serpopard

(Egyptian mythology, Mesopotamian mythology) A mythical animal resembling a serpent-necked leopard, known from Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian depictions.


serpopard

(Egyptian mythology, Mesopotamian mythology) serpopard (a mythical animal resembling a serpent-necked leopard, known from Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian depictions)


serpopard

serpopard (nominative singular)
serpopardy (nominative plural)
serpoparda (genitive singular)
serpopardów (genitive plural)
serpopardowi (dative singular)
serpopardom (dative plural)
serpoparda (accusative singular)
serpopardy (accusative plural)
serpopardem (instrumental singular)
serpopardami (instrumental plural)
serpopardzie (locative singular)
serpopardach (locative plural)
serpopardzie (singular vocative)
serpopardy (plural vocative)


巨毋霸

/t͡ɕy⁵¹ u³⁵ pä⁵¹/

/kɵy̯²² mou̯²¹ paː³³/

/t͡ɕy⁵¹ u³⁵ pä⁵¹/

/kɵy̯²² mou̯²¹ paː³³/

Book of Han
Book of the Later Han
Courtesy name
Wang Mang

The name was mentioned in the biography of Emperor Wang Mang in the Book of Han as the purported "self-appellation" of a giant. Both the text, and allegedly Wang himself according to the text, interpreted "巨毋" as a family name and "霸" as the given name. The biography wrote explicitly that the character was fictional, intended by its creator as a humorous pun at the expense of the emperor himself: Wang was styled 巨君 (Jùjūn), and the name 巨毋霸 (jùwúbà) could be interpreted as "Ju (巨) will never gain supremacy."
In the Book of the Later Han the alternative form 巨無霸／巨无霸 (jùwúbà) was mentioned, this time with a slight air of reality, as the name of a warrior in the service of Wang Mang.

zh-l

巨無霸／巨无霸 (jùwúbà)

(figurative) Alternative form of 巨無霸／巨无霸 (jùwúbà, “big or invincible person or thing; Big Mac”)


horse and hattock

From the Scottish folk tradition that this is the cry that fairies make when they leave a place.

...but one of their number being, it seems, a little more bold and confident than his companion, said Horse and hattock with my top!' and immediately they all saw the top lifted up from the ground, but could not see which way it was carried, by reason of a cloud of dust which was raised at the same time.

1835, Fraser's magazine for town and country - Volume 11, page 219:

Archroy had noticed that his old Morris Minor, which his wife described as 'an eyesore', was no longer upon its blocks in the garage but seemed to have cried horse and hattock and been carried away by the fairies.

1992, Robert Rankin, The Antipope, →ISBN, page 18:

The Miscellanies of John Aubrey (1626-97) noted two cases involving the phrase "Horse and Hattock" and fairy levitation.

2001, Lizanne Henderson, Edward J. Cowan, Scottish Fairy Belief: A History, →ISBN, page 37:

A call that invokes the fairies to transport someone or something.


babbano

it-noun

babbano m (plural babbani, feminine babbana)


Kubuś Puchatek

Kubuś Puchatek (nominative singular)
Kubusia Puchatka (genitive singular)
Kubusiowi Puchatkowi (dative singular)
Kubusia Puchatka (accusative singular)
Kubusiem Puchatkiem (instrumental singular)
Kubusiu Puchatku (locative singular)
Kubusiu Puchatku (singular vocative)

Calque of English Winnie the Pooh, coined by Irena Tuwim in her translation of Winnie-the-Pooh.


wiedźma

wiedźma (nominative singular)
wiedźmy (nominative plural)
wiedźmy (genitive singular)
wiedźm (genitive plural)
wiedźmie (dative singular)
wiedźmom (dative plural)
wiedźmę (accusative singular)
wiedźmy (accusative plural)
wiedźmą (instrumental singular)
wiedźmami (instrumental plural)
wiedźmie (locative singular)
wiedźmach (locative plural)
wiedźmo (singular vocative)
wiedźmy (plural vocative)

(occult) hag, hex, witch (sorceress, enchantress)


hyperchess

(science fiction) A multidimensional form of the game of chess.


Yodaesque

en-adj

Yodaesque (comparative more Yodaesque, superlative most Yodaesque)

more Yodaesque (comparative)
most Yodaesque (superlative)

Reminiscent of Yoda, the wise mentor from the Star Wars film franchise, who dispenses mystical advice in ungrammatical speak.


fanifiktio

fanifiktio (nominative singular)
fanifiktiot (nominative plural)
fanifiktio (accusative nominative singular)
fanifiktiot (accusative nominative plural)
fanifiktion (accusative genitive singular)
fanifiktiot (accusative genitive plural)
fanifiktion (genitive singular)
fanifiktioiden (genitive plural)
fanifiktioitten (genitive plural)
fanifiktiota (partitive singular)
fanifiktioita (partitive plural)
fanifiktiossa (inessive singular)
fanifiktioissa (inessive plural)
fanifiktiosta (elative singular)
fanifiktioista (elative plural)
fanifiktioon (illative singular)
fanifiktioihin (illative plural)
fanifiktiolla (adessive singular)
fanifiktioilla (adessive plural)
fanifiktiolta (ablative singular)
fanifiktioilta (ablative plural)
fanifiktiolle (allative singular)
fanifiktioille (allative plural)
fanifiktiona (essive singular)
fanifiktioina (essive plural)
fanifiktioksi (singular translative)
fanifiktioiksi (plural translative)
fanifiktiotta (abessive singular)
fanifiktioitta (abessive plural)
fanifiktioin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
fanifiktioni (nominative singular)
fanifiktioni (nominative plural)
fanifiktioni (accusative nominative singular)
fanifiktioni (accusative nominative plural)
fanifiktioni (accusative genitive singular)
fanifiktioni (accusative genitive plural)
fanifiktioni (genitive singular)
fanifiktioideni (genitive plural)
fanifiktioitteni (genitive plural)
fanifiktiotani (partitive singular)
fanifiktioitani (partitive plural)
fanifiktiossani (inessive singular)
fanifiktioissani (inessive plural)
fanifiktiostani (elative singular)
fanifiktioistani (elative plural)
fanifiktiooni (illative singular)
fanifiktioihini (illative plural)
fanifiktiollani (adessive singular)
fanifiktioillani (adessive plural)
fanifiktioltani (ablative singular)
fanifiktioiltani (ablative plural)
fanifiktiolleni (allative singular)
fanifiktioilleni (allative plural)
fanifiktionani (essive singular)
fanifiktioinani (essive plural)
fanifiktiokseni (singular translative)
fanifiktioikseni (plural translative)
fanifiktiottani (abessive singular)
fanifiktioittani (abessive plural)
fanifiktioineni (comitative plural)
fanifiktiosi (nominative singular)
fanifiktiosi (nominative plural)
fanifiktiosi (accusative nominative singular)
fanifiktiosi (accusative nominative plural)
fanifiktiosi (accusative genitive singular)
fanifiktiosi (accusative genitive plural)
fanifiktiosi (genitive singular)
fanifiktioidesi (genitive plural)
fanifiktioittesi (genitive plural)
fanifiktiotasi (partitive singular)
fanifiktioitasi (partitive plural)
fanifiktiossasi (inessive singular)
fanifiktioissasi (inessive plural)
fanifiktiostasi (elative singular)
fanifiktioistasi (elative plural)
fanifiktioosi (illative singular)
fanifiktioihisi (illative plural)
fanifiktiollasi (adessive singular)
fanifiktioillasi (adessive plural)
fanifiktioltasi (ablative singular)
fanifiktioiltasi (ablative plural)
fanifiktiollesi (allative singular)
fanifiktioillesi (allative plural)
fanifiktionasi (essive singular)
fanifiktioinasi (essive plural)
fanifiktioksesi (singular translative)
fanifiktioiksesi (plural translative)
fanifiktiottasi (abessive singular)
fanifiktioittasi (abessive plural)
fanifiktioinesi (comitative plural)
fanifiktiomme (nominative singular)
fanifiktiomme (nominative plural)
fanifiktiomme (accusative nominative singular)
fanifiktiomme (accusative nominative plural)
fanifiktiomme (accusative genitive singular)
fanifiktiomme (accusative genitive plural)
fanifiktiomme (genitive singular)
fanifiktioidemme (genitive plural)
fanifiktioittemme (genitive plural)
fanifiktiotamme (partitive singular)
fanifiktioitamme (partitive plural)
fanifiktiossamme (inessive singular)
fanifiktioissamme (inessive plural)
fanifiktiostamme (elative singular)
fanifiktioistamme (elative plural)
fanifiktioomme (illative singular)
fanifiktioihimme (illative plural)
fanifiktiollamme (adessive singular)
fanifiktioillamme (adessive plural)
fanifiktioltamme (ablative singular)
fanifiktioiltamme (ablative plural)
fanifiktiollemme (allative singular)
fanifiktioillemme (allative plural)
fanifiktionamme (essive singular)
fanifiktioinamme (essive plural)
fanifiktioksemme (singular translative)
fanifiktioiksemme (plural translative)
fanifiktiottamme (abessive singular)
fanifiktioittamme (abessive plural)
fanifiktioinemme (comitative plural)
fanifiktionne (nominative singular)
fanifiktionne (nominative plural)
fanifiktionne (accusative nominative singular)
fanifiktionne (accusative nominative plural)
fanifiktionne (accusative genitive singular)
fanifiktionne (accusative genitive plural)
fanifiktionne (genitive singular)
fanifiktioidenne (genitive plural)
fanifiktioittenne (genitive plural)
fanifiktiotanne (partitive singular)
fanifiktioitanne (partitive plural)
fanifiktiossanne (inessive singular)
fanifiktioissanne (inessive plural)
fanifiktiostanne (elative singular)
fanifiktioistanne (elative plural)
fanifiktioonne (illative singular)
fanifiktioihinne (illative plural)
fanifiktiollanne (adessive singular)
fanifiktioillanne (adessive plural)
fanifiktioltanne (ablative singular)
fanifiktioiltanne (ablative plural)
fanifiktiollenne (allative singular)
fanifiktioillenne (allative plural)
fanifiktionanne (essive singular)
fanifiktioinanne (essive plural)
fanifiktioksenne (singular translative)
fanifiktioiksenne (plural translative)
fanifiktiottanne (abessive singular)
fanifiktioittanne (abessive plural)
fanifiktioinenne (comitative plural)
fanifiktionsa (nominative singular)
fanifiktionsa (nominative plural)
fanifiktionsa (accusative nominative singular)
fanifiktionsa (accusative nominative plural)
fanifiktionsa (accusative genitive singular)
fanifiktionsa (accusative genitive plural)
fanifiktionsa (genitive singular)
fanifiktioidensa (genitive plural)
fanifiktioittensa (genitive plural)
fanifiktiotaan (partitive singular)
fanifiktiotansa (partitive singular)
fanifiktioitaan (partitive plural)
fanifiktioitansa (partitive plural)
fanifiktiossaan (inessive singular)
fanifiktiossansa (inessive singular)
fanifiktioissaan (inessive plural)
fanifiktioissansa (inessive plural)
fanifiktiostaan (elative singular)
fanifiktiostansa (elative singular)
fanifiktioistaan (elative plural)
fanifiktioistansa (elative plural)
fanifiktioonsa (illative singular)
fanifiktioihinsa (illative plural)
fanifiktiollaan (adessive singular)
fanifiktiollansa (adessive singular)
fanifiktioillaan (adessive plural)
fanifiktioillansa (adessive plural)
fanifiktioltaan (ablative singular)
fanifiktioltansa (ablative singular)
fanifiktioiltaan (ablative plural)
fanifiktioiltansa (ablative plural)
fanifiktiolleen (allative singular)
fanifiktiollensa (allative singular)
fanifiktioilleen (allative plural)
fanifiktioillensa (allative plural)
fanifiktionaan (essive singular)
fanifiktionansa (essive singular)
fanifiktioinaan (essive plural)
fanifiktioinansa (essive plural)
fanifiktiokseen (singular translative)
fanifiktioksensa (singular translative)
fanifiktioikseen (plural translative)
fanifiktioiksensa (plural translative)
fanifiktiottaan (abessive singular)
fanifiktiottansa (abessive singular)
fanifiktioittaan (abessive plural)
fanifiktioittansa (abessive plural)
fanifiktioineen (comitative plural)
fanifiktioinensa (comitative plural)

(fandom slang, uncountable) fan fiction, fanfiction (amateur fiction created by fans, incorporating the characters and concepts of commercial media property)

(fandom slang, countable) fan fiction (work of fan fiction)


doppel

A clipping of doppelganger; however, the words are not synonyms.

