Homestuck

From the title of the webcomic Homestuck (2009–2016). Equivalent to home + stuck.

there better be homestucks or hetalians at this school i mean there was davesprite x jade on some fuckin lockers

2013 September 3, araneatwerket, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-29:

#JohnEgbert #Homestuck #doodle #gigapause
I love John Egbert and I cannot lie
You other Homestucks can't deny

2015 January 27, Cookieluv246, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-29:

Homestucks rejoice! Fan World will be hosting Promstuck once more on Saturday night!

2017 June 1, FanWorldNiagara, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-29:

any homestucks at area 51 found karkat yet

2019 September 20, Homestuck_Info, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-29:

A'ight SoCal Homestucks - if you're at Anime LA tomorrow, stop by Registration from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm and LISTEN FOR THE SOUND OF MY VOICE! If you can find me, I'll give you a high five cause I couldn't make ribbons in time. 😅

2020 January 10, BROADWAY_KARKAT, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-29:

(fandom slang) A fan of the Homestuck franchise.


Humanstuck

i drew up a humanstuck!Cirava Hermod
ofc my first tweet is homestuck

2018 December 30, kath_draws, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-29:

Let's celebrate this awful, awful day with my first Vriska piece, a humanstuck headcanon spitefully inspired by what was at the time, the most popular humanstuck headcanon for Vriska, a blonde bitchy cheerleader.
As an indirect response, mine ended up being a tabletop turbonerd

2019 August 7, ExponentialMass, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-29:

hello and welcome to my cool humanstuck au. pls look at them

2020 May 24, kitnapz, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-29:

(Homestuck fandom slang) A type of alternate universe fanwork featuring human redesigns of nonhuman Homestuck characters.


fancomic

For my upcoming fancomic(I promise it this time), I need artists. I STINK at drawing, and I need some VERY good ones. So if your talented, IM me(Danehog), or e-mail me(dan...@aol.com). If you're talented and have the time, PLLLEEEEASE do this, as I appreciate it.

1999 May 23, Danehog, “Fancomic Help!”, in alt.fan.sonic-hedgehog (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-31:

2003 November 29, silvercat, “Thunderkitties, the only weekly Thundercats fancomic”, in alt.fan.thundercats (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-31:

2006 January 21, Why Am I here?, “Simpsons Fancomic (links to pages)”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-31:

(fandom slang) An unofficial comic based on an existing media property, created by fans and typically without the copyright owner's permission.


Hayffie

Effie/Haymitch or 'Hayffie' has been comically acknowledged by the actress Elizabeth Banks, who plays Effie, […]

2014, Nicola Balkind, Fan Phenomena: The Hunger Games, page 142:

Near the end of the movie, it finally happens. As they're saying goodbye, Effie and Haymitch plant a big wet one on each other. Then, all of Panem probably rejoices. Hayffie (Haymitch + Effie) appears to be a thing.

2015 December 21, Bill Bradley, “Elizabeth Banks Drops A 'Hunger Games' Bombshell About Effie And Haymitch”, in HuffPost:

With a romantic relationship between these two characters not explored within the stories, there are many fan fiction writers who choose to create one, thus creating Hayffie fan fiction.

2016, Misty Nichole Horning, "Responding to the Storyworld of The Hunger Games through a Fan Fiction Fandom", thesis submitted to the University of New Mexico, page 105

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Haymitch Abernathy and Effie Trinket from The Hunger Games series.


Fancomic

de-noun

Fancomic m (strong, genitive Fancomics, plural Fancomics)

Fancomics (genitive)
Fancomics (plural)
Fancomic (nominative singular)
Fancomics (definite nominative plural)
Fancomics (genitive singular)
Fancomics (definite genitive plural)
Fancomic (dative singular)
Fancomics (dative definite plural)
Fancomic (accusative singular)
Fancomics (accusative definite plural)

Sammelbaende werden 'tankoubon' genannt. Fancomics, die sehr weit verbreitet sind, heissen 'doujinshi'. In den tankoubons findet man auch einige wenige farbig gedruckte Seiten, obwohl Mangas eigentlich schwarzweiss (und telefonbuchdick :)) sind.

1998 February 22, Andreas Dierks, “FAQ: Comic-FAQ März 98 (3/6)”, in de.alt.comics (Usenet), retrieved 2022-09-01:

Ich wollte nur darauf hinweisen, dass die dritte Folge des Fancomics "Scheren aus Stahl" online gegangen ist.

2001 September 13, Michael Herzog, “Ein wenig Eigenwerbung: Dritte Folge des Fancomics auf NNYCOnline.de”, in de.rec.tv.futurama (Usenet), retrieved 2022-09-01:

Ich suche die o.g. Ausgabe des Fancomics.
Leider ist das besagte Heft nicht mehr zu bestellen.

2007 May 2, H.Rhode, “Tick Tack Ticketack 73a”, in de.alt.comics (Usenet), retrieved 2022-09-01:

Das ist ein Fancomic. Vampires Dawn gehört Marlex!

2019 November 3, ValnarsZimmerKatze, “Vampires Dawn Fancomic - Fluegellos - Seite 1”, in DeviantArt, archived from the original on 2022-09-01:

This is a fancomic. Vampires Dawn belongs to Marlex!

Friedrich II. wird in der Erfinder-Serie des Mosaik von Hannes Hegen erwähnt und erscheint in Form seines Reiterstandbilds in der Weltreise-Serie des Mosaik ab 1976 und auf dem Titelbild eines Fanzines. Außerdem wird er in einem Kooperations-Comic, sowie in einem Werbecomic erwähnt und tritt in einem Fancomic richtig auf.

2020 September 6, Heinrich, “Friedrich II. von Preußen”, in MosaPedia, archived from the original on 2022-09-01:


anhanguera

/ɐ̃.ɲɐ̃ˈɡwɛ.ɾɐ/

[ɐ̃.j̃ɐ̃ˈɡwɛ.ɾɐ]

/ɐ̃.ɲɐ̃ˈɡwɛ.ɾɐ/

[ɐ̃.j̃ɐ̃ˈɡwɛ.ɾɐ]

/ɐ.ɲɐ̃ˈɡwɛ.ɾa/

(Brazil, religion, fiction) the devil; Satan


consociety

From con- (“constructed”) + society; compare conlang, conworld.

An imaginary society, especially one associated with a conworld or conlang.


conreligion

From con- (“constructed”) + religion; compare conlang, conworld.

An imaginary religion, especially one associated with a conworld or conlang.


fanventure

Blend of fan + adventure, in reference to MS Paint Adventures, the website that hosted Homestuck until 2018.

If you're going to do an actual fan'''venture, as in, based on the MSPA source material, then I think the best advice is to still first and foremost make it good based on it's^([sic]) own merits. Whether it's the story, the characters, the writer/reader interaction, the humor; if you take away the MSPA elements and it can still be enjoyable then you've done well.

2014 February 6, tandarkan, “Hi. What are some things and tips that can help with making a fanventure?”, in Reddit, homestuck, archived from the original on 2022-09-03:

At any rate: Sburb fanventures. You've probably read a handful, and if you're a dedicated fan like me, you probably also tried writing one. And if you're a super-attentive theorist-grade fan, you probably picked up on one common detail that they have: (other than being based on Homestuck/the concept of Sburb, obviously)
None of them has been completed, ever.

2016 April 26, ASBusinessMagnet, “On Sburb fanventures and why they are invariably doomed to failure”, in Reddit, homestuck, archived from the original on 2022-09-03:

hackbent was my first fanventure its so GOOD
https://mspfa.com/?s=2810&p=1
an engaging story, a plot twist i still loose my mind over, and a lovable cast of characters that make me emotional i love them....
i rec this one to everyone for a good reason!! go read it

2018 October 7, captorvating, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-09-03:

"sucked into homestuck" is a fanventure about a girl that gets zapped into hs canon and fucks. shit. up. specifically she RETCONS MURDERSTUCK and STOPS ANYONE FROM DYING. yes, everyone is in love with her. yes, she punches vriska and calls her a bitch. yes, it is fucking amazing

2019 August 22, imarriedacherub, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-09-03:

KITTYQUEST is a fanventure about KITTY HARLEY-LEIDER, who has a star-studded family and a lot of time on her hands.
This story is driven by reader commands and is not epilogue-compliant (but you probably knew that already!)
Read it here on MSPFA: https://mspfa.com/?s=32792

2020 May 14, KITTYQUESTmspfa, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-09-03:

(fandom slang) A webcomic in the style of Homestuck, usually taking place in the same universe and featuring many of the same gimmicks, such as sprite art, reader-submitted commands, and lengthy animations.


Black Speech

Generally speaking, the articulation in Black Speech is quite violent. Diphthongs are practically absent and due to the relatively small number of sonorants, the transitions between particular sounds are sharp and abrupt.

2007, Joanna Podhorodecka, “Is lámatyáve a linguistic heresy? Iconicity in J.R.R. Tolkien’s invented languages”, in Elżbieta Tabakowska et al., editors, Insistent Images, →ISBN, page 109:

Many later scholars have agreed with Tolkien on his general declarations about his languages (for example, that the Elvish languages are ‘beautiful’, while the Black Speech is cacophonous or that the languages originated Tolkien’s mythology) and skipped the whole issue of the role of the langauges in his fiction by treating them as a fanciful accessory unworthy of independent study.

