Marvelverse

From Marvel + -verse. From Marvel Comics, from marvel.

In the Marvelverse, mutants are potential victims of hate crimes and of state-sponsored pogroms, and of the sort of bureaucratic prying that is often a prelude to the latter.

2008, Roz Kaveney, Superheroes!: Capes and Crusaders in Comics and Films, I. B. Tauris Co. Ltd, →ISBN, page 7:

Marvelverse characters Araña Corazon and Elektra Natchios were raised by single fathers after the deaths of their mothers.

2010, Jennifer K. Stuller, Ink-stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology, I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, →ISBN:

Licensed crossovers often appear between characters in the Marvelverse or the Buffyverse.

2015, “Glossary”, in Valerie Estelle Frankel, editor, The Comics of Joss Whedon: Critical Essays, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 224:

(fandom slang) The fictional universe depicted in the Marvel comics, films, and television series.


dragonkin

Dragonkin have the innate ability to detect magic at will, as a free action. They have an overpowering desire to acquire magic items, and target characters who possess these items in preference to others. If possible, a dragonkin will grab a magic item from its opponent and flee with it, taking the item back to its cave.

2000, “Appendix 4: New Monsters”, in Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor (Forgotten Realms), Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN, page 84, column 1:

Half and quarter blood dragonkin have very obvious physical differences, as well as many abilities and attributes of their dragon ancestors. Eighth blood dragonkin will have some physical traits of the dragon as well as some attributes.

2015, Heather Gunn, Aspect Core Rulebook, FC 2015 SC (page 30):

(fantasy) A person who is partly descended from dragon(s).


psyker

(science fiction) a person who uses psychic powers.


サイエンス・フィクション

[sa̠iẽ̞ɰ̃sɨ̥ ɸʲikɯ̟̊ɕõ̞ɴ]

ja:サイエンス・フィクション


unholy water

Coined as an opposite to holy water, which is supposed to be effective against demons etc.

(fantasy) magical water with the property of harming or cursing that which is good


lowling

By “you” he meant people of her class, lowlings who believed in witches and the goodness of the King, who thought the trials were honest and fair and other stupid things.

2003, Jude Deveraux, Velvet Song, page 197:

They were all garbed in the usual one-piece gown to the calf, but where most lowlings wore drab, usually so filthy what color it began was not even discernable, these folk were in greens and various shades of brown, even a couple in gold.

2012, Jean Rattay, The Kirkfield Heiress, page 18:

(fantasy, rare) A low-ranking person; a commoner.


Zlatovláska

Zlatovláska (nominative singular)
Zlatovlásky (genitive singular)
Zlatovlásce (dative singular)
Zlatovlásku (accusative singular)
Zlatovlásko (singular vocative)
Zlatovlásce (locative singular)
Zlatovláskou (instrumental singular)

a princess from a fairytale, having golden hair


aparatar

pt-verb

aparatar (first-person singular present aparato, first-person singular preterite aparatei, past participle aparatado)

aparato (first-person present singular)
aparatei (first-person preterite singular)
aparatado (participle past)
aparatar (impersonal infinitive)
aparatar (first-person infinitive singular)
aparatares (infinitive second-person singular)
aparatar (infinitive singular third-person)
aparatarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
aparatardes (infinitive plural second-person)
aparatarem (infinitive plural third-person)
aparatando (gerund)
aparatado (masculine participle past singular)
aparatados (masculine participle past plural)
aparatada (feminine participle past singular)
aparatadas (feminine participle past plural)
aparato (first-person indicative present singular)
aparatas (indicative present second-person singular)
aparata (indicative present singular third-person)
aparatamos (first-person indicative plural present)
aparatais (indicative plural present second-person)
aparatam (indicative plural present third-person)
aparatava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
aparatavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
aparatava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
aparatávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
aparatáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
aparatavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
aparatei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
aparataste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
aparatou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
aparatamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
aparatámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
aparatastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
aparataram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
aparatara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
aparataras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
aparatara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
aparatáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
aparatáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
aparataram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
aparatarei (first-person future indicative singular)
aparatarás (future indicative second-person singular)
aparatará (future indicative singular third-person)
aparataremos (first-person future indicative plural)
aparatareis (future indicative plural second-person)
aparatarão (future indicative plural third-person)
aparataria (conditional first-person singular)
aparatarias (conditional second-person singular)
aparataria (conditional singular third-person)
aparataríamos (conditional first-person plural)
aparataríeis (conditional plural second-person)
aparatariam (conditional plural third-person)
aparate (first-person present singular subjunctive)
aparates (present second-person singular subjunctive)
aparate (present singular subjunctive third-person)
aparatemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
aparateis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
aparatem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
aparatasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
aparatasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
aparatasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
aparatássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
aparatásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
aparatassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
aparatar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
aparatares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
aparatar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
aparatarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
aparatardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
aparatarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
aparata (imperative second-person singular)
aparate (imperative singular third-person)
aparatemos (first-person imperative plural)
aparatai (imperative plural second-person)
aparatem (imperative plural third-person)
não aparates (imperative negative second-person singular)
não aparate (imperative negative singular third-person)
não aparatemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não aparateis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não aparatem (imperative negative plural third-person)

Borrowed from English apparate; a back-formation from apparition, ultimately from Latin appāreō (“to appear”).

(fantasy) to apparate (to teleport to or from a place)


Ozian

en-adj

Ozian (comparative more Ozian, superlative most Ozian)

more Ozian (comparative)
most Ozian (superlative)

Of or relating to the fictional Land of Oz, introduced in the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by L. Frank Baum.


Ozite

An inhabitant of the fictional Land of Oz, introduced in the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by L. Frank Baum.


czarny lud

czarny lud (nominative singular)
czarnego luda (genitive singular)
czarnemu ludowi (dative singular)
czarnego luda (accusative singular)
czarnym ludem (instrumental singular)
czarnym ludzie (locative singular)
czarny ludzie (singular vocative)


ゆめおち

ゆめおち (canonical)
ゆめオチ (canonical)
yumeochi (romanization)

(fiction) Revealing that the a story was all part of a dream; the "it was all a dream" ending.


нежить

ru-noun+

не́жить • (néžitʹ) f inan (genitive не́жити, nominative plural не́жити, genitive plural не́житей)

не́жить (canonical)
néžitʹ (romanization)
не́жити (genitive)
не́жити (nominative plural)
не́житей (genitive plural)
не́жить (nominative singular)
не́жити (nominative plural)
не́жити (genitive singular)
не́житей (genitive plural)
не́жити (dative singular)
не́житям (dative plural)
не́жить (accusative singular)
не́жити (accusative plural)
не́житью (instrumental singular)
не́житями (instrumental plural)
не́жити (prepositional singular)
не́житях (plural prepositional)

(uncountable, Slavic mythology) evil or dangerous spirits


Pecksniff

Seth Pecksniff, a sanctimonious surveyor and architect “who has never designed or built anything”, appears in Charles Dickens' novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1844).


การเวก

From Pali karavika, karavīka (“Indian cuckoo”). Compare Sanskrit कलविङ्क (kalaviṅka). Cognate with Old Khmer karavika, Modern Khmer ករវិក (kɑɑvɨk).

(Buddhist mythology) (นก~) a mythical bird said to be immortal, living in the Himavanta Forest, having an enchanting melodious cry, having feathers that can turn into gold, and having a long flowing tail, also believed by the East Asians to have a human's head and a bird's torso.

(Can we date this quote?), กวั้นจง หลัว, สามก๊ก ฉบับเจ้าพระยาพระคลัง (หน) เล่ม ๑, translated by เจ้าพระยาพระคลัง (หน), Bangkok: ดอกหญ้า, page 8:
มีคนหนึ่งรูปร่างโตใหญ่ขับเกวียนมาถึงหน้าร้านสุราเข้าไปเรียกผู้ขายสุราว่า เอาสุรามาขายจงเร็ว เรากินแล้วจะรีบไปอาสาแผ่นดิน เล่าปี่เห็นผู้นั้นสูงประมาณหกศอก หนวดยาวประมาณศอกเศษ หน้าแดงดังผลพุทราสุก ปากแดงดังชาดแต้ม คิ้วดังตัวไหม จักษุยาวดังนกการเวก เห็นกิริยาผิดประหลาดกว่าคนทั้งปวง
mii kon nʉ̀ng rûup-râang dtoo-yài kàp gwiian maa tʉ̌ng nâa ráan sù-raa kâo bpai rîiak pûu kǎai sù-raa wâa · ao sù-raa maa kǎai jong reo · rao gin lɛ́ɛo jà rîip bpai aa-sǎa pɛ̀n-din · lâo-bpìi hěn pûu nán sǔung bprà-maan hòk sɔ̀ɔk · nùuat yaao bprà-maan sɔ̀ɔk sèet · nâa dɛɛng dang pǒn pút-saa sùk · bpàak dɛɛng dang cháat dtɛ̂ɛm · kíu dang dtuua mǎi · jàk-sù yaao dang nók gaa-rá-wêek · hěn gì-rí-yaa pìt-bprà-làat gwàa kon táng-bpuuang
There was a certain man of a huge frame riding a cart in till reaching the front of the wine shop, which he entered to call the wine seller, saying: "Bring wine in for sale quickly! I shall drink it and rush to offer myself for the country!" Liu Bei looked over that man, [noting that] he was around six cubits tall, his beard was a bit over a cubit long approximately, his face was vivid like a ripe apple, his lips were red as if having been painted with cinnabar, his eyebrows were like silkworms, and his eyes were so long as [the eyes of] a phoenix. His whole appearance was seemingly more distinct than everyone.

(Chinese mythology, by extension) (นก~) fenghuang: Chinese phoenix.

(mythology, by extension) (นก~) phoenix.


Hand Solo

Punning alteration of the name of Star Wars character Han Solo.

Indulge in a bit of Hand Solo

2001 March 13, Zekhen [username], “Re: Hand Shandys”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):

I'd a Hand Solo this afternoon and another one, like, fifteen minutes ago and now I'm totally wankrupt.

2005, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightdress, Penguin, →ISBN:

I had a mate who said he couldn't "finish the job" when he went Hand Solo, and he was on Rispiridol.

2007 September 18, The Kez That Is Called Kez [username], “Re: tanya!”, in alt.support.depression (Usenet):

(slang) An act of masturbation involving the manual stimulation of one's own genitals.


witchlet

What's wrong my little witchlet, aren't you having a fun Mother's Day?

2014 September 13, Ted Jessup, “Mom's the Word”, in Family Guy:


arquivilão

(chiefly narratology) archvillain (a supreme villain)


Suethor

Flames can also address characters being "out of character" or "out of canon" (both labeled "OOC"), whether or not the fanfic is a Mary Sue (composed by a "Suethor"), […]

2005, Molly Wright, "Imitation, Not Limitation: Fan Fiction In The Classroom", thesis submitted to Columbus State University, page 27

Lastly, a survey was distributed both in 2005 and 2009 to solicit Mary Sue readers' and writers' opinions, and their answers have contributed towards an understanding of why Suethors choose to knowingly write Mary Sues, and how they have reacted when confronted with accusations that their characters are Mary Sues.

2009, J. M. Frey, "Water Logged Mona Lisa: Who Is Mary Sue, and Why Do We Need Her", thesis submitted to Ryerson University/York University, page 32

Another one labels the writer a “Suethor,” a term used by^([sic]) writers who portray Mary Sues in their texts and tells her in very harsh terms to delete her story and dream instead of writing.

2015, Sanna Lehtonen, “Writing Oneself into Someone Else's Story – Experiments with Identity and Speculative Life Writing in Twilight Fan Fiction”, in Fafnir, volume 2, number 2, pages 12–13:

(fandom slang, usually derogatory) An author who creates Mary Sues, writes fiction featuring Mary Sues, or both.


arquirrival

pt-noun

arquirrival m or f by sense (plural arquirrivais)


neckbiter

From neck + biter, likely after the pattern of ankle-biter.

With Welcome to the Rileys in the can awaiting release, Stewart is already back into the world of neckbiters and werewolves.

