, E. E. "Doc" Smith, “Spacehounds of IPC”, in Amazing Stories, volume 6, number 6, page 544:

(science fiction) Alternative form of pressor beam


energy weapon

The window display was made up of an assortment of rather curiously shaped guns, rifles as well as small arms; and a glowing sign in the window stated: THE FINEST ENERGY WEAPONS IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE.

1941 July, Alfred Elton van Vogt, “The Seesaw”, in Astounding Science Fiction, volume 27, number 5, page 60:

A weapon that fires a beam or pulse of energy instead of a projectile.


uchronia

From French uchronie, formed (after utopia) from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not”) + Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + -ia.

af

Mercier's resort to uchronia, on the other hand, initiates a new paradigm for utopian literature not only by setting action in a specific future chronologically connected to our past and present but even more crucially by characterizing that future as one belonging to progress and thus linked causally if not immediately to the reader's time.

1987, Paul K. Alkon, Origins of Futuristic Fiction, page 127:

For Portelli, uchronia comprises 'that amazing scene in which the author imagines what would have happened if a certain historical event had not taken place'.

2007, Andy Wood, The 1549 Rebellions and the Making of Early Modern England, page 211:

This uchronia actually exerted some influence in its time, converting many readers to socialism because they wanted to live in the world of Bellamy's vision.

2011, Lealand B Yeager, Is the Market a Test of Truth and Beauty?, page 389:

An idealized or fictional conception of a particular period of time, especially in the past.


FAFIA

Acronym of Forced Away From It All. After GAFIA (Getting Away From It All). Used in early science fiction fandom.

He contributed wit and whimsy to virtually all the major English fanzines for the next few years, but gradually lapsed into fafia under the increasing responsibilities of marriage and jobs.

1964 November, “[Preface to] The Most Unforgettable Lupin Man I Ever Met”, in Terry Carr, editor, Entropy, number 1, archived from the original on 2019-12-23, page 21:

WWII was the worst in that a large number of fans were in the Armed forces or other Fafia inducing activities.

1975, Elliot Weinstein, The Fillostrated Fan Dictionary, page 140:

Just a quick note that AOL has once again stopped sending me newsgroup postings. Not sure why, and not sure when they will resume again. But FAFIA for the moment.

2002 April 30, Harry Andruschak <pearlyandharry@aol.comity>, “Re: Out of touch”, in alt.support.menopause (Usenet), message-ID <20020429233727.12043.00004542@mb-ck.aol.com>:

(dated, fandom slang) The state of exiting or becoming inactive in fandom due to other obligations.


andy

From android + -y, coined by Philip K. Dick in his 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.

Well, no intelligence test would trap such an andy. But then, intelligence tests hadn't trapped an andy in years, not since the primordial, crude varieties of the '70s.

1968, Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?:

1989, Ron Goulart (ghostwriting as William Shatner), TekWar
These damn andies can pass for humans, as can most of the more expensive andies these days.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick


fafiate

From FAFIA (“forced away from it all”) + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

After she got that job she became a fafiate.

(dated, fandom slang, science fiction) A science fiction fan who has become inactive in the fandom community due to other obligations.


blue pill

Antonym of red pill; rejecting the red pill philosophy.


marreta

From marra (“heavy hammer used to break things”) + -eta.

affix

(Portugal) Muppet (a puppet by Jim Henson)


supersight

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The superpower of having remarkably acute vision.


вонземјанин

mk-noun

вонзе́мјанин

вонзе́мјанка

вонзе́мјански

вонзе́мјанин • (vonzémjanin) m (plural вонзе́мјани, feminine вонзе́мјанка, relational adjective вонзе́мјански)

вонзе́мјанин (canonical)
vonzémjanin (romanization)
вонзе́мјани (plural)
вонзе́мјанка (feminine)
вонзе́мјански (adjective relational)
вонземјанин (indefinite singular)
вонземјани (indefinite plural)
вонземјанинот (definite singular unspecified)
вонземјаните (definite plural unspecified)
вонземјанинов (definite proximal singular)
вонземјаниве (definite plural proximal)
вонземјанинон (definite distal singular)
вонземјанине (definite distal plural)
вонземјанину (singular vocative)
вонземјани (plural vocative)
вонземјанина (count-form plural)

mk-decl-noun-table

вонземјанинот

вонземјанинов

вонземјанинон

вонземјанину

вонземјанинје

вонземјаните

вонземјаниве

вонземјанине

вонземјанина

вон‧зем‧ја‧нин


stfsy

(dated, fandom slang) The overall genre containing science fiction and fantasy; speculative fiction.


Arya

From Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “reputable or reverend”) and its feminine form आर्या (ā́ryā).

der

Arya Nielsen, a senior clinical faculty member at our Institute, has also demonstrated this in her excellent work on surface stimulation […]

1999, Mark Seem, Acupuncture Physical Medicine, →ISBN:


stfanzine

Blend of stf (“scientifiction”) + fanzine (“fan magazine”).

blend

By the way, I hate horror yarns. Tough, but there is nothing to be done about it. You might start your own zine, if you want horror stories. Or send your manuscripts to SHIVERS or one of the other fanzines specializing in that branch of fantasy. This is a stfanzine.

1950 April, Arthur H. Rapp, “Timber!”, in Spacewarp, number 37, page 2:

(dated, fandom slang) An amateur magazine produced by and for fans of science fiction.


Brienne

Napoleon was nearly captured by the Cossacks after the Battle of Brienne, but was saved by one of his generals.

Napoleon arrived in Brienne on 15 May 1779.

2011, Frank McLynn, Napoleon: A Biography, →ISBN:

The town of Brienne-le-Château in France.

(obsolete) A surname from French. Ellipsis of de Brienne. Obsolete spelling of Bryan (“de Bryan”).

2009, Brienne J. Meyer, Adirondack Mycorrhizal and Saprobic Macromycetes

"You will call me Brienne. Not wench."

2000, George R. R. Martin, Song of Ice and Fire, Bk. 3, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 16:

(rare) A female given name, in occasional modern use.


stfield

Blend of stf (“scientifiction”) + field.

One probably should not say there was a trufan, even in posse, until the stfield had been defined by Amazing Stories.

1955, John Bristol Speer, “The Phanerofanish Eon”, in Fancestral Voices, page 79:

(dated, fandom slang) The province or domain of science fiction; the area in which science fiction is active.


stfnist

Either abbreviation of scientifictionist, or stf (“scientifiction”) + -ist.

It follows that no stfnist should be considered for one of the top places until he has been active for at least two years; many may run thru the cycle of fanac and make a big noise for a moment, then fizzle out.

1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II:

(dated, fandom slang) A fan or creator of science fiction; one involved in some aspect of science fiction.


врколак

vrkolak (romanization)
врколак (indefinite singular)
врколаци (indefinite plural)
врколакот (definite singular unspecified)
врколаците (definite plural unspecified)
врколаков (definite proximal singular)
врколациве (definite plural proximal)
врколакон (definite distal singular)
врколацине (definite distal plural)
врколаку (singular vocative)
врколаци (plural vocative)
врколака (count-form plural)


stfzine

Blend of stf (“scientifiction”) + zine (“magazine”).

Will trade stfzines, or what have you ... might even pay cash.

1950 April, Arthur H. Rapp, “Wanted”, in Spacewarp, number 37, page 29:

One of the few barbarisms I committed on the body of a stfzine was cutting out this chart to put in my high-school freshman science workbook.