2009, Dimitra Fimi, Tolkien, Race and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits, →ISBN, page 75:

Accepting Alexander Nemirovski’s theory that Tolkien’s Black Speech was based on the long-extinct Hurrian language, the group felt this was an appropriate starting point.

2021, Yens Wahlgren, The Universal Translator: Everything You Need to Know About 139 Languages That Don’t Really Exist, →ISBN, page 278:

constructed language
constructed language

A constructed language designed by J. R. R. Tolkien, intended to be associated with evil.


Patrochilles

Mainly because I want to cry and see Patrochilles in all their glory!

2018, Nkiya Machona, quoted in Curiositales, September 2018, page 82

Perhaps even more problematically for the Patrochilles naysayers, is that this ambiguity throughout Homer's original epic is really not that ambiguous.

2021, Amelia Koen, "An Olive Pit, A Lyre, A Fig", Honi Soit (University of Sydney), Week 8, Semester 2 (2021), page 19

The Twitter account Incorrect Patrochilles Quotes has over 20,000 followers and is entirely devoted to The Song of Achilles.

2021, Sarah Leidich, "From Muse To Material: The Defiance Of Homeric Identity Through Creative Adaptation", Meliora, Volume 1, Issue 1 (link)

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Patroclus and Achilles from the novel The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.


woobify

en-verb

woobify (third-person singular simple present woobifies, present participle woobifying, simple past and past participle woobified)

woobifies (present singular third-person)
woobifying (participle present)
woobified (participle past)
woobified (past)

(For some reason, Lucius and Tom are less prone to being woobified, perhaps because there is almost nothing potentially sympathetic about them for fans to grab on to, and the pleasure of villainy thus overrides the woobification impulse.)

2007, Catherine Tosenberger, "Potterotics: Harry Potter Fanfiction On The Internet", dissertation submitted to the University of Florida, page 100

As a hero of Teen Wolf, Derek is not woobified in the traditional sense of the word, but some fans do feel that his flaws are downplayed in fic. Generally speaking, woobifying occurs in connection with villains, such as Kylo Ren in Star Wars or Lex Luthor in Smallville.

2020, Katharine Elizabeth McCain, "Today Your Barista Is: Genre Characteristics in The Coffee Shop Alternate Universe", dissertation submitted to Ohio State University, page 167

The use of a Disney theme song again "woobifies" our principal characters, and, like Miller, homonormativizes their relationship: […]

2022, Bruce M. King, Lynn Kozak, “#Patrochilles: Find the Phallus”, in K. R. Moore, editor, The Routledge Companion to the Reception of Ancient Greek and Roman Gender and Sexuality, unnumbered page:


pornhwa

Blend of porno + manhwa. Piecewise doublet of pornhua.

(pornography, manhwa) A pornographic manhwa (Korean comic).


WAFFy

en-adj

WAFFy (comparative WAFFier, superlative WAFFiest)

WAFFier (comparative)
WAFFiest (superlative)

Part 1 was all the wonderfully WAFFy scenes of them getting ready to be married.

1996 February 13, BeBe 4 LC, “Possibilities, Possibilities”, in alt.tv.lois-n-clark (Usenet):

SUMMARY: Not much to say. After an emotional day, Scully and Mulder bond platonically over beer and pizza. Lots of WAFFy moments.

1996 April 22, Eric Johns, “Someone To Lean On 1/2”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Now if you are unfortunate enough to read on, immediately read some WAFFy fiction or something by Helm to wash out the bitter taste.

1999 December 28, Bastion, “[DARK][Songfic] This Is Not Hell (R)”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet):

(fandom slang) Evoking, related to, or characteristic of warm and fuzzy feelings (WAFF).


MSTable

MSTable (comparative more MSTable, superlative most MSTable)

more MSTable (comparative)
most MSTable (superlative)

From MST (“to mock a work by inserting commentary”) + -able.

suffix

I just saw a very MSTable and hilariously confusing Indiana Jones rip-off called, "Alan Quartermain and the city of Gold."

2001 June 24, Biffbaxter5891, “Re: Hypothetical Season 11”, in alt.tv.mst3k (Usenet):

That would be a bad choice, then. I have to say, I've skimmed a few HP fanfic archives looking for MSTable material, and I haven't yet found anything that was pathetic enough in the right ways.

2003 April 5, Petrea Mitchell, “Re: Fan fics?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

This is my first foray into what could be considered one of the bedrocks of MSTable material - the Sailor Moon lemon.

2003 April 19, Freezer, “[MSTing] Bishoujo Senshi Sour Lemon - Part 1”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet):

(fandom slang) That lends itself to being MST.


MSTer

From MST (“to mock a work by inserting commentary”) + -er.

If the MSTer never gets a responce^([sic]) then they shouldn't do it. It' s a matter of politness.^([sic])

1995 February 5, leahw...@delphi.com, “Re: MSTied fanfic (long)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Those guys were funny and a lot more decent than many MSTers I've read.

2006 December 31, Elizabeth Helena, “Re: NEW TNG All Wet [PG-13] (Marrissa Stories)”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):

Most MSTers confine their "riffing" to original fan fiction rather than scripts from corporate-owned entertainment properties, which renders such twice-removed MSTing somewhat toothless: the cannibalizing parody of a patische.

2011, Michael Dean, “Frame work, resistance and co-optation: How Mystery Science Theater 3000 positions us both in and against hegemonic culture”, in In the Peanut Gallery with Mystery Science Theater 3000: Essays on Film, Fandom, Technology, and the Culture of Riffing, →ISBN, page 126:

(fandom slang) A person who parodies a fanfic by inserting satirical commentary.


MSTability

From MST (“to mock a work by inserting commentary”) + -ability.

Well, MSTability-wise, it should be pretty good. The plot makes less sense every time I think about it...

1993 December 12, Petrea Mitchell, “Re: Flash Gordon!”, in alt.tv.mst3k (Usenet):

Of course, that doesn't save these films from MSTability.

1994 August 21, Brian K!z!K MacDonald, “_TV_Stinkers_this_week_(8/21-8/27)”, in alt.tv.mst3k (Usenet):

I'd also add to that list _The Rebel Set_. It's actually a pretty decent little heist movie. I think it's^([sic]) MSTability lies mainly with the presence of Edward Platt, providing endless "Get Smart" references.

1995 March 17, shnook...@netins.net, “Re: BEST Movies MSTed (Low Fat Cheese)”, in alt.tv.mst3k (Usenet):

(fandom slang) The state or quality of being MSTable.


FoLC

Acronym of fan of Lois & Clark, seemingly chosen as a homophone of folk.

First of all I am a loyal FOLC and will be until it is canceled.

1996 March 12, Cheryl Moore, “Tonight's Episode (3/10)”, in alt.tv.lois-n-clark (Usenet):

Hey, if every FOLC out there does the same maybe interest in the show will return.

1997 March 10, moulds clinton, “Re: Lois and Clarks mumbles? No. Fumbles.”, in alt.tv.lois-n-clark (Usenet):

This is just a new way to get to know some more FoLCs!

1998 October 27, Mandy Crustner, “New Lois and Clark Mailing List”, in alt.tv.lois-n-clark (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A fan of the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.


spacequake

(science fiction) A tremor in space or spacetime.


DCEU

DC Extended Universe
w:DC Extended Universe

(fandom slang) Initialism of DC Extended Universe (“a shared universe centered on DC Comics-based superhero films, introduced with the 2013 film Man of Steel”).


hateship

From hate + ship (“a fictional romantic relationship between two characters”).

compound

also hateships gave us some real great classics like Drarry and Han/Leia so fight me

2016 December 22, Elliott (@elliohill), Twitter:

I remember back in the day when I though Draco/Harry was dumb bc they definitely hate eachother and now all my favorites are hateships lol

2017 August 8, v a p o r w a v e p a i s s a (@MildKat), Twitter:

Call me vanilla but I really don't get hateships or the enemies to lovers trope.

2019 April 8, E'dmund Tia (@catboy_on_main), Twitter:

(fandom slang) A ship involving characters with an adversarial relationship.


fandom bicycle

From town bicycle, the jocular idea being that, like a hypothetical bicycle shared by an entire fandom, "everyone gets a ride" with the character.

LOL Hermione is SO the fandom bicycle more so than Harry I think.

2010 September 14, Menacherie (@Menacherie), Twitter:

I am multiship TRASH. especially in Dragon Age, I'm happy with my faves kissing really any of my other faves. Especially Anders. man is the fandom bicycle and that is delightful, he deserves many smooches.

2021 September 7, Tirs For Fears (@potatowitch666), Twitter:

When I say Will Graham is my fandom bicycle I mean I’d pair him up with anybody. Stanitz….Zeller….Freddie….that policeman that was questioning him when he was sleepwalking…

2022 August 7, Hannigramwich (Darling Idiot) (@hannigramwich), Twitter:

(fandom slang) A character who is shipped with many other characters.


Draco in Leather Pants

en-noun

Draco in Leather Pants (plural Dracos in Leather Pants)

Coined in reference to a scene in which Draco wears tight leather pants in the Draco Trilogy (2000-2006) fan fiction series by Cassandra Clare.