(science fiction) An identical copy of a person (such as a clone, virtual reality representation, etc.).


adlet

Adlets are wont to hunt on all fours, and so were born stories of giant black dogs that accost travelers.

2006, Aaron Rosenberg, Various, Chosen RPG, Impressions, →ISBN:

An adlet is part-human and part-canine, […]. They can be cannibals, eating other dogs. When they first hunt prey they go for the victim's throat and drink the fresh blood.

2012, Lisa Regan, Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies, Amber Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 71:

... that one of their ancestors has been married to a dog and that they have canine blood in their veins. This does not mean, of course, that they can transform themselves into an Adlet or that they enjoy any special protection from its attentions.

2016, Dr. Bob Curran, Andy Paciorek, The Carnival Of Dark Dreams, →ISBN, page 56:

"We could mate with humans, but then we'd have to expose our existence, and there's no guarantee that the baby will be an adlet." She cleared her throat. "Of course, I'd love a human baby just as much as an adlet, but we need more halflings […]"
[…]
The dogs mated with other dogs and stayed in their canine form, but the halflings mated with both humans and dogs and so the adlets continued to spread across the land, always evolving. Some adlet families are more human than dog, ...

2019, Laura Greenwood, Skye MacKinnon, Under the Ice, Peryton Press:

(cryptozoology, mythology) A cryptid in Inuit mythology and folklore in Canada and Greenland, a tall, dog-legged humanoid (sometimes identified with inland Native Americans).


Γελλώ

grc-proper noun

Γελλώ • (Gellṓ) f (genitive Γελλοῦς); third declension

Gellṓ (romanization)
Γελλοῦς (genitive)
ἡ Γελλώ (nominative singular)
τῆς Γελλοῦς (genitive singular)
τῇ Γελλοῖ (dative singular)
τὴν Γελλώ (accusative singular)
Γελλοῖ (singular vocative)

Perhaps from Akkadian 𒂵𒀠𒇻𒌑 (ga-al-lu-ú, gallû), 𒋼𒇲 (GAL₅.LÁ, gallû, “Gallu”), a word from the Assyro-Babylonian religion perhaps related to ghoul, as a demonic revenant who brings sickness and death, from Sumerian 𒋼𒇲 (GAL₅.LÁ, galla, “demon; constable”).

der

Γέλλως παιδοφιλωτέρα·

630 BCE – 570 BCE, Sappho, Collected Works 47

3rd century BCE, Erinna, SHell. 401.41

Cyranides 2.31.21

τὴν Γελλὼ τὴν πνίγουσαν τὰ βρέφη καὶ τὰς λεχοὺς ἐνοχλοῦσαν

tḕn Gellṑ tḕn pnígousan tà bréphē kaì tàs lekhoùs enokhloûsan

c. 117 CE – 138 CE, Zenobius, The Proverbs of Zenobius 3.3

Gello (a kind of vampiress, demoness, or goblin supposed to carry off young children and cause infertility)

Assyro-Babylonian religion
Gallu
Martin Litchfield West
Walter Burkert


ficathon

General fan fiction challenges and “ficathons” are regularly sponsored by many sites, including those named above.

2008, Daniel Smith-Rowsey, “Still More Gilmore: How Online Fan Communities Remediate Gilmore Girls”, in Ritch Calvin, editor, Gilmore Girls and the Politics of Identity: Essays on Family and Feminism in the Television Series, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 197:

Much fanfiction is written to commission – people will ask for a particular sort of story, or for erotic fiction featuring a particular partnership, often as an online birthday present – or in exchange for ficathon challenges where likely contributors post cues for a story they would like to see and scan the challenges for something they would enjoy writing.

2010, Roz Kaveney, “Gen, Slash, OT3s, and Crossover – The Varieties of Fan Fiction”, in Stacey Abbott, editor, The Cult TV Book, I. B. Tauris & Co., →ISBN, page 244:

Yet as early as March 2007, when the show was still in its second season, a Livejournal community, spn_gaiman, was created to promote a Supernatural/Neil Gaiman crossover “ficathon” as well as to archive fiction that had already been written by fans earlier in 2006.

2011, Laura Felschow, “Plagiarism or Props?: Homage to Neil Gaiman in Eric Kripke's Supernatural”, in Stacey Abbott, David Lavery, editors, TV Goes to Hell: An Unofficial Road Map of, Supernatural , ECW Press, →ISBN, pages 235–236:

(fandom slang) A challenge in which participants are asked to write fan fiction, generally of a specific type or to fill individual requests.


earth-drake

From Middle English *erthedrake, from Old English eorþdraca, equivalent to earth + drake (“dragon”).

(Anglo-Saxon mythology, fantasy) Alternative form of earthdrake


ACG

The idea behind “bullet screens” originated in Japan, where they were first popularized by a Japanese ACG (animation, comics, games) video portal called Nicodou, which later became the inspiration for similar Chinese ACG video sites such as Bilibili.

2014 August 20, Amy Qin, “Theaters in China Screen Movies, and Viewers' Text Messages”, in New York Times Sinosphere Blog:

The culture used to be a niche but as the community has grown and relevant facilities have been developing over time, being passionate about ACG is no longer a rare hobby and it has become as common as liking to watch movies.

2017 November 23, Yin Lu, “A ‘two-dimensional’ subculture”, in Global Times, archived from the original on 2021-11-01:

The four girls are dressed up as different types of manga characters and spend more time exploring the ACG world than the human world.

2019, Hui Faye Xiao, Youth Economy, Crisis, and Reinvention in Twenty-First-Century China, Routledge, →ISBN:

(Greater China) Initialism of anime, comics and games: a Chinese subculture that revolves around anime, manga, and Japanese video games.


smutfic

en-noun

smutfic (countable and uncountable, plural smutfics)

So, don't fret. There is always subtext to be found if you believe there is.And, if you get tired of just imagining it, read some smutfic. I bet you'll find some tasty pairings there.

1998 January 15, BabylonC [username], “Re: [OT] B:tVS & subtext”, in alt.tv.xena-subtext (Usenet):

Oh, thanks. Now I have to go take a cold shower. Or at least write some Xander smutfic.

1999 August 23, Shadowy Moon [username], “Re: If there's one thing you'd change about the Buffy show,what would it be?”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Yes, when it is NC-17 smutfic involving Mulder and Scully... and practically every other member of the cast.

2002 February 5, Aubrey, “Re: there aren't enough posts poll”, in alt.music.placebo (Usenet):

(uncountable, fandom slang) Such fan fiction collectively.


Philedom

I have too many friends in Philedom. It's going to be very interesting to see how we survive the 8th season and still keep our Internet communities in tact.^([sic])

2000 October 5, Bast Black, “The X-File season 8 promo from the gut.”, in alt.fan.david-duchovny (Usenet):

He only said that the changes made in those seasons divided Philedom in an unprecendented^([sic]) fashion, and that the ratings dropped drastically.

2002 June 17, Anna, “Re: XF Worst Survivor Round 6”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

It could have been the only episode that *all* factions of Philedom might dislike.

2002 October 20, W. Blaine Dowler, “Re: OOPS! Make that 9 seasons!”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

(fandom slang) The fandom of the science fiction television series The X-Files.


antimutant

en-adj

antimutant (comparative more antimutant, superlative most antimutant)

more antimutant (comparative)
most antimutant (superlative)


battlemage

(fantasy) A wizard specializing in close magical combat.

(fantasy roleplaying games) Someone proficient in fighting with both melee weapons and offensive magic.


Vaderesque

Vaderesque (comparative more Vaderesque, superlative most Vaderesque)

more Vaderesque (comparative)
most Vaderesque (superlative)

In the case of the Cybermen the Vaderesque trappings, and the incongruous displays of emotion, were rapidly stripped away.

2011, Piers D. Britton, TARDISbound: Navigating the Universes of Doctor Who, page 77:

Adopting a Vaderesque voice, he intoned, “Luke, I am your federal agent. Somehow it doesn't have the same kick. […]

Reminiscent of Darth Vader, the sinister deep-voiced villain of the Star Wars original trilogy.


Chiang Mai

/t͡ʃi.ɑːŋ ˈmaɪ/

Borrowed from Thai เชียงใหม่ (Chiiang Mai), from เชียง (chiiang, “walled city”) + ใหม่ (mài, “new”). In reference to the kingdoms, from their capital.

The capital city of Chiang Mai province, Thailand.

(historical) Synonym of Lanna, a former kingdom.

(historical) Synonym of Rattanatingsa, a former kingdom.

(geography, historical) Synonym of Chimay, an imaginary lake or marsh long thought to exist near Chiang Mai.


сатира

uk-noun

сати́ра • (satýra) f inan (genitive сати́ри, nominative plural сати́ри, genitive plural сати́р)

сати́ра (canonical)
satýra (romanization)
сати́ри (genitive)
сати́ри (nominative plural)
сати́р (genitive plural)
сати́ра (nominative singular)
сати́ри (nominative plural)
сати́ри (genitive singular)
сати́р (genitive plural)
сати́рі (dative singular)
сати́рам (dative plural)
сати́ру (accusative singular)
сати́ри (accusative plural)
сати́рою (instrumental singular)
сати́рами (instrumental plural)
сати́рі (locative singular)
сати́рах (locative plural)
сати́ро (singular vocative)
сати́ри (plural vocative)


jokefic

(Stealth, don't get any ideas, before you launch into another epic because I said the word 'SRB2'. This is a jokefic.)

1999 April 18, Johnny 'Sonikku' Wallbank, “[AFSH] I don't even feel like it! Bwahahaha! Part 2”, in alt.fan.sonic-hedgehog (Usenet):

this was just written as what was *supposed* to be a two chapter April Fool's jokefic and a chance to throw some ideas out i couldn't use elsewhere.

2000 May 8, Gregg Sharp, “[Ranma/Xover] [FanFic] The Bet: Reluctant Bet seg 24 "The First Emperor Of China?"”, in rec.arts.anime.creative (Usenet):

I've been writing Daria fanfics and jokefics (A few are still in the works)ever since I stumbled upon the scene in 1997, […]

2001 June 21, The Outsider [username], “The future of Daria (For us)”, in alt.tv.daria (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A fanfic intended to be humorous or absurd.


goodfic

Yes, it was intentionally written as 'badfic', as opposed to 'goodfic'.

1998 August 25, manhattantowers [username], “The Truth About 'Nite Challengee 1/?' [sic]”, in alt.drwho.creative (Usenet):

It's good badfic, which is definitely preferable to bad goodfic.

2000 July 12, Jean Helms, “Re: A Story (1//1) BADFIC by shannono”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Yeah... *looks at count* ...thirded! It's not like people are going to complain about more goodfic. :)

2008 July 8, Katrine Myra, “Re: Plotbunny drive by - Dancing Spock?”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):

(fandom slang) Well-written fan fiction.


sadfic

Just keep in mind that I don't do darkfics or sadfics.