1955, John Bristol Speer, “1934: The Making of a Fan”, in Fancestral Voices, page 110:

The average stfzine sold maybe 75,000 copies on a good day in the thirties when the population of the country was about 130 million. Today the population is rapidly approaching 239 million and the average stfzine still sells maybe 75,000 copies on a good day. If that many.

1968 March, Roy Tackett, “Section Eight [letter column]”, in Psychotic, number 24, page 28:

(dated, fandom slang) A science fiction magazine.


fans are slans

From slan and the novel Slan (1940) by A. E. Van Vogt. By analogy to the superior but persecuted mutants of Van Vogt's novel.

Under the title "Stfans -- Race of the Future", Joquel dissects the "fans are slans" theme which back in 1941 was being considered with a surprising amount of seriousness, and comes up with the obvious conclusion of phooey.

1950 March, F. Towner Laney, “Fanzine Scope”, in Spacewarp, number 36, pages 10–17:

FANS ARE SLANS Literally understood, "fans are superman mutants" -- or, at least, "fans are smarter than most people" -- but actual semantic content is according to the mood and attitude of the user.

"Fans are slans" is a way of saying that we're smarter than other people. (Which is true, actually, but rather impolite to bring up in mixed company.)

2000 April 27, Pete McCutchen, “Re: Mr. Ordover, I disagree”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), message-ID <4uvggsgbbt3gsqrobf2o1prj0offlhpuch@4ax.com>:

Fanish culture is very tribal in nature and overly concerned with superiority as fans are slans.

2003 November 8, Danny Low, “Re: Mundanes' secret weapon?”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <okbrqvghahmsaoc59jmjotlk60807s92i6@4ax.com>:

(dated, fandom slang) Science fiction fans are more intelligent and more creative than other people.


SMOF

Abbreviation of Secret Master Of Fandom. Coined by American science fiction author Jack Chalker.

abbreviation of

He is also, in case he is willing... no, not in case he is willing; anyway, whether he likes it or not... an Honorary Member of SMOF.

1963, Hal Clement, Proceedings of Discon, page 162:

Secret Masters of Fandom (SMOFs), people who consider themselves to be the real ‘rulers’ of fandom, making decisions by running fan politics. Actually, these poor fellows are suffering from delusions of grandeur. (Also, verb form: to smof.)

1978, Arthur Wilson "Bob" Tucker, The Neo-Fan's Guide to Science Fiction Fandom, page 10:

I know a lot of briefcase-carrying SMOF types that live to run cons.

1993 November 6, Jim Rittenhouse, “Re: Will some REAL fans please move to Chicago?”, in alt.fandom.cons (Usenet), message-ID <2bh88t$1ip@genesis.MCS.COM>:

Mary Manchester deserves special mention at this point. She appeared in few publications, yet she had such an influence on Star Trek fanzines that many considered her a SMOF, or Secret Master of Fandom.

2003, J. M. Verba, Boldly Writing, page 27:

Cabal Sometimes assumed to be a secretive organization responsible for the development of Wikipedia [...] The term is comparable to the use of the term SMOF in science fiction fandom.

2014, Dariusz Jemielniak, “Appendix B: Glossary of Wikipedia Slang”, in Common Knowledge?, →ISBN, page 205:

(fandom slang) One influential in science fiction fandom; one who organises a convention, publishes a fanzine or performs a similar activity.


smof

en-verb

smof (third-person singular simple present smofs, present participle smoffing, simple past and past participle smoffed)

smofs (present singular third-person)
smoffing (participle present)
smoffed (participle past)
smoffed (past)

Smoffing is a Way of Life.

the fen of science fiction fandom for whom fiawol descended on Boston this weekend for their annual worldcon to smof and to buy old fanzines.

1971 September 6, New York Times, page 17:

Then there's the semantic argument of smofdom. Ailsa, by discussing the nature of fandom, is smoffing. By smoffing, she risks becoming a smof. In fact, the more she discusses the nature of fandom, and who is or isn't a smof, the more likely she is to become one.

1998 October 21, Doug Wickstrom, “Re: Do Fans Beget Fans?”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <363a2926.8124211@netnews.worldnet.att.net>:

(fandom slang) To discuss fandom; to organise or direct fandom; to act in the manner of a SMOF.


mocinho

pt-noun

mocinho m (plural mocinhos, feminine mocinha, feminine plural mocinhas)

mocinhos (plural)
mocinha (feminine)
mocinhas (feminine plural)

(Brazil) good guy (a good character in a story)


faan fiction

en-noun

faan fiction (countable and uncountable, plural faan fictions)


neofan

COMING NEXT ISH: A department devoted to the BNF of tomorrow. 'Twill be the neofan of today who is the Tucker or Laney of tomorrow. So QUANDRY, the BNZ of tomorrow, will bring you biografies^([sic]) of lesser known fen.

1950 October, Lee Hoffman, “Chaos”, in Quandry, archived from the original on 2011-06-07, page 5:

I heard a couple of neofans boasting that they were going to have breakfast with him!

1988, Sharyn McCrumb, Bimbos of the Death Sun:

Huzzah! Hopefully we'll get some fans, neo-fans and even fanlings to join us.

2005 June, Ruth Davidson, “President's Message”, in National Fantasy Fan, volume 5, number 2, page 4:

For a while there, if three fans were swapping apazines, it’s a good bet that I was one of them. Not that I set a record for number of apas. Bruce Pelz, Robert Lichtman and a few other fans had made “omniapan-ism” fashionable among impressionable neofen like me. Bruce was not only in a lot of groups, but it seemed like he was Official Editor of half of them.

2006 May 20, Arnie Katz, “The Thin Veneer”, in confuSon, volume 1, number 4:

(dated, fandom slang, science fiction) A newcomer to science fiction; a fan who is extremely new and inexperienced with the genre; a beginner.


morto-vivo

pt-noun

morto-vivo m (plural mortos-vivos, feminine morta-viva, feminine plural mortas-vivas, metaphonic)

mortos-vivos (plural)
morta-viva (feminine)
mortas-vivas (feminine plural)
metaphonic (feminine plural)

Literally, “dead-alive”, or more loosely translated as “both dead and alive”.

lit

(fiction) zombie, an undead person or creature


máquina do tempo

pt-noun

máquina do tempo f (plural máquinas do tempo)

(fiction) time machine (device used to travel in time)


迪士尼

/ti³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ni³⁵/

/tɪk̚² siː²² nei̯²¹/

/diɪʔ¹¹ zz̩²² n̠ʲi²³/

/ti³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ni³⁵/

/tɪk̚² siː²² nei̯²¹/

/diɪʔ¹¹ zz̩²² n̠ʲi²³/


Bim, BEM, Bum

Clipping of bimbo + BEM (“Bug-Eyed Monster”) + bum (“incompetent man”). From a typical composition for the cover art of science fiction pulp magazines such as Thrilling Wonder Stories, notably by artists such as Earle K. Bergey and Rudolph Belarski, featuring a woman (the "Bim") being attacked or threatened by a monster (the "BEM"), while a man (the "Bum") protects her and/or attacks the monster.

(fandom slang, art) Retro art composition; composition stereotypical of the cover art of mid-20th-century science fiction pulp magazines.

Earle K. Bergey
Thrilling Wonder Stories


Belter

You noticed a habit of mine once. I never make gestures. All Belters have that trait. It's because on a small mining ship you could hit something waving your arms around.