2009 April 4, Amy Longsdorf, “Kristen Stewart: Still indie at heart”, in Toronto Star:


Spander

And lord knows, if you want there's plenty of Spuffy and Spander to last a lifetime.

2004 April 29, Kathryn Burlingham, “Re: You want fries with that?”, in soc.motss (Usenet):

Yeah, the Spander shippers really got off on that one.

2006 September 10, Don Sample, “Re: AOQ Review 7-2: "Beneath You"”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Spander 'shippers prefer long NC-17 rated stories, regardless of genre.

2013, Mary Kirby-Diaz, “Ficcers and 'Shippers: A Love Story”, in Jennifer K. Stuller, editor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Intellect Books, →ISBN, page 46:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Spike and Xander Harris from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


arquimago

(fantasy) archmage (a very powerful mage)


Spillow

Well, I'm beginning a campaign for Spike and Willow in 02. Wanna join for Spillow?

2002 October 10, Stephen Weick, “Re: The Bright side of Deep Down.”, in alt.tv.angel (Usenet):

Spillow is best. Spillow the drinkin' & gal-chasin' pair. They won't put Willow with a man romantically, I promise you that.

2002 October 10, Rose, “Re: Spike and Willow (spoilers for Same Time)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

You're all forgetting Spillow

2005 July 16, Yelps [username], “Re: What Happens When Buffy Is Done Baking?”, in alt.tv.angel (Usenet):

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Spike and Willow Rosenberg from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


take out an onion

en-verb

take out an onion (third-person singular simple present takes out an onion, present participle taking out an onion, simple past took out an onion, past participle taken out an onion)

takes out an onion (present singular third-person)
taking out an onion (participle present)
took out an onion (past)
taken out an onion (participle past)

The vapours from sliced onions cause tears, allowing someone to pretend to cry. Coined by Private Eye and used as a mock stage description, originally to describe Harold MacMillan.

He’s almost taking out an onion now as he remembers his father and his own early struggles.

2010 August 6, Jonathan Wheatley, “Brazil’s TV debate: ports, rates and Lula’s shadow”, in The Financial Times:

"I don't want the next generation to misunderstand history" Mr Chea told a packed court, no doubt taking out an onion as he did so. "I don't want them to believe the Khmer Rouge were bad people, war criminals."

2011 December 11, DJ Taylor, “Clichés - We're all in them together”, in The Independent:

I sympathise, of course, (takes out onion) with Ken’s own experience of how hard it is to find employment, in a particularly tough job market for embittered old lefties.

2012 January 21, Andrew Gilligan, “Ken Livingstone: new health concerns as multiple personality disorder detected”, in The Daily Telegraph:

(idiomatic) Suggests that the performer of the action is not sincere in their grief.


elevador espacial

pt-noun

elevador espacial m (plural elevadores espaciais)

(astronomy, science fiction) space elevator (a hypothetical cable connecting the ground with space)


trueborn

en-adj

trueborn (comparative more trueborn, superlative most trueborn)

more trueborn (comparative)
most trueborn (superlative)

Young Ian's shoulders and thighs were dark with wet, and the rain dripped from the brim of his slouch hat, but he sat straight in the saddle, ignoring the weather with the stoic nonchalance of a trueborn Scot.

1994, Diana Gabaldon, Voyager, Anchor Canada, published 2002, →ISBN:

She might have overlooked a dozen bastards for Ned's sake, so long as they were out of sight. Jon was never out of sight, and as he grew, he looked more like Ned than any of the trueborn sons she bore him.

1996, George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones, Bantam Books, →ISBN:

Draconian in terms of its scope and aims, it replaced the guarantee of all rights, liberties, and immunities of all trueborn Englishmen that had been granted to the colonists in the first two colonial charters and established something very akin to martial law in the colony.

2007, Kieran Doherty, Sea Venture: Shipwreck, Survival, and the Salvation of Jamestown, St. Martin's, →ISBN, page 151:


uróboro

(mythology) ouroboros (a serpent, dragon or worm who eats its own tail)


uróboro

(Egyptian mythology, Greek mythology) ouroboros


biomechanoid

I always thought that that original ship, which I call the Croissant, was a battleship, holding these biomechanoid creatures that were all about destruction.

2015 September 23, Ben Child, “Ridley Scott plans three more Prometheus films before Alien”, in The Guardian:

(science fiction) A robot in the form of an animal.


vuibhearn

head

vuibhearn m (genitive singular vuibhirn, nominative plural vuibhirn)

vuibhirn (genitive singular)
vuibhirn (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
vuibhearn (indefinite singular)
vuibhirn (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a vuibhirn (indefinite singular)
a vuibhearna (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
vuibhirn (indefinite singular)
vuibhearn (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an vuibhearn (definite singular)
na vuibhirn (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an vuibhirn (definite singular)
na vuibhearn (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an vuibhearn (definite singular)
don vuibhearn (definite singular)
leis na vuibhirn (definite plural)

Borrowed from English wyvern, from Middle English wyvere (“viper”), from Old Northern French wivre, from Latin vīpera (“viper; snake, serpent”).


думатель

ru-noun+

ду́матель • (dúmatelʹ) m inan (genitive ду́мателя, nominative plural ду́матели, genitive plural ду́мателей)

ду́матель (canonical)
dúmatelʹ (romanization)
ду́мателя (genitive)
ду́матели (nominative plural)
ду́мателей (genitive plural)
ду́матель (nominative singular)
ду́матели (nominative plural)
ду́мателя (genitive singular)
ду́мателей (genitive plural)
ду́мателю (dative singular)
ду́мателям (dative plural)
ду́матель (accusative singular)
ду́матели (accusative plural)
ду́мателем (instrumental singular)
ду́мателями (instrumental plural)
ду́мателе (prepositional singular)
ду́мателях (plural prepositional)

ду́мать (dúmatʹ) + -тель (-telʹ)

af

ду́мать (dúmatʹ) + -тель (-telʹ)

При э́том анализа́тор агрега́та бу́дет анализи́ровать, ду́матель... — у ей вну́тре ведь есть, ка́жется, ду́матель? — ...ду́матель бу́дет ду́мать, и таки́м о́бразом агрега́т ста́нет у вас обуча́ться.

1968, Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, The Tale of the Troika:

In this case, the unit analyser will analyse, the thinker... – she does have, it seems, a thinker inside her? – ...the thinker will think, and thus the unit will learn from you.

Pri étom analizátor agregáta búdet analizírovatʹ, dúmatelʹ... — u jej vnútre vedʹ jestʹ, kážetsja, dúmatelʹ? — ...dúmatelʹ búdet dúmatʹ, i takím óbrazom agregát stánet u vas obučátʹsja.

(fantasy) a device supposedly capable of self-learning


dickensiano

es-adj

dickensiano (feminine dickensiana, masculine plural dickensianos, feminine plural dickensianas)

dickensiana (feminine)
dickensianos (masculine plural)
dickensianas (feminine plural)

Diga victoriano y pensará en trenes de vapor, en expansión industrial y geográfica, en miseria dickensiana, en Londres marcando el ritmo del planeta.

2015 September 13, “Isabel II, la reina sin época”, in El País:


Dungeon Mastering

Performing as a dungeon master, or running a tabletop role-playing game, especially Dungeons & Dragons.


upiór

pl-noun

upiór m animal (female equivalent upiorzyca, related adjective upiorowy)

upiorzyca (feminine)
upiorowy (adjective)
upiór (nominative singular)
upiory (nominative plural)
upiora (genitive singular)
upiorów (genitive plural)
upiorowi (dative singular)
upiorom (dative plural)
upiora (accusative singular)
upiory (accusative plural)
upiorem (instrumental singular)
upiorami (instrumental plural)
upiorze (locative singular)
upiorach (locative plural)
upiorze (singular vocative)
upiory (plural vocative)

→ English: oupire

Borrowed from East Slavic. Compare Ukrainian упир (upyr). Doublet of wampir and wąpierz.

ghost, spectre, spook (supernatural being of frightful appearance who is a threat to the living, which, according to the beliefs of some cultures, becomes the dead returning to earth as punishment for evil deeds)

Po chwili otrząsały się z upiorów wspomnień.

After a while, they shook off the terrible memories.

spectre (past, frightening events or phenomena that are a threat again)

any sheath-tailed bat of the genus Emballonura


nihtgenga

nihtgenġa (canonical masculine)
nihtgenġa (nominative singular)
nihtgenġan (nominative plural)
nihtgenġan (accusative singular)
nihtgenġan (accusative plural)
nihtgenġan (genitive singular)
nihtgenġena (genitive plural)
nihtgenġan (dative singular)
nihtgenġum (dative plural)


зараплавец

be-noun

зарапла́вец<*.pr>

зарапла́віца

зарапла́вец • (zaraplávjec) m pers (genitive зарапла́ўца, nominative plural зарапла́ўцы, genitive plural зарапла́ўцаў, feminine зарапла́віца)

зарапла́вец (canonical)
zaraplávjec (romanization)
зарапла́ўца (genitive)
зарапла́ўцы (nominative plural)
зарапла́ўцаў (genitive plural)
зарапла́віца (feminine)
зарапла́вец (nominative singular)
зарапла́ўцы (nominative plural)
зарапла́ўца (genitive singular)
зарапла́ўцаў (genitive plural)
зарапла́ўцу (dative singular)
зарапла́ўцам (dative plural)
зарапла́ўца (accusative singular)
зарапла́ўцаў (accusative plural)
зарапла́ўцам (instrumental singular)
зарапла́ўцамі (instrumental plural)
зарапла́ўцу (locative singular)
зарапла́ўцах (locative plural)
зарапла́ўцы (count-form plural)

be-ndecl

зарапла́вец<*.pr>

From Proto-Slavic *zorja (“star”) + Proto-Slavic *plavati (“to swim, to float, to sail”) + -ец (-jec), analogous to марапла́вец (maraplávjec, “seafarer”). Cognate with Ukrainian зорепла́вець (zoreplávecʹ). Compare with Russian звездопла́ватель (zvezdoplávatelʹ).

cog

зорепла́вець

noncog

звездопла́ватель

(chiefly science fiction, rare) spacefarer (one who travels in space)


Σταχτοπούτα

Stachtopoúta (romanization)
Σταχτοπούτα (nominative singular)
Σταχτοπούτας (genitive singular)
Σταχτοπούτα (accusative singular)
Σταχτοπούτα (singular vocative)

el-decl-noun-unc

Σταχτοπούτας

From στάχτη (stáchti, “ash”) + πουτάνα (poutána), calque of German Aschenputtel.


mellow yellow

en-noun

mellow yellow (countable and uncountable, plural mellow yellows)

Coordinate term: hippo

(South Africa, countable, slang, historical) A yellow police car used in South Africa.


Winnie-the-Pooh

Alternative form of Winnie the Pooh (the original A. A. Milne form contains hyphens).


Poirotian

en-adj

Poirotian (comparative more Poirotian, superlative most Poirotian)

more Poirotian (comparative)
most Poirotian (superlative)

It is present, too, in The Confidential Clerk, with its multiple puzzles of parental identity and its twisting series of Poirotian revelations in the final scene […]

2005, David E. Chinitz, T. S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide, page 146:

For an outsider, you gain local knowledge slowly, have to sort of come at it indirectly, like a Poirotian detective, accumulating the facts and history of the people who have lived and live in your town.

2011, Steve Boggs, Letters to Dinah, page 74:

As you can see, each of the above programs is designed for a different user. What kind are you? A Poirotian detective with excellent computer skills and a healthy pocketbook?

1993, G. G. Vandagriff, Voices in Your Blood, page 157:

Of or relating to the fictional detective Hercule Poirot in the works of Agatha Christie.