To describe the Draco Trilogy is to locate this particular fan fiction as “het” with “harry/ draco” undertones and is the origin of the “Draco in Leather Pants” trope.

2013, Antero Garcia, Critical Foundations in Young Adult Literature: Challenging Genres, page 127:

One of the most common ones is the notion of Draco as an elegant young man with long silky hair, the ideal aristocrat, with only a streak of mischief, which is often represented as “Draco in leather pants”.

2014, Lucie Cupalová, "Slash Factor: Characteristics and Varieties of Slash Fan Fiction", thesis submitted to Charles University, page 28

Nonetheless, fanon from such fandoms as Harry Potter becomes well known, such as Ginny’s full name being Virginia, Draco embodying the “Draco in leather pants” trope, Dumbledore and Grindelwald being romantically involved, etc.

2016, Alexander Garner, "The Erotics of Fanfiction: Queering Fans, Works, and Communities in Modern Internet Fandom", thesis submitted to Bowling Green State University, page 80

(fandom slang) Any fanon interpretation of the character Draco Malfoy that portrays him as a romantic "bad boy" or otherwise downplays his unfavorable qualities.

baby girl

male morally-ambiguous character romanticized by fans

poor little meow meow

endearingly pathetic villain or morally-ambiguous character

woobie

morally-ambiguous character subjected to pain for pathos


Barbie shipper

Presumably from the likening of shipping characters to playing with Barbie dolls.

Normally, I don't respond to your kind of bullshit or the other mindless Barbie shipper/Duchovbot bullshit I've had to endure, but I couldn't let this pass.

2001 July 10, Lizabeth V. Karaganis, “Re: Where to go in the 9th season?”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

CC's gamble to have 'Mulder the Absent Center' may have appeased a few barbie shipper types but it also drove off a lot of the fanbase as well.

2002 January 22, Medie, “Re: RP & last seacon”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

There was a big deal about SCULLY'S CHASTITY = DEVOTION TO MULDER during the heyday of the Shipper versus Noromo wars. That "Barbie Shippers" faction of XF fandom is currently cloistering itself somewhere in really dreadful, schmoopy fanfic where no other character threatens the purity of their "deep, abiding luv".

2005 June 25, campylobacter, “Re: Never Again question”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

(X-Files fandom slang, derogatory, dated) One who ships Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from the The X-Files.


bolt thrower

(science fiction) A mechanical crossbow used by Alliance Special Forces infiltration units in Star Wars.


屍變

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/

(chiefly fiction, of a corpse) to become animate; to move spontaneously


Гоґвортс

uk-proper noun

Го́ґвортс • (Hógvorts) m inan (genitive Го́ґвортсу or Го́ґвортса, uncountable)

Го́ґвортс (canonical)
Hógvorts (romanization)
Го́ґвортсу (genitive)
Го́ґвортса (genitive)
Го́ґвортс (nominative singular)
Го́ґвортсу (genitive singular)
Го́ґвортса (genitive singular)
Го́ґвортсові (dative singular)
Го́ґвортсу (dative singular)
Го́ґвортс (accusative singular)
Го́ґвортсом (instrumental singular)
Го́ґвортсу (locative singular)
Го́ґвортсі (locative singular)
Го́ґвортсе (singular vocative)

[ˈɦɔɡwɔrt͡s]

Hogwarts (a school for learning magic in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter)


Harry Potter

Daniel Radcliffe
Harry Potter (film series)

A fictional young wizard from the popular Harry Potter fantasy books and movies.

The franchise of books, films, video games and other products featuring the wizard character Harry Potter; the Wizarding World.


Halbelb

de-noun

Halbelb m (weak, genitive Halbelben, plural Halbelben)

Halbelben (genitive)
Halbelben (plural)
Halbelb (nominative singular)
Halbelben (definite nominative plural)
Halbelben (genitive singular)
Halbelben (definite genitive plural)
Halbelben (dative singular)
Halbelben (dative definite plural)
Halbelben (accusative singular)
Halbelben (accusative definite plural)


Waldelb

Waldelb m (weak, genitive Waldelben, plural Waldelben)

Waldelben (genitive)
Waldelben (plural)
Waldelb (nominative singular)
Waldelben (definite nominative plural)
Waldelben (genitive singular)
Waldelben (definite genitive plural)
Waldelben (dative singular)
Waldelben (dative definite plural)
Waldelben (accusative singular)
Waldelben (accusative definite plural)


Lichtelb

Lichtelb m (weak, genitive Lichtelben, plural Lichtelben)

Lichtelben (genitive)
Lichtelben (plural)
Lichtelb (nominative singular)
Lichtelben (definite nominative plural)
Lichtelben (genitive singular)
Lichtelben (definite genitive plural)
Lichtelben (dative singular)
Lichtelben (dative definite plural)
Lichtelben (accusative singular)
Lichtelben (accusative definite plural)


Elbenjungfrau

Elbenjungfrau f (genitive Elbenjungfrau, plural Elbenjungfrauen)

Elbenjungfrau (genitive)
Elbenjungfrauen (plural)
Elbenjungfrau (nominative singular)
Elbenjungfrauen (definite nominative plural)
Elbenjungfrau (genitive singular)
Elbenjungfrauen (definite genitive plural)
Elbenjungfrau (dative singular)
Elbenjungfrauen (dative definite plural)
Elbenjungfrau (accusative singular)
Elbenjungfrauen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈɛlbənˌjʊŋfʁaʊ̯/

[ˈɛlbn̩ˌjʊŋfʁaʊ̯]


sunbloom

From sun + bloom. Compare Saterland Frisian Sunnebloume, West Frisian sinneblom, Dutch zonnebloem, German Low German Sünnbloom, Sünnblööm, German Sonnenblume.

(rare, poetic, fantasy, by extension) Any bloom or flower which resembles the sun or emerges in the sun.


Grauelb

Grauelb m (weak, genitive Grauelben, plural Grauelben)

Grauelben (genitive)
Grauelben (plural)
Grauelb (nominative singular)
Grauelben (definite nominative plural)
Grauelben (genitive singular)
Grauelben (definite genitive plural)
Grauelben (dative singular)
Grauelben (dative definite plural)
Grauelben (accusative singular)
Grauelben (accusative definite plural)

/ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌɛlp/


Dunkelelb

Dunkelelb m (weak, genitive Dunkelelben, plural Dunkelelben)

Dunkelelben (genitive)
Dunkelelben (plural)
Dunkelelb (nominative singular)
Dunkelelben (definite nominative plural)
Dunkelelben (genitive singular)
Dunkelelben (definite genitive plural)
Dunkelelben (dative singular)
Dunkelelben (dative definite plural)
Dunkelelben (accusative singular)
Dunkelelben (accusative definite plural)


Grünelb

Grünelb m (weak, genitive Grünelben, plural Grünelben)

Grünelben (genitive)
Grünelben (plural)
Grünelb (nominative singular)
Grünelben (definite nominative plural)
Grünelben (genitive singular)
Grünelben (definite genitive plural)
Grünelben (dative singular)
Grünelben (dative definite plural)
Grünelben (accusative singular)
Grünelben (accusative definite plural)

/ˈɡʁyːnˌɛlp/


mumintroll

mumintroll (indefinite nominative singular)
mumintrolls (genitive indefinite singular)
mumintrollet (definite nominative singular)
mumintrollets (definite genitive singular)
mumintroll (indefinite nominative plural)
mumintrolls (genitive indefinite plural)
mumintrollen (definite nominative plural)
mumintrollens (definite genitive plural)

→ Belarusian: мумітроль (mumitrólʹ)

→ Danish: mumitrold

→ Estonian: muumi

→ English: Moomin

→ Faroese: mumitrøll

→ Finnish: muumi

→ German: Mumin

→ Hungarian: mumin

→ Icelandic: múmínálfur

→ Norwegian: mummitroll

→ Polish: Muminek

desc

му́ми-тро́лль

→ Russian: му́ми-тро́лль (múmi-tróllʹ)

му́мі-тро́ль

→ Ukrainian: му́мі-тро́ль (múmi-trólʹ)

Compound of mumin + troll. Coined by Tove Jansson.
The demonym is likely connected to the common depiction of Moomin trolls with a distinct Finnish accent in Sweden.

Som finlandssvensk komiker i Sverige står man ut och blir mumintrollet. I Finland är jag ju som vem som helst, men det ska bli roligt att se hur det är att stå framför en publik av mumintroll, säger hon med ett skratt.

2018 January 17, Jenny Blomqvist, “Schyfferts enda supportkomiker är finlandssvensk [Schyffert's only supporting comedian is a Finnish-Swedish.]”, in Hufvudstadsbladet:

"As a Finnish-Swedish comedian in Sweden, one stands out and becomes the Moomin troll. In Finland, I'm just like anyone else, but it will be fun to see what it's like to stand in front of an audience of Moomin trolls," she says with a laugh.