1997 February 6, Andrew Huang, “[Ranma] [fanfic] Life and Manhood”, in rec.arts.anime.creative (Usenet):

For I had faith that this author would apply craft and finesse to the fic, even if it were yet another "sadfic" with yet another Akane added to the corpses that litter the archive.

1997 August 3, Talswapr [username], “[Ranma] [Review] Taleswapper's Quarterly Post”, in rec.arts.anime.creative (Usenet):

This is probably my first attempt at writing something even close to a darkfic. If anything, it seems to come across as a sadfic. Even if the character does try to take her life, I won't try to classify it as a suicide fic.

2000 March 31, Rakna, “[Eva] [FanFic] The One I Love Is... - Darkness of a Broken Heart”, in rec.arts.anime.creative (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A fanfic which intentionally deals with a tragic situation or theme.


crapfic

en-noun

crapfic (countable and uncountable, plural crapfics)

(fandom slang) Poorly or badly written fanfiction.


Pit of Voles

pit + of + voles, from the site's reputation in fandom as being filled with amateurish and poorly-written stories.

[…] I have comparatively little spare time compared to what I'd like, and what fanfiction reading I've been doing has tended to be in the less ugly depths of the Pit of VOles.^([sic])

2009 January 4, The Wanderer [username], “Re: AFSM Purpose? (was Re: Tokyo Trip Photos)”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet):

This was my utter last choice as a posting avenue, because it's such an incredible pain in the butt to post here, compared to anywhere else, whether it's LJ, my website, a messageboard or even the Pit of Voles.

2009 March 3, KKGlinka [username], “Re: Not Quite Off-Topic: ASC and the ASC Awards”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):

And in the ultimate case of inception-ism, the Pit of Voles is already up to 24 submissions of _Fangirl_ fanfic. Haven't checked Archive of Our Own yet... :-P

2014 January 21, Chrysti Cat, “Re: FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet):

(fandom slang, derogatory) The online fan fiction archive FanFiction.net.


gajowy

gajowy (nominative singular)
gajowi (nominative plural)
gajowego (genitive singular)
gajowych (genitive plural)
gajowemu (dative singular)
gajowym (dative plural)
gajowego (accusative singular)
gajowych (accusative plural)
gajowym (instrumental singular)
gajowymi (instrumental plural)
gajowym (locative singular)
gajowych (locative plural)
gajowy (singular vocative)
gajowi (plural vocative)

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


flashfic

flashfic (countable and uncountable, plural flashfics)

I will throw down the gauntlet to other flash authors (or anyone else)... Write a piece of flashfic that's a palindrome (reading by paragraphs, that is). I'll see if I can whip out another one as well...

2002 November 14, Scipio [username], “{ASSD} Something I wrote, along those lines. Was (Re: {ASSM} Lipogram of S-E-X...)”, in alt.sex.stories.d (Usenet):

Anti-illusionist metalepsis is acceptable under certain circumstances, however, as we can see in the NCIS and Due South flashfic self-insertion challenges (malnpudl 2007; china_shop 2008).

2011, Tisha Turk, “Metalepsis in Fan Videos and Fan Fiction”, in Karin Kukkonen, Sonja Klimek, editors, Metalepsis in Popular Culture, De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 98:

I'm not even sure if it qualifies as a FlasFic^([sic]) but like most good flashfic it relies for its success on the readers^([sic]) existing background knowledge to place it within a larger framework.

2011 March 16, Kirok of L'Stok [username], “Re: NEW TNG: Carpe Diem, P/C and others (1/1), G-rated”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):

(uncountable, fandom slang) Flash fiction.

(Though, not to nit pick^([sic]) but it isn't a drabble; they're 100 words, excluding title; this is a short fic, flashfic, ficlet...whatever<g>)

2003 November 16, Jane Davitt, “Re: Drabble: Forever After”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative (Usenet):

This feels like a flashfic, one of those teensy-weensy short stories that leaves you gasping in just five or six sentences.

2006, L. D. Beghol, Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs: A Field Guide, Continuum (2006), page 103

According to a fanfiction tale's length, we can find the drabble (text up to 110 words), the flashfic (between 111 and 500 words) and the one piece, or one shot (more than 500 words).

2011, Max Giovagnoli, Transmedia Storytelling: Imagery, Shapes and Techniques, ETC Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 84:

(countable, fandom slang) An individual work of flash fiction, especially a fanfic.


chochlik

chochlik (nominative singular)
chochliki (nominative plural)
chochlika (genitive singular)
chochlików (genitive plural)
chochlikowi (dative singular)
chochlikom (dative plural)
chochlika (accusative singular)
chochliki (accusative plural)
chochlikiem (instrumental singular)
chochlikami (instrumental plural)
chochliku (locative singular)
chochlikach (locative plural)
chochliku (singular vocative)
chochliki (plural vocative)

Perhaps borrowed from Belarusian хо́хлік (xóxlik).

bor+

(informal) mistake in written text, typo


thất lễ

[tʰət̚˧˦ le˦ˀ˥]

[tʰək̚˦˧˥ lej˧˨]

[tʰək̚˦˥ lej˨˩˦]

Ở nhà kiêng ngồi giữa bậc cửa, e thất lễ.

1915, Phan Kế Bính, Việt Nam phong tục [Vietnamese customs]:

When at home, avoid sitting on the doorstep, so as not to be impolite / discourteous.

(dated, formal, now restricted to fiction) impolite


Joe Citizen

(idiomatic) A hypothetical average or generic citizen; the man on the street.


enttarnen

de-verb

enttarnen (weak, third-person singular present enttarnt, past tense enttarnte, past participle enttarnt, auxiliary haben)

enttarnt (present singular third-person)
enttarnte (past)
enttarnt (participle past)
haben (auxiliary)
haben (auxiliary)
enttarnen (infinitive)
enttarnend (participle present)
enttarnt (participle past)
enttarne (first-person indicative present singular)
enttarnen (first-person indicative plural present)
enttarne (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
enttarnen (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
enttarnst (indicative present second-person singular)
enttarnt (indicative plural present second-person)
enttarnest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
enttarnet (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
enttarnt (indicative present singular third-person)
enttarnen (indicative plural present third-person)
enttarne (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
enttarnen (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
enttarnte (first-person indicative preterite singular)
enttarnten (first-person indicative plural preterite)
enttarnte (first-person formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
enttarnten (first-person formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
enttarntest (indicative preterite second-person singular)
enttarntet (indicative plural preterite second-person)
enttarntest (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
enttarntet (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
enttarnte (indicative preterite singular third-person)
enttarnten (indicative plural preterite third-person)
enttarnte (formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
enttarnten (formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
enttarn (imperative second-person singular)
enttarne (imperative second-person singular)
enttarnt (imperative plural second-person)
haben (auxiliary)
habe enttarnt (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect singular)
haben enttarnt (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect plural)
habe enttarnt (first-person multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive)
haben enttarnt (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive)
hast enttarnt (indicative multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
habt enttarnt (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
habest enttarnt (multiword-construction perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
habet enttarnt (multiword-construction perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hat enttarnt (indicative multiword-construction perfect singular third-person)
haben enttarnt (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural third-person)
habe enttarnt (multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
haben enttarnt (multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hatte enttarnt (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular)
hatten enttarnt (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural)
hätte enttarnt (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive)
hätten enttarnt (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive)
hattest enttarnt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular)
hattet enttarnt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
hättest enttarnt (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hättet enttarnt (multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hatte enttarnt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular third-person)
hatten enttarnt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural third-person)
hätte enttarnt (multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hätten enttarnt (multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
enttarnen werden (future future-i infinitive multiword-construction)
werde enttarnen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden enttarnen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest enttarnen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet enttarnen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde enttarnen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden enttarnen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde enttarnen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden enttarnen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde enttarnen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden enttarnen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst enttarnen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet enttarnen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest enttarnen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet enttarnen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird enttarnen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden enttarnen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde enttarnen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden enttarnen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
enttarnt haben werden (future future-ii infinitive multiword-construction)
werde enttarnt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden enttarnt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest enttarnt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet enttarnt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde enttarnt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden enttarnt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde enttarnt haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden enttarnt haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde enttarnt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden enttarnt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst enttarnt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet enttarnt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest enttarnt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet enttarnt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird enttarnt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden enttarnt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde enttarnt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden enttarnt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)


holoviewer

(science fiction) A device that can project a holographic image to an observer.


provizo

Attested since 1370. Perhaps from Latin provisus (“foreseen”)

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) goblin, imp


quái thú

[kwaːj˨˩˦ tʰʊw˨˩˦]

[waːj˦˥ tʰʊw˦˥]


Voldemortish

en-adj

Voldemortish (comparative more Voldemortish, superlative most Voldemortish)

more Voldemortish (comparative)
most Voldemortish (superlative)

The last reel is buoyed by the deliciously hammy tones of David Bowie, who voices the Voldemortish villain.

2007 January 18, Al Hoff, “Arthur and the Invisibles”, in Pittsburgh City Paper:

The villain, Red Skull, is a scary character, not to mention seriously ugly in a noseless, Voldemortish way.

2011 July 31, Jane Horwitz, “Family Filmgoer”, in The Boston Globe:

There was little that could be done to make Diablo appear less frightening. He had a haircut, and now wore Justin Bieber-like bangs covering his horns. He wore a button-down shirt and dark slacks. But no amount of concealer was going to hide the tattoos covering his entire face, or reconstruct the Voldemortish nostrils.

2013, Allison Leotta, chapter 49, in Speak of the Devil, New York: Pocket Books, published 2015, →ISBN, page 351:

Having similar traits to the fictional evil wizard Voldemort from the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.


autocook

Jack picked up two lunch kits from the counter and tossed them into the autocook.

2014, Collin R. Skocik, Voyage into the Unknown 6: The Mind Machine, page 231:

With a flick of a needle-like finger he activated the autocook and selected "random" from the menu. He wanted to be surprised, and with over one thousand meals stored in its internal memory there was always a good chance […]

2018, Neil Davies, A World Of Assassins, page 119:

(science fiction) A machine that prepares and dispenses meals.


Voldemortian

Voldemortian (comparative more Voldemortian, superlative most Voldemortian)

more Voldemortian (comparative)
most Voldemortian (superlative)

A twenty-seven year-old screenwriter stepped up to the table. Josh reached into the carry on and pulled out a bottle containing an anti-psychotic medication.
"Sorry, I have to confiscate this." He tossed it into the trash bin.
Seven hours later, over the Pacific Ocean, the screenwriter would notice that his fellow passengers had begun to morph in a strangely Voldemortian way.
"Snakes on the plane!" he would scream, "Snakes on the plane!"

2007, Steven F. Lott, “Blunt Weapon”, in It Came from Airport Security, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 40:

There is one man whose reputation – amazingly – has been burnished by the disaster of the past few weeks; one man who is still sought after by society hostesses; one man whose every silken Voldemortian utterance is still taken down, with reverence, by the political journalists.

2010 May 3, Boris Johnson, “General Election 2010: Gordon Brown is a goner - bring on Peter Mandelson”, in The Telegraph:

As a vegetable product, it was favored as a healthier option than animal fats (a view that went downhill when transfats became viewed with Voldemortian horror, then flipped again when Crisco got a nearly transfat-free new formula.)

2011 April 2, Rebekah Denn, “Crisco is still a good thing, sometimes”, in The Seattle Times:


Lostie

I would guess that the answers to many of the questions will be found among the Others so that's where the story needs to focus. None of the Lostie beach scenes this season have advanced the current story line or taken us in a new direction […] I'd rather see the show move forward with the Others than putter around with the Losties.