Кролик

ru-proper noun+

Кро́лик • (Królik) m anim (genitive Кро́лика)

Кро́лик (canonical)
Królik (romanization)
Кро́лика (genitive)
Кро́лик (nominative singular)
Кро́лика (genitive singular)
Кро́лику (dative singular)
Кро́лика (accusative singular)
Кро́ликом (instrumental singular)
Кро́лике (prepositional singular)

ru:Кролик (Винни-Пух)


Винни-Пух

Ви́нни-Пух • (Vínni-Pux) m anim (genitive Ви́нни-Пуха)

Ви́нни-Пух (canonical)
Vínni-Pux (romanization)
Ви́нни-Пуха (genitive)
Ви́нни-Пух (nominative singular)
Ви́нни-Пуха (genitive singular)
Ви́нни-Пуху (dative singular)
Ви́нни-Пуха (accusative singular)
Ви́нни-Пухом (instrumental singular)
Ви́нни-Пухе (prepositional singular)

ru:Винни-Пух


Mako Mori test

Named after the character Mako Mori from the 2013 film Pacific Rim by a Tumblr user known as "Chaila", who thought that the older Bechdel test was sometimes insufficient for measuring the representation of women in films.

But what stood out most to me was how the film [Gravity] proves we need The Mako Mori Test.

2013, Ryan Syrek, "She Needed Her Space", The Reader, Volume 20, Number 35, 10 October 2013 - 16 October 2013, page 22

It [Run Lola Run] does pass the Mako Mori test though, because Lola is motivated by her boyfriend's safety, her actions do not always impact his story arc.

2015, Lani Gerbi, "The Bechdel Sword in the Stone", On Dit (Adelaide University), Volume 83, Issue 7, 15 July 2015, page 19

Below is just one take, and uses the established Bechdel and Mako Mori tests to assess whether a work is feminist/representative.

2015 August 17, Charlotte Hann, “Feminist Fandom”, in Salient, volume 78, number 19, Victoria University of Wellington, page 30:

(literature, critical theory) A feminist test for evaluating works of fiction by whether they have (i) at least one female character (ii) who has her own narrative arc (iii) which does not exist to support the narrative arc of a male character.


(fandom slang) Initialism of Generation Five (“the fifth generation of the My Little Pony toy franchise, known as A New Generation”).


Posadism

A form of Trotskyism based on the politics of J. Posadas


เปรต

From Sanskrit प्रेत (preta, “dead body; dead person; ghost; etc”, literally “one who has gone; one who has departed; one who has passed away”). Cognate with English preta; Lao ເຜດ (phēt); Old Khmer preta; Modern Khmer ប្រេត (praet).

bor

(Buddhism, Hinduism) preta: a type of supernatural creature born to undergo punishment or suffering as a result of sinful deeds committed in previous lives.

preta: a type of ghost in the Thai folklore, believed to have a very tall and thin body, the mouth as small as the hole of a needle, the hands as large as palm leaves, and to consume blood and pus as food, as well as to scream at night.

(slang, vulgar, derogatory, offensive) annoying, disturbing, or bothersome person; troublemaker.


antigravitationnel

fr-adj

antigravitationnel (feminine antigravitationnelle, masculine plural antigravitationnels, feminine plural antigravitationnelles)

antigravitationnelle (feminine)
antigravitationnels (masculine plural)
antigravitationnelles (feminine plural)

From anti- + gravitationnel or antigravitation + -el.


Sinbad

Borrowed from Arabic سِنْدِبَاد (sindibād), from Middle Persian (compare Persian سندباد (sendbâd)), possibly borrowed from Sanskrit सिद्धपथ (siddhapatha, “path of the Blessed”).
According to folk etymology, from سند (send) + باد (bâd), whence also the Arabic هِنْدِبَاد (hindibād).

der

(fiction) A fictional sailor, the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin, who encountered monsters and magic while travelling the seas east of Africa and south of Asia.


มาร

Borrowed from Sanskrit मार (māra, “evil one; tempter; death personified”) or Pali māra (“idem”). Compare Old Khmer māra, māra°, °māra (“Buddhist Satan; death”); Modern Khmer មារ (miə); Northern Thai ᨾᩣ᩠ᩁ.

bor

any malevolent supernatural being; a demon.


starry eyes

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(chiefly anime and manga) Eyes with exaggerated starry highlights, with an expression of wonder or delight.


Back to the Future Day

It's Back to the Future Day - the date Marty and Doc crashed the future in the second of the three time-hopping sci-fi adventure films.

2015 October 20, Leo Kelion, “Back to the Future II: What did it get right and wrong?”, in BBC:

For anyone who is still confused, Back to the Future Day marks the fact that today is the date specified for the "future" setting in the 1989 Back to the Future II film.

2015 October 21, Adam Withnall, “Department for Work and Pensions fails to appeal to public with 'Back to the Future Day' tweet”, in The Independent:

Back to the Future Day is over. The exact time Marty and Doc Brown travel forward to from 1985 - has been and gone. This time round.

2015 October 21, Barney Henderson, Rupert Hawksley, Helena Horton, “Back to the Future Day live: Is October 21, 2015 turning out like the film predicted?”, in The Atlantic:

Following Back to the Future Day on October 21, the countdown to Halloween has well and truly begun.

2016 October 15, “Last Minute 'Back To The Future' Halloween Costumes That You Can Throw Together Tonight”, in Bustle:

We're one year on from "Back to the Future Day," which marked the date Marty McFly visited the future in the 1989 classic "Back to the Future: Part II." The film predicted flat screens and drones, and today it seems one more of its many forecasts for the future is on the verge of coming true.

2016 October 25, Eric Mack, “'Back to the Future' predicted this World Series, sort of”, in C/NET:

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Michael J. Fox was the first person to get a pair of the power-lace shoes last year, "coinciding with Back to the Future Day on Oct. 21, 2015, the exact future date in Back to the Future: Part II that Marty travels to from 1985."

2017 February 27, Kaitlin Kimont, “Where To Get Seth Rogen's 'Back To The Future' Nike Sneakers From the 2017 Oscars,”, in Romper:

The date October 21, 2015, regarded as commemorative of the movie Back to the Future Part II, in which the main characters use a time machine to travel to this date from the year 1985.


テレポート

テレポートする (canonical)
terepōto suru (romanization)
テレポートし (stem)
テレポートした (past)
テレポートし
terepōto shi
テレポートする
terepōto suru
テレポートすれ
terepōto sure
テレポートせよ (imperative literary)
テレポートしろ (colloquial imperative)
terepōto seyo (imperative literary)
terepōto shiro (colloquial imperative)
テレポートされる (passive)
terepōto sareru (passive)
テレポートさせる (causative)
テレポートさす (causative)
terepōto saseru (causative)
terepōto sasu (causative)
テレポートできる (potential)
terepōto dekiru (potential)
テレポートしよう (volitional)
terepōto shiyō (volitional)
テレポートしない (negative)
terepōto shinai (negative)
テレポートせず (continuative negative)
terepōto sezu (continuative negative)
テレポートします (formal)
terepōto shimasu (formal)
テレポートした (perfective)
terepōto shita (perfective)
テレポートして (conjunctive)
terepōto shite (conjunctive)
テレポートすれば (conditional hypothetical)
terepōto sureba (conditional hypothetical)

From English teleport. See also テレポーテーション (terepōtēshon).

2008 April 8, Gosho Aoyama, “FILE(ファイル).2(に) 瞬(しゅん)間(かん)移(い)動(どう) [File 2: Teleportation]”, in 名(めい)探(たん)偵(てい)コナン [Legendary Detective Conan], volume 61 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN:

——てか、瞬間移動は葵ちゃんだし…

——Te ka, shunkan idō wa Aoi-chan da shi…

—Teleportation is more of Aoi-chan’s thing, though…

——てか、瞬間移動は葵ちゃんだし…

——てか、瞬間移動は葵ちゃんだし…

——てか、瞬間移動は葵ちゃんだし…

——てか、瞬間移動は葵ちゃんだし…


डिज़्नी

ḍiznī (romanization)
डिज़्नी (direct singular)
डिज़्नी (direct plural)
डिज़्नी (oblique singular)
डिज़्नियों (oblique plural)
डिज़्नी (singular vocative)
डिज़्नियो (plural vocative)
डिज़्नी (direct singular)
डिज़्नियाँ (direct plural)
डिज़्नी (oblique singular)
डिज़्नियों (oblique plural)
डिज़्नी (singular vocative)
डिज़्नियो (plural vocative)

a surname from English, equivalent to English Disney


डिज़्नी

hi-proper noun

डिज़्नी • (ḍiznī) ?


bronydom

Over the past two years the rising tide of adult male fans of the "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" cartoon has swept upon the shores of the internet. Forums, Facebook, YouTube and pop culture conventions alike have been caught up by bronydom.

2013, Sean Gleason, "Bronies: Who Are They?!", The Pinion (McKinley High School, Honolulu, Hawaii), Volume 92, Number 4, February 2013, page 4

Like many other subcultures considered perverse by much of the general public, bronydom has its roots in the infamous website 4chan.org.

2013 September 9, Thomas Raethel, “The Mysterious World of Bronies”, in Critic, number 22, University of Otago, page 33:

Though there are some female bronies (some call themselves “pegasisters”), bronydom — at its core — is simply about just being kind and having fun.

2014, Leah Sottile, "Imaginary Friends", Inlander, Volume 21, Number 43, 14 August 2014 - 20 August 2014, page 26

(fandom slang) The community or culture of bronies.


clopper

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Considering that a significant percentage of bronies are closeted, and taking into account the stigma attached to such practices, it is fair to assume that the real "clopper" population is likely far larger.

One clopper recently gained quite a bit of notoriety on the Internet by revealing just how far his obsession with the show had gone.

2013, Katrina Gardner, "Big Boys, Little Ponies", The Express (Las Positas College), Volume 24, Number 19, 5 April 2013, page 4

Alexander Carlsson, 25, was jailed in Sanford, Florida, in August on federal child pornography charges, but also told agents that he is a "clopper," which identifies him, he said, as one who masturbates while gazing at figurines and pictures depicting Hasbro's My Little Pony toys.

2015 September 18, Chuck Shepard, “News Of The Weird”, in Santa Monica Daily Press, volume 14, number 266, page 13:

(My Little Pony fandom slang) One who engages in clopping.


anypony

From any + pony, by analogy with anybody.

As I said, I'm writing a fanfic. I need to know if anypony in particular ~doesn't~ want to be in it.

1998 October 1, Jennifer McMichael, “I'm writing a fanfic....”, in alt.toys.my-little-pony (Usenet):

As stated before, if anypony would like one, the cost is $15 plus shipping.

1999 August 17, luv...@geocities.com [username], “My MLP T-shirt”, in alt.toys.my-little-pony (Usenet):

Heyas, I finally got around to drawing a pic of my unicorn self, if anypony wants to see it and let me know if it could use some changes before I get to the coloring of it.

1999 October 29, Pouncer [username], “Pouncer Drawing, not colored yet”, in alt.toys.my-little-pony (Usenet):


From MLP (abbreviation of My Little Pony).

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
w:My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

Abbreviation of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.


everypony

From every + pony, by analogy with everybody.

Hi everypony! I'm back from Germany and my luck held out! You'd never believe what I found!

1998 July 13, Buckbuddy [username], “Back from Germany”, in alt.toys.my-little-pony (Usenet):

why don't a^([sic]) draw a picture of everypony on the newsgroup, in their pony selves!

1998 September 6, Glory, “say cheese!”, in alt.toys.my-little-pony (Usenet):

Thanks so very much EVERYPONY! I really appreciate this! I was so stumped!!

1999 September 14, Michelle, “Re: Wanna help name a custom?”, in alt.toys.my-little-pony (Usenet):

(My Little Pony fandom slang) Everybody.


mozkomor

mozkomor (nominative singular)
mozkomoři (nominative plural)
mozkomora (genitive singular)
mozkomorů (genitive plural)
mozkomorovi (dative singular)
mozkomoru (dative singular)
mozkomorům (dative plural)
mozkomora (accusative singular)
mozkomory (accusative plural)
mozkomore (singular vocative)
mozkomoři (plural vocative)
mozkomorovi (locative singular)
mozkomoru (locative singular)
mozkomorech (locative plural)
mozkomorem (instrumental singular)
mozkomory (instrumental plural)

From mozek (“brain”) + -o- + mořit (“torment”). The word was coined by Pavel Medek, translator of the Harry Potter books into Czech.

compound

Ty jsi mu vysál život? […] Jak? […] Jako mozkomor.