(derogatory) A person from Finland or of Finnish descent.


adarbakar

adarbakar (absolutive indefinite)
adarbakarra (absolutive indefinite singular)
adarbakarrak (absolutive indefinite plural)
adarbakarrek (ergative indefinite)
adarbakarrak (ergative indefinite singular)
adarbakarrek (ergative indefinite plural)
adarbakarri (dative indefinite)
adarbakarrari (dative indefinite singular)
adarbakarrei (dative indefinite plural)
adarbakarren (genitive indefinite)
adarbakarraren (genitive indefinite singular)
adarbakarren (genitive indefinite plural)
adarbakarrekin (comitative indefinite)
adarbakarrarekin (comitative indefinite singular)
adarbakarrekin (comitative indefinite plural)
adarbakarrengatik (causative indefinite)
adarbakarrarengatik (causative indefinite singular)
adarbakarrengatik (causative indefinite plural)
adarbakarrentzat (benefactive indefinite)
adarbakarrarentzat (benefactive indefinite singular)
adarbakarrentzat (benefactive indefinite plural)
adarbakarrez (indefinite instrumental)
adarbakarraz (indefinite instrumental singular)
adarbakarrez (indefinite instrumental plural)
adarbakarrengan (animate indefinite inessive)
adarbakarrarengan (animate indefinite inessive singular)
adarbakarrengan (animate indefinite inessive plural)
adarbakarretan (inanimate indefinite inessive)
adarbakarrean (inanimate indefinite inessive singular)
adarbakarretan (inanimate indefinite inessive plural)
adarbakarretako (inanimate indefinite locative)
adarbakarreko (inanimate indefinite locative singular)
adarbakarretako (inanimate indefinite locative plural)
adarbakarrengana (allative animate indefinite)
adarbakarrarengana (allative animate indefinite singular)
adarbakarrengana (allative animate indefinite plural)
adarbakarretara (allative inanimate indefinite)
adarbakarrera (allative inanimate indefinite singular)
adarbakarretara (allative inanimate indefinite plural)
adarbakarrenganaino (animate indefinite terminative)
adarbakarrarenganaino (animate indefinite singular terminative)
adarbakarrenganaino (animate indefinite plural terminative)
adarbakarretaraino (inanimate indefinite terminative)
adarbakarreraino (inanimate indefinite singular terminative)
adarbakarretaraino (inanimate indefinite plural terminative)
adarbakarrenganantz (animate directive indefinite)
adarbakarrarenganantz (animate directive indefinite singular)
adarbakarrenganantz (animate directive indefinite plural)
adarbakarretarantz (directive inanimate indefinite)
adarbakarrerantz (directive inanimate indefinite singular)
adarbakarretarantz (directive inanimate indefinite plural)
adarbakarrenganako (animate destinative indefinite)
adarbakarrarenganako (animate destinative indefinite singular)
adarbakarrenganako (animate destinative indefinite plural)
adarbakarretarako (destinative inanimate indefinite)
adarbakarrerako (destinative inanimate indefinite singular)
adarbakarretarako (destinative inanimate indefinite plural)
adarbakarrengandik (ablative animate indefinite)
adarbakarrarengandik (ablative animate indefinite singular)
adarbakarrengandik (ablative animate indefinite plural)
adarbakarretatik (ablative inanimate indefinite)
adarbakarretik (ablative inanimate indefinite singular)
adarbakarretatik (ablative inanimate indefinite plural)
adarbakarrik (indefinite partitive)
adarbakartzat (indefinite prolative)


آلف

ar-noun

آلْف • (ʔālf) m or f (plural أَوَالِف (ʔawālif))

آلْف (canonical)
ʔālf (romanization)
أَوَالِف (plural)
آلْف (indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْآلْف (definite informal singular triptote)
آلْف (construct informal singular triptote)
آلْفٌ (indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْآلْفُ (definite nominative singular triptote)
آلْفُ (construct nominative singular triptote)
آلْفًا (accusative indefinite singular triptote)
الْآلْفَ (accusative definite singular triptote)
آلْفَ (accusative construct singular triptote)
آلْفٍ (genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْآلْفِ (definite genitive singular triptote)
آلْفِ (construct genitive singular triptote)
آلْفَيْن (dual indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْآلْفَيْن (definite dual informal singular triptote)
آلْفَيْ (construct dual informal singular triptote)
آلْفَانِ (dual indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْآلْفَانِ (definite dual nominative singular triptote)
آلْفَا (construct dual nominative singular triptote)
آلْفَيْنِ (accusative dual indefinite singular triptote)
الْآلْفَيْنِ (accusative definite dual singular triptote)
آلْفَيْ (accusative construct dual singular triptote)
آلْفَيْنِ (dual genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْآلْفَيْنِ (definite dual genitive singular triptote)
آلْفَيْ (construct dual genitive singular triptote)
أَوَالِف (broken-form diptote indefinite informal plural)
الْأَوَالِف (broken-form definite diptote informal plural)
أَوَالِف (broken-form construct diptote informal plural)
أَوَالِفُ (broken-form diptote indefinite nominative plural)
الْأَوَالِفُ (broken-form definite diptote nominative plural)
أَوَالِفُ (broken-form construct diptote nominative plural)
أَوَالِفَ (accusative broken-form diptote indefinite plural)
الْأَوَالِفَ (accusative broken-form definite diptote plural)
أَوَالِفَ (accusative broken-form construct diptote plural)
أَوَالِفَ (broken-form diptote genitive indefinite plural)
الْأَوَالِفِ (broken-form definite diptote genitive plural)
أَوَالِفِ (broken-form construct diptote genitive plural)

(mythology, fantasy) elf (mythical or fantasy creature)


إلف

إِلْف • (ʔilf) m or f (plural إِلاف (ʔilāf))

إِلْف (canonical)
ʔilf (romanization)
إِلاف (plural)
إِلْف (indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْإِلْف (definite informal singular triptote)
إِلْف (construct informal singular triptote)
إِلْفٌ (indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْإِلْفُ (definite nominative singular triptote)
إِلْفُ (construct nominative singular triptote)
إِلْفًا (accusative indefinite singular triptote)
الْإِلْفَ (accusative definite singular triptote)
إِلْفَ (accusative construct singular triptote)
إِلْفٍ (genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْإِلْفِ (definite genitive singular triptote)
إِلْفِ (construct genitive singular triptote)
إِلْفَيْن (dual indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْإِلْفَيْن (definite dual informal singular triptote)
إِلْفَيْ (construct dual informal singular triptote)
إِلْفَانِ (dual indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْإِلْفَانِ (definite dual nominative singular triptote)
إِلْفَا (construct dual nominative singular triptote)
إِلْفَيْنِ (accusative dual indefinite singular triptote)
الْإِلْفَيْنِ (accusative definite dual singular triptote)
إِلْفَيْ (accusative construct dual singular triptote)
إِلْفَيْنِ (dual genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْإِلْفَيْنِ (definite dual genitive singular triptote)
إِلْفَيْ (construct dual genitive singular triptote)
إِلَاف (broken-form indefinite informal plural triptote)
الْإِلَاف (broken-form definite informal plural triptote)
إِلَاف (broken-form construct informal plural triptote)
إِلَافٌ (broken-form indefinite nominative plural triptote)
الْإِلَافُ (broken-form definite nominative plural triptote)
إِلَافُ (broken-form construct nominative plural triptote)
إِلَافًا (accusative broken-form indefinite plural triptote)
الْإِلَافَ (accusative broken-form definite plural triptote)
إِلَافَ (accusative broken-form construct plural triptote)
إِلَافٍ (broken-form genitive indefinite plural triptote)
الْإِلَافِ (broken-form definite genitive plural triptote)
إِلَافِ (broken-form construct genitive plural triptote)

آلْف آلف#Arabic

(mythology, fantasy) Alternative form of آلْف (ʔālf, “elf (mythical or fantasy creature)”)


Chiamay

From Italian Chiamay in reference to the town and—via Portuguese Chimay—the imaginary lake, from Thai เชียงใหม่ (Chiiang Mai, “Chiang Mai, New Town”).