2006 November 9, alooo, “Re: Way too much Kate/Jack/Sawyer this season.”, in alt.tv.lost (Usenet), message-ID <oCz4h.2987$IR4.1989@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>:

(fandom slang) Any of the fictional characters in the television drama Lost who become stranded on a mysterious island.

Once it started, me and millions of future Losties saw the most expensive episode in TV history, as well as one of the most intense and mysterious.

2010, Robert Dougherty, Lost: It Only Ends Once: An Unofficial Last Look, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 2:

Even though I was an enthusiastic Lostie from the start, I was grateful for the Guide, if only because it reassured me that I wasn't the only one having trouble keeping track.

2011, Richard Davies, “Lost in Lost's Times”, in Sharon Kaye, editor, Ultimate Lost and Philosophy: Think Together, Die Alone, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 9:

I'm a Lostie through and through. For those of you who may not know what that is, you probably never paid much attention to the award-winning television show Lost.

2014, Darren Schalk, Dear God, We Need to Talk: Wresting with God on Questions of Life & Faith, Passio, →ISBN, page 148:

(fandom slang) A fan of the television drama Lost.


Junior Woodchucks' Guidebook

the Junior Woodchucks' Guidebook (canonical)

Appears in Disney comics featuring Huey, Dewey, and Louie, as a parody of Scouting handbooks.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Junior Woodchucks' Guidebook.

A fictional guidebook with detailed information about all subjects in existence.

Huey, Dewey, and Louie
Junior Woodchucks


Jawa

(Star Wars) a fictional small humanoid race living on the fictional planet Tatooine in the franchise Star Wars


Potterdom

What are we potty Potter fans going to do now that the story has come to an end? Do we throw up our hands and relent that ten years of Potterdom were great, but it's over now, and we should just get on with our lives?

2010, E. A. Pyne, chapter 25, in The Ultimate Guide to the Harry Potter Fandom, What the Flux Comics Publishing, →ISBN, page 283:

A first edition Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is one of the most coveted collectibles in Potterdom.

2010, William Silvester, Harry Potter Collector's Handbook, Krause Publications, →ISBN, page 62:

Is Harry Potter a Christ-Figure? In fact this question had been asked by sharp-minded readers since the early days of Potterdom.

2011, Derek Murphy, Jesus Potter Harry Christ: The Fascinating Parallels Between Two of the World's Most Popular Literary Characters, Holy Blasphemy, →ISBN:

The fandom or sphere of the Harry Potter series and the movies based on it.


permayouth

With people living longer and treatments improving, anti-ageing medicine is now a lucrative business. But as the quest for 'permayouth' spreads beyond Hollywood, doctors warn that it could become an unhealthy obsession

2002 April 7, Anthony Browne, “The obsession with eternal youth”, in The Guardian:

I knew there was a downside to having the injections; the permanently surprised eyebrows, the scarily impassive face, but I thought that was the result of too many top-ups; Hollywood's addiction to permayouth.

2009 June 25, Sally Brampton, “Elixir of youth? No, Botox left me looking like a Neanderthal”, in Daily Mail:

2013 September 29, Eileen Bradbury, “Permayouth: exploring the never-ending human quest for eternal youth”, in Journal of Aesthetic Nursing, volume 1, number 3:

The state of having a perpetually youthful appearance.


科學幻想

ㄎㄜ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ

кэсюэ хуаньсян

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fɔː⁵⁵ hɔːk̚² waːn²² sœːŋ³⁵/

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fɔː⁵⁵ hɔːk̚² waːn²² sœːŋ³⁵/


孫悟空

/su̯ən⁵⁵ u⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/syːn⁵⁵ ŋ̍²² hʊŋ⁵⁵/

/sun²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋu⁵⁵ kʰuŋ²⁴/

/sun⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ŋu⁵³ kʰʊŋ⁴⁴/

/sun⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²²⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sun³³ ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻²² kʰɔŋ³³/

/sun⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²²⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sun⁴⁴⁻³³ ŋɔ̃³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sun⁴⁴⁻³³ ŋɔ̃³³⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sɯŋ³³⁻²³ ŋo³⁵⁻¹¹ kʰoŋ³³/

/sən⁵⁵ ŋu³³ kʰoŋ²¹/

/su̯ən⁵⁵ u⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/syːn⁵⁵ ŋ̍²² hʊŋ⁵⁵/

/sun²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋu⁵⁵ kʰuŋ²⁴/

/sun⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ŋu⁵³ kʰʊŋ⁴⁴/

/sun⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²²⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sun³³ ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻²² kʰɔŋ³³/

/sun⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²²⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sun⁴⁴⁻³³ ŋɔ̃³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sun⁴⁴⁻³³ ŋɔ̃³³⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sɯŋ³³⁻²³ ŋo³⁵⁻¹¹ kʰoŋ³³/

/sən⁵⁵ ŋu³³ kʰoŋ²¹/

孫悟空大鬧天宮——慌了神／孙悟空大闹天宫——慌了神

Sūn Wùkōng dà nào tiāngōng, huāng le shén


孫悟空

[so̞ŋ ɡo̞kɯ̟ː]

Orthographic borrowing from Literary Chinese 孫悟空 (Sūn Wùkōng).


أرضي

ar-nisba

أَرْضِيّ • (ʔarḍiyy) (feminine أَرْضِيَّة (ʔarḍiyya), masculine plural أَرْضِيُّونَ (ʔarḍiyyūna), feminine plural أَرْضِيَّات (ʔarḍiyyāt))

أَرْضِيّ (canonical)
ʔarḍiyy (romanization)
أَرْضِيَّة (feminine)
أَرْضِيُّونَ (masculine plural)
أَرْضِيَّات (feminine plural)
أَرْضِي (indefinite informal masculine singular triptote)
الْأَرْضِي (definite informal masculine singular triptote)
أَرْضِيَّة (ar-infl-a feminine indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْأَرْضِيَّة (ar-infl-a definite feminine informal singular triptote)
أَرْضِيٌّ (indefinite masculine nominative singular triptote)
الْأَرْضِيُّ (definite masculine nominative singular triptote)
أَرْضِيَّةٌ (ar-infl-a feminine indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْأَرْضِيَّةُ (ar-infl-a definite feminine nominative singular triptote)
أَرْضِيًّا (accusative indefinite masculine singular triptote)
الْأَرْضِيَّ (accusative definite masculine singular triptote)
أَرْضِيَّةً (accusative ar-infl-a feminine indefinite singular triptote)
الْأَرْضِيَّةَ (accusative ar-infl-a definite feminine singular triptote)
أَرْضِيٍّ (genitive indefinite masculine singular triptote)
الْأَرْضِيِّ (definite genitive masculine singular triptote)
أَرْضِيَّةٍ (ar-infl-a feminine genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْأَرْضِيَّةِ (ar-infl-a definite feminine genitive singular triptote)
أَرْضِيَّيْن (dual indefinite informal masculine singular triptote)
الْأَرْضِيَّيْن (definite dual informal masculine singular triptote)
أَرْضِيَّتَيْن (ar-infl-a dual feminine indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْأَرْضِيَّتَيْن (ar-infl-a definite dual feminine informal singular triptote)
أَرْضِيَّانِ (dual indefinite masculine nominative singular triptote)
الْأَرْضِيَّانِ (definite dual masculine nominative singular triptote)
أَرْضِيَّتَانِ (ar-infl-a dual feminine indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْأَرْضِيَّتَانِ (ar-infl-a definite dual feminine nominative singular triptote)
أَرْضِيَّيْنِ (accusative dual indefinite masculine singular triptote)
الْأَرْضِيَّيْنِ (accusative definite dual masculine singular triptote)
أَرْضِيَّتَيْنِ (accusative ar-infl-a dual feminine indefinite singular triptote)
الْأَرْضِيَّتَيْنِ (accusative ar-infl-a definite dual feminine singular triptote)
أَرْضِيَّيْنِ (dual genitive indefinite masculine singular triptote)
الْأَرْضِيَّيْنِ (definite dual genitive masculine singular triptote)
أَرْضِيَّتَيْنِ (ar-infl-a dual feminine genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْأَرْضِيَّتَيْنِ (ar-infl-a definite dual feminine genitive singular triptote)
أَرْضِيِّين (indefinite informal masculine plural sound-form)
الْأَرْضِيِّين (definite informal masculine plural sound-form)
أَرْضِيَّات (feminine indefinite informal plural sound-form)
الْأَرْضِيَّات (definite feminine informal plural sound-form)
أَرْضِيُّونَ (indefinite masculine nominative plural sound-form)
الْأَرْضِيُّونَ (definite masculine nominative plural sound-form)
أَرْضِيَّاتٌ (feminine indefinite nominative plural sound-form)
الْأَرْضِيَّاتُ (definite feminine nominative plural sound-form)
أَرْضِيِّينَ (accusative indefinite masculine plural sound-form)
الْأَرْضِيِّينَ (accusative definite masculine plural sound-form)
أَرْضِيَّاتٍ (accusative feminine indefinite plural sound-form)
الْأَرْضِيَّاتِ (accusative definite feminine plural sound-form)
أَرْضِيِّينَ (genitive indefinite masculine plural sound-form)
الْأَرْضِيِّينَ (definite genitive masculine plural sound-form)
أَرْضِيَّاتٍ (feminine genitive indefinite plural sound-form)
الْأَرْضِيَّاتِ (definite feminine genitive plural sound-form)

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of أَرْض (ʔarḍ, “Earth, land”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).


Afropunk

Coordinate term: Afrofuturism

There’s a lot going on in this novel, but Thompson expertly juggles all his disparate elements – alien encounter, cyberpunk-biopunk-Afropunk thriller, zombie-shocker, an off-kilter love story and an atmospheric portrait of a futuristic Nigeria.

2018 October 4, Adam Roberts, “Rosewater by Tade Thompson review – a stellar SF debut”, in The Guardian:

(science fiction) Afrocentric science fiction.


noble savage

First appeared in John Dryden's heroic play The Conquest of Granada (1672), where it was used by the son of a Christian prince, believing himself a Spanish Muslim, in reference to himself.

It seemed hardly possible that by such comparatively small mouthfuls he could keep up the vitality diffused through so broad, baronial, and superb a person. But, doubtless, this noble savage fed strong and drank deep of the abounding element of air; and through his dilated nostrils snuffed in the sublime life of the worlds.

1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 34, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 167:

The Isángú, or Ingwánba, the craving felt after a short abstinence from animal food, does not spare the white traveller more than it does his dark guides; and, though the moral courage of the former may resist the "gastronomic practice" of breaking fast upon a fat young slave, one does not expect so much from the untutored appetite of the noble savage.

1876, Richard F[rancis] Burton, Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo. […], part I (The Gaboon River and Gorilla Land), London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, […], →OCLC:

It is written that the noble savage must never express surprise in the presence of the white.

1911, J[ames] M[atthew] Barrie, “The Children are Carried Off”, in Peter and Wendy, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, pages 179–180:

This is like one of those Red-skin stories where the noble savages carry off a girl and the honest backwoodsman with his incomparable knowledge follows the track and reads the signs of her fate in a footprint here, a broken twig there, a trinket dropped by the way.

1914, Joseph Conrad, Chance, London: Methuen, →OCLC, page 283:

(literature) A stock character embodying the concept of an idealized indigene or outsider who has not been corrupted by civilization and therefore symbolizes humanity's innate goodness.


Altairian

en-adj

Altairian (comparative more Altairian, superlative most Altairian)

more Altairian (comparative)
most Altairian (superlative)

The book is a guide book, a travel book. […] It is of course that invaluable companion for all those who want to see the marvels of the known Universe for less than thirty Altairian dollars a day—The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

1980 October, Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, London: Pan Books, →ISBN:

(science fiction) Of or relating to the star Altair.