2014, Čeněk Matocha, transl., Kronika kambionů – Osudová přitažlivost, Nakladatelství Fragment, translation of The Cambion Chronicles – Living Violet by Jaime Reed, →ISBN:

You ate his life? […] How? […] Like a dementor.

Když jsme se na konec románku zeptali samotné Šlégrové, mysleli jsme, že nás přes telefon snad stihne smrtelnou kletbou nebo na nás aspoň pošle mozkomory.

2013 February 12, “Zase je volná! Manželka hokejisty Šlégra pustila k vodě milence. Zahýbal jí s přítelkyní”, in Super.cz:

When we asked about the end of the love affair to Šlégrová herself, we thought that she would hit us with a deadly spell through the phone or at least send dementors against us.

Stačí jako Mozkomor naslouchat a živit se utrpením jiných.

2014 July 29, Jan Bartas, “Ronda dels Cims: šílené ultra, které jinde jen tak nezažijete”, in iDnes.cz:

It is enough when you listen and feed yourself on the misery of others like a dementor.

dementor (soulless creature which originally appeared in the Harry Potter books)


đại ca

[ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ kaː˧˧]

[ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ kaː˧˧]

[ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ kaː˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 大哥 (“eldest brother”), from Mandarin 大哥 (dàgē)


bronyism

Tens of thousands of adults around the globe have been drawn into the land of Equetria—into bronyism.

2013, Drew McLachlan, "Nothing phony behind bronies", The Navigator (Vancouver Island University), Volume 44, Issue 12, 6 March 2013 - 19 March 2013, page 9

My introduction to Bronyism brought me out of, as mentioned prior, a very dark place.

2013, Will Martin, "Proud To Be A Brony: How My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Changed My Life", Summer/Fall 2013, page 10

The Bronies like to challenge their skeptics to just watch one episode – you never know when your Bronyism might come out.

2013 August 15, Audra Stamp, “Pony Tales: An unexpected fandom”, in North Texas Daily, University of North Texas:

(fandom slang) The community, culture, or philosophy of bronies.


Bufton Tufton

Coined by Private Eye, based on the former Conservative MP Tufton Beamish.

A new generation is battling through, but there are still too many Sir Bufton Tuftons at the core of the Party organisation.

1998, Crossbow: A Quarterly Journal of Politics:

Many people see it is as the sole preserve of the Bufton Tuftons who sit in their gentleman's clubs complaining about the ills of the modern world while chomping away on a pheasant, mallard duck or partridge.

An old school friend of mine, certainly not a Bufton Tufton, who was visiting London from his home in Italy, was mystified to see commuters standing on the railway station in just T-shirts or cardigans in the middle of a harsh winter.

2008, Peter Whittle, Look at Me: Celebrating the Self in Modern Britain:

He just replaced the Bufton Tuftons with a bunch of people whose only qualification is a hatred of meat and a chip on the shoulder.

2010, Jeremy Clarkson, How Hard Can It Be?: The World According to Clarkson, Penguin UK, →ISBN:


rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock

rock paper scissors
rock paper scissors#English

(neologism) An extension of the children's game of rock paper scissors, with two additional handshapes: lizard and Spock.


cancerbero

es-noun

cancerbero m (plural cancerberos, feminine cancerbera, feminine plural cancerberas)

cancerberos (plural)
cancerbera (feminine)
cancerberas (feminine plural)


Sue, Grabbit and Runne

A jocular play on the phrase sue, grab it and run, suggesting a greedy law firm to which Private Eye magazine would usually attribute frivolous libel cases.

1838, Joshington Square'
Messrs Sue, Grabbit and Runn were after Mr Crink, our hero.

I cannot disclose his name for fear of letters from Messrs Sue, Grabbit and Run.

[…] the finger sunk into the cheek like that of some posing philosopher and the general effect being, if I may say so without incurring the wrath of Sue Grabbit and Runne, one of effeminacy.

Needless to say such improbable calumnies will not pass unnoticed by Messrs Sue, Grabbitt and Runne, who have been instructed to use the limits of the law to bring to heel the rumour-mongers and muck-rakers.

A rather pathetic pseudo-apology you might think; as Milne had no evidence for his damaging accusation, he was lucky Douglas-Home did not set Messrs Sue, Grabbit & Runne on him.

I am sure he will agree, after some of his comments, that if we pursue this idea too far, he and I, and indeed your Lordships, might well become entangled with that well-known firm of libel lawyers, Messrs. Sue, Grabitt, and Run, since I shall report swiftly the thoughts of my noble friend to my right honourable friend.

1985 February 27, Lord Lyell, “Government Subsidisation: De Lorean Enterprise”, in parliamentary debates (House of Lords (UK)), page 1000:

Now Messrs Sue, Grabbit & Runne have also written to the editor in a threatening manner to say that their new client His Holiness Shri Chandra Swamiji Maharaj did not, as alleged, act as a broker to any transaction involving Mark Thatcher

It would not be hard to prove as there are published figures for the UK where “Sue, Grabit and Run” has handled many of the placements.

1999 June 22, Dick Roche, “Estimates for Public Services, 1999 - Vote 32 - Public Enterprise (Revised)”, in parliamentary debates (Houses of the Oireachtas (Ireland)):

With Wright anxious to reclaim his Everton place - presently occupied by the rock-solid Nigel Martyn - I suggest he takes counsel from Sue, Grabitt and Run, company motto: Safe Hands Always.

2003 November 9, Len Capeling, “Everton expects; Stars need to deliver”, in Liverpool Daily Post:

We now hear today that we will be cracking down on these solicitors, so that fewer and fewer people — perhaps no people — will end up at the tender mercies of Sue, Grabbit and Runne.

2007, Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts, Legal Services Commission: Legal Aid and Mediation for People Involved in Family Breakdown, Fifty-first Report of Session 2006-07, The Stationery Office →ISBN, page 12

There are players picking up a hundred grand a week who are like pickpockets, stealing money from the fans. I'm not going to name names 'cos I don't want to make libel lawyers Sue, Grabbitt and Run any richer.

2009, Jimmy Greaves, Ian St John, Saint And Greavsie's Funny Old Games, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

Let's hope that now Kate Middleton has got her first taste of cash for "invasion of her privacy" (following an award of £5,000 in damages for a pap snap of her on a Christmas family holiday) she won't be encouraged by Messrs Sue, Grabitt and Runne to censure every single detail that's reported about her.

The wonderful thing about accredited demons is that you can say virtually anything about them and it is unlikely you will hear from Sue, Grabbit and Run.

2010, John Pilger, Distant Voices, Random House, →ISBN, page 224:

Hopefully, a representative of Sue, Grabit and Run, will not be standing by poised to take legal action should anyone scratch themselves.

2010 March 6, Hilarie Stelfox, “Hilarie: Learning to deal with life’s rough and tumble”, in Huddersfield Daily Examiner:

If I sent Messrs Sue, Grabbitt and Runne this well written, cogently argued, literate letter then they would say that I was capable of getting the kind of job I'd had and of earning the same good salary.

2013, Annie Francis-Clark, The Day My Life Changed, Autharium, →ISBN:

Which Ballard should J.G. Ballard sue J.G Ballard for, on grounds of malicious libel? Answers please to Sue, Grabit and Run.

2013, John Sutherland, Curiosities of Literature: A Feast for Book Lovers, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:

(UK, humorous) A generic name for a law firm, especially one specializing in libel cases.


Fredonia

A place in the United States:
A town in Arizona.

A place in the United States:
A ghost town in California.

A place in the United States:
A city and town in Iowa.

A city, the county seat of Wilson County, Kansas.

A place in the United States:
A city and town in Kentucky.

A place in the United States:
A village and city in New York.

A place in the United States:
A city and village in North Dakota.

A place in the United States:
A borough of Pennsylvania.

A place in the United States:
A village and town in Wisconsin.


ciborg

Todo está en manos de este equipo: Fahmy, expolicía; Sahar, experta en tecnología; Ram, científico y ciborg y Naguib, burro inteligente gracias a la modificación genética.

2015 September 22, “El cómic también habla árabe”, in El País:


HGSS

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
w:Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

(video games, fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.


FRLG

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
w:Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.


GSC

Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal
w:Pokémon Gold and Silver

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal.


Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
w:Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.


RBY

Pokémon Red, Blue
w:Pokémon Red and Blue

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow.


RGBY

Pokémon Red, Green, Blue
w:Pokémon Red and Blue

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Red, Green, Blue and Yellow.


ORAS

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
w:Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.


Prester John

(mediaeval folklore) A legendary Christian king of a distant Eastern or African kingdom.


shota

en-noun

shota (usually uncountable, plural shotas)

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From Japanese ショタ (shota) or a clipping of shotacon.

(uncountable, anime) Hentai anime or manga, or other Japanese-inspired erotic art featuring young, usually prepubescent boys.

(countable, anime) A fictional young boy character, especially one featured in such material. Typically drawn with exaggerated or stylised cute features.


BSG

Battlestar Galactica
w:Battlestar Galactica

(science fiction) Initialism of Battlestar Galactica, an American science fiction media franchise.


ラブライバー

Blend of Japanese ラブライブ！ (Rabu Raibu!, “Love Live!”) and English -er; equivalent to Love-Liver.

noncog

(neologism) A fan of the Love Live! franchise.


bottle episode

/ˈbɒtəl ˈɛpɪsəʊd/

Said to be from the term “ship-in-a-bottle episode”, the nickname given by the cast and crew of the television series Star Trek (originally broadcast 1966–1969) to an episode set entirely on board the starship USS Enterprise.

That's pretty much what a "bottle" episode is; one that uses minimal sets, guest stars, effects, etc, and/or uses lots of clips from past episodes, in order to make a much cheaper episode.

1996 February 12, Janet A. Dornhoff, “What are they filming now?”, in alt.tv.forever-knight (Usenet), message-ID <4fno37$t28@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>:

One of Wright's great strengths as a screenwriter and producer is his ability to design bottle episodes—shows filmed with the goal of saving money—and turn them into riveting, compelling dramas where the viewer forgets that they are watching a bottle show.

1998, Cinefantastique, volume 30, Oak Park, Ill.: Frederick S. Clarke, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 82:

Even though they are moving, for large stretches 'Spiral' is a bottle episode.

2004, Roz Kaveney, “Writing the Vampire Slayer: Interviews with Jane Espenson and Steven S. DeKnight”, in Roz Kaveney, editor, Reading the Vampire Slayer: The New, Updated, Unofficial Guide to Buffy and Angel, 2nd revised and expanded edition, New York, N.Y.: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, I.B. Tauris, →ISBN, page 125:

By the 2000s, the airwaves seemed full of shows not just making reference to other pop culture "images," but wholly based on pop culture. [...] Community regularly turned episodes into extended homages to M*A*S*H, Doctor Who, and Christmas Claymation specials. In "Cooperative Calligraphy," the show presents a "bottle episode," during which Abed repeatedly reminds everyone they are in a "bottle episode," pointing out each characteristic of such episodes as it occurs.

2018, M. King Adkins, “‘These are Their Stories’: Postmodern Spaces”, in Television Storyworlds as Virtual Space, Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 122:

(originally US, television) An episode of a television series designed to be inexpensive and restricted in its use of sets, effects, cast members, etc.


Hlava 22

Je to klasická „Hlava 22“. Nikdo v obchodě nenakupuje, protože tam toho tak málo mají, a obchod si kvůli nedostatku obratu nemůže dovolit zaplnit regály.

2004, Humří letopisy, Praha: Baronet Publishers, →ISBN, page 236:

It is a typical Catch-22. Nobody buys in the shop, because they have so little goods there, and the shop cannot afford to fill in the shelves because of the low turnover.


Hlava XXII

From the title of the novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller from 1961 (translated into Czech as Hlava XXII by Jaroslav Chuchvalec), in which the main character feigns madness in order to avoid dangerous combat missions, but his desire to avoid them is taken to prove his sanity.

Je to taková podnikatelská Hlava XXII. Společnosti, trusty, účetní a právníci – to všechno stojí peníze. A tyhle peníze musíte vynaložit před tím, než je vyděláte.