adarbakoitz

adarbakoitz (absolutive indefinite)
adarbakoitza (absolutive indefinite singular)
adarbakoitzak (absolutive indefinite plural)
adarbakoitzek (ergative indefinite)
adarbakoitzak (ergative indefinite singular)
adarbakoitzek (ergative indefinite plural)
adarbakoitzi (dative indefinite)
adarbakoitzari (dative indefinite singular)
adarbakoitzei (dative indefinite plural)
adarbakoitzen (genitive indefinite)
adarbakoitzaren (genitive indefinite singular)
adarbakoitzen (genitive indefinite plural)
adarbakoitzekin (comitative indefinite)
adarbakoitzarekin (comitative indefinite singular)
adarbakoitzekin (comitative indefinite plural)
adarbakoitzengatik (causative indefinite)
adarbakoitzarengatik (causative indefinite singular)
adarbakoitzengatik (causative indefinite plural)
adarbakoitzentzat (benefactive indefinite)
adarbakoitzarentzat (benefactive indefinite singular)
adarbakoitzentzat (benefactive indefinite plural)
adarbakoitzez (indefinite instrumental)
adarbakoitzaz (indefinite instrumental singular)
adarbakoitzez (indefinite instrumental plural)
adarbakoitzengan (animate indefinite inessive)
adarbakoitzarengan (animate indefinite inessive singular)
adarbakoitzengan (animate indefinite inessive plural)
adarbakoitzetan (inanimate indefinite inessive)
adarbakoitzean (inanimate indefinite inessive singular)
adarbakoitzetan (inanimate indefinite inessive plural)
adarbakoitzetako (inanimate indefinite locative)
adarbakoitzeko (inanimate indefinite locative singular)
adarbakoitzetako (inanimate indefinite locative plural)
adarbakoitzengana (allative animate indefinite)
adarbakoitzarengana (allative animate indefinite singular)
adarbakoitzengana (allative animate indefinite plural)
adarbakoitzetara (allative inanimate indefinite)
adarbakoitzera (allative inanimate indefinite singular)
adarbakoitzetara (allative inanimate indefinite plural)
adarbakoitzenganaino (animate indefinite terminative)
adarbakoitzarenganaino (animate indefinite singular terminative)
adarbakoitzenganaino (animate indefinite plural terminative)
adarbakoitzetaraino (inanimate indefinite terminative)
adarbakoitzeraino (inanimate indefinite singular terminative)
adarbakoitzetaraino (inanimate indefinite plural terminative)
adarbakoitzenganantz (animate directive indefinite)
adarbakoitzarenganantz (animate directive indefinite singular)
adarbakoitzenganantz (animate directive indefinite plural)
adarbakoitzetarantz (directive inanimate indefinite)
adarbakoitzerantz (directive inanimate indefinite singular)
adarbakoitzetarantz (directive inanimate indefinite plural)
adarbakoitzenganako (animate destinative indefinite)
adarbakoitzarenganako (animate destinative indefinite singular)
adarbakoitzenganako (animate destinative indefinite plural)
adarbakoitzetarako (destinative inanimate indefinite)
adarbakoitzerako (destinative inanimate indefinite singular)
adarbakoitzetarako (destinative inanimate indefinite plural)
adarbakoitzengandik (ablative animate indefinite)
adarbakoitzarengandik (ablative animate indefinite singular)
adarbakoitzengandik (ablative animate indefinite plural)
adarbakoitzetatik (ablative inanimate indefinite)
adarbakoitzetik (ablative inanimate indefinite singular)
adarbakoitzetatik (ablative inanimate indefinite plural)
adarbakoitzik (indefinite partitive)
adarbakoiztzat (indefinite prolative)

From adar (“horn”) + bakoitz (“sole, only”).


Schneiderverse

(fandom slang) The fictional universe that serves as the simultaneous setting of several television series created by Dan Schneider.


Star Warsesque

en-adj

Star Warsesque (comparative more Star Warsesque, superlative most Star Warsesque)

more Star Warsesque (comparative)
most Star Warsesque (superlative)

Moments of ID4 were so like SW, it was unreal. From the mothership, similar to the Death Star docking bay 327 (not to reveal anything), to the air battles similar to the battle of Hoth, Endor, and Yavin. ID4 is the supreme Star Warsesque film since ROTJ nearly 15 years ago.

1996 July 7, Mikefjedi2, “STAR WARS NEWSLETTER Vol.1 #3”, in rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc (Usenet), retrieved 2022-09-16:

No, you can't add stars to a movie that, to be honestdoesn't have nearly as much appeal as does star wars. You need to put money into its quality so that it can BECOME a Star-Warsesque seller. ESPECIALLY since-lets be honest-more people like sci-fi then fantasy.

1998 December 8, PlayBumSp1, “Dragonlance Movie”, in alt.fan.dragonlance (Usenet), retrieved 2022-09-16:

Gertu Wrikir, sounds pretty Star Warsesque to me.

1999 June 15, Xen7, “How to get your 'Star Wars name'”, in alt.fan.starwars (Usenet), retrieved 2022-09-16:


psychometrize

en-verb

psychometrize (third-person singular simple present psychometrizes, present participle psychometrizing, simple past and past participle psychometrized)

psychometrizes (present singular third-person)
psychometrizing (participle present)
psychometrized (participle past)
psychometrized (past)

(parapsychology) To discover information about an object's past, or past owners, merely by handling it.


I volunteer as tribute

From a scene in the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, in which the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, shouts this when offering to take her sister's place as a "tribute" (competitor) in the titular battle royale.

She grinned. "Fun. Does that mean another trip to England for research? I volunteer as tribute."

2018, Shéa MacLeod, The Death in the Drink, unnumbered page:

"I need to get laid," Ava said as I filled an ice frosted glass with beer for a customer. "I just need sex, you know? Sex is good. Sex is great."
"I volunteer as tribute!" Jesse called from where he was sitting at the end of the bar.

2019, Amber Kuhlman, If I Fall, unnumbered page:

“Well, if you ever need a guinea pig to try your songs out on, I volunteer as tribute.”

2021, Liwen Y. Ho, To the Only Boy I've Loved Before, unnumbered page:

(humorous) Used to indicate that one is enthusiastic or willing to do something; implies (often ironically) that the thing is unpleasant or undesirable.

Katniss Everdeen
Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games


may the odds be ever in your favor

From the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, in which it is the catchphrase of the character Effie Trinket, used to wish prospective competitors in the titular battle royale good luck.

Scheduling a meeting with ten people is a form of calendar Tetris. May the odds be ever in your favor.

2018, Neil Soni, The Startup Gold Mine: How to Tap the Hidden Innovation Agendas of Large Companies to Fund and Grow Your Business, page 39:

With Geminis you just never know! All in all, I love being a Gemini, as we are a fun bunch. As for the ability for our moods to change in the snap of a finger, may the odds be ever in your favor!

2019, Mary, quoted in Kristy Robinett, Born Under a Good Sign: Make the Most of Your Astrological Sign, unnumbered page

My first baby loved baths from the start, and my youngest sounded like he was being waterboarded the entire time. May the odds be ever in your favor, and if your child is not the next Michael Phelps, try taking a bath with them.

2020, Melissa Guida-Richards, Bedtime, the Ultimate Battle: A Parent's Sleep Guide for Infants and Toddlers, unnumbered page:

(humorous) Used to wish someone luck in an adverse or uncertain situation.

Effie Trinket
Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games


kobieta fatalna

kobieta fatalna (nominative singular)
kobiety fatalne (nominative plural)
kobiety fatalnej (genitive singular)
kobiet fatalnych (genitive plural)
kobiecie fatalnej (dative singular)
kobietom fatalnym (dative plural)
kobietę fatalną (accusative singular)
kobiety fatalne (accusative plural)
kobietą fatalną (instrumental singular)
kobietami fatalnymi (instrumental plural)
kobiecie fatalnej (locative singular)
kobietach fatalnych (locative plural)
kobieto fatalna (singular vocative)
kobiety fatalne (plural vocative)

Literally, “fatal woman”. Calque of French femme fatale.

(idiomatic, narratology) femme fatale (attractive and seductive but ultimately dangerous woman)


dwarrowdam

Coined by online Tolkien fans in the early 2010s, from dwarrow, an alternate word for the fantasy race of dwarves in Tolkien's legendarium, and dam (“female parent, mother”).

Kiaran stands at the heart of the room, speaking to a dwarrowdam with fiery red hair.

2014 May 1, LineofDurin (@Tiorvi), Twitter:

Goodnight dwarrows and dwarrowdams. As well as all others. I am retiring to my chambers for the eve. Court shall be held tomorrow.

2014 December 16, King Thrór (@Actual_Thror), Twitter:

Samila smiled and he sensed that this dwarrowdam was tougher than flint and able to go whatever lengths necessary to save her people.

2017, Anne Olga Vea, A Dragonslayer's Tale, page 472:

(chiefly Tolkien fandom slang, fantasy) A female of the dwarf race.

Dwarves (Middle-earth)
Tolkien's legendarium


Nuzlocke

John Locke (Lost)
List of generation III Pokémon#Nuzleaf
Lost (2004 TV series)

Blend of Nuzleaf + Locke. From the title of Nuzlocke Comics, which features a Pokémon, Nuzleaf, drawn to resemble John Locke from Lost as a recurring character.

Here are the rules for a Nuzlocke:
• If a Pokemon faints, it’s dead. You need to release it, store it in a box for the rest of the run, or transfer it to another game. You can’t use it until you’ve successfully become the Pokemon League Champion and completed the Nuzlocke.
• You can only catch the first Pokemon you encounter in each location. This includes caves, towns, routes, and so on - if the area has an official title, it counts as an independent location where you can capture one single Pokemon, provided it’s the first one you come across. If you make it faint or it flees, you can’t catch a new one - no second chances. This doesn’t apply to static encounters, although using Legendary Pokemon is frowned upon. You can catch Shiny Pokemon regardless of the rules, although the consensus on whether or not they’re allowed to be used is widely disputed.

2021 January 8, Cian Maher, “The Nuzlocke Challenge Is The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Classic Pokemon”, in The Gamer, archived from the original on 2022-09-19:

(Pokémon) A self-imposed challenge where the player can only catch the first wild Pokémon encountered in each area, and any caught Pokémon that faints cannot be used again.


title role

The part of a movie, play, or television show, from which the work's title is taken.