1966 February, Larry Niven, “The Warriors”, in If, volume 16, number 2 (#99 overall), page 152:

Earth and Mars have been stepping on the necks of the Belters out here for over 100 years and I didn't want to be the boot.

2015 December 22, Remembering the Cant (The Expanse), season 1, episode 3, spoken by Jim Holden (Steven Strait):

(science fiction) An inhabitant of an asteroid belt, especially that between Mars and Jupiter.


SF/F/H

Abbreviation of Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror.

abbreviation of

The parent genre encompassing the genres of science fiction, fantasy fiction and horror fiction; speculative fiction; imaginative fiction; non-mimetic fiction.


ageless sleep

She is, indeed, most wondrous fair: Gold of sunshine in her hair. Lips that shame the red, red rose. In ageless sleep, she finds repose. The years roll by, but a hundred years, to a steadfast heart, are but a day.

1959, Erdman Penner, Sleeping Beauty (film)

(mythology, fiction, fantasy) A magical state of suspended animation, where-in the recipient is placed in a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess from Sleeping Beauty.


mantícora

Borrowed from Latin mantichōra, from Ancient Greek μαρτιχόρας (martikhóras, “man-eater; tiger”), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 (*martiya, “man, human being, mortal”) + 𐎧𐎺𐎠𐎼 (*χvāra, “eater”).

der

(mythology, folklore, fantasy) manticore


eternal sleep

She is, indeed, most wondrous fair: Gold of sunshine in her hair. Lips that shame the red red rose. In ageless sleep, she finds repose. The years roll by, but a hundred years, to a steadfast heart, are but a day.

1959, Erdmann Penner, Sleeping Beauty (film)

(mythology, fiction, fantasy) A magical state of suspended animation, a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess from "Sleeping Beauty".


huynh đệ

[hwïŋ̟˧˧ ʔɗe˧˨ʔ]

[hwɨn˧˧ ʔɗej˨˩ʔ]

[wɨn˧˧ ʔɗej˨˩˨]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 兄弟, composed of 兄 (“elder brother”) and 弟 (“younger brother”).

vi-etym-sino

tình huynh đệ

(archaic, now literary, Chinese fiction, collective) brothers

(Chinese fiction, collective) brothers and sisters; brethren (brotherhood; fellowship)


czort

pl-noun

czort m animal or m pers (diminutive czorcik)

czort m animal or (canonical masculine person)
czorcik (diminutive)
czort (nominative singular)
czorci (nominative plural)
czorty (derogatory nominative plural)
czorta (genitive singular)
czortów (genitive plural)
czortowi (dative singular)
czortom (dative plural)
czorta (accusative singular)
czortów (accusative plural)
czortem (instrumental singular)
czortami (instrumental plural)
czorcie (locative singular)
czortach (locative plural)
czorcie (singular vocative)
czorci (plural vocative)
czort (nominative singular)
czorty (nominative plural)
czorta (genitive singular)
czortów (genitive plural)
czortowi (dative singular)
czortom (dative plural)
czorta (accusative singular)
czorty (accusative plural)
czortem (instrumental singular)
czortami (instrumental plural)
czorcie (locative singular)
czortach (locative plural)
czorcie (singular vocative)
czorty (plural vocative)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьrtъ. This form was possibly influenced by Russian чёрт (čort). Doublet of ciort and czart.


daywalker

(fantasy) One who can go out in the sunlight, distinguished from vampires etc. who cannot.


Tellurian

From Latin tellūs (“earth, ground; the globe, planet Earth; country, land”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground, bottom”) + -ian (suffix meaning ‘from, related to, or like’ (when forming an adjective), or ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’ (when forming a noun)).

suffix

If any distant world (which may be the case) are so far ahead of us Tellurians in optical resources as to see distinctly through their telescopes all that we do on earth, what is the grandest sight to which we ever treat them?

1847, Thomas de Quincey, “Joan of Arc”, in Miscellaneous Essays:

There is a mystery in Tellus which has not been solved. I cannot reconcile the disappearance of all its water and its race of men as well, with the legend preserved in our family that, not so very long ago, Tellurians visited us, staying beneath this very roof as guests. Why did the Earth-race die out so quickly?

1930 February, Edwards Gawain [pseudonym; George Edward Pendray], “A Rescue From Jupiter”, in Science Wonder Stories, volume 1, number 9, page 787:

But it's well that that bunch of tellurians are dead! Our diamond was the cause of that much good for the earth!" Nega slowed her orbital speed, oscillated a bit, and twinkled: "Are all tellurians like those we've met in the last year?"

1935 May, Joseph William Skidmore, “A Saga of Posi and Nega”, in T[homas] O’Conor Sloane, editor, Amazing Stories, volume 10, New York, N.Y.: Teck Publishing Corporation, →OCLC, page 107:

Mr. Bridges is more interested in correct usage of planetary names, rather than in mere derivations (a more useful and less frivolous involvement than mine, you see) and, for instance, advocates what he maintains to be correctly derived words such as Venustian and Hesperian for hypothetical inhabitants of Venus in place of the incorrect Venusian or Cytherean; and Tellus and Tellurian in place of Terra and Terran. He lists astronomers and classical scholars who support his views.

1965 December, Isaac Asimov, “Water, Water, Everywhere—”, in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, volume 29, number 6 (number 175 overall), page 87:


Terrestrial

From Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground”).

It will be manifest that natural scenery must present many beautiful varieties of effect altogether unfamiliar to us terrestrials, who know of no colours in scenery except those inherent in the objects themselves which form the landscape.

1873, Richard Anthony Proctor, The Expanse of Heaven, page 235:

The other was not a Terrestrial, but a visiting Martian.

1925, Hugo Gernsback, Ralph 124C 41+, page 41:

There'd been Earthling girls; and not a few Khazaki women had been intrigued by the big Terrestrial.

1950 Fall, Poul Anderson, “Star Ship”, in Planet Stories, volume 4, number 8, page 74:


Earthie

"Earthgirl?" the guard repeated. "She didn't look like an Earthie."

1947 October, Frederik Pohl, “Donovan Had a Dream”, in Thrilling Wonder Stories, volume 30, number 1, page 27:

The blue men of Mica II discriminated against Earthies, considered them inferior since the Micans had conquered the Earthies a hundred years ago.

1963 May, John Jakes, “Underfollow”, in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, volume 24, number 5 (#144 overall), page 66:

(science fiction, informal, often derogatory) An inhabitant of the Earth.


Earthgirl

You have given me an idea, Earthgirl, and it is one that I am afraid you will live to regret.

1939 February, Harold Kerton Wells, “Moon of Mad Atavism”, in Thrilling Wonder Stories, volume 13, number 1, page 35:

(usually science fiction) A young female inhabitant of Earth.


Terrestrian

This rocket squad was composed almost solely of Terrestrians, for they were used to the greater gravity of Earth, and could stand greater acceleration than could Venerians.

1930 Fall, John Wood Campbell, “Black Star Passes”, in Amazing Stories Quarterly, volume 3, number 4, page 516:

How would it look for the First Administrator to go limping around the galaxies explaining that he was behind schedule because his ship got wrecked on Sol III and the Terrestrians were incapable of matching his drives?