2015, Danile Helekal, transl., Revoluce v podnikání, Praha: Grada Publishing, translation of Entrepreneur Revolution by Daniel Priestley, →ISBN, page 84:

It’s a nasty catch-22 for entrepreneurs. Companies, trusts, accountants and lawyers all cost money and you have to spend this money before you have it.


holochess

(science fiction) The game of chess played with holograms rather than physical pieces.


chindi

According to Navajo beliefs, a harmful ghost that leaves a person's body when they die and may remain around their possessions.


Tardis-like

en-adj

Tardis-like (comparative more Tardis-like, superlative most Tardis-like)

more Tardis-like (comparative)
most Tardis-like (superlative)

There was a row of blue Tardis-like Portaloos out behind the strip of trestle bars.

2007, Jonathan Trigell, Cham, Corsair, published 2012, →ISBN:

Cassie sighed as she shoved everything back into the Tardis-like bag.

2014, Louisa George, Her Client from Hell, Harlequin, published 2014, →ISBN:

At the Tardis-like Kanalmuséet […] you can be initiated into the history and mystery of the canal, designed by engineer Nils Ericson and inaugurated in 1868; or hop on a vessel yourself.

2015, Becky Ohlsen, Anna Kaminski, & Josephine Quintero, Lonely Planet Sweden, Lonely Planet, published 2015, →ISBN:

Resembling the TARDIS in character or manner, as in appearing like a British police box, being unexpectedly capacious, or providing an immersive view of history.


onnellisuuspilleri

onnellisuuspilleri (nominative singular)
onnellisuuspillerit (nominative plural)
onnellisuuspilleri (accusative nominative singular)
onnellisuuspillerit (accusative nominative plural)
onnellisuuspillerin (accusative genitive singular)
onnellisuuspillerit (accusative genitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerin (genitive singular)
onnellisuuspillerien (genitive plural)
onnellisuuspillereiden (genitive plural)
onnellisuuspillereitten (genitive plural)
onnellisuuspilleriä (partitive singular)
onnellisuuspillereitä (partitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerejä (partitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerissä (inessive singular)
onnellisuuspillereissä (inessive plural)
onnellisuuspilleristä (elative singular)
onnellisuuspillereistä (elative plural)
onnellisuuspilleriin (illative singular)
onnellisuuspillereihin (illative plural)
onnellisuuspillerillä (adessive singular)
onnellisuuspillereillä (adessive plural)
onnellisuuspilleriltä (ablative singular)
onnellisuuspillereiltä (ablative plural)
onnellisuuspillerille (allative singular)
onnellisuuspillereille (allative plural)
onnellisuuspillerinä (essive singular)
onnellisuuspillereinä (essive plural)
onnellisuuspilleriksi (singular translative)
onnellisuuspillereiksi (plural translative)
onnellisuuspillerittä (abessive singular)
onnellisuuspillereittä (abessive plural)
onnellisuuspillerein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
onnellisuuspillerini (nominative singular)
onnellisuuspillerini (nominative plural)
onnellisuuspillerini (accusative nominative singular)
onnellisuuspillerini (accusative nominative plural)
onnellisuuspillerini (accusative genitive singular)
onnellisuuspillerini (accusative genitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerini (genitive singular)
onnellisuuspillerieni (genitive plural)
onnellisuuspillereideni (genitive plural)
onnellisuuspillereitteni (genitive plural)
onnellisuuspilleriäni (partitive singular)
onnellisuuspillereitäni (partitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerejäni (partitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerissäni (inessive singular)
onnellisuuspillereissäni (inessive plural)
onnellisuuspilleristäni (elative singular)
onnellisuuspillereistäni (elative plural)
onnellisuuspilleriini (illative singular)
onnellisuuspillereihini (illative plural)
onnellisuuspillerilläni (adessive singular)
onnellisuuspillereilläni (adessive plural)
onnellisuuspilleriltäni (ablative singular)
onnellisuuspillereiltäni (ablative plural)
onnellisuuspillerilleni (allative singular)
onnellisuuspillereilleni (allative plural)
onnellisuuspillerinäni (essive singular)
onnellisuuspillereinäni (essive plural)
onnellisuuspillerikseni (singular translative)
onnellisuuspillereikseni (plural translative)
onnellisuuspillerittäni (abessive singular)
onnellisuuspillereittäni (abessive plural)
onnellisuuspillereineni (comitative plural)
onnellisuuspillerisi (nominative singular)
onnellisuuspillerisi (nominative plural)
onnellisuuspillerisi (accusative nominative singular)
onnellisuuspillerisi (accusative nominative plural)
onnellisuuspillerisi (accusative genitive singular)
onnellisuuspillerisi (accusative genitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerisi (genitive singular)
onnellisuuspilleriesi (genitive plural)
onnellisuuspillereidesi (genitive plural)
onnellisuuspillereittesi (genitive plural)
onnellisuuspilleriäsi (partitive singular)
onnellisuuspillereitäsi (partitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerejäsi (partitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerissäsi (inessive singular)
onnellisuuspillereissäsi (inessive plural)
onnellisuuspilleristäsi (elative singular)
onnellisuuspillereistäsi (elative plural)
onnellisuuspilleriisi (illative singular)
onnellisuuspillereihisi (illative plural)
onnellisuuspillerilläsi (adessive singular)
onnellisuuspillereilläsi (adessive plural)
onnellisuuspilleriltäsi (ablative singular)
onnellisuuspillereiltäsi (ablative plural)
onnellisuuspillerillesi (allative singular)
onnellisuuspillereillesi (allative plural)
onnellisuuspillerinäsi (essive singular)
onnellisuuspillereinäsi (essive plural)
onnellisuuspilleriksesi (singular translative)
onnellisuuspillereiksesi (plural translative)
onnellisuuspillerittäsi (abessive singular)
onnellisuuspillereittäsi (abessive plural)
onnellisuuspillereinesi (comitative plural)
onnellisuuspillerimme (nominative singular)
onnellisuuspillerimme (nominative plural)
onnellisuuspillerimme (accusative nominative singular)
onnellisuuspillerimme (accusative nominative plural)
onnellisuuspillerimme (accusative genitive singular)
onnellisuuspillerimme (accusative genitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerimme (genitive singular)
onnellisuuspilleriemme (genitive plural)
onnellisuuspillereidemme (genitive plural)
onnellisuuspillereittemme (genitive plural)
onnellisuuspilleriämme (partitive singular)
onnellisuuspillereitämme (partitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerejämme (partitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerissämme (inessive singular)
onnellisuuspillereissämme (inessive plural)
onnellisuuspilleristämme (elative singular)
onnellisuuspillereistämme (elative plural)
onnellisuuspilleriimme (illative singular)
onnellisuuspillereihimme (illative plural)
onnellisuuspillerillämme (adessive singular)
onnellisuuspillereillämme (adessive plural)
onnellisuuspilleriltämme (ablative singular)
onnellisuuspillereiltämme (ablative plural)
onnellisuuspillerillemme (allative singular)
onnellisuuspillereillemme (allative plural)
onnellisuuspillerinämme (essive singular)
onnellisuuspillereinämme (essive plural)
onnellisuuspilleriksemme (singular translative)
onnellisuuspillereiksemme (plural translative)
onnellisuuspillerittämme (abessive singular)
onnellisuuspillereittämme (abessive plural)
onnellisuuspillereinemme (comitative plural)
onnellisuuspillerinne (nominative singular)
onnellisuuspillerinne (nominative plural)
onnellisuuspillerinne (accusative nominative singular)
onnellisuuspillerinne (accusative nominative plural)
onnellisuuspillerinne (accusative genitive singular)
onnellisuuspillerinne (accusative genitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerinne (genitive singular)
onnellisuuspillerienne (genitive plural)
onnellisuuspillereidenne (genitive plural)
onnellisuuspillereittenne (genitive plural)
onnellisuuspilleriänne (partitive singular)
onnellisuuspillereitänne (partitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerejänne (partitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerissänne (inessive singular)
onnellisuuspillereissänne (inessive plural)
onnellisuuspilleristänne (elative singular)
onnellisuuspillereistänne (elative plural)
onnellisuuspilleriinne (illative singular)
onnellisuuspillereihinne (illative plural)
onnellisuuspillerillänne (adessive singular)
onnellisuuspillereillänne (adessive plural)
onnellisuuspilleriltänne (ablative singular)
onnellisuuspillereiltänne (ablative plural)
onnellisuuspillerillenne (allative singular)
onnellisuuspillereillenne (allative plural)
onnellisuuspillerinänne (essive singular)
onnellisuuspillereinänne (essive plural)
onnellisuuspilleriksenne (singular translative)
onnellisuuspillereiksenne (plural translative)
onnellisuuspillerittänne (abessive singular)
onnellisuuspillereittänne (abessive plural)
onnellisuuspillereinenne (comitative plural)
onnellisuuspillerinsä (nominative singular)
onnellisuuspillerinsä (nominative plural)
onnellisuuspillerinsä (accusative nominative singular)
onnellisuuspillerinsä (accusative nominative plural)
onnellisuuspillerinsä (accusative genitive singular)
onnellisuuspillerinsä (accusative genitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerinsä (genitive singular)
onnellisuuspilleriensä (genitive plural)
onnellisuuspillereidensä (genitive plural)
onnellisuuspillereittensä (genitive plural)
onnellisuuspilleriään (partitive singular)
onnellisuuspilleriänsä (partitive singular)
onnellisuuspillereitään (partitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerejään (partitive plural)
onnellisuuspillereitänsä (partitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerejänsä (partitive plural)
onnellisuuspillerissään (inessive singular)
onnellisuuspillerissänsä (inessive singular)
onnellisuuspillereissään (inessive plural)
onnellisuuspillereissänsä (inessive plural)
onnellisuuspilleristään (elative singular)
onnellisuuspilleristänsä (elative singular)
onnellisuuspillereistään (elative plural)
onnellisuuspillereistänsä (elative plural)
onnellisuuspilleriinsä (illative singular)
onnellisuuspillereihinsä (illative plural)
onnellisuuspillerillään (adessive singular)
onnellisuuspillerillänsä (adessive singular)
onnellisuuspillereillään (adessive plural)
onnellisuuspillereillänsä (adessive plural)
onnellisuuspilleriltään (ablative singular)
onnellisuuspilleriltänsä (ablative singular)
onnellisuuspillereiltään (ablative plural)
onnellisuuspillereiltänsä (ablative plural)
onnellisuuspillerilleen (allative singular)
onnellisuuspillerillensä (allative singular)
onnellisuuspillereilleen (allative plural)
onnellisuuspillereillensä (allative plural)
onnellisuuspillerinään (essive singular)
onnellisuuspillerinänsä (essive singular)
onnellisuuspillereinään (essive plural)
onnellisuuspillereinänsä (essive plural)
onnellisuuspillerikseen (singular translative)
onnellisuuspilleriksensä (singular translative)
onnellisuuspillereikseen (plural translative)
onnellisuuspillereiksensä (plural translative)
onnellisuuspillerittään (abessive singular)
onnellisuuspillerittänsä (abessive singular)
onnellisuuspillereittään (abessive plural)
onnellisuuspillereittänsä (abessive plural)
onnellisuuspillereineen (comitative plural)
onnellisuuspillereinensä (comitative plural)

onnellisuus (“happiness”) + pilleri (“pill”)

compound

(science fiction) happiness pill (hypothetical pill the taking of which would result in happiness)


werewolfess

I'm just an insignificant bard, prey to an evil werewolfess, who has been robbed of my belt

2004, Melody Tiamat, The Dragon's Bard 2: Land's End, page 196:


ladyporn

Half the women in the country are getting all hot and bothered over this ladyporn book, Fifty Shades of Grey, and the British establishment offers little more than a Frankie Howerdstyle “ooh err missus!”

Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn: Feminized Popular Culture in the Early Twenty-First Century.

2015, Elana Levine (ed.), University of Illinois, title

The "Dr. Phil rape tweet" saga having finally petered out, some desperate web writer, likely digging for click bait on a slow news day, unearthed a once-obscure sub-genre of self-published ladyporn over at Amazon.com.