Altairian

(science fiction) A native or inhabitant of Altair.


shotacon

en-noun

shotacon (usually uncountable, plural shotacons)

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From Japanese ショタコン (shotakon). By surface analysis, shota + -con (“abnormal sexual attraction”).

surf

The term shota-con is a variant of the term loli-con for "Lolita complex" comics, a genre of porn comics for men featuring young girls. Shota is a common Japanese boy's name, thus shota-con indicates porn comics featuring young boys.

2004 Deborah Shamoon, "Porn Studies", page 101

Lolicon or Lolicom is a contraction of "Lolita Complex," an unhealthy interest in underage girls exemplified by the Lolita Anime. Its rarer male variant is Shotacon.
Shotacon is a contraction of “Shotaro Complex,” or an unhealthy obsession with little boys. It is said to derive from the boyish good looks of Shotaro Kaneda, the protagonist of GIGANTOR

2006 Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 page 31

(uncountable, anime) A sexual complex where an adult is attracted to young, typically prepubescent boys, or the fictional depictions thereof.

(countable, anime) An individual with such a fixation.

(uncountable, anime) Erotic or suggestive art, manga, anime, or other media featuring underage boys.


school life

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(anime, manga) A genre which has the majority of the storyline taking place in a school.


shounen ai

(slang, anime, manga) A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or sexual relationship between two or more males.


նհանգ

nhang (romanization)
նհանգ (nominative singular)
նհանգներ (nominative plural)
նհանգի (dative singular)
նհանգների (dative plural)
նհանգից (ablative singular)
նհանգներից (ablative plural)
նհանգով (instrumental singular)
նհանգներով (instrumental plural)
նհանգը (definite nominative singular)
նհանգն (definite nominative singular)
նհանգները (definite nominative plural)
նհանգներն (definite nominative plural)
նհանգին (dative definite singular)
նհանգներին (dative definite plural)
նհանգս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
նհանգներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
նհանգիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
նհանգներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
նհանգիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
նհանգներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
նհանգովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
նհանգներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
նհանգդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
նհանգներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
նհանգիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
նհանգներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
նհանգիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
նհանգներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
նհանգովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
նհանգներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

նհանգը/նհանգն

նհանգները/նհանգներն

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian նհանգ (nhang).


նհանգ

nhang (romanization)
նհանգ (nominative singular)
նհանգք (nominative plural)
նհանգի (genitive singular)
նհանգաց (genitive plural)
նհանգի (dative singular)
նհանգաց (dative plural)
նհանգ (accusative singular)
նհանգս (accusative plural)
նհանգէ (ablative singular)
նհանգաց (ablative plural)
նհանգաւ (instrumental singular)
նհանգի (locative singular)
նհանգս (locative plural)

xcl-decl-noun

նհանգաւք = նհանգօք

→ Armenian: նհանգ (nhang) (learned)

→ Georgian: ნიანგი (niangi)

From Middle Iranian *nihang. Compare Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫗𐫍𐫗𐫃 (nhng) and see there for more.


shoujo ai

Two connected etymologies. Either interpreted as a loan translation of Japanese 少女愛 (shōjo ai), or a specialized neologism created in analogy to shounen ai (少年愛; shōnen ai) using Japanese vocabulary.

(neologism, anime, manga) Anime and manga that explore emotional, but largely platonic, homoerotic relationships between women.

(slang) A genre of manga, anime, or hentai featuring lesbian sex and romance; yuri.


weird fiction

Weird fiction is, after all, notoriously typified by the presence of entities so radically different from normality that they are, to borrow a characteristic phrase from H. P. Lovecraft, “impossible to describe” (Lovecraft 2014: 404).

2020, Julius Greve, Florian Zappe, editors, The American Weird: Concept and Medium, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, pages 30–31:

A macabre subgenre of speculative fiction originating in the late 19th and early 20th century, pre-dating the horror and fantasy genres.


horror show

This is a horror show, unequivocally. But John J. Caswell Jr.’s “Wet Brain,” at Playwrights Horizons, is also a very funny, pitch-black comedy about addiction and obligation, love and abandonment, and patterns of poisonous behavior lodged so deep they seem encoded.

2023 June 7, Laura Collins-Hughes, “‘Wet Brain’ Review: A Vodka-Spiked Horror Show”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

A horror movie or television show or other performance which depicts gruesome, horrible, or disgusting events, especially in a vividly visual manner.


Lostaway

Die-hard "Lostaways" and other collectors will get the chance to purchase props and costumes from the series during a weekend auction at the Santa Monica Airport's Barker Hangar.

2010 August 19, “A big find for `Lost' fans: Items from hit show will be auctioned off”, in Daily News, Los Angeles:

The character of Rose Henderson spurns us diehard Lostaways to confront the same issue week after week as we throw ourselves onto the living room couch and join our friends on the island: […]

2011, Daniel B. Gallagher, “Aquinas and Rose on Faith and Reason”, in William Irwin, David Kyle Johnson, editors, Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture: From Socrates to South Park, Hume to House, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

In its use of mathematics, Lost also highlights this unfortunate circumstance, and in the process further separates the viewers into the binary mode of casual viewer versus diehard “Lostaways.”

2012, Kristine Larsen, “'You Never Said Anything about Math': Math Phobia and Math Fanaticism in the World of Lost”, in Jessica K. Sklar, Elizabeth S. Sklar, editors, Mathematics in Popular Culture: Essays on Appearances in Film, Fiction, Games, Television and Other Media, McFarland, →ISBN, page 34:

(fandom slang) A fan of the television series Lost.


Klaine

With the recent death of Glee's Cory Monteith, there wasn't much creators could do to make viewers feel better. Yet they found it: a reunion of gay couple "Klaine."

2013, "Tragedy Brings People Together After All, Doesn't It?", Watermark, 29 August 2013 - 11 September 2013, page 29

However Ryan Murphy gives fans a few rewards in Series 5 for sticking with the show (happy news for Klaine supporters), […]

2013, Heather Boyles, "The final curtain draws near", Seren (Bangor University), Issue 235, October 2013, page 25

Klaine fans and writers have lived in a culture where homosexuality has been mainstreamed, if not always accepted.

2014, Nicholas Alexander Hayes, “Glee Literally Means Glee: The Queer Art of Community's Parody”, in Michelle Parke, editor, Queer in the Choir Room: Essays on Gender and Sexuality in Glee, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 267:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Kurt Hummel and Blaine Anderson from the television series Glee.


Brittana

Never mind Finn and Rachel – I'm on Team Brittana now.

2009, Dorothy Snarker of AfterEllen.com, quoted in Amy Rickman, Gleeful!: A Totally Unofficial Guide to the Hit TV Series GLEE, Villard (2010), page 136

[…] there'd been such a fuss over the original Brittana kiss, & with Kurt kissing Blaine, […]

2012, Bruce Wagner, Dead Stars, Penguin, →ISBN:

However, the taste of happiness many viewers felt at Brittana's queer relationship quickly turned bitter when the label of homosexual continued to be thrust upon Santana by many of the show's straight characters as well as her own girlfriend.

2014, Taylor Cole Miller, “Forced out of the 'flannel closet': The Coming-Out-Gay Imperative”, in Michelle Parke, editor, Queer in the Choir Room: Essays on Gender and Sexuality in Glee, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 34:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Brittany Pierce and Santana Lopez from the television series Glee.


Finchel

Mercedes is dating someone new, and Finchel is going strong.

2011, Abby Bien, Grace Palmeri, & Neha Ramani, "How I met your gossipy new girl and her modern family at glee club", The Scarlette (West Lafayette High School), Volume 69, Number 2, 5 October 2011, page 4

Five bucks says it's going to be a totally adorable "Finchel" moment at the prom!

2012 April 10, “Selena Gomez getting the Glee treatment!”, in Post Noon, page 25:

After a long break from Glee this summer, waiting to see if Finchel got back together or if Puck decides to go to Los Angeles, I am more than ready to get back into my favorite show on Thursday nights.

2012, Natasha Walker, "Excitement for Glee's upcoming season", The Stampede (C. M. Russell High School, Great Falls, Montana), Volume 48, Issue 1, 13 September 2012, page 13

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Finn Hudson and Rachel Berry from the television series Glee.


Khaleesi

Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin. From the title of a character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels; popularised by the later television adaptation Game of Thrones. Borrowed from Dothraki khaleesi (“queen”), feminine of khal (“king”).

bor+

Born just 16 minutes after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s baby was born, 26-year-old Julie Walsh, of Little Walsingham, gave birth to Khaleesi Grace Walsh, who weighed 7lb and 2oz.

2013 July 24, Andrew Papworth, “King’s Lynn mums-to-be kept up to date with Royal birth”, in Eastern Daily Press, archived from the original on 2024-07-29:

Clark was seen off by his wife, Vanessa, and their 20-month-old daughter, Khaleesi.

2014, Gary Cooper, "Sustainers will hit ground running in Kuwait, thanks to ADVON", The Gold Standard (Fort Knox, Kentucky), Volume 3, Number 11, 17 April 2014, page A12

The minivan erupted in flames with Lang and her 6-month-old daughter, Khaleesi Lang, inside.

2014 September 2, Cole Waterman, “Trial dates set for Midland mom accused of causing drunken crash with baby in vehicle”, in The Bay City Times, archived from the original on 2024-07-29:

But among the anger on social media, was speculation about how parents of the hundreds of Khaleesis and Danys were feeling now. The Daily Beast quoted one parent of a Khaleesi as saying she was “in shock”, while The Cut spoke to another who said “I don’t think she did anything wrong”.

2019 May 14, Kate Lyons, “Latest Game of Thrones episode sends curveball to children named Khaleesi”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2024-07-29:

A female given name originating as a coinage, of modern usage.

en:A Song of Ice and Fire
en:Game of Thrones


Shamy

And if Shamy ever does go their separate ways, Sheldon fans can be sure to see plenty of Zazzles lurking about.

2011 February 10, Angela Song, “TV for Two”, in The Harvard Independent, volume 42, number 14, Harvard University, page 9:

In “The Herb Garden Germination” (4-20) “Shamy” (Sheldon and Amy's given nickname) pretend to have had sex to test their theory on meme propagation.

2012, George Beahm, Unraveling the Mysteries of The Big Bang Theory: An Unabashedly Unauthorized TV Show Companion, Smart Pop (2014), page 86

Shamy has become one of TV's most loved couples, and this season is crucial to the development of this relationship.

2012 September 6, Sayantan Deb, “A Look at Fall T.V.”, in The Harvard Independent, volume 44, number 1, Harvard University, page 9:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler from the television series The Big Bang Theory.


Caskett

But while it's great that Caskett finally happened, things didn't turn out so happily for one of "Castle's" other fan-favorite pairings.

2012, Jean Bentley, "'Castle' showrunner reveals what's in store for 'Caskett'", Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2012, Section 4, page 8

Is there a future for, er, Caskett? Or is this just a November sweeps romance?

2012 November 19, David Hiltbrand, “Same old 'Castle,' with a flirty twist”, in The Bulletin, page C2:

[…] and despite his claim to only watch the show for the police procedural, I know he's a secret Caskett 'shipper.

2013, Rene Webb, A White Hot Christmas, →ISBN:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Richard Castle and Kate Beckett from the television series Castle.


Daenerys

Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin. From the name of a character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels; popularised by the later television adaptation Game of Thrones. Borrowed from High Valyrian Daenerys.

The New Yorker related how a couple at one of Martin's book signing asked the writer to pose for a photograph with their daughter Daenerys, named after the dragon maiden Daenerys Targaryen.