1950 November, Raymond Fisher Jones, “Tools of the Trade”, in Astounding Science Fiction, volume 46, number 3, page 55:


teletransportador

es-noun

teletransportador m (plural teletransportadores)


teleportación

teleportación f (plural teleportaciones)


teletransporte

pt-noun

teletransporte m (plural teletransportes)

/ˌtɛ.lɛ.tɾɐ̃ʃˈpɔɾ.tɨ/

(fiction) teleportation (supposed displacement of a body or object through a process of dematerialization of that body or object in a place of origin and subsequent materialization in a place of destination)


Earthperson

en-noun

Earthperson (plural Earthpersons or Earthpeople)

Earthpersons (plural)
Earthpeople (plural)

The Venusians, unlike other planetary races, were almost like Earthpeople. There was only one notable difference—they had feathers on their heads instead of hair.

1953 May, Eando Binder, “Interplanetary Tenements”, in Captain Marvel Adventures, volume 24, number 144, page (inside front cover):

And beyond that, the most important equipment of all: the manufacturing units that processed the Earthpeople's food.

1956, Philip Kindred Dick, The World Jones Made, page 198:

My last act as an earthperson, she says, was t' snatch off my landlawd's glasses and punch and punch 'im in the nose.

1974, Donald Newlove, The Drunks, page 140:

"That was an ingenious idea, Earthperson," it said slowly. "There is now a beneficent atmosphere surrounding my pressure envelope, which will enable me to repair the torn fabric and survive until Illensan assistance arrives. Thank you."

1983, James White, Sector General, page 24:

It was Tarna's first demonstration of Earthpersons—or rather Earth robots—in action, an the villagers were hugely impressed.

1986, Arthur C. Clarke, The Songs of Distant Earth, page 81:

(usually science fiction) An inhabitant of the planet Earth.


biobot

A robot that is partly or wholly biological in nature, as for example an assemblage of plant cells or animal cells that can perform tasks such as moving and reacting.


oppa

Borrowed from Korean 오빠 (oppa, “elder brother or close elder male friend (of a female)”).

bor

(manhwa, women's speech) An affectionate term of address for an older brother or somewhat older man.


teletransportar

pt-verb

teletransportar (first-person singular present teletransporto, first-person singular preterite teletransportei, past participle teletransportado)

teletransporto (first-person present singular)
teletransportei (first-person preterite singular)
teletransportado (participle past)
teletransportar (impersonal infinitive)
teletransportar (first-person infinitive singular)
teletransportares (infinitive second-person singular)
teletransportar (infinitive singular third-person)
teletransportarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
teletransportardes (infinitive plural second-person)
teletransportarem (infinitive plural third-person)
teletransportando (gerund)
teletransportado (masculine participle past singular)
teletransportados (masculine participle past plural)
teletransportada (feminine participle past singular)
teletransportadas (feminine participle past plural)
teletransporto (first-person indicative present singular)
teletransportas (indicative present second-person singular)
teletransporta (indicative present singular third-person)
teletransportamos (first-person indicative plural present)
teletransportais (indicative plural present second-person)
teletransportam (indicative plural present third-person)
teletransportava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
teletransportavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
teletransportava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
teletransportávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
teletransportáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
teletransportavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
teletransportei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
teletransportaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
teletransportou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
teletransportamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
teletransportámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
teletransportastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
teletransportaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
teletransportara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
teletransportaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
teletransportara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
teletransportáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
teletransportáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
teletransportaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
teletransportarei (first-person future indicative singular)
teletransportarás (future indicative second-person singular)
teletransportará (future indicative singular third-person)
teletransportaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
teletransportareis (future indicative plural second-person)
teletransportarão (future indicative plural third-person)
teletransportaria (conditional first-person singular)
teletransportarias (conditional second-person singular)
teletransportaria (conditional singular third-person)
teletransportaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
teletransportaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
teletransportariam (conditional plural third-person)
teletransporte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
teletransportes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
teletransporte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
teletransportemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
teletransporteis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
teletransportem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
teletransportasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
teletransportasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
teletransportasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
teletransportássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
teletransportásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
teletransportassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
teletransportar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
teletransportares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
teletransportar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
teletransportarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
teletransportardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
teletransportarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
teletransporta (imperative second-person singular)
teletransporte (imperative singular third-person)
teletransportemos (first-person imperative plural)
teletransportai (imperative plural second-person)
teletransportem (imperative plural third-person)
não teletransportes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não teletransporte (imperative negative singular third-person)
não teletransportemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não teletransporteis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não teletransportem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(transitive, fiction) to teleport (move an object, supposedly by telekinesis)

(reflexive, fiction) to teleport (move instantly from one place to another without using a vehicle)


teletransportar

es-verb

teletransportar (first-person singular present teletransporto, first-person singular preterite teletransporté, past participle teletransportado)

teletransporto (first-person present singular)
teletransporté (first-person preterite singular)
teletransportado (participle past)
teletransportar (infinitive)
teletransportando (gerund)
teletransportado (masculine participle past singular)
teletransportada (feminine participle past singular)
teletransportados (masculine participle past plural)
teletransportadas (feminine participle past plural)
teletransporto (first-person indicative present singular)
teletransportas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
teletransportás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
teletransporta (indicative present singular third-person)
teletransportamos (first-person indicative plural present)
teletransportáis (indicative plural present second-person)
teletransportan (indicative plural present third-person)
teletransportaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
teletransportabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
teletransportaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
teletransportábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
teletransportabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
teletransportaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
teletransporté (first-person indicative preterite singular)
teletransportaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
teletransportó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
teletransportamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
teletransportasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
teletransportaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
teletransportaré (first-person future indicative singular)
teletransportarás (future indicative second-person singular)
teletransportará (future indicative singular third-person)
teletransportaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
teletransportaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
teletransportarán (future indicative plural third-person)
teletransportaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
teletransportarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
teletransportaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
teletransportaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
teletransportaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
teletransportarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
teletransporte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
teletransportes (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
teletransportés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
teletransporte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
teletransportemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
teletransportéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
teletransporten (plural present subjunctive third-person)
teletransportara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
teletransportaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
teletransportara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
teletransportáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
teletransportarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
teletransportaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
teletransportase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
teletransportases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
teletransportase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
teletransportásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
teletransportaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
teletransportasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
teletransportare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
teletransportares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
teletransportare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
teletransportáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
teletransportareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
teletransportaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
teletransporta (imperative informal second-person singular)
teletransportá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
teletransporte (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
teletransporte (imperative singular third-person)
teletransportemos (first-person imperative plural)
teletransportad (imperative plural second-person)
teletransporten (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
teletransporten (imperative plural third-person)
teletransportes (imperative negative second-person singular)
teletransporte (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
teletransporte (imperative negative singular third-person)
teletransportemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
teletransportéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
teletransporten (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
teletransporten (imperative negative plural third-person)
teletransportarme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
teletransportarte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
teletransportarle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
teletransportarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
teletransportarnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
teletransportaros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
teletransportarles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
teletransportarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
teletransportarme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
teletransportarte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
teletransportarlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
teletransportarla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
teletransportarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
teletransportarnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
teletransportaros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
teletransportarlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
teletransportarlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
teletransportarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
teletransportándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
teletransportándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
teletransportándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
teletransportándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
teletransportándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
teletransportándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
teletransportándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
teletransportándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
teletransportándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
teletransportándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
teletransportándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
teletransportándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
teletransportándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
teletransportándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
teletransportándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
teletransportándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
teletransportándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
teletransportándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
teletranspórtame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
teletranspórtate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
teletranspórtale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
teletranspórtanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
teletranspórtales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
teletranspórtame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
teletranspórtate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
teletranspórtalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
teletranspórtala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
teletranspórtanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
teletranspórtalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
teletranspórtalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
teletransportame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
teletransportate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
teletransportale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
teletransportanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
teletransportales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
teletransportame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
teletransportate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
teletransportalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
teletransportala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
teletransportanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
teletransportalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
teletransportalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
teletranspórteme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
teletranspórtele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
teletranspórtese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
teletranspórtenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
teletranspórteles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
teletranspórteme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
teletranspórtelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
teletranspórtela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
teletranspórtese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
teletranspórtenos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
teletranspórtelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
teletranspórtelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
teletransportémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
teletransportémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
teletransportémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
teletransportémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
teletransportémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
teletransportémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
teletransportémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
teletransportémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
teletransportémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
teletransportémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
teletransportémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
teletransportémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
teletransportadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
teletransportadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
teletransportadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
teletransportaos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
teletransportadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
teletransportadme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
teletransportadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
teletransportadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
teletransportadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
teletransportaos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
teletransportadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
teletransportadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
teletranspórtenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
teletranspórtenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
teletranspórtennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
teletranspórtenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
teletranspórtense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
teletranspórtenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
teletranspórtenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
teletranspórtenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
teletranspórtennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
teletranspórtenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
teletranspórtenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
teletranspórtense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