2015, Kathy Shaidle, Confessions of a Failed Slut, Thought Catalog, published 2014, →ISBN:

(informal) Erotic literature written by and/or intended to appeal to women.


cryoprison

(science fiction) A prison whose inmates are cryogenically frozen for the duration of their sentences.


hell-born

en-adj

hell-born (comparative more hell-born, superlative most hell-born)

more hell-born (comparative)
most hell-born (superlative)


Hunger Games

From the titular fictional gladiatorial contests in The Hunger Games, first published in 2008.

2012 December 28, “Jockey James Winks falls prey to the Hunger Games of riding”, in news.com.au, archived from the original on 2012-12-28:

If the term “daytime TV” used to be synonymous with slightly ramshackle, undemanding programming attuned to the languid circadian rhythms of hungover students and the retired, it’s now a hyper-competitive arena of mechanical oneupmanship, a Hunger Games for image and sound editors.

2014 September 10, Graeme Virtue, “Who’s Doing the Dishes? is the best daytime TV in years”, in The Guardian:

Not playing the hunger games of success, not undergoing the mechanical hoopla of PR, he could go on stubbornly being Kent Haruf, doing his job.

2015 May 27, Ursula K Le Guin, “Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf review – happiness at the end of life”, in The Guardian:

“[Registration week] always been The Hunger Games of scheduling,” Valdez said. “You ultimately get in based on timing and luck.”

2015 November 9, Nicholas Da Silva, “Registration Week: May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor”, in The Montclarion, archived from the original on 2016-03-04:

(neologism) A vicious contest, especially one that is winner-take-all.


jędza

jędza (nominative singular)
jędze (nominative plural)
jędzy (genitive singular)
jędz (genitive plural)
jędzy (dative singular)
jędzom (dative plural)
jędzę (accusative singular)
jędze (accusative plural)
jędzą (instrumental singular)
jędzami (instrumental plural)
jędzy (locative singular)
jędzach (locative plural)
jędzo (singular vocative)
jędze (plural vocative)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ędza, *ęga.

złośliwa jędza

(colloquial, derogatory) hag, harridan, vixen, virago, witch (ugly or unpleasant woman)


Sol VI

From its position as the sixth planet out from the Sun (Sol).

(poetic, science fiction) The planet Saturn.


Sol VIII

From its position as the eighth planet out from the Sun (Sol).

(poetic, science fiction) The planet Neptune.


ER=EPR

From ER (Einstein-Rosen bridge) and EPR (Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox).

quantum entanglement
quantum entanglement

(quantum mechanics) A conjecture equating the effects of quantum entanglement (EPR) with a wormhole (ER) connection between the entangled particles, relating quantum physics to spacetime physics.


Sol VII

From its position as the seventh planet out from the Sun (Sol).

(poetic, science fiction) The planet Uranus.


Hannigram

"I know there's a lot of Hannigram shipping out there," Gamier said, referring to the Lecter-Graham pairing. "That's not my bag, but I get it and respect them. I am more of a Hannigail or Hannibloom shipper."

2014 February 21, Dana Hayes, “Hannibal's Hungry Tumblr Fandom”, in Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting:

Aja Romano, writing for The Daily Dot during the series' first season in 2013, observed that “slashers,” fans who “ship” (imagine or write relationships) between same-sex characters, “are already coming out in droves for Hannibal/Graham, or 'Hannigram,' as fans have dubbed the obligatory ship portmanteau.”

2015, Jeff Casey, “Queer Cannibals and Deviant Detectives: Subversion and Homosocial Desire in NBC's Hannibal”, in Quarterly Review of Film and Video, volume 32, number 6:

Perhaps this is part of the reason why Hannibal, though it has an extremely devoted, practically religious fanbase (including a sizeable contingent of “Hannigram” shippers), has failed to achieve quite the level of widespread success attained by similarly lurid series like American Horror Story or The Walking Dead.

2015 June 3, Eric Thurm, “Hannibal showrunner: 'We are not making television. We are making a pretentious art film from the 80s'”, in The Guardian:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Hannibal Lecter and Will Graham from the television series Hannibal.


Bagheera

Bagheera
Rudyard Kipling
The Jungle Book

From Hindi बाघ (bāgh, “tiger”), coined by Rudyard Kipling in The Jungle Book. The scouting term and the cat-name comes from the character name.

The deputy leader of a pack of Cub Scouts.


небылица

ru-noun+

небыли́ца • (nebylíca) f inan (genitive небыли́цы, nominative plural небыли́цы, genitive plural небыли́ц)

небыли́ца (canonical)
nebylíca (romanization)
небыли́цы (genitive)
небыли́цы (nominative plural)
небыли́ц (genitive plural)
небыли́ца (nominative singular)
небыли́цы (nominative plural)
небыли́цы (genitive singular)
небыли́ц (genitive plural)
небыли́це (dative singular)
небыли́цам (dative plural)
небыли́цу (accusative singular)
небыли́цы (accusative plural)
небыли́цей (instrumental singular)
небыли́цею (instrumental singular)
небыли́цами (instrumental plural)
небыли́це (prepositional singular)
небыли́цах (plural prepositional)


earthstorm

This earthquake was an earthstorm. Hills were waves, and houses cast adrift were wrecked on them.

1931, Charles Fort, “Lo!”, in The Complete Books of Charles Fort, Dover Publications, published 1974, →ISBN, page 768:

There is an earthstorm, disks of rock careering skyward, buffeting the train.

2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, Del Rey, →ISBN:

It had come from the west, the shock wave from some almighty earthstorm in lost America, rolling clear across the Atlantic before breaking over Thursday Island. It had smashed down buildings, and sunk the ships whose dead masts could still be seen jutting sadly from the water in the harbor.

2010, Philip Reeve, Fever Crumb: A Web of Air, Scholastic, →ISBN:

(seismology, weather, fantasy) An extremely powerful earthquake; a storm involving earth or rock blowing through the air.


Twific

Finally, in the third section, we discuss Bella's enhanced agency in Twifics in which authors give her a desiring gaze that is not limited to Edward.

2011, Malin Isaksson, Maria Lindgren Leavenworth, “Gazing, initiating, desiring: Alternative constructions of agency and sex in Twifics”, in Mariah Larsson, Ann Steiner, editors, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Twilight: Studies in Fiction, Media and a Contemporary Cultural Experience, Nordic Academic Press, →ISBN, page 128:

Regarding to a huge number of Twifics, it is impossible to make some general claims about them because the genre and the level of originality depend on the skills and age of an individual writer.

2012, Eva Strýčková, "How the Vampire in a Volvo Ran Over the Prince on a White Horse: The 'Twilight Saga' and its Influence on the Phenomenon of Vampires", thesis submitted to Tomas Bata University, page 40

Shades obviously riffs on that story as well as on other popular Twifics.

2013, Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, BenBella Books, →ISBN:

(fandom slang) A fanfic based on the Twilight novel series and the associated films.


Potterfic

I'm not into slash, so I haven't read any of the Harry/Draco stuff, and I can ony^([sic]) tolerate so much "teen romance" but some of the longer Potterfic pieces have some VERY interesting ideas being expounded.

2001 December 20, YN1 Bernadette M. Crumb, “Re: LONG speculative SPOILERS regarding Snape.”, in alt.callahans (Usenet):

Well... I'm setting up for a clash between Draco and Harry if and when I ever get around to the third installment of my long Potterfic trilogy.

2002 November 11, Kuroi Kage, “Re: Draco Malfoy, bad to the bone?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

Of the three main characters of the Harry Potter series, only Hermione is so routinely morphed into flawlessness. Perhaps because girls who read and write Potterfic already identify with Hermione, they feel motivated to re-create her as an unattainable ideal, […]

2006, Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture, volume 31, page 57:

(fandom slang) Fan fiction based on the Harry Potter series.


Buffyfic

en-noun

Buffyfic (countable and uncountable, plural Buffyfics)

Also, this is, amazingly enough, my first ever Buffyfic, so be kind.

2001 January 17, vicpusateri [username], “Fic: Xander Steps Up [1/1]”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative (Usenet):

I'll probably be switching back and forth between this and a Buffyfic I'm writing, but there shouldn't be any more huge gaps *crossing fingers*

2002 August 12, Katie M, “See No Evil, See No Good (Part 24/?)”, in alt.tv.er.creative (Usenet):

The first Buffyfic I ever read was set in the Bronze: Changing Hands (I think that was the title).

2004 March 1, MSey [username], “Re: FIC Stepping Out 1/1 Buffy/Angel PG”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative (Usenet):

(countable, fandom slang) A fanfic based on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

I decided I should write. And what would be more fun to write then^([sic]) Buffyfic?

1999 November 3, Lots42 [username], “Fumbling creative writer with questions”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative (Usenet):

All I know is that I don't feel the need to write Buffyfic anymore: Joss doesn't leave any character gaps AT ALL.

2000 October 31, Janet Caires Lesgold, “Buffy vs. TXF”, in alt.fan.david-duchovny (Usenet):

This might be a case where the good old-fashioned unscientific survey comes in handy, as this is a NG where the readers clearly read far more Buffyfic than the average fan, and probably a wider variety--since this isn't a specialty fic group.

2003 November 27, M. Scott Eiland, “Re: Most famous?”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative (Usenet):

(uncountable, fandom slang) Such fan fiction collectively.


buddyslash

Slash about Harry and Draco, who are enemies in canon, complicates academic theories of slash that are predicated upon the Kirk/Spock “buddyslash” model.

2007, Catherine Tosenberger, "Potterotics: Harry Potter Fanfiction On The Internet", dissertation submitted to the University of Florida, page 124

Although the pairing of Harry and Ron may seem as a typical example of buddyslash, one has to consider the presence of Hermione Granger as Harry's second sidekick.

2010, Sigrid Sindhuber, "Slashing Harry Potter: The phenomenon of border-transgression in fan fiction", thesis submitted to the University of Vienna, page 67

It is most commonly noted that the first famous pairing of Kirk/Spock, or Spirk, falls under the category of buddyslash.

2013, Janidean Bruner, "I 'like' slash: the demographics of Facebook slash communities", thesis submitted to the University of Louisville, page 10

(fandom slang) Slash fan fiction focusing on a romantic and/or sexual relationship between friends.


enemyslash

As an intimatopic 'enemyslash' fic, Harry Potter and the Bound Prince centers on the development of intimacy as expressed through sex and eroticized comfort between two characters that are enemies in the series canon […]

2010, Darlene Rose Hampton, "Beyond Resistance: Gender, Performance, and Fannish Practice in Digital Culture", dissertation submitted to the University of Oregon, page 102

As a result, Harry Potter fandom again denies well-known theories of slash, as its most popular pairing – Harry/Draco – belongs to the enemyslash category.

2010, Sigrid Sindhuber, "Slashing Harry Potter: The phenomenon of border-transgression in fan fiction", thesis submitted to the University of Vienna, page 65

Catherine Tosenberger suggests that the joy of an enemyslash pairing lies in watching the antagonists overcome their differences.

(fandom slang) Slash fan fiction focusing on a romantic and/or sexual relationship between adversaries.


Treksmut

In fact, I think one of the main reasons people write and read Treksmut (tm), is that the show very rarely shows these extremely attractive and appealing characters in romantic situations or settings, except for one-episode flings, which are usually conveniently forgotten by the next show, although this is refreshingly rare on DS9 and Voyager.

1997 May 5, Joanne Collins, “Re: TrekSmut, PWPs and Emotional Subtexts (Long and involved)”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):

Has anyone had any problems storing Treksmut on a Tripod homepage?

1998 April 7, Deanna, “OT: Tripod and Treksmut?”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):

Also: I'm twenty-one now! So I can read Treksmut anywhere!! :-)

2002 June 4, saavaant [username], “OT: My personal pages, and my birthday!!”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):

(fandom slang) Sexually-explicit fan fiction based on the Star Trek television series and films.


hetsmut

I think most slash is better than most hetsmut, but that's just me.

2002 June 26, Atalanta Pendragonne [username], “Re: OT Anne Rice newsgroup”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):

I love McCoy hetsmut but sometimes I have trouble finding pairings to latch onto.