2013 March 22, Tom de Castella, “Game of Thrones: Why does it inspire such devotion among fans?”, in BBC News:

Daenerys Crosbie was being taken to her Montessori school by her mum Carole-Anne when her pram was hit by the truck in Waterford.

2014, Wayne O'Connor, "Mum 'inconsolable' as toddler (2) dies after truck strikes pram", The Herald (Ireland), 19 November 2014

She [Gina Glocksen] married bandmate Joe Ruzicka in 2008, and she now has a 1-year-old daughter, Daenerys.

2015 June 25, Elissa Chudwin, “'Idol' alum Glocksen rocks Tinley Park”, in The Tinley Junction, volume 8, number 13, page 20:

A female given name originating as a coinage, of modern usage


Weiser

de-noun

Weiser m (adjectival, definite nominative der Weise, genitive (des) Weisen, plural Weise, definite plural die Weisen, feminine Weise)

der Weise (definite nominative)
Weisen (genitive)
Weise (plural)
die Weisen (definite plural)
Weise (feminine)
Weiser (nominative singular strong)
Weise (nominative plural strong)
Weisen (genitive singular strong)
Weiser (genitive plural strong)
Weisem (dative singular strong)
Weisen (dative plural strong)
Weisen (accusative singular strong)
Weise (accusative plural strong)
Weise (nominative singular weak)
Weisen (nominative plural weak)
Weisen (genitive singular weak)
Weisen (genitive plural weak)
Weisen (dative singular weak)
Weisen (dative plural weak)
Weisen (accusative singular weak)
Weisen (accusative plural weak)
Weiser (mixed nominative singular)
Weisen (mixed nominative plural)
Weisen (genitive mixed singular)
Weisen (genitive mixed plural)
Weisen (dative mixed singular)
Weisen (dative mixed plural)
Weisen (accusative mixed singular)
Weisen (accusative mixed plural)


Adamastor

[ɐ.ðɐ.mɐʃˈtoɾ]

[ɐ.ðɐ.mɐʃˈtoɾ]

From Latin Adamastor, a variant form of Damastor, a mythical giant's name used by Claudius Claudianus and Sidonius Apollinaris, ultimately derived from Greek, likely related to Ancient Greek ἀδάμαστος (adámastos, “indomitable”).

der

a giant famed by Camoens in his epic poem Os Lusíadas, who represents the dangers Portuguese sailors faced when trying to round the Cape of Storms


computerette

One tiny cassette holds 8000 2000-mile routes, any of which can be exposed at will. It is not hard to imagine the ACD — and its associated computerette — becoming a splended "optional extra" in the vacationer's family car.

1968, Popular Mechanics, volume 129, number 3, page 115:

Highly robotic for her time, Baby Luna came with her moon landing module, crashball, computerette, star maps, space suit, dragon robe and other clothes.

2011, Fred Holmes, Heroes of the Transition, page 8:

My bijou computerette had no truck with floppy disks, so an Internet café would not suffice.

2012, Miranda Innes, Getting to Manana, page 175:

What I should really do, of course, is use a Personal Digital Assistant; one of those tiny hand-held computerette thingies […]

(rare, chiefly science fiction) A small computer.


Muggle quidditch

quidditch

though may also be an alternative spelling of the fictional sport

An intercollegiate sport based on Quidditch, with the rules adapted for playing on the ground.


Barde

de-noun

Barde m (weak, genitive Barden, plural Barden, feminine Bardin)

Barden (genitive)
Barden (plural)
Bardin (feminine)
Barde (nominative singular)
Barden (definite nominative plural)
Barden (genitive singular)
Barden (definite genitive plural)
Barden (dative singular)
Barden (dative definite plural)
Barden (accusative singular)
Barden (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from French barde, from Latin bardus.

bard, minstrel (male or of unspecified gender)


pseudoincest

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(Moore explains, for instance, that in 2015, pseudoincest porn was a popular genre.)

2016, Shira Tarrant, The Pornography Industry: What Everyone Needs to Know, page 37:

The very week my sock puppet author frenemy Lexi Wood released her stepdaddy/stepdaughter novella Dance for Daddy, Salome, Amazon started banning “pseudoincest” erotica.

2017, Giselle Renard, How to Fail Miserably at Writing, unnumbered page:

Pornography or erotica focused on sexual situations between nonconsanguineous relatives.


جني

جِنِّيّ (canonical)
jinniyy (romanization)
جِنّ (collective masculine)
جِنَّة (collective feminine)
جَانّ (collective masculine)
f (collective)
جِنِّيُون (plural)
جَوَان (plural)
جِنَّان (plural)
جِنِّي (indefinite informal singulative triptote)
الْجِنِّي (definite informal singulative triptote)
جِنِّي (construct informal singulative triptote)
جِنِّيٌّ (indefinite nominative singulative triptote)
الْجِنِّيُّ (definite nominative singulative triptote)
جِنِّيُّ (construct nominative singulative triptote)
جِنِّيًّا (accusative indefinite singulative triptote)
الْجِنِّيَّ (accusative definite singulative triptote)
جِنِّيَّ (accusative construct singulative triptote)
جِنِّيٍّ (genitive indefinite singulative triptote)
الْجِنِّيِّ (definite genitive singulative triptote)
جِنِّيِّ (construct genitive singulative triptote)
جِن (ar-infl-a collective indefinite informal singulative triptote)
جِنَّة (ar-infl-a collective indefinite informal singulative triptote)
جَانّ (ar-infl-a collective indefinite informal singulative triptote)
الْجِن (ar-infl-a collective definite informal singulative triptote)
الْجِنَّة (ar-infl-a collective definite informal singulative triptote)
الْجَانّ (ar-infl-a collective definite informal singulative triptote)
جِن (ar-infl-a collective construct informal singulative triptote)
جِنَّة (ar-infl-a collective construct informal singulative triptote)
جَانّ (ar-infl-a collective construct informal singulative triptote)
جِنٌ (ar-infl-a collective indefinite nominative singulative triptote)
جِنَّةٌ (ar-infl-a collective indefinite nominative singulative triptote)
جَانٌّ (ar-infl-a collective indefinite nominative singulative triptote)
الْجِنُ (ar-infl-a collective definite nominative singulative triptote)
الْجِنَّةُ (ar-infl-a collective definite nominative singulative triptote)
الْجَانُّ (ar-infl-a collective definite nominative singulative triptote)
جِنُ (ar-infl-a collective construct nominative singulative triptote)
جِنَّةُ (ar-infl-a collective construct nominative singulative triptote)
جَانُّ (ar-infl-a collective construct nominative singulative triptote)
جِنًا (accusative ar-infl-a collective indefinite singulative triptote)
جِنَّةً (accusative ar-infl-a collective indefinite singulative triptote)
جَانًّا (accusative ar-infl-a collective indefinite singulative triptote)
الْجِنَ (accusative ar-infl-a collective definite singulative triptote)
الْجِنَّةَ (accusative ar-infl-a collective definite singulative triptote)
الْجَانَّ (accusative ar-infl-a collective definite singulative triptote)
جِنَ (accusative ar-infl-a collective construct singulative triptote)
جِنَّةَ (accusative ar-infl-a collective construct singulative triptote)
جَانَّ (accusative ar-infl-a collective construct singulative triptote)
جِنٍ (ar-infl-a collective genitive indefinite singulative triptote)
جِنَّةٍ (ar-infl-a collective genitive indefinite singulative triptote)
جَانٍّ (ar-infl-a collective genitive indefinite singulative triptote)
الْجِنِ (ar-infl-a collective definite genitive singulative triptote)
الْجِنَّةِ (ar-infl-a collective definite genitive singulative triptote)
الْجَانِّ (ar-infl-a collective definite genitive singulative triptote)
جِنِ (ar-infl-a collective construct genitive singulative triptote)
جِنَّةِ (ar-infl-a collective construct genitive singulative triptote)
جَانِّ (ar-infl-a collective construct genitive singulative triptote)
جِنِّيَّيْن (ar-infl-a collective dual indefinite informal singulative triptote)
الْجِنِّيَّيْن (ar-infl-a collective definite dual informal singulative triptote)
جِنِّيَّيْ (ar-infl-a collective construct dual informal singulative triptote)
جِنِّيَّانِ (ar-infl-a collective dual indefinite nominative singulative triptote)
الْجِنِّيَّانِ (ar-infl-a collective definite dual nominative singulative triptote)
جِنِّيَّا (ar-infl-a collective construct dual nominative singulative triptote)
جِنِّيَّيْنِ (accusative ar-infl-a collective dual indefinite singulative triptote)
الْجِنِّيَّيْنِ (accusative ar-infl-a collective definite dual singulative triptote)
جِنِّيَّيْ (accusative ar-infl-a collective construct dual singulative triptote)
جِنِّيَّيْنِ (ar-infl-a collective dual genitive indefinite singulative triptote)
الْجِنِّيَّيْنِ (ar-infl-a collective definite dual genitive singulative triptote)
جِنِّيَّيْ (ar-infl-a collective construct dual genitive singulative triptote)
جِنِّيِّين (indefinite informal masculine paucal sound-form)
الْجِنِّيِّين (definite informal masculine paucal sound-form)
جِنِّيِّي (construct informal masculine paucal sound-form)
جِنِّيُّونَ (indefinite masculine nominative paucal sound-form)
الْجِنِّيُّونَ (definite masculine nominative paucal sound-form)
جِنِّيُّو (construct masculine nominative paucal sound-form)
جِنِّيِّينَ (accusative indefinite masculine paucal sound-form)
الْجِنِّيِّينَ (accusative definite masculine paucal sound-form)
جِنِّيِّي (accusative construct masculine paucal sound-form)
جِنِّيِّينَ (genitive indefinite masculine paucal sound-form)
الْجِنِّيِّينَ (definite genitive masculine paucal sound-form)
جِنِّيِّي (construct genitive masculine paucal sound-form)
جِنِّيِين (broken-form indefinite informal masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جِنِّيِين (indefinite informal masculine paucal plural sound-form)
جَوَان (broken-form indefinite informal masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جَوَان (indefinite informal masculine paucal plural sound-form)
جِنَّان (broken-form indefinite informal masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جِنَّان (indefinite informal masculine paucal plural sound-form)
الْجِنِّيِين (broken-form definite informal masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
الْجِنِّيِين (definite informal masculine paucal plural sound-form)
الْجَوَان (broken-form definite informal masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
الْجَوَان (definite informal masculine paucal plural sound-form)
الْجِنَّان (broken-form definite informal masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
الْجِنَّان (definite informal masculine paucal plural sound-form)
جِنِّيِي (broken-form construct informal masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جِنِّيِي (construct informal masculine paucal plural sound-form)
جَوَان (broken-form construct informal masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جَوَان (construct informal masculine paucal plural sound-form)
جِنَّان (broken-form construct informal masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جِنَّان (construct informal masculine paucal plural sound-form)
جِنِّيُونَ (broken-form indefinite masculine nominative paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جِنِّيُونَ (indefinite masculine nominative paucal plural sound-form)
جَوَانٌ (broken-form indefinite masculine nominative paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جَوَانٌ (indefinite masculine nominative paucal plural sound-form)
جِنَّانٌ (broken-form indefinite masculine nominative paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جِنَّانٌ (indefinite masculine nominative paucal plural sound-form)
الْجِنِّيُونَ (broken-form definite masculine nominative paucal plural sound-form triptote)
الْجِنِّيُونَ (definite masculine nominative paucal plural sound-form)
الْجَوَانُ (broken-form definite masculine nominative paucal plural sound-form triptote)
الْجَوَانُ (definite masculine nominative paucal plural sound-form)
الْجِنَّانُ (broken-form definite masculine nominative paucal plural sound-form triptote)
الْجِنَّانُ (definite masculine nominative paucal plural sound-form)
جِنِّيُو (broken-form construct masculine nominative paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جِنِّيُو (construct masculine nominative paucal plural sound-form)
جَوَانُ (broken-form construct masculine nominative paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جَوَانُ (construct masculine nominative paucal plural sound-form)
جِنَّانُ (broken-form construct masculine nominative paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جِنَّانُ (construct masculine nominative paucal plural sound-form)
جِنِّيِينَ (accusative broken-form indefinite masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جِنِّيِينَ (accusative indefinite masculine paucal plural sound-form)
جَوَانًا (accusative broken-form indefinite masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جَوَانًا (accusative indefinite masculine paucal plural sound-form)
جِنَّانًا (accusative broken-form indefinite masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جِنَّانًا (accusative indefinite masculine paucal plural sound-form)
الْجِنِّيِينَ (accusative broken-form definite masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
الْجِنِّيِينَ (accusative definite masculine paucal plural sound-form)
الْجَوَانَ (accusative broken-form definite masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
الْجَوَانَ (accusative definite masculine paucal plural sound-form)
الْجِنَّانَ (accusative broken-form definite masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
الْجِنَّانَ (accusative definite masculine paucal plural sound-form)
جِنِّيِي (accusative broken-form construct masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جِنِّيِي (accusative construct masculine paucal plural sound-form)
جَوَانَ (accusative broken-form construct masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جَوَانَ (accusative construct masculine paucal plural sound-form)
جِنَّانَ (accusative broken-form construct masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جِنَّانَ (accusative construct masculine paucal plural sound-form)
جِنِّيِينَ (broken-form genitive indefinite masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جِنِّيِينَ (genitive indefinite masculine paucal plural sound-form)
جَوَانٍ (broken-form genitive indefinite masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جَوَانٍ (genitive indefinite masculine paucal plural sound-form)
جِنَّانٍ (broken-form genitive indefinite masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جِنَّانٍ (genitive indefinite masculine paucal plural sound-form)
الْجِنِّيِينَ (broken-form definite genitive masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
الْجِنِّيِينَ (definite genitive masculine paucal plural sound-form)
الْجَوَانِ (broken-form definite genitive masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
الْجَوَانِ (definite genitive masculine paucal plural sound-form)
الْجِنَّانِ (broken-form definite genitive masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
الْجِنَّانِ (definite genitive masculine paucal plural sound-form)
جِنِّيِي (broken-form construct genitive masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جِنِّيِي (construct genitive masculine paucal plural sound-form)
جَوَانِ (broken-form construct genitive masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جَوَانِ (construct genitive masculine paucal plural sound-form)
جِنَّانِ (broken-form construct genitive masculine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
جِنَّانِ (construct genitive masculine paucal plural sound-form)