to teleport, to teletransport, to beam up


otome game

The otome games are marketed heavily toward female gamers, something generally uncommon with video game marketing. As of this writing, several game developers have invested in localizing otome games originally released only in Japan into English.

2017, Amy M. Green, Matthew Wilhelm Kapell, Storytelling in Video Games: The Art of the Digital Narrative:

A story-based video game in which the player attempts to establish a romantic relationship between the female player character and one of several male characters.

乙女遊戲

romance simulation game (usually the protagonist is a woman)


holodisk

(science fiction) A holographic disk used as a storage medium.


Buffyite

46 and proud to be a Buffyite. One of the best shows on the tube.

1998 May 25, Georg McLaughlin, “Re: Newbie (ages ?)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Buffyites [felt] the show had slipped this year, falling into a very administration-like (and un-Buffy-like) us vs. them moral schema.

2005, Rhonda Wilcox (quoting Eric Alterman), Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I. B. Tauris & Co Ltd (2006), unnumbered page

Although Internet communities are virtual, it is the hypothesis of this paper that the virtcom can become a real community, by means of which Buffyites and Angelites can regularly interact.

2009, Mary Kirby-Diaz, “Buffy, Angel, and the Creation of Virtual Communities”, in Mary Kirby-Diaz, editor, Buffy and Angel Conquer the Internet: Essays on Online Fandom, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 18:

(slang) A fan of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


vampireyness

If I remember correctly, the episode $teve's talking about also featured Nick getting caught on camera by a TV news crew, and he was unable to hypnotise her to make her forget because she had physical evidence of his vampireyness.

2001 July 28, Adam James Fitzpatrick, “Re: A few questions about Angel 2.21 - SPOILERS”, in aus.tv.buffy (Usenet):

For reasons that defy explanation, they're PUNS. Monstrous puns. Puns so eye-rollingly BAD, they're an abomination to the vampire's refined senses. This affront to their immortal good taste leaves them writhing in agony—exposing all manner of vampireyness.

2013, Rita Harris, Heather Harwood, Your Guide to Spotting and Outing Bloodsuckers at Work, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 4:

Age Suitability: Teens and above due to vampireyness and possible bad language.

2013, Nine Worlds Geekfest 2013 Programme and Schedule, page 53:

(informal) The state or quality of being vampirey.


Buffian

Sorry to have missed meeting the Canberra Buffians.

2000 January 17, Rachel, “Re: Inaugural ACT Buffy Meet”, in aus.tv.buffy (Usenet):

In all this time it still hasn't occurred to you that Buffians couldn't possibly give less of a shit about ratings?

2001 May 31, Forge [username], “Re: Wonky wins in Finale Ratings! Outraged DA fans demand recount!”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Yay - 'nother Buffian :D

2002 June 2, Trin, “Re: ROLL CALL!”, in uk.religion.pagan (Usenet):


Buffista

> Well, to *you* I yield precedence, but the rest of these whippersnappers
> ought to bow to my half-century. And I've been a Buffista from Day One.

2002 February 19, Bill Reid (quoting Charles Stanley), “Re: Am I the only old man here?”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Of course if they entice the 'Buffy crowd', there'll be a lot of Buffistas reading Jinx High for the first time and complaining about it ripping off the Buffy episode "The Witch" (my first usenet post about Buffy was to abml about a certain rather obvious plot resemplance^([sic]) there).

2005 August 31, William George Ferguson, “Re: New release of Tregarde series?”, in alt.books.m-lackey (Usenet):

We didn't discuss it further, and continued sitting on our asses watching the TV. But a couple weeks later, late at night, another Buffista pondered the idea online.

2007, Allyson Beatrice, Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby?: True Adventures in Cult Fandom, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 189:


Buffaholic

For all you UK Buffaholics out there, there's an SMG interview in this week's (month's?) TV Hits magazine.

1999 January 14, Jonathan Nickson, “SMG interview”, in alt.fan.sarah-m-gellar (Usenet):

I'm am^([sic]) always online late Tuesday....gotta see what the Buffaholics thought about the new ep. I love Feb sweeps <G>.

2001 February 10, Karen Marie, “Re: Smackdown & Thunder”, in alt.pro-wrestling.wwf (Usenet):

I am a 36-yr-old mother of two pre-shcoolers and I am a proud Buffaholic (not too mention Angelholic).

2001 December 18, Sharon V, “True Age Demographic”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):


Buffyholic

Anyway, I was thinking that some of us Buffyholics could meet there and perhaps organize a Denver "goober" for Buffy's season premiere.

1998 August 13, barklage [username], “Starcon 98 (Denver)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Cordesman was introduced to Buffy by Buffyholics in his family, watched an episode or two, perceived analogies between the show and America's approach to threats of biological warfare, and developed Buffy into compounds that expressed his views on security.

2003, Michael Adams, Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 100:

Before “Prophecy Girl,” I thought Buffy was a pretty cool show with some great moments, way better than anything else on the box. In its wake, I was an obsessive Buffy'''holic.

2009, Justine Larbalestier, “A Buffy Confession”, in Glenn Yeffeth, editor, Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Discuss Their Favorite Television Show, BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 78:


manic pixie dream girl

en-noun

manic pixie dream girl (plural manic pixie dream girls)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-manic pixie dream girl.wav

Coined by the American film and music critic Nathan Rabin (born 1976) in a 2007 review of Elizabethtown (2005) to describe the character Claire Colburn played by Kirsten Dunst: see the quotation.

coinage

Then again, [Susan] Sarandon's character is the very embodiment of gritty neo-realism compared to Kirsten Dunst's stewardess/love interest. Dunst embodies a character type I like to call The Manic Pixie Dream Girl (see Natalie Portman in Garden State for another prime example). The Manic Pixie Dream Girl exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures.

2007 January 25, Nathan Rabin, “My Year Of Flops, Case File 1: Elizabethtown: The Bataan Death March of Whimsy”, in The A.V. Club Blog, archived from the original on 2007-02-05:

[page 218] For me, the Manic Pixie Dream Girl was the story that fit. Of course, I didn't think of it in those terms; all I saw was that in the books and series I loved – mainly science fiction, comics and offbeat literature, not the mainstream films that would later make the MPDG trope famous – [...] [page 219] Most of the classic Manic Pixie Dream Girls claim to be ironic re-imaginings of a character trope that they fail to actually interrogate in any way.