упир

uk-noun

упи́р • (upýr) m pers (genitive упиря́, nominative plural упирі́, genitive plural упирі́в, feminine упири́ця)

упи́р (canonical)
upýr (romanization)
упиря́ (genitive)
упирі́ (nominative plural)
упирі́в (genitive plural)
упири́ця (feminine)
упи́р (nominative singular)
упирі́ (nominative plural)
упиря́ (genitive singular)
упирі́в (genitive plural)
упире́ві (dative singular)
упирю́ (dative singular)
упиря́м (dative plural)
упиря́ (accusative singular)
упирі́в (accusative plural)
упире́м (instrumental singular)
упиря́ми (instrumental plural)
упире́ві (locative singular)
упирю́ (locative singular)
упирі́ (locative singular)
упиря́х (locative plural)
упи́рю (singular vocative)
упирі́ (plural vocative)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь. Doublet of вампі́р (vampír).

(figuratively) a cruel person, a bloodsucker, a villain


fear gortha

From Irish [Term?] (literally “man of hunger/famine”).

bor

(Irish mythology) A phantom of hunger, resembling an emaciated man.


jichi

(Bolivia, mythology) a large water-based dragon


Krähwinkel

de-noun

Krähwinkel n (strong, genitive Krähwinkels, plural Krähwinkel)

Krähwinkels (genitive)
Krähwinkel (plural)

→ Swedish: kråkvinkel (calque)

Coined by German dramatist and writer August von Kotzebue in 1802, from the play Die deutschen Kleinstädter. By surface analysis, Krähe (“crow”) + Winkel (“corner”).

surf

Gewisse hochgestellte Personen hielten mit ihrem Ärger nicht zurück, und hier, in dem abscheulichen Krähwinkel, hatte man ohnehin wenig Aufhebens von der ganzen Geschichte gemacht, begreiflicherweise, denn Christus mag Rom erobern, zu Jerusalem ist er nur ein schäbiger Rabbi.

Lenins und Kruses Vorfahren lebten in einer langen Folge als Mühlenpächter in Dörfern und Landstädtchen zwischen Hamburg, Lübeck und Schwerin, heirateten Müllerstöchter, zeugten Kinder und starben. Kruse kennt in diesem Krähwinkel inzwischen jedes Vorwerk, jeden Bachlauf, jede Mühle.

2014 January 21, Thomas Gerlach, “Lenins 90. Todestag: Die Nase des Nachfahren”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:

(derogatory) Palookaville (bourgeois small town or mindset)


Bondophile

Named after fictional spy James Bond, Bond + -o- + -phile

The scholarly seriousness has amused some Bondophiles.

2007 January 19, Elaine Sciolino, “The French Know Where 007 Acquired His Savoir-Faire”, in New York Times:

And at that point, no-one, not even the most devoted Bondophile, would have predicted eighteen more successful films to come, and that Ian's creation would become the most famous secret agent in the world and the most profitable serial figure in the history of cinema.

2011, John Pearson, The Life of Ian Fleming, A&C Black, →ISBN:


lekku

Either of the two appendages that protrude from the head of a Twi'lek (a race of creatures in Star Wars)


серпопард

ru-noun+

серпопа́рд • (serpopárd) m anim (genitive серпопа́рда, nominative plural серпопа́рды, genitive plural серпопа́рдов)

серпопа́рд (canonical)
serpopárd (romanization)
серпопа́рда (genitive)
серпопа́рды (nominative plural)
серпопа́рдов (genitive plural)
серпопа́рд (nominative singular)
серпопа́рды (nominative plural)
серпопа́рда (genitive singular)
серпопа́рдов (genitive plural)
серпопа́рду (dative singular)
серпопа́рдам (dative plural)
серпопа́рда (accusative singular)
серпопа́рдов (accusative plural)
серпопа́рдом (instrumental singular)
серпопа́рдами (instrumental plural)
серпопа́рде (prepositional singular)
серпопа́рдах (plural prepositional)

ru:серпопард


Bajazzo

de-noun

Bajazzo m (strong, genitive Bajazzos, plural Bajazzos)

Bajazzos (genitive)
Bajazzos (plural)
Bajazzo (nominative singular)
Bajazzos (definite nominative plural)
Bajazzos (genitive singular)
Bajazzos (definite genitive plural)
Bajazzo (dative singular)
Bajazzos (dative definite plural)
Bajazzo (accusative singular)
Bajazzos (accusative definite plural)

→ Finnish: pajatso

→ Polish: pajac

(comedy, theater) comic figure or buffoon in Italian theater


knife ear

Whatever people thought or said about the elves, whatever slurs and indignities they hurled at the “knife ears,” they still had to acknowledge that they owed their nations survival and the existence of their lineages to his selfless slaying of the Archdemon Andoral.

2019, Liane Merciel, Dragon Age: Last Flight Deluxe Edition, page 152:

The cafeteria fell into silence and everyone turned their faces towards the elf. “Damn knife ears,” someone mumbled. The twins looked at the man with glasses and pointy ears.

(fantasy, slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of knife-ear.


Donald Ducking it

From the cartoon character Donald Duck, who is almost always depicted with no clothing below the shirt.

Wear clothes on the bottom half of your body. During the lockdown, many people got caught out when they rose from their computer only to be discovered “Donald Ducking” it.

2021, Nancy Bishop, Auditioning for Film and Television: A Post #MeToo Guide:

'Hope your neighbours don't catch me Donald Ducking it,' I call, returning to the bedroom still knickerless, holding the bottle and the glasses.

He is wearing eighties-style dark sunglasses and completely Donald Ducking it in a Hawaiian shirt with the sleeves cut off.

(slang) Wearing no clothes below the waist.


pojáca

pojácák (plural)
pojáca (nominative singular)
pojácák (nominative plural)
pojácát (accusative singular)
pojácákat (accusative plural)
pojácának (dative singular)
pojácáknak (dative plural)
pojácával (instrumental singular)
pojácákkal (instrumental plural)
pojácáért (causal-final singular)
pojácákért (causal-final plural)
pojácává (singular translative)
pojácákká (plural translative)
pojácáig (singular terminative)
pojácákig (plural terminative)
pojácaként (essive-formal singular)
pojácákként (essive-formal plural)
pojácában (inessive singular)
pojácákban (inessive plural)
pojácán (singular superessive)
pojácákon (plural superessive)
pojácánál (adessive singular)
pojácáknál (adessive plural)
pojácába (illative singular)
pojácákba (illative plural)
pojácára (singular sublative)
pojácákra (plural sublative)
pojácához (allative singular)
pojácákhoz (allative plural)
pojácából (elative singular)
pojácákból (elative plural)
pojácáról (delative singular)
pojácákról (delative plural)
pojácától (ablative singular)
pojácáktól (ablative plural)
pojácáé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
pojácáké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
pojácáéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
pojácákéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
pojácám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
pojácáim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
pojácád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
pojácáid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
pojácája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
pojácái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
pojácánk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
pojácáink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
pojácátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
pojácáitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
pojácájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
pojácáik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

First attested in 1829. Borrowed from Italian pagliaccio, from paglia, from Latin palea.

(literary, now derogatory) clown (a performance artist often associated with a circus)


Ronniecoln

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Ronnie Anne Santiago and Lincoln Loud from the animated television series The Loud House.


III светска војна

mk-proper noun

III светска војна • (III svetska vojna) f

Трета светска војна
Трета светска војна#Macedonian

Alternative form of Трета светска војна (Treta svetska vojna): World War III


Трета светска војна

Трета светска војна

Трета светска војна • (Treta svetska vojna) f

Treta svetska vojna (romanization)
Трета светска војна (indefinite singular)
Третата светска војна (definite singular unspecified)
Третава светска војна (definite proximal singular)
Третана светска војна (definite distal singular)
Трета светска војно (singular vocative)

mk-decl-noun-table-single

Трета светска војна

Третата светска војна

Третава светска војна

Третана светска војна

Трета светска војно

Трети светска војни

Третите светска војни

Третиве светска војни

Третине светска војни

Трети светска војни


Xauxa

From earlier Spanish Xauxa (now Jauja), a city and province in central Peru, from Wanka Quechua Shawsha.


Tolkienish

en-adj

Tolkienish (comparative more Tolkienish, superlative most Tolkienish)

more Tolkienish (comparative)
most Tolkienish (superlative)

Most campaigns that I have played in have tended to utilise a sort of Tolkienish semi-medieval background, sometimes not very well developed.

1985 June, Roger Musson, “Stirge Corner”, in Imagine: Adventure Game Magazine, page 51:

Early on, the trail passes a tiny cedar lake with Tolkienish overtones. A hobbit-size table and chairs have been carved out of wooden stumps.

1989, Jack Christie, Day Trips from Vancouver, page 55:

The novel also reflects a Tolkienish nostalgia for an earlier England dominated by the rural squirarchy that Eliot absorbed so completely.

2011, Leon Surette, Dreams of a Totalitarian Utopia: Literary Modernism and Politics, page 301:

Of, related to, or characteristic of J. R. R. Tolkien or his writings.


Bond-like

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

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

With a host of Bond-like gadgets, the Army's latest peacekeeping machine protects without taking lives.


réalité parallèle

fr-noun

réalité parallèle f (plural réalités parallèles)

univers parallèle
univers parallèle#French

(science fiction) Synonym of univers parallèle


kiếm khách

[kiəm˦˧˥ kʰat̚˦˧˥]

[kiəm˦˧˥ xat̚˦˧˥]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 劍客, composed of 劍 (“sword”) and 客 (“guest; visitor; traveler”).

vi-etym-sino

a wandering master swordsman; compare tay kiếm/kiếm sĩ (a swordsman, master or not, wandering or not)


hopepunk

From hope + -punk. Coined by Alexandra Rowland in 2017 as opposite to grimdark.