Gulf Arabic: يني (yinni)

Formally, relative adjective (nisba) composed of جِنّ (jinn, “jinns, demonkind, genies”) + ـِيّ (-iyy) though most likely borrowed from Classical Syriac ܓܢܝ (gnē, “spirit, genie”), or its emphatic form Aramaic גניא (ginnāyā) or Classical Syriac ܓܢܝܐ (genyā), also meaning "a tutelary deity" or "Astaroth idols". Compare Latin genius.

bor

(mythology) male elf, male fairy, male pixie, satyr


ステッキ

Composing stick
Daijirin
Walking stick
ja:杖

スティック

a stick, such as lipstick or a hockey stick

魔法のステッキ


八咫烏

八咫烏 (canonical)
Yatagarasu (romanization)
やたのからす (alternative hiragana)
Yata no Karasu (Rōmaji)

(Shinto) sacred three legged raven in Japanese mythology


八岐大蛇

ja-pos

八岐大蛇(やまたのおろち) or 八岐大蛇(ヤマタノオロチ) • (Yamata no Orochi) ^(←やまたのをろち (Yamatanoworoti) or ヤマタノヲロチ (Yamatanoworoti)?)

八岐大蛇 (canonical)
八岐大蛇 (canonical)
Yamatanoworoti (romanization)
やまたのをろち (hiragana historical)
ヤマタノヲロチ (hiragana historical)

From 八(や) (ya, “eight”) + 股(また) (mata, “crotch, branch, fork”) + 大蛇(おろち) (orochi, “python, large snake”). 岐 and 大蛇(おろち) (orochi) are jukujikun (熟字訓); see the latter for more.

ja-compound

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) Yamata no Orochi, a legendary dragon that was slain by Susanoo


Roko's basilisk

Proposed as a transhumanist thought experiment in 2010 by user Roko on the LessWrong Internet discussion forum.
According to LessWrong, discussion of Roko's basilisk was banned from the forum for several years as part of a general policy against spreading potential information hazards. This in fact drew further attention to the topic, and other websites began sharing information about it.

2020, Griffin Kao, Jessica Hong, Michael Perusse, Weizhen Sheng, Turning Silicon into Gold, Springer (Apress), page 177,
Roko's Basilisk closely resembles traditional religious belief systems, merely replacing the role of God with a super-AI instead.

2021, Richard Heimann, Doing AI, BenBella Books (Matt Holt Books), page 137,
Roko's Basilisk is a thought experiment about the potential risks involved in developing so-called true artificial intelligence. The premise is that an all-powerful artificial super-intelligence could retroactively punish those who did not help bring about its existence. Roko's Basilisk resembles a futurist version of Pascal's Wager in that it suggests people should weigh the possible infinite gain and infinite punishment for accepting or rejecting the creation of artificial super-intelligence.

Roko's Basilisk has been described as the most terrifying thought experiment of all time, or as Slate’s David Auerbach subtitled his 2014 article: "Why Are Techno-futurists So Freaked Out by Roko's Basilisk?"

2023, James B. Miles, AI and the End of Humanity, Troubador Publishing (Matador), page 168:

artificial intelligence
artificial intelligence

A hypothetical, otherwise benevolent artificial intelligence of the future that would have an incentive to torture anyone who, having imagined (or even heard about) said AI, had not helped bring about its existence; the thought experiment which posits its existence.


TARDIS blue

From the color of the TARDIS, a time machine and spacecraft shaped like a police box, from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

He wore a black button-down shirt and gray slacks. […] On his feet, he wore his lucky shoes. The TARDIS blue was the only real color on him.

2014, Michele Zurlo, Kiss Me by Moonlight, Omnific Publishing, →ISBN:

The dark blue color of a traditional police box.


TARDIS blue

She wears a tacky T.A.R.D.I.S blue cardigan, buttoned to the max, over khaki slacks.

2014, Emma Gray, Groupies, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 39:

She took a long drag and put the cigarette out in the blue ashtray on the living room table. Alex had given it to her two months after they first met. It was an odd, almost circular shape, but it was TARDIS blue and he thought Die might like it.

2015, Lucia Moroşanu, When Impossible Events Occur, →ISBN:


MTG

Magic: The Gathering
w:Magic: The Gathering

(fantasy) Initialism of Magic: The Gathering.


meganekko

Borrowed from Japanese 眼鏡っ娘 (meganekko), from 眼鏡 (megane, “glasses”) + 娘 (ko, “girl”).

Oh... Then I've have to find somebody who's be willing to get me a less-than-full-body shot of her, like the ones I have of five other meganekko who wear pince-nez: […]

2004 November 29, Rob Kelk, “Re: Anime genres? (was Re: Anime that every fan should watch?)”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

Anyway, so far, really, my favourite character is Yuki. Bonus points when we find out in the second episode she's a meganekko.

2006 May 2, The Eternal Lost Lurker [username], “Just started Haruhi...”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

Airheaded and delectably gauche, Miyuki stands out as a classic incarnation of the meganekko— namely, as noted, the moe type whose charm derives largely from the wearing of glasses—while also appearing to have a soothing effect on those around her by virtue of her sheer presence.

2012, Dani Cavallaro, Kyoto Animation: A Critical Study and Filmography, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 126:

(anime, manga) A female fictional character whose charm or attractiveness derives largely from wearing glasses.


dojikko

From Japanese ドジっ娘 (dojikko), from ドジ (doji, “clumsy”) + 娘 (ko, “girl”).

She's been known to make everyone's favorite dojikko look downright sultry...

2008 August 9, afedakendragon [username], “Re: Aria question”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

Ichigo, 13, is just an ordinary dojikko while her younger sister Natsume wins at a piano competition.

2009 October 20, Manbow Papa [username], “My ratings to 2009 Autumn TV anime shows”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

The difference is, while the klutz's mishaps are interpreted as funny, the dojikko's mishaps are interpreted as cute.

2014, Kaiya Kokoro, Starting Out: Complete Anime Lifestyle Guide, SunCloud Design (2014), unnumbered page

(Japanese media) A female fictional character who is extremely clumsy, especially in a charming or cute way.


тэнгу

тэ́нгу (canonical)
tɛ́ngu (romanization)


黄竜

ja-pos

黄(こう)竜(りゅう) • (Kōryū) ^(←くわうりゆう (Kwauryuu)?)

黄竜 (canonical)
Kōryū (romanization)
Kwauryuu (romanization)
くわうりゆう (hiragana historical)

Yellow Dragon, the fifth Guardian Beast among the Four Symbols


antigo astronauta

pt-noun

antigo astronauta m (plural antigos astronautas)

(ufology) ancient astronaut (extraterrestrial associated with paleocontact)


universo alternativo

universo alternativo m (plural universos alternativos)

(fiction) alternate universe (imaginary realm where a story takes place)


donzela em apuros

donzela em apuros f (plural donzelas em apuros)

/dõˈzɛ.lɐ ɐ̃j̃ ɐˈpu.ɾuʃ/

(literature, figurative) damsel in distress (stereotype of a young woman in a dangerous situation)


scucca

sċucca (canonical masculine)
sċucca (nominative singular)
sċuccan (nominative plural)
sċuccan (accusative singular)
sċuccan (accusative plural)
sċuccan (genitive singular)
sċuccena (genitive plural)
sċuccan (dative singular)
sċuccum (dative plural)

Middle English: schucke

⇒? English: shuckish

Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *skuh-, from *skiuhijaną ("to frighten"; see *skeuhaz (“frightened”)) + -ga. Cognate with German Scheuche (“scarecrow”).

gl

"to frighten"; see <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro">*skeuhaz</i> (“frightened”)


Куловне

head

Куловне • (Kulovńe)

Cinderella (the fairy tale and the protagonist)


Ловняське

Ловняське • (Lovńaśke)


Якшаматя

Якшаматя • (Jakšamaťa)


Пелькине

Пелькине • (Peľkińe)


Якстере Кепече

Якстере Кепече

Якстере Кепече • (Jakśťeŕe Kepeče)

Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood


катьляс

катьляс • (kaťľas)

Ловняське ды сисем катьлясть


smush name

When my friend Danielle (there's THAT name again) was pregnant with her oldest daughter we came across a book (of which I forget the title) which actually advocated smush names. One of the more...ahem...interesting names I remember is Shetom. It was a smush of Sheila and Thomas.

2010, Danielle Reed, Emily, Jacob and Boniqua: What NOT to Name Your Child, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 17:

She looked up at them, half-expecting paparazzi to leap from the very walls to take photos, to give the couple a smush name that would undoubtedly be the key in making the new media darlings.

2014, Grace McDermott, Mirrorfall, Wibbly Press (2014), unnumbered page

They yell, “Sup, Shage,” when we walk past; we're a smush name now.

2015, Ann Aguirre, The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things, Feiwei and Friends, →ISBN, page 243:

Brangelina and Snamione are smush names.