2014, Laurie Penny, “Love and Lies”, in Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution, New York, N.Y., London: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, pages 218–219:

Looking for a new apartment, he cute-meets Sofia (Dolores Fonzi), a young woman with a pink bicycle helmet, yellow tights, a vaguely exotic background and all the other signs of manic-pixie-dream-girl status.

2015 May 14, A[nthony] O[liver] Scott, “Review: In ‘The Film Critic,’ a snob is tripped up by his heartstrings”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-17:

A guy who understands women based on movies or television will never have a chance at understanding a real woman, because we aren't like that. We aren't the "career-focused ice queen" or the "sweet helpless damsel in distress" or the "manic pixie dream girl" [...]. But at times, we might be some of them. Or all of them. And then we'll change again, into something much more complex. You can't pin us down.

2016 April, Bethenny Frankel, Eve Adamson, “Woman, Know Thyself”, in I Suck at Relationships So You Don’t Have To: 10 Rules for Not Screwing Up Your Happily Ever After, 1st Touchstone paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Touchstone, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 34:

Your love for her is getting embarrassing. [...] She's gorgeous, she has buckets of charisma she couldn't hide if she tried, and she makes all the boys fall in love with her. That sounds like Manic Pixie Dreamgirl territory, my friend—which, news flash again, is a cliché.

2017 October, James Patterson, Emily Raymond, chapter 30, in Expelled, New York, N.Y.: Jimmy Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN; republished as The Injustice, New York, N.Y.: Jimmy Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company, 2018, →ISBN:

But even as Gina's behavior dips past manic pixie dream girl to merely manic, the director never deviates from the detached tone of his prologue.

2017 September 17, Teo Bugbee, “Review: ‘Thirst Street’ hollows out Hollywood obsession”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-03-12:

A precursor to the “manic pixie dreamgirl” trope of today, the femme-enfant’s youth was to be mooned over, her naïveté aspired to, her pure countenance captured in poetry and paint.

2019 June, Pam Grossman, “The Dark Arts: Magic Makers and Craft Women”, in Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power, New York, N.Y.: Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 179:

(film, sometimes derogatory) A stock female character, typically characterized as a bubbly, quirky free spirit, whose main purpose within a narrative is to teach a young male protagonist to embrace the mysteries and adventures of life.

Audrey Hepburn
Elizabethtown (film)
Kirsten Dunst
Roman Holiday


skratte

From Old Swedish skratte, from Old Norse skratti.

Any of several humanoid supernatural creatures


skiffy

Phonetic spelling of sci-fi to capture deliberate mispronunciation (with "sc" being read as /sk/ and "i" being read as short vowel /i/ instead of diphthong /aɪ/).

The science fiction reader sneers at fake SF, artificially produced film tie-in novels and stories, most SF films, most TV SF. This he calls sci-fi (or "skiffy")—junk no right-thinking omnivore or chronic should read, watch, or support.

1984, David Hartwell, “The Golden Age of Science Fiction is Twelve”, in Age of Wonders, →ISBN, page 13:

Many of the best new writers seem openly ashamed of their backward Skiffy nationality.

1989 July, Bruce Sterling, SF Eye, number 5, page 77:

Around 1978 the critic Susan Wood and others began pronouncing the term "skiffy". In 1980s-1990s usage "skiffy", which sounds friendlier than "sci fi", has perhaps for that reason come to be less condemnatory. Skiffy is colourful, sometimes entertaining, junk sf: Star Wars is skiffy.

1993, Peter Nicholls, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, →ISBN, page 1079:

(fandom slang, usually derogatory or humorous) Low-quality science fiction.


Spidey

Seven months later he reappeared in his own comic book, The Amazing Spider-Man. In the 16 years since, Spidey (as his fans call him) has become the country's most popular superhero, appearing in 300 daily newspapers.

1978, Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 79, page 8:

In the closet Marvin found his sea shell collection, baseball cards, a stack of Spidey comic books, a jar of dead flies he had forgotten about, a paper bag filled with pine cones, and five cans of mud from Lake Washington.

1981 Oct, Ebony Jr., volume 9, number 4, page 25:

Only Spider-Man's spidey powers can get us out of this!

1983 Jan, Boys' Life, volume 73, number 1, page 21:

[H]e's also written a Spidey short story (“Arms and the Man” in 1997's Untold Tales of Spider-Man) and a Spidey novel (Down These Mean Streets in 2005).

2013, Gerry Conway, Leah Wilson, Webslinger: Unauthorized Essays On Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, page 32:

(slang) The fictional superhero Spider-Man.


quỷ

Sino-Vietnamese word from 鬼 (“ghost; devil; ogre”).

vi-etym-sino

nghịch như quỷ

very mischievous, very naughty, like ghosts / fiends

nhất quỷ, nhì ma, thứ ba học trò

Ghosts [rank] first, fiends second, students third [in mischievousness]

(mythology) any generic ugly, mischievous or evil spirit; a demon, a devil, an imp, a goblin, an ogre, an orc, an oni, etc.


Thanh Long

[tʰajŋ̟˧˧ lawŋ͡m˧˧]

[tʰɛɲ˧˧ lawŋ͡m˧˧]

[tʰɛɲ˧˧ lɔŋ˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 青龍, composed of 青 (“blue”) and 龍 (“dragon”), from Literary Chinese 青龍 (qīnglóng).


Romione

Ask her about her favorite ships. Does she like Dramione, or Romione? Ask her why, and if she's written fanfics about them.

2012, Krixia Subingsubing, "Date A Girl Who Writes", The Sword (St. Paul College of Makati), Volume 18, Number 1, June 2012-January 2013, page 14

The fans who believed in the canonical pairing were outraged that Rowling would say such things about their beloved Romione.

2014 February 10, Rebecca Godwin, “Romione vs. Harmony: Why do we even care?”, in The Michigan Daily, page 8A:

2014, J. Cibelli, "J. K. Rowling reflects on Romione romance", The Quinnipiac Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 18, 12 February 2014, page 11 (used in title only)

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger of the Harry Potter series.


Harmony

Blend of Harry + Hermione, based on the common noun harmony.

Oh that is bloody priceless, unfortunately I've seen some of the Harmony shippers' rants and that little piece of creative fiction could really be considered understating some of the reactions that were areound^([sic]) on some forums after the HBP release.

2006 June 16, Deevo [username], “Re: OT - but not by far: Shippers and fan-ficcers and psychos, oh, brother...”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Did you see where that retarded fucker Emerson Spaz ^([sic]) "that the Harmony shippers were (and still are) delusional. It's Romione all the way!" […]

2014 February 8, Darryl Homo Forests, “Re: Rowling Admits H/Hr was Better”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

Others, who shipped, which is the internet's way of saying supported, Harmony (Harry and Hermione), claimed superiority over the Romione shippers, claiming they always knew whom the true pairing should have been.

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Harry Potter and Hermione Granger of the Harry Potter series.