Hopepunk holds particular resonance to the youth of today because it touches upon how their lives "are precariously close to dystopic visions but who need to tell and hear stories of triumph in adversity, not defeat by cruelty", he added.

2019 June 9, Izzy Lyons, “BBC jumps on 'hopepunk' trend with new positive podcast for millennials who don't want 'dark' dramas”, in The Telegraph:

Doctor Who has always been hopepunk in spirit – it’s essentially a series about a non-violent crimefighter, after all – but its most recent series was its most hopepunk yet.

2019 June 10, Stuart Heritage, “In need of relentless optimism? The 10 best ‘hopepunk’ shows to binge now”, in The Guardian:

From Afrofuturism to hopepunk, many continue to draw on Butler's vision of a future where Blackness and Black people not only persist, but help bring worlds into being.

2020, Jennifer Sieck, "Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum: Octavia E. Butler's Typewriter as Time Machine", The Washington Informer, 17 September 2020 - 23 September 2020, page 38

A genre of speculative fiction with an emphasis on optimism, compassion, or non-violence.


Grishaverse

From Grisha + -verse. Grisha is the name of a prominent group of magic-users within the universe, named for the in-universe character "Sankt Grigori of the Wood", so ultimately from the given name Grisha (“diminutive of Grigori”).

(fandom slang) A fictional shared universe of fantasy novels, short story collections, and a television adaptation created by American author Leigh Bardugo.


ichthyocentaur

From Ancient Greek ἰχθυοκένταυρος (ikhthuokéntauros).

der

ἰχθυοκένταυρος

(Greek mythology) A centaurian sea being with the upper body of a human, the lower anterior half and forelegs of a horse, and the tailed half of a fish.


Tolkieny

en-adj

Tolkieny (comparative more Tolkieny, superlative most Tolkieny)

more Tolkieny (comparative)
most Tolkieny (superlative)

Pauline Baynes' illustrations have always seemed to me more suited to the atmosphere of "Hans Christian Andersen” tales, but this time she has come up with a very appealing cover design with a far more "Tolkieny” feel about it .

1968, Gandalf's Garden, numbers 1-4, page 31:

If this sounds a bit Tolkieny, why not? So is Wagner’s Ring cycle.

2016 February 6, Ismene Brown, “Unforgettable fire”, in The Spectator, page 50:

Those little leggies of yours make the trek to Orchid Avenue downright Tolkieny.

2021, Bryan CP Steele, Shadowrun: Tourist Trapped, unnumbered page:

(informal) Of, related to, or characteristic of J. R. R. Tolkien or his writings.


Generation K

Coined by British economist and author Noreena Hertz in 2015. The K stands for Katniss Everdeen, a character in the young-adult novel The Hunger Games (2008).

coin

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Generation K.

A demographic cohort identified in 2015, consisting of 13- to 20-year-olds who are relatively anxious, intent on being unique, and concerned about inequality.


rivermaiden

(mythology, fantasy) A nymph or female spirit associated with a river.


Bayformers

Blend of Bay + transformers, after American director Michael Bay.

Join us for a complete history of the epic TF franchise: from 80s to Bayformers.

2011, Gen Con Indy 2011 program book, "Anime Panels & Events", page 138

For a generation of mecha Anime fans, brought up on Mobile Suit Gundam and Neon Genesis Evangelion, this film succeeds far beyond the league of Bayformers in presenting brilliant, powerful mecha action.

2013, Vincent Chiang, "The Most Colossal Movie of the Year", Woroni (Australian National University), 23 July 2003, page 21

Unlike the ‘Bayformers’ there is a very small cast of Decepticons (the bad guys) who are extremely well done because they are actually threatening and show they are the bad guys through what they believe in.

2019, Thomas Mann, review of Bumblebee, Peacock (Leicester Grammar School, Leicester, UK), February 2019, page 7

(fandom slang) The live-action Transformers film franchise, launched in 2007 with an eponymous film, and directed exclusively by Michael Bay until 2018.


мавка

uk-noun

ма́вка<*.pr>

ма́вка • (mávka) f pers (genitive ма́вки, nominative plural ма́вки, genitive plural ма́вок)

ма́вка (canonical)
mávka (romanization)
ма́вки (genitive)
ма́вки (nominative plural)
ма́вок (genitive plural)
ма́вка (nominative singular)
ма́вки (nominative plural)
ма́вки (genitive singular)
ма́вок (genitive plural)
ма́вці (dative singular)
ма́вкам (dative plural)
ма́вку (accusative singular)
ма́вок (accusative plural)
ма́вкою (instrumental singular)
ма́вками (instrumental plural)
ма́вці (locative singular)
ма́вках (locative plural)
ма́вко (singular vocative)
ма́вки (plural vocative)

uk-ndecl

ма́вка<*.pr>

→ English: mavka

Originally навка, derived from Proto-Slavic *navь (“deceased”). Later forms мавка and нявка likely come from association with the words мали́й (malýj, “small”) and нявкати (njavkaty, “to meow”).


ча̄нн

head

ча̄нн (čānn)

From Proto-Samic *čānā, from Proto-Uralic *śänä.
Related to Finnish sieni. Compare Northern Sami čátná and Skolt Sami čäänn.


bleidhmhíol

bleidhmhíol m (genitive singular bleidhmhíl, nominative plural bleidhmhíolta)

bleidhmhíl (genitive singular)
bleidhmhíolta (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
bleidhmhíol (indefinite singular)
bleidhmhíolta (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a bhleidhmhíl (indefinite singular)
a bhleidhmhíolta (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
bleidhmhíl (indefinite singular)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an bleidhmhíol (definite singular)
na bleidhmhíolta (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an bhleidhmhíl (definite singular)
na mbleidhmhíolta (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an mbleidhmhíol (definite singular)
don bhleidhmhíol (definite singular)
leis na bleidhmhíolta (definite plural)
bleidhmhíol
bhleidhmhíol
mbleidhmhíol

/ˈbʲlʲɛjvʲiːl̪ˠ/


прибулець

uk-noun

прибу́лець<*.pr>

прибу́лець • (prybúlecʹ) m pers (genitive прибу́льця, nominative plural прибу́льці, genitive plural прибу́льців)

прибу́лець (canonical)
prybúlecʹ (romanization)
прибу́льця (genitive)
прибу́льці (nominative plural)
прибу́льців (genitive plural)
прибу́лець (nominative singular)
прибу́льці (nominative plural)
прибу́льця (genitive singular)
прибу́льців (genitive plural)
прибу́льцеві (dative singular)
прибу́льцю (dative singular)
прибу́льцям (dative plural)
прибу́льця (accusative singular)
прибу́льців (accusative plural)
прибу́льцем (instrumental singular)
прибу́льцями (instrumental plural)
прибу́льцеві (locative singular)
прибу́льцю (locative singular)
прибу́льці (locative singular)
прибу́льцях (locative plural)
прибу́льцю (singular vocative)
прибу́льці (plural vocative)

uk-ndecl

прибу́лець<*.pr>

Uk-прибулець.ogg


cromulence

Results from a numerical simulation of a compression test are also presented in Figure 6 and serve as an initial indicator of the cromulence of the proposed model.

2015, Cesar Ovalles, Carl Rechsteiner Jr, Analytical Methods in Petroleum Upstream Applications, page 1571:

The material circumstances may raise questions as to the cromulence of this perspective, but the UK's elite appear, for the moment, to be as firmly committed to a Great Power role as they ever were under the Coalition.

2021, Timothy Oliver, The Cameron–Clegg Coalition and Britain's Role in the World, page 199:

(humorous, uncommon) Acceptability, correctness.


trợ thủ

[t͡ɕəː˧˨ʔ tʰu˧˩]

[ʈəː˨˩ʔ tʰʊw˧˨]

[ʈəː˨˩˨ tʰʊw˨˩˦]

trợ thủ đắc lực


wodnica

wodnik (masculine)
wodnica (nominative singular)
wodnice (nominative plural)
wodnicy (genitive singular)
wodnic (genitive plural)
wodnicy (dative singular)
wodnicom (dative plural)
wodnicę (accusative singular)
wodnice (accusative plural)
wodnicą (instrumental singular)
wodnicami (instrumental plural)
wodnicy (locative singular)
wodnicach (locative plural)
wodnico (singular vocative)
wodnice (plural vocative)

(Slavic mythology) malevolent demon inhabiting bodies of water, believed to be the partner of topielec and the soul of a young girl who drowned out of despair or bitterness, or who was deliberately drowned by someone else


briesmonis

briesmonis (nominative singular)
briesmoņi (nominative plural)
briesmoni (accusative singular)
briesmoņus (accusative plural)
briesmoņa (genitive singular)
briesmoņu (genitive plural)
briesmonim (dative singular)
briesmoņiem (dative plural)
briesmoni (instrumental singular)
briesmoņiem (instrumental plural)
briesmonī (locative singular)
briesmoņos (locative plural)
briesmoni (singular vocative)
briesmoņi (plural vocative)

From briesmas (“danger, peril”) + -onis.


phim chưởng

[fim˧˧ t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˩]

[fim˧˧ t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˨]

[fim˧˧ cɨəŋ˨˩˦]

phim (“cinematic TV show or film”) + chưởng (“palming martial arts move”).

com

(informal, fiction, television, film) a wuxia TV show or film, especially one where the palming move, especially the magical "qi-manipulating" variety, is used a lot


Buttfuck

Musician my ass. You're a beat up tube salesman from Buttfuck, CO.