2003 November 14, Farfalla [username], “Re: NEW2U TOS "Blue-eyed Satyrs" Mc/Saa [NC-17] Trek hetsmut”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):

You're making me want to see hetsmut between these two. Damn you!

2006, Kirby Crow, quoted in Eden Lackner, Barbara Lynn Lucas, & Robin Anne Reid, "Cunning Linguists: The Bisexual Erotics of Words/Silence/Flesh", in Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays (eds. Karen Hellekson & Kristina Busse), McFarland & Company (2006), page 203

(fandom slang) Sexually explicit fan fiction involving opposite-sex characters.


powerslash

The second most popular Potter slash pairing is Harry/Snape, which belongs to the powerslash category, and again defies findings of early fan fiction studies focusing on buddyslash.

Order of the Phoenix featured Harry and Snape (a powerslash pairing par excellence) forced to become uncomfortably intimate with each other: Snape is teaching Harry how to prevent Voldemort from reading his thoughts by...reading Harry's thoughts; […]

2011, Catherine Tosenberger, “Homosexuality at the Online Hogwarts: Harry Potter Slash Fanfiction”, in Michelle Ann Abate, Kenneth B. Kidd, editors, Over the Rainbow: Queer Children's and Young Adult Literature, →ISBN, page 343:

Although the second most popular pairing in Potter slash fandom, Snape/Harry (or Snarry), could be categorized as enemyslash, it is also a prime example of powerslash.

(fandom slang) Slash fan fiction focusing on a romantic and/or sexual relationship between characters of unequal social status or rank.


Angelista

Most of the rabid Angelistas have defended his hiding as nothing more than an issue of self-protection against Buffy's fantasy of Angel being staked by Giles, and yet in "Amends," Angel himself finally decided it would be better to die than to ever pose a threat again.

1999 April 6, Micky DuPree, “Re: Is Marti Noxon a man-hating sadist?”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

I'm an Angelista who likes Xander too, but Xander irritates me occasionally so I can still go dualistic from time to time. ;-)

1999 May 14, DesertRoaz [username], “Re: EW article about Angel's show”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

The split was between the Angelistas and the Xanderistas.

2002 December 2, William George Ferguson, “Re: Buffy fan subgroups”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

(Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom slang) A fan of the character Angel from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.


Xanderista

I used to be a major Xanderista. But this season, he's bugged me a lot.

1999 April 11, QueenChase [username], “Re: Who does Xander Love?”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Victoria P. is a staunch Xanderista, and will take Xander's part in almost any discussion, even when she knows he is wrong.

2000 June 7, vicpusateri [username], “Re: OT: Challenge to Regulars”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

I recall that Xanderistas did react in the way you describe, even coining the term "Xander Slander".

2003 February 11, Rose, “Re: So Xander has (Spoilers for "First Date")”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

(Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom slang) A fan of the character Xander Harris from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


AB language

Coined in 1929 by J. R. R. Tolkien, from the first letters of Ancrene Wisse and Bodleian Library.

(linguistics) A variety of Middle English found in the Corpus manuscript and characterized by French and Norse loanwords, colloquial expressions, conservative spelling, and similarities to Old English syntax.

AB language
Ancrene Wisse
J. R. R. Tolkien


riddle me that, Batman

From the formulaic phrase riddle me this, additionally referring to the Batman comic book universe, in which the fictional supervillain the Riddler would pose puzzles for Batman to solve (riddle).

"That too. But it's this: how can a benevolent being let such bad things happen? Terrorism, world hunger, AIDS, people dying too young of cancer. Riddle me that, Batman.”

2009, John C. Stipa, No Greater Sacrifice, page 55:

"You have no idea what's going on, Melanie," she snarled. "No. Freaking. Clue. I'm going to have to join witness protection, and then where will you be, huh? Riddle me that, Batman!"

2014, Marni Bates, Awkwardly Ever After, page 77:

Why can't Jerry and I be together forever like a real couple? Riddle me that, Batman? Society? No. Idiots.

2014, Jason Medina, The Diary of Audrey Malone Frayer, page 135:

Said to demand that the listener take notice of a question or situation just mentioned, especially one that is particularly difficult to solve or explain.

riddle me this

a demand that the listener solve a conundrum


meatsuit

His physical body felt like a meatsuit compared to the lightness he had just known.

Magically barred from entering the station by the salt barriers, the demons fan out to possess 30 or so town locals. In their newly acquired “meatsuits,” they return to the station and gaze eerily at the building.

2013, Galen A. Foresman, Supernatural and Philosophy:

(fantasy) A physical body regarded as something being temporarily worn, e.g. when possessed by a spirit or demon.


Hessu Hopo

Likely Hessu (“nickname for Heikki”) + hopo (“silly person, goof”). The first name may have been chosen for similarity with hassu.


外伝

『とある科学の超電磁砲』は『とある魔術の禁書目録』の外伝である。

“Toaru Kagaku no Rērugan” wa “Toaru Majutsu no Indekkusu” no gaiden de aru.

A Certain Scientific Railgun is a spin-off of A Certain Magical Index.


aswang

(folklore, mythology) aswang (shapeshifting evil creature in Philippine mythology)


aswang

From Greater Central Philippine *aswang (“witch”). Compare Aklanon aswang, Cebuano aswang, Hiligaynon aswang, and Malay ason (“evil spirit of the night”). See also Malay suangi (“evil spirit; spirit shaman”). Possibly related to Sanskrit असुर (asura) + -ng.


cythraul

cythreuliaid (plural)
cythraul
gythraul (soft)
nghythraul
chythraul

From Middle Welsh kythreul, alternative form of kythrawl (whence modern cythrol), from Proto-Brythonic *kuθrọl, modification after the suffix *-ọl of Latin contrārius.

(religion, fiction) devil; demon; fiend (creature from Hell)


tulikettu

tulikettu (nominative singular)
tuliketut (nominative plural)
tulikettu (accusative nominative singular)
tuliketut (accusative nominative plural)
tuliketun (accusative genitive singular)
tuliketut (accusative genitive plural)
tuliketun (genitive singular)
tulikettujen (genitive plural)
tulikettua (partitive singular)
tulikettuja (partitive plural)
tuliketussa (inessive singular)
tuliketuissa (inessive plural)
tuliketusta (elative singular)
tuliketuista (elative plural)
tulikettuun (illative singular)
tulikettuihin (illative plural)
tuliketulla (adessive singular)
tuliketuilla (adessive plural)
tuliketulta (ablative singular)
tuliketuilta (ablative plural)
tuliketulle (allative singular)
tuliketuille (allative plural)
tulikettuna (essive singular)
tulikettuina (essive plural)
tuliketuksi (singular translative)
tuliketuiksi (plural translative)
tuliketutta (abessive singular)
tuliketuitta (abessive plural)
tuliketuin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
tulikettuni (nominative singular)
tulikettuni (nominative plural)
tulikettuni (accusative nominative singular)
tulikettuni (accusative nominative plural)
tulikettuni (accusative genitive singular)
tulikettuni (accusative genitive plural)
tulikettuni (genitive singular)
tulikettujeni (genitive plural)
tulikettuani (partitive singular)
tulikettujani (partitive plural)
tuliketussani (inessive singular)
tuliketuissani (inessive plural)
tuliketustani (elative singular)
tuliketuistani (elative plural)
tulikettuuni (illative singular)
tulikettuihini (illative plural)
tuliketullani (adessive singular)
tuliketuillani (adessive plural)
tuliketultani (ablative singular)
tuliketuiltani (ablative plural)
tuliketulleni (allative singular)
tuliketuilleni (allative plural)
tulikettunani (essive singular)
tulikettuinani (essive plural)
tuliketukseni (singular translative)
tuliketuikseni (plural translative)
tuliketuttani (abessive singular)
tuliketuittani (abessive plural)
tulikettuineni (comitative plural)
tulikettusi (nominative singular)
tulikettusi (nominative plural)
tulikettusi (accusative nominative singular)
tulikettusi (accusative nominative plural)
tulikettusi (accusative genitive singular)
tulikettusi (accusative genitive plural)
tulikettusi (genitive singular)
tulikettujesi (genitive plural)
tulikettuasi (partitive singular)
tulikettujasi (partitive plural)
tuliketussasi (inessive singular)
tuliketuissasi (inessive plural)
tuliketustasi (elative singular)
tuliketuistasi (elative plural)
tulikettuusi (illative singular)
tulikettuihisi (illative plural)
tuliketullasi (adessive singular)
tuliketuillasi (adessive plural)
tuliketultasi (ablative singular)
tuliketuiltasi (ablative plural)
tuliketullesi (allative singular)
tuliketuillesi (allative plural)
tulikettunasi (essive singular)
tulikettuinasi (essive plural)
tuliketuksesi (singular translative)
tuliketuiksesi (plural translative)
tuliketuttasi (abessive singular)
tuliketuittasi (abessive plural)
tulikettuinesi (comitative plural)
tulikettumme (nominative singular)
tulikettumme (nominative plural)
tulikettumme (accusative nominative singular)
tulikettumme (accusative nominative plural)
tulikettumme (accusative genitive singular)
tulikettumme (accusative genitive plural)
tulikettumme (genitive singular)
tulikettujemme (genitive plural)
tulikettuamme (partitive singular)
tulikettujamme (partitive plural)
tuliketussamme (inessive singular)
tuliketuissamme (inessive plural)
tuliketustamme (elative singular)
tuliketuistamme (elative plural)
tulikettuumme (illative singular)
tulikettuihimme (illative plural)
tuliketullamme (adessive singular)
tuliketuillamme (adessive plural)
tuliketultamme (ablative singular)
tuliketuiltamme (ablative plural)
tuliketullemme (allative singular)
tuliketuillemme (allative plural)
tulikettunamme (essive singular)
tulikettuinamme (essive plural)
tuliketuksemme (singular translative)
tuliketuiksemme (plural translative)
tuliketuttamme (abessive singular)
tuliketuittamme (abessive plural)
tulikettuinemme (comitative plural)
tulikettunne (nominative singular)
tulikettunne (nominative plural)
tulikettunne (accusative nominative singular)
tulikettunne (accusative nominative plural)
tulikettunne (accusative genitive singular)
tulikettunne (accusative genitive plural)
tulikettunne (genitive singular)
tulikettujenne (genitive plural)
tulikettuanne (partitive singular)
tulikettujanne (partitive plural)
tuliketussanne (inessive singular)
tuliketuissanne (inessive plural)
tuliketustanne (elative singular)
tuliketuistanne (elative plural)
tulikettuunne (illative singular)
tulikettuihinne (illative plural)
tuliketullanne (adessive singular)
tuliketuillanne (adessive plural)
tuliketultanne (ablative singular)
tuliketuiltanne (ablative plural)
tuliketullenne (allative singular)
tuliketuillenne (allative plural)
tulikettunanne (essive singular)
tulikettuinanne (essive plural)
tuliketuksenne (singular translative)
tuliketuiksenne (plural translative)
tuliketuttanne (abessive singular)
tuliketuittanne (abessive plural)
tulikettuinenne (comitative plural)
tulikettunsa (nominative singular)
tulikettunsa (nominative plural)
tulikettunsa (accusative nominative singular)
tulikettunsa (accusative nominative plural)
tulikettunsa (accusative genitive singular)
tulikettunsa (accusative genitive plural)
tulikettunsa (genitive singular)
tulikettujensa (genitive plural)
tulikettuaan (partitive singular)
tulikettuansa (partitive singular)
tulikettujaan (partitive plural)
tulikettujansa (partitive plural)
tuliketussaan (inessive singular)
tuliketussansa (inessive singular)
tuliketuissaan (inessive plural)
tuliketuissansa (inessive plural)
tuliketustaan (elative singular)
tuliketustansa (elative singular)
tuliketuistaan (elative plural)
tuliketuistansa (elative plural)
tulikettuunsa (illative singular)
tulikettuihinsa (illative plural)
tuliketullaan (adessive singular)
tuliketullansa (adessive singular)
tuliketuillaan (adessive plural)
tuliketuillansa (adessive plural)
tuliketultaan (ablative singular)
tuliketultansa (ablative singular)
tuliketuiltaan (ablative plural)
tuliketuiltansa (ablative plural)
tuliketulleen (allative singular)
tuliketullensa (allative singular)
tuliketuilleen (allative plural)
tuliketuillensa (allative plural)
tulikettunaan (essive singular)
tulikettunansa (essive singular)
tulikettuinaan (essive plural)
tulikettuinansa (essive plural)
tuliketukseen (singular translative)
tuliketuksensa (singular translative)
tuliketuikseen (plural translative)
tuliketuiksensa (plural translative)
tuliketuttaan (abessive singular)
tuliketuttansa (abessive singular)
tuliketuittaan (abessive plural)
tuliketuittansa (abessive plural)
tulikettuineen (comitative plural)
tulikettuinensa (comitative plural)

– Etpä taija tietääkään, Nikke, että tuolla lammen vastaisella rinteellä on tuliketun pesä.