ܓܕܐ

gaddāʾ (romanization)
ܓܕܐ (plural)
ܓܕ (absolute singular)
ܓܕܝܢ (absolute plural)
ܓܕ (construct singular)
ܓܕܝ (construct plural)
ܓܕܐ (emphatic singular)
ܓܕܐ (emphatic plural)
ܓܕܝ (common-gender first-person possessive singular)
ܓܕܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܓܕܝܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܓܕܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܓܕܝܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܓܕܗ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܓܕܘܗܝ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܓܕܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܓܕܝܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܓܕܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܓܕܝܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܓܕܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܓܕܝܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܓܕܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܓܕܝܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܓܕܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܓܕܝܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܓܕܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)
ܓܕܝܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)

From the root ܓ-ܕ-ܕ (ɡ-d-d) related to cutting off; compare Hebrew גָּד (gāḏ). The sense of "god of fortune" is a calque of Ancient Greek τύχη (túkhē).

ܓܕܢܘܬܐ

ܓܕܢܐ (gaddānāʾ)


pedra filosofal

pt-noun

pedra filosofal f (plural pedras filosofais)

(alchemy, fiction) philosopher's stone (substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver or provide immortality)


phù thuỷ

[fʊw˦˩ tʰwɪj˧˨]

[fʊw˨˩ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ɪj˨˩˦]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 符水 (“charmed water”).

vi-etym-sino

mụ phù thuỷ

thầy phù thuỷ

Trường Phù thủy và Pháp sư Hogwarts
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

any mythical or folkloric creature who practices magic or witchcraft; a witch, warlock, wizard, charmer, enchanter, magician, etc.


dahu

Perhaps still sore at being called crétins des Alpes by lowlanders, the Savoyards, in the early days of mass tourism, would sometimes take gullible visitors on dahu hunts. These entailed all-night vigils out in the open, where the would-be trophy hunter had to crouch and hide so as not to be seen by the sharp-eyed dahu.

2017, Stephen O'Shea, The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN:

(mythology) A legendary goat-like animal reputed to live in the mountains of France, Switzerland, and Italy.


pseudodragon

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From pseudo- + dragon, introduced in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.

(fantasy) A small dragon-like creature, not a true dragon.


Batmaniac

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The DC comic book recently ran a two-day telephone poll asking Batmaniacs whether they wanted Robin, who was seriously injured by an explosion at the end of one issue, to live or die.

1988, Raymond Moley, Malcolm Muir, Joseph Becker Phillips, Newsweek, volume 112, numbers 19-26, page xxxi:

(informal) A fan of the Batman fictional franchise.


Fomorian

Probably Old Irish fo- (“under”) + mor, mur (“ocean”).

(Irish mythology, mythology) A member of the semi-divine race that were said to have inhabited Ireland in ancient times.


xì trum

[sɪj˦˩ ʈum˧˧]

[sɪj˨˩ ʈʊm˧˧]


chú lùn

[t͡ɕʊw˨˩˦ lun˦˩]

[cʊw˦˥ lʊwŋ͡m˨˩]

(mythology, folklore, fantasy) a short humanoid creature, usually a dwarf


superagile

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superagility

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Winnie the Pooh

en-proper noun

Winnie the Pooh (plural Winnie the Poohs)

From a bear cub named Winnie, short for Winnipeg, and a swan named Pooh.

No amount of Winnie the Poohs on the wall could distract you from seeing the huge bloodstain on the carpet.

2004, John A. Miller, Jr, The Victorian Mansion Murders, Pima Books, →ISBN, page 40:

Even in Europe, where killer bees are not much a menace, we have developed a kind of Winnie-the-Pooh attitude to the bees: they are dangerous, they are unpredictable, and they are usually acting to thwart us.

2007, Bee Wilson, The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Us, Macmillan, page 221:

The Stop commander was one Colonel Zimin, a loud, round, cheerful Winnie the Pooh type, who was always in excellent spirits, always joking and liked to pat the soldiers affectionately on the cheek when talking to them.

2009, Arkady Babchenko, “The Diesel Stop”, in Jeff Parker, Mikhail Iossel, editors, Rasskazy: New Fiction from a New Russia, Tin House Books, page 160:

Awake each day with excitement; there are pirates to fight, a yellow brick road to find, and new parts of Winnie the Pooh's forest to explore.

2011, Mark Grant, Out of the Box and onto Wall Street, John Wiley & Sons, page 375:

Winnie the Poohs can be a little smug and take great pride in the fact that while the rest of us are spinning like crazy tops, they're walking calmly through life.

2012, Kay Warren, Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn't Enough, Baker Books, page 44:

They had all, to a man and woman, been rumbled, like so many Winnie The Poohs with their hands in Rabbit's honey pot.

2013, Douglas Lindsay, The End Of Days, Blasted Heath Ltd, page 11:

Like the time Mum made the Winnie the Pooh chocolate lollies for the cake sale, before cakes got banned. And I COULDN’T WAIT for them to set and go hard, so I could have one. So I kept taking them out of the fridge and drinking a bit out of the mould. And then when Mum went to get them in the morning, none of the Winnie the Poohs had any legs, and Eeyore didn’t have a head.

2014, Pamela Butchart, The Spy Who Loved School Dinners, Nosy Crow, →ISBN:

Censored photos included one of Winnie the Pooh in a car (Internet users in China have long likened Mr. Xi to images of the pudgy bear) and another of the Obama family purportedly watching the parade on television.

2015 September 3, Patrick Boehler, “Trending on Chinese Social Media: Xi’s Salute, an Autocrat’s Son and Winnie the Pooh”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-31, World:

When I returned, I said, “My daughter’s doing the nursery in Winnie the Pooh.” “Pooh?” she said. “Yes,” I said. “Winnie the.” “Pooh,” she repeated. I sensed that she wasn’t happy with me for some reason or another. “Pooh,” I reiterated. She said (very patronizingly, I might add), “Sir, we have at least four different Winnie the Poohs in our collection. You have your classic Pooh, your Disney Pooh …”

2016, Gene Perret, New Tricks for Old Dogs: 28 Laughable Lessons for People Too Stiff to Change … or Bend … or Move, Familius LLC, →ISBN:

A talking bear from an English children's book series carrying the same name, noted for his sweet, simple nature, and his love of honey.

Joanica-Puff (Portugal, Terramar's book translation)

Winny de Puh m (1980's book translation)

Winnie-the-Pooh

A. A. Milne used hyphens, while the Disney version does not


protag

When things have gotten as bad as they can get for the protags, with seemingly no way out, just as they are about to be overpowered by the superior horrific force, something enables them to triumph […]

2008, Robert Brewer, The Craft & Business Of Writing, page 116:

(informal, fiction, writing) Clipping of protagonist.


Ophiotaurus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀφιόταυρος (Ophiótauros, “cow-serpent”).

bor

(Greek mythology) A mythical creature, part bull and part serpent.


skazka

From Russian ска́зка (skázka, “fairy tale”).


repulsor

(science fiction) A device used to deflect or repel other objects, or for flight stability.


science-fictioner

(colloquial) science fiction movie or television program


ratfolk

Ratfolk are timid by nature and Singe was trying to make her own way outside her native society. Ratfolk males don't yell and threaten and promise massive bloodshed unless they intend to deliver. They don't banter.

2002, Glen Cook, Angry Lead Skies: A Garrett, P.I., Novel, Penguin, →ISBN:

If it's just the ratfolk looking for a bit of payback, there's no reason to think you and I are in any further danger.

2010, Ari Marmell, Agents of Artifice: A Planeswalker Novel, Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN:

Foreigners wouldn't know that some ratfolk can suck it down by the barrel. Once the kids were away, Singe began babbling about needing to get back to the house fast. We had a garderobe that a ratgirl could use.