(informal) A portmanteau name created by blending two different names, especially one used to collectively describe a celebrity couple or fandom ship.


MCU

It [Ant-Man] will, of course, be firmly planted in the MCU but a different corner than we've seen before.

2013, Kevin Feige, quoted in Laura Ciarolla, "Marvel announces third 'Avengers' film", The Daily Athenaueum (West Virginia University), Volume 125, Issue 86, 30 January 2013, page 3

[…] Hydra is a sprawling global organization with highly advanced technology that has opposed S.H.I.E.L.D, the Avengers, and nearly every major superhero group in the MCU.1

2015, Dan Casey, 100 Things Avengers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, Triumph Books, published 2015, →ISBN, page 128:

It is interesting to note that, while Coulson is used to suture the various MCU films together and latterly to tie the Agents of SHIELD television show into the MCU, this has not occurred at other points in the franchise.

2015, Colin Harvey, Fantastic Transmedia: Narrative, Play and Memory Across Science Fiction and Fantasy Storyworlds, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, pages 84–85:

Being Letterboxd-pilled is essentially shorthand for saying that you’re into movies more than your typical MCU buff, kind of like what MUBI is to Amazon Prime.

2024 February 29, Jack King, “Why everyone you know is suddenly a Letterboxd head”, in GQ:

Marvel Cinematic Universe
w:Marvel Cinematic Universe

Initialism of Marvel Cinematic Universe (“a shared universe and franchise of films and other media based on Marvel Comics, introduced in 2008”).

M-She-U

Marvel Cinematic Universe seen as too focused on feminism over well-written storylines

DCU

DC Universe; fictional universe for DC Comics comic books

DCEU

DC Extended Universe; shared universe for the DC Comics-based Warner Bros. theatrical films extended from 2013's Man of Steel

DCAU

DC Animated Universe; shared universe for the 1990s and early 2000s DC Comics-based Warner Bros. animated television films and series


велет

uk-noun

ве́лет<M.pr>

ве́лет • (vélet) m pers (genitive ве́лета, nominative plural ве́лети, genitive plural ве́летів)

ве́лет (canonical)
vélet (romanization)
ве́лета (genitive)
ве́лети (nominative plural)
ве́летів (genitive plural)
ве́лет (nominative singular)
ве́лети (nominative plural)
ве́лета (genitive singular)
ве́летів (genitive plural)
ве́летові (dative singular)
ве́лету (dative singular)
ве́летам (dative plural)
ве́лета (accusative singular)
ве́летів (accusative plural)
ве́летом (instrumental singular)
ве́летами (instrumental plural)
ве́летові (locative singular)
ве́леті (locative singular)
ве́летах (locative plural)
ве́лете (singular vocative)
ве́лети (plural vocative)

uk-ndecl

ве́лет<M.pr>


Sheriarty

The Empty Hearse club member goth girl who came up with the romantic Sheriarty solution to Sherlock’s fake suicide is played by Scottish actress Sharon Rooney, star of the British dramedy “My Mad Fat Diary.”

2014 January 19, Lori Rackl, “Answers to your ‘Sherlock’ questions — because you know you’ve got ‘em”, in Chicago Sun-Times:

The Sheriarty and Jimlock fans believe the two men are struggling in a love-hate relationship, while WH is a gay “couple” beloved by most fans.

2014 January 25, Qu Zhi, “Sherlock China’s new sex god”, in Shanghai Daily:

Having exhausted what meager supply of Sheriarty fic there was, I ended up reading a Mormor (Moriarty/Moran) story – and ended up loving it.

2015, Kee Lundqvist, "Stories of Significance: The Process and Practices of Sense-Making in the Sherlock Fan Community", thesis submitted to Uppsala University, page 77

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Sherlock Holmes and Jim Moriarty from the television series Sherlock.


Sherlolly

To exemplify, 16magnolias' Lessons in Love is described as containing 'sweet, slow Sherlolly' […]

2016, Maria Lindgren Leavenworth, “Paratextual Navigation as a Research Method: Fan Fiction Archives and Reader Instructions”, in Gabriele Griffin, editor, Research Methods for Reading Digital Data in the Digital Humanities, page 62:

Where there are undoubtedly some within the Sherlolly fandom who are attracted to the pairing because of the sexuality and charisma of Benedict Cumberbatch's portrayal, there is a large and vocal section of fans who are inspired and encouraged by the characterization of Molly herself.

2018, Jennifer Phillips, “A Woman in a Man's (Fictional) World: Considering the Importance of Dr. Molly Hooper in the BBC's Modern Adaptation of Sherlock”, in Ashley Lynn Carlson, editor, Women in STEM on Television: Critical Essays, page 180:

The Sherlolly writing challenge specifies that authors must bring Sherlock and Molly together in a relationship by the happy ending.

2018, Jennifer Wojton, Lynnette Porter, Sherlock and Digital Fandom: The Meeting of Creativity, Community and Advocacy, page 151:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Sherlock Holmes and Molly Hooper from the television series Sherlock.


病嬌

/piŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/piŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

病 (bìng) is likely an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 病(や)む (yamu), from which ヤンデレ (yandere) is partly derived.


throneworld

From throne + world; compare throneroom.

The descent to Coruscant's surface was uneventful, but Dr. Gast, seeing the former Imperial throneworld for the first time in years, was thrilled by every moment, […]

1999, Aaron Allston, Solo Command, →ISBN, page 336:

This is the homeworld, the Mistress Planet, the land that the traitor-god chose; this is Braxi, the planet that the Braxaná claimed, the throneworld of Zatar.

2001, C. S. Friedman, In Conquest Born, →ISBN:

Following orders from Starfleet, the Enterprise is en route to Pai, throneworld of the insular and enigmatic Dragon Empire.

2012, Kij Johnson, Dragon's Honor, →ISBN:

Han and Leia Solo, along with Han's friends Shug and Salla, made a daring rescue attempt, infiltrating the Emperor's throneworld and spiriting away Luke and Artoo.

2014, Tom Veitch, Star Wars: Dark Empire Trilogy, →ISBN:

Lo and behold, the Skrull throneworld was summarily destroyed by the planet-eating Galactus, and Veranke assumed the throne by right of succession.

2015, Dan Casey, 100 Things Avengers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, →ISBN:

(science fiction) The planet which serves as the seat of an interplanetary empire's government.


哥斯拉

/kɤ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/

/kɔː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/

/kɤ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/

/kɔː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/


werecrocodile

Werecrocodile legends are quire common wherever crocodiles are found.

2000, Rosalyn Greene, The Magic of Shapeshifting, Red Wheel/Weiser, →ISBN, page 77:

As though responding to some unseen signal, one of the submerged werecrocodiles reared up in a spray of water and transformed into its human shape

2005, Kameron Franklin, Maiden of Pain: The Priests, Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN:

The werecrocodile laughed at him, the feral grin of a predator displaying nightmarish fangs.

2012, Ilona Andrews, “Retribution Clause”, in P. N. Elrod, editor, Hex Appeal, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 32:

(fiction) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a crocodile.


werejaguar

The rain god appears as a werejaguar, part human, part snarling beast.

A pottery figure of a Mexican god who was thought to assume the shapes of many animals. Here he is shown as a werejaguar.

1973, Nancy Garden, Werewolves, Lippincott (1973), page 115 (image caption)

Before your eyes, the shaman has transformed himself into a werejaguar!

2008, Buried Treasures: Young Explorers' Guide, QA International, →ISBN, page 33:

(fiction, mythology) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a jaguar.


Hexerei

de-noun

Hexerei f (genitive Hexerei, plural Hexereien)

Hexerei (genitive)
Hexereien (plural)
Hexerei (nominative singular)
Hexereien (definite nominative plural)
Hexerei (genitive singular)
Hexereien (definite genitive plural)
Hexerei (dative singular)
Hexereien (dative definite plural)
Hexerei (accusative singular)
Hexereien (accusative definite plural)


傲嬌

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

(originally ACG, neologism, especially of a girl) tsundere


傲嬌

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/


duendecillo

From duende (“elf, imp”) + -cillo (diminutive suffix).


dirty realism

Coined by Bill Buford of Granta magazine in 1983.

It was Maryann Burk Carver who won the bread in those early years while Ray drank, fished, went to school and began writing the stories that a generation of critics and teachers would miscategorize as “minimalism” or “dirty realism.”

2009 November 20, Stephen King, “Raymond Carver’s Life and Stories”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

A North American literary movement that depicts seamy or mundane aspects of ordinary life in spare, unadorned language.


ansível

(science fiction) ansible (device used to communicate instantaneously across great distances)


anguípede

[ɐ̃ˈɡi.pɨ.ðɨ]

anguiped (mythological creature that had serpents in place of legs)


antimagia

(fiction, occult) antimagic (serving to counteract magic or its effects)


antimutantes

(science fiction) antimutant (opposing mutants)


antigravidade

[ˌɐ̃.ti.ɣɾɐ.βiˈða.ðɨ]

(science fiction) anti-gravity (gravity cancellation)


antivampiros

(folklore, fantasy) antivampire (opposing or countering vampires)


lightning bird

A mythological creature in South African tribal folklore: a large, vampiric, black and white bird that can summon thunder and lightning and is said to consume blood and to seduce women in the form of a man.


werebeaver

(fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between beaver and human form.


werepuma

(fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between puma and human form.


werepanther

(fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between panther and human form.

panthère-garou

shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a panther


exobiologia

(biology, science fiction) exobiology (biology dealing with extraterrestrial lifeforms)


zompire

He'd wanted to clear each casino out from the zompire infestations, but knew he'd never be able to do it alone.

2012, Alexia Purdy, Disarming, Lyrical Lit. Publishing (2012), unnumbered page

“Who knows? I've never actually dealt with zombies before. If I get bit ... it might turn me into a zompire!” he said, only half jokingly.

2013, Lorraine Kennedy, Skinwalkers: Song of Wolves: Volume 1, unnumbered page:

Behind her, ten other zompires snarled at me, baring their own thorny fangs.

2015, James Leck, After Dark, Kids Can Press, →ISBN, page 198:


Freedonia

Popularized by the 1933 Marx Brothers film Duck Soup.

Hail, hail Freedonia, mightiest of mighty nations! Hail, hail Freedonia, land of the brave and free!

That little terraformed planetoid, outside the mines and the drift, had been the base of supplies for Freedonia.

1949 February, Jack Williamson, “Seetee Shock”, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, page 37:

Suppose Thorndike and Williams, citizens of the country of Freedonia, become embroiled in a dispute as to whether Freedonia ought to attack the country of Sylvania.

2004, Steven M. Cahn, A New Introduction to Philosophy, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 96:

You are an advertising executive in Freedonia. Since before you were born, it has been illegal to advertise cigarettes on Freedonia television, one of the many limits on cigarette ads.

2022 [2011], Chris Roberts, Jay Black, Doing Ethics in Media: Theories and Practical Applications, Routledge, →ISBN:

Used as a placeholder country name in textbook problems, classroom examples, etc.

Duck Soup (1933 film)
Duck_Soup_(1933_film)
Freedonia
Groucho Marx
Marx Brothers


super-humano

pt-noun

super-humano m (plural super-humanos, feminine super-humana, feminine plural super-humana)

super-humanos (plural)
super-humana (feminine)
super-humana (feminine plural)

(fiction) superhuman (person with superpowers)


Hessdalen light

en-noun

Hessdalen light (plural Hessdalen lights)

An unexplained light sometimes seen in the Hessdalen valley in Norway.


불사조

Sino-Korean word from 不死鳥, from 不死 (“undying”) + 鳥 (“bird”).

ko-etym-sino

충실한 친구는 불사조와 같다.

chungsilhan chin'guneun bulsajowa gatda.