1952, Veikko Huovinen, Havukka-ahon ajattelija, WSOY, published 1974, →ISBN, page 20:

- I bet you don't know, Nikke, that on that hillside across the pond there's a lair of a firefox.

The firefox, a mythical creature in Finnish folklore, a fox with fiery or radiant fur, the reflection of which produces the northern lights.


飛碟

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/fei̯⁵⁵ tiːp̚²⁻³⁵/

/hui⁴⁴⁻²² tiap̚¹²¹/

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/fei̯⁵⁵ tiːp̚²⁻³⁵/

/hui⁴⁴⁻²² tiap̚¹²¹/

unidentified flying object
unidentified flying object

flying saucer; unidentified flying object; UFO


野衾

野衾 (canonical)
野衾 (canonical)
nobusuma (romanization)

野 (no-, “wild”) + 衾 (fusuma, “quilt”). The fusuma changes to busuma as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

(Japanese folklore) Monster, 妖怪 (yōkai), resembling a Japanese giant flying squirrel or large bat said to eat tree fruits, blood of living creatures and fire


conapt

Coined by Philip K. Dick from condominium + apartment.

The taxi let him off on the roof field of his conapt building; he descended by moving ramp and arrived at his own door.

I could sense there was no one else in the conapt.

The fact that she had begged him not to leave the conapt just now, expressing fear for his life with the Inquisitors at large, had likely contributed to those thoughts.

2011, Michael Reaves, Patterns of Force:

(science fiction) A condominium apartment.


Duchovnik

His bangs fall in the right way, they're the right length...if I were DD, I'd get a still from this ep and tell the hair stylist "Just make it look like this." And I'm not even a Duchovnik, really. It just stood out that much.

1998 July 12, Stephanie Martinez, “Re: Totally Irrelevant Preferences”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

while i may not be a Duchovnik, i can still adore Mulder.

2001 April 3, clarkal, “Re: DEADALIVE.... what a weak way to bring Mulder back (Spoilers)”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

I posted opinions in the hope that changes might have been made that might have brought back all the departed viewers (do you really think that all the viewers who defected were die-hard Duchovniks??) and allowed a truly groundbreaking show to continue.

2002 February 21, Fiona, “Re: spoil-sports (not OT)”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A fan of American actor David Duchovny (born 1960).


Пепелашка

mk-proper-noun

Пепелашка • (Pepelaška) f


Заспаната убавица

Заспаната убавица • (Zaspanata ubavica) f


Снежана

mk-proper noun

Снежана • (Snežana) f


(fandom slang) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a comedy science fiction series by Douglas Adams.


licho

licho (nominative singular)
licha (nominative plural)
licha (genitive singular)
lich (genitive plural)
lichu (dative singular)
lichom (dative plural)
licho (accusative singular)
licha (accusative plural)
lichem (instrumental singular)
lichami (instrumental plural)
lichu (locative singular)
lichach (locative plural)
licho (singular vocative)
licha (plural vocative)


licho

pl-adv

licho (comparative bardziej licho, superlative najbardziej licho)

bardziej licho (comparative)
najbardziej licho (superlative)


смок

ru-noun+

смок • (smok) m anim (genitive смо́ка, nominative plural смо́ки, genitive plural смо́ков)

smok (romanization)
смо́ка (genitive)
смо́ки (nominative plural)
смо́ков (genitive plural)
смо́к (nominative singular)
смо́ки (nominative plural)
смо́ка (genitive singular)
смо́ков (genitive plural)
смо́ку (dative singular)
смо́кам (dative plural)
смо́ка (accusative singular)
смо́ков (accusative plural)
смо́ком (instrumental singular)
смо́ками (instrumental plural)
смо́ке (prepositional singular)
смо́ках (plural prepositional)

(archaic, folkloric) dragon (mythical creature)


Mercutio

One of the main characters of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.


Марсовка

mk-noun

Марсовка • (Marsovka) f (plural Марсовки, masculine Марсовец)

Marsovka (romanization)
Марсовки (plural)
Марсовец (masculine)
Марсовка (indefinite singular)
Марсовки (indefinite plural)
Марсовката (definite singular unspecified)
Марсовките (definite plural unspecified)
Марсовкава (definite proximal singular)
Марсовкиве (definite plural proximal)
Марсовкана (definite distal singular)
Марсовкине (definite distal plural)
Марсовке (singular vocative)
Марсовки (plural vocative)


Марсовец

Марсовец • (Marsovec) m (plural Марсовци, feminine Марсовка)

Marsovec (romanization)
Марсовци (plural)
Марсовка (feminine)
Марсовец (indefinite singular)
Марсовци (indefinite plural)
Марсовецот (definite singular unspecified)
Марсовците (definite plural unspecified)
Марсовецов (definite proximal singular)
Марсовциве (definite plural proximal)
Марсовецон (definite distal singular)
Марсовцине (definite distal plural)
Марсовецу (singular vocative)
Марсовци (plural vocative)
Марсовеца (count-form plural)


вампирка

вампирка • (vampirka) f (plural вампирки, masculine вампир, relational adjective вампирски, diminutive вампирче)

vampirka (romanization)
вампирки (plural)
вампир (masculine)
вампирски (adjective relational)
вампирче (diminutive)
вампирка (indefinite singular)
вампирки (indefinite plural)
вампирката (definite singular unspecified)
вампирките (definite plural unspecified)
вампиркава (definite proximal singular)
вампиркиве (definite plural proximal)
вампиркана (definite distal singular)
вампиркине (definite distal plural)
вампирке (singular vocative)
вампирки (plural vocative)


Lạc Long Quân

[laːk̚˧˨ʔ lawŋ͡m˧˧ kwən˧˧]

[laːk̚˨˩ʔ lawŋ͡m˧˧ kwəŋ˧˧]

[laːk̚˨˩ʔ lɔŋ˧˧ kwəŋ˧˧]

[laːk̚˨˩˨ lawŋ͡m˧˧ wəŋ˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 雒龍君 (“Dragon Lord of the Lạc Việt”).

vi-etym-sino

Dragon Lord of the <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">Lạc Việt</i>

Lạc Long Quân, a deified legendary figure, who is said to have been one of the two ancestors (the father) of the Vietnamese people (the Kinh) and husband to Âu Cơ


טבֿיה

Derived from Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, “Tobias”).


Piilupart Donald

head

Piilupart Donald (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])


Дональд Дак

ru-proper noun+

До́нальд Да́к • (Dónalʹd Dák) m anim (genitive До́нальда Да́ка)

До́нальд Да́к (canonical)
Dónalʹd Dák (romanization)
До́нальда Да́ка (genitive)
До́нальд Да́к (nominative singular)
До́нальда Да́ка (genitive singular)
До́нальду Да́ку (dative singular)
До́нальда Да́ка (accusative singular)
До́нальдом Да́ком (instrumental singular)
До́нальде Да́ке (prepositional singular)

ru:Дональд Дак


Дональд Дак

uk-proper noun

До́нальд<sg> Дак<sg>

До́нальд Да́к • (Dónalʹd Dák) m inan (genitive До́нальда Да́ка, uncountable)

До́нальд Да́к (canonical)
Dónalʹd Dák (romanization)
До́нальда Да́ка (genitive)
До́нальд Да́к (nominative singular)
До́нальда Да́ка (genitive singular)
До́нальдові Да́кові (dative singular)
До́нальдові Да́ку (dative singular)
До́нальду Да́кові (dative singular)
До́нальду Да́ку (dative singular)
До́нальд Да́к (accusative singular)
До́нальдом Да́ком (instrumental singular)
До́нальду Да́ку (locative singular)
До́нальді Да́ку (locative singular)
До́нальде Да́ку (singular vocative)

uk-ndecl

До́нальд<sg> Дак<sg>

uk:Дональд Дак


televiewer

(science fiction) A device for viewing things remotely, along the lines of a television.


superregeneration

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

It seems probable that this is a case of 'superregeneration'. As is well known, the tail of Plethodon is very easily detached. A study of the tissues of this tail gives evidence which, though not unquestionable, leads me to believe that it is relatively younger than the more anterior parts of the body. The experiments of Tornier ('97) and others in producing similar abnormalities by cutting off the tails of salamanders give added probability to this view.

1894, Tufts College, Tufts University, Tufts College Studies, Tufts College, Medford, The College, page 388:

At the time Bateson’s book was written, however, little or nothing was known regarding the origin of supernumera y appendages in either the arthropods or the vertebrates. Since then a large amount of experimental evidence has accumulated to show that they may be formed by superregeneration, especially by regeneration from complex or irregular wound surfaces.

1904, Ross Granville Harrison, William Keith Brooks, Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, American Society of Zoologists, The Journal of Experimental Zoology, Wiley-Liss, page 94:

Functional disturbances of the brain might give us the explanation here, just as material disturbances may serve to explain superregeneration in spite of all vitalism.

1905, Charles Scribner’s Sons, The Approach to Philosophy, Harvard University Press, page 225:

Superregeneration. Includes eternal youth.

2012 January 29, “You choose a superability and I will find a fault in it”, in reddit.com:

(biology, rare) Extreme, superhuman regeneration.


вурдалак

ru-noun+

вурдала́к • (vurdalák) m anim (genitive вурдала́ка, nominative plural вурдала́ки, genitive plural вурдала́ков)

вурдала́к (canonical)
vurdalák (romanization)
вурдала́ка (genitive)
вурдала́ки (nominative plural)
вурдала́ков (genitive plural)
вурдала́к (nominative singular)
вурдала́ки (nominative plural)
вурдала́ка (genitive singular)
вурдала́ков (genitive plural)
вурдала́ку (dative singular)
вурдала́кам (dative plural)
вурдала́ка (accusative singular)
вурдала́ков (accusative plural)
вурдала́ком (instrumental singular)
вурдала́ками (instrumental plural)
вурдала́ке (prepositional singular)
вурдала́ках (plural prepositional)


digislate

I have us make maps of our territory on digislates we found in a waterlogged cellar at the bottom of a ravine, […]

I used to borrow one of the inventory digislates with general network access, then slip up here to research.

(science fiction) A computer resembling a slate or tablet.


caladrius

From Medieval Latin caladrius, from Byzantine Greek χαλαδριός (khaladriós), from Ancient Greek χαραδριός (kharadriós).

(mythology) A mythical bird that had healing powers.


drycræft

drȳcræft (canonical masculine)
drȳcræft (nominative singular)
drȳcræftas (nominative plural)
drȳcræft (accusative singular)
drȳcræftas (accusative plural)
drȳcræftes (genitive singular)
drȳcræfta (genitive plural)
drȳcræfte (dative singular)
drȳcræftum (dative plural)

Middle English: drycræft

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
...and bēo ic scyldiġ ġif ic his scȳncræft ne mæġ mid ealle ādwǣscan mid mīnum drȳcræfte.

...and may I be guilty if I cannot totally extinguish his magic by my sorcery.


Shahnameh

From Iranian Persian شاهنامه (šâhnâme), from Classical Persian شاهنامه (šāhnāma).

An epic poem written by Ferdowsi around 1000 CE, telling the mythical and historical past of ancient Persia from the beginning of the world until the Muslim invasion.


Ernie and Bert

The names of two Muppet characters in the children's TV series Sesame Street.

(informal, figurative) Two inseparable friends whose personalities are vastly different.