2011, George R. R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Down These Strange Streets, Penguin, →ISBN:

(fantasy) Intelligent anthropomorphic creatures akin to (or created from) rats.


champ de force

fr-noun

champ de force m (plural champs de force)

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Lake Wobegon

Coined by American radio personality Garrison Keillor in 1976, from lake + woebegone, but explained as derived from an Ojibwe word with the meaning "the place where we waited all day in the rain [for you].".

coin

I put Lake Wobegon (pop. 942) on the western shore of the lake, for the beautiful sunrises. I said it took its name from an Ojibway word that means “the place where we waited all day for you in the rain,” and its slogan was “Sumus quod sumus” (We are who we are), […]

2001 August 26, Garrison Keillor, “In Search of Lake Wobegon”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(US) A fictional place in the radio show A Prairie Home Companion, “where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average”. Serves as a proxy for the American small town, particularly the American small town of the Upper Midwest.


New Weird

From new + weird (fiction), attributed to M. John Harrison (2002).

Coordinate term: slipstream

The most detailed response to Harrison's set of questions came from Stephanie Swainston, an author who has described New Weird fiction as exercises in world building characterised by a heterogeneity of sources, genres and details.

2016, Ken Gelder, editor, New Directions in Popular Fiction, Springer, →ISBN, page 184:

A literary genre that began in the 1990s, influenced by horror and speculative fiction, but often crossing genre boundaries.


medkit

(usually science fiction, video games) A small bag or case containing medical supplies


外星人

/waɪ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/

/ŋɔːi̯²² sɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

/waɪ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/

/ŋɔːi̯²² sɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/


datapad

She produced a small datapad, tapped out a rapid sequence on the keys, and shoved it in front of Ma'adrys. “Does it look like this?”
Ma'adrys drew back from the datapad until Geordi leaned over her shoulder to whisper a few words of reassurance

(science fiction) A small handheld device used to gather, send, or process data.


dwimmercraft

From Middle English dwimmer-craft, dwemercraft, from Old English dweomorcræft (“magical arts, sorcery”), equivalent to dwimmer + -craft.

inh

He had walked the wilds of Imokoi before, he had pierced rakshas illusions, seenthrough the mist of demonic dwimmer-craft centuries ago.

The soldiers peered into the deep dark shaft In which lay the monk with tonsorshorn / A victim of the sorcerous lady's dwimmer craft / […]

(fantasy) The art of illusion; the art of magic; sorcery; magic.


polichinelo

From French Polichinelle, from Neapolitan Pulecenella, of uncertain origin (see Italian Pulcinella).

(singular only) Pulcinella, Punchinello (a short clown in the commedia dell'arte)


giao long

[jaːw˧˧ lɔŋ˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蛟龍 (“jiaolong”).

vi-etym-sino

(obsolete) a legendary aquatic serpent in Vietnamese folklore.


agujero de gusano

es-noun

agujero de gusano m (plural agujeros de gusano)

(relativity) wormhole (a shortcut between distant parts of space)


wrock

There are, at present, dozens of these “wizard rock” or “wrock” bands, some of which tour nationally and internationally performing at small clubs, libraries and Harry Potter conferences and other special events.

2007, Racheline Maltese, The Book of Harry Potter Trifles, Trivias & Particularities, Volume 1, Sterling & Ross Publishers, →ISBN, page 175:

Not all wrock is punk wrock. There's plenty of stylistic diversity in the scene, which ranges from the electric girl pop of the Parselmouths to the darkly gleaming hip-hop of Swish and Flick.

2009 July 20, Lev Grossman, “The Boy Who Rocked”, in Time:

The phenomenon of wrock (wizard rock) within Harry Potter fandom has not yet produced mainstream crossovers.

2011, Aaron Schwabach, Fan Fiction and Copyright: Outsider Works and Intellectual Property Protection, Ashgate, →ISBN, page 78:

(fandom slang) A genre of music produced by fans of the Harry Potter series, characterized by costumed performances and humorous lyrics about characters, settings, and plot elements from the series.


Scaper

Meanwhile, Scapers (as Farscape fans call themselves) have quickly become a huge presence on the Internet, […]

2002, Paul Simpson, David Hughes, Farscape: The Illustrated Companion, Tor, published 2002, →ISBN:

The Internet lit up with Scapers looking for a way to keep Farscape going.

2008, Frank Garcia, Mark Phillips, Science Fiction Television Series, 1990-2004: Histories, Casts and Credits for 58 Shows, McFarland & Company, published 2008, →ISBN, page 102:

Attending the 2012 Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Georgia, I waited in line for around three hours in order to attend a panel featuring three of the Farscape actors. The room was filled to capacity with Scapers who cheered loudly when the actors appeared.

2013, Jessie Carty, "Joining the Conversation: Ben Browder Writes John Crichton", in The Worlds of Farscape: Essays on the Groundbreaking Television Series (eds. Sherry Ginn, Donald E. Palumbo, & C. W. Sullivan III), McFarland & Company (2013), page 100

(fandom slang) A fan of the American science-fiction television series Farscape.


wizard rock

At this point, he swears, he had never heard of Harry and the Potters or any wizard rock.

2008, Melissa Anelli, Harry, A History, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 128:

In 2002, the first wizard rock band, Harry and the Potters, formed.

2008, Susan Gunelius, Harry Potter: The Story of a Global Business Phenomenon, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 122:

An example of this can been seen in the ways the HPA members present participated in wizard rock performances that were broadcasted through the video feed.

2014, Jennifer Terrell, “The Harry Potter Alliance: Sociotechnical Contexts of Digitally Mediated Activism”, in Martha McCaughey, editor, Cyberactivism on the Participatory Web, Routledge, →ISBN, page 49:


Warsie

Actually I'd like to pit some Warsies against some Trekkies in an MTV (claymation) Death Match.

1999 May 17, Kevin Pacheco Cheney, “I DOUBT THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO LIVE UP TO ALL ITS HYPE”, in The Spokesman-Review:

Pompous sentimental muck well worthy of George Lucas himself. For Warsies only.

2003, Frank Plowright, The Slings & Arrows Comic Guide, Slings & Arrows, →ISBN, page 125:

But, only if those movies are “Lord of the Rings”, “Star Wars” (Ep. 3 - 6 only, mind you - the first three are a bad dream for most Warsies, after all), […]

2012, Joseph Santiago, Lina Clark, Life by Association: Getting Furry, →ISBN, page 165:

(fandom slang) A fan of the Star Wars films and/or media franchise.


Trock

Blend of Time Lord + rock, after the pattern of wrock.

Allegra is more of an indie upstart, "though (she's) one of the people who always comes up when you talk about Trock," says Perry Michael Simon, who edits "The Nerdist," comedian Chris Hardwick's popular, geek-centric website.

2011 December 14, Christopher Borrelli, “Allegra Rosenberg is all plugged in, ready to Trock”, in Chicago Tribune:

One of the more interesting activities is the writing of “Trock,” or Timelord rock, a genre of music well known among the show's fans that celebrates the show and its characters.

2012 December 26, Veronica Austin, “New club celebrates science fiction”, in The Issaquah Press, page B6:

The originators of the Trock phenomenon, Chameleon Circuit's ode to the TARDIS is a delightfully retro-eighties-sounding jaunt, Gary Numan with an even more one-track mind than the original.

2013, Dave Thompson, Doctor Who FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Most Famous Time Lord in the Universe, Applause Theatre and Cinema Bokos, →ISBN:

(fandom slang) A genre of music produced by fans of the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, characterized by lyrics about its characters, settings, and plot elements.