2007 March 23, Ken Wilson, “Clapton in Seattle”, in alt.guitar (Usenet), retrieved 2022-11-05:

(humorous, vulgar, derogatory) A small rural town of little importance.


power level

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

The figurative senses are a reference to the Japanese franchise Dragon Ball, where many characters have "power levels" indicating how powerful they are.

The black and gold paint job is a subtle but still stylish way to hide your power level.

2018 April 3, Sam Rutherford, “MSI's GS65 Stealth Is a Gaming Laptop Made for Adults”, in Gizmodo:

(Internet slang) An interest or specialized knowledge in a subject seen as uncool, especially related to video games and otaku culture.


slave of the lamp

en-noun

slave of the lamp (plural slaves of the lamp)

In the eyes of Gorgias "the word" was a despot who could do anything, but like a slave of the lamp it would be at the service of those who took his courses.

1971, W. K. C. Guthrie, The Sophists, page 25:

(fiction) A genie who is imprisoned in a lamp, as in the tale of Aladdin.


red wedding

The first sense derives from red as an adjective meaning "associated with or supportive of communism." The second sense derives from The Red Wedding scene in A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin.

As the church sought to make these events significant with its ceremonies, so did the Communists with their “Red weddings,” “Red funerals” and “Red christenings.”

1942 October, Albert Rhys Williams, “Religion in the USSR”, in Soviet Russia Today, page 15:

They celebrated “red weddings” at factories, bride and groom standing before a piece of machinery and pledging their loyalty first to the communist state, then to each other.

1994, Woodford McClellan, Russia: The Soviet Period and After, page 77:

Soon "Red weddings" replaced church weddings for dedicated Communists.

1998, Ronald Grigor Suny, The Soviet Experiment: Russia, the USSR, and the Successor States, page 186:

(dated, communism) A wedding ceremony in the Soviet Union in which the couple pledged loyalty to the state or communism in addition to reciting marriage vows.


Borduria

Hergé
King Ottokar's Sceptre
Le Temps
Outlook (Indian magazine)

From French Bordurie, from bordure (“border”). Coined by Hergé in 1939 for King Ottokar's Sceptre.

Graustark, Ruritania, Borduria, Syldavia and a score of imaginary kingdoms, usurped by tyrants and sundered by fights for the throne, leap into mind: plots, treachery, imprisoned heirs and palace factions abound and, along with them, fiendish monocled swordsmen, queens in lonely towers, toppling ranges, deep forests, plains full of half-wild horses, wandering tribes of Gypsies who steal children out of castles and dye them...

1977, Patrick Leigh Fermor, A Time of Gifts, 1st edition, New York Review Books, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2022-11-13:

The play will be set in Borduria, the fictional state originally created in Hergé's Tintin that resembles a 1970s eastern European state.

2014 June 19, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, “Decaying east London tower block to house 12-hour Macbeth production”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2022-05-19:

He made up two fictional countries, Borduria and Syldavia, and the struggles between the two were actually a satire on the expansionist policies of Nazi Germany.

2017 May 22, Utkarsh Srivastava, “A Tintin Mystery: Why Hergé's comics continue to fascinate, 88 years after their debut”, in Firstpost, archived from the original on 2022-01-29:

Hardly any of the cars in the Tintin comics are exotic, while a few of them — like the stretch black limousine driven in a convoy in Tapiocapolis in the final, complete adventure Tintin and the Picaros and the open-topped roadster used to rescue Professor Calculus from the prison fortress of Bakhine in Borduria — are an imaginary combination of real cars.

2022 September 3, Srinivas Krishnan, “The automotive adventures of Tintin”, in Mumbai Mirror, archived from the original on 2022-11-10:

Borduria and Syldavia, both fictional Balkan countries appearing in the Adventures of Tintin graphic novel, also merit a mention as places used to highlight the stereotypes about the southeastern parts of the continent.

2022 November 4, Aleksandar Brezar, “What is Listenbourg? Why is it going viral on Twitter? Why did the meme become so big in Europe?”, in Euronews, archived from the original on 2022-11-07:

The reporter’s future adventures took him far and wide - even to outer space - and to a handful of fictionalised countries including Balkan states Borduria and Syldavia and the South American countries of San Theodoros, São Rico and Nuevo Rico.

2017 7, The Newsroom, “When Tintin the intrepid fictional reporter came to Scotland”, in The Scotsman (Journal), archived from the original on 2022-11-10:

But the name of Grand Fenwick doesn't occur in any history book, or show up in any atlas, unless it also maps Ruritania, Syldavia, Borduria, Oz or even Shangri-La.

2016 September 18, Vikas Datta, “The small nation which beat the superpowers, global capitalism”, in The News Minute, archived from the original on 2022-11-13:

(fiction) An imaginary country located in the Balkans and enemy of Syldavia, in the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin.


Syldavia

From French Syldavie. Blend of Transylvanie + Moldavie. Coined by Hergé in 1939 for King Ottokar's Sceptre.

Tintin and his loyal hound Snowy find themselves trying to thwart a plot by spies to overthrow the king of Syldavia, a fictional Balkan land.

2020 June 25, Lifestyle Desk, “Tintin cover that mocked Hitler’s Germany to go under hammer”, in The Indian Express, archived from the original on 2020-06-26:

(fiction) An imaginary country located in the Balkans and enemy of Borduria, in the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin.


ꯆꯤꯡꯂꯥꯏ

From ꯆꯤꯡ (cheeng, “mountain”) + ꯂꯥꯏ (laaʼi, “god”)


voiture volante

fr-noun

voiture volante m (plural voitures volantes)

(science fiction) flying car (vehicle which can function both as a road vehicle and as an aircraft)


flying car

(aircraft, science fiction, vehicles) A vehicle which can function both as a road vehicle and as an aircraft.


пәри

head

пәри • (päri)


ふらり火

ふらり火 (canonical)
furaribi (romanization)

[ɸɯ̟ɾa̠ɾʲibʲi]


chauve-souris-garou

fr-noun

chauve-souris-garou f (plural chauve-souris-garous)

From chauve-souris (“bat”) + -garou (“were-”), from analogy with loup-garou (“werewolf”).


werebat

(fantasy, mythology) A shapeshifter who can change between bat and human form.


vache-garou

fr-noun

vache-garou f (plural vaches-garous, masculine bœuf-garou)

vaches-garous (plural)
bœuf-garou (masculine)


bœuf-garou

bœuf-garou m (plural bœufs-garous, feminine vache-garou)

bœufs-garous (plural)
vache-garou (feminine)


cochon-garou

cochon-garou m (plural cochons-garous, feminine cochonne-garou)

cochons-garous (plural)
cochonne-garou (feminine)


requin-garou

From requin (“shark”) + -garou (“were-”).


louveteau-garou

louveteau-garou m (plural louveteaux-garous, feminine louvetelle-garou)

louveteaux-garous (plural)
louvetelle-garou (feminine)

(fantasy, mythology) werewolf cub or pup


lion-garou

lion-garou m (plural lions-garous, feminine lionne-garou)

lions-garous (plural)
lionne-garou (feminine)


panthère-garou

panthère-garou f (plural panthères-garous)


louve-garou

louve-garou f (plural louves-garous, masculine loup-garou)

louves-garous (plural)
loup-garou (masculine)

From louve (“wolf”, feminine) + -garou (“were-”).


ours-garou

fr-noun

ours-garou m (plural ours-garous, feminine ourse-garou)

ours-garous (plural)
ourse-garou (feminine)


rat-garou

rat-garou m (plural rats-garous, feminine rate-garou)

rats-garous (plural)
rate-garou (feminine)


rate-garou

rate-garou f (plural rates-garous, masculine rat-garou)

rates-garous (plural)
rat-garou (masculine)


louvetelle-garou

louvetelle-garou f (plural louvetelles-garous, masculine louveteau-garou)

louvetelles-garous (plural)
louveteau-garou (masculine)

(fantasy, mythology) female werewolf cub or pup


thérianthrope

thérianthrope m or f (plural thérianthropes)

From Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon, “wild beast, animal”) + ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “person, human being”).


-garou

From loup-garou (“werewolf”). See also garou.


thériomorphe

From Ancient Greek θηριόμορφος (thēriómorphos, from θηρίον (thēríon, “animal”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”)). See also thérien and morphe.

der

Une divinité thériomorphe.


animal-garou

From animal + -garou (“were-”), by association with loup-garou (“werewolf”).

(fantasy, mythology) wereanimal, werecreature


જમ

Borrowed from Classical Persian جم (jam).

bor+

જમશીદ જમશીદ#Gujarati

a diminutive, Jam, of the male given name જમશીદ (jamśīd)


léopard-garou

fr-noun

léopard-garou m (plural léopards-garous)


sandgun

If someone deliberately set off the sandgun, I think I'm very possibly what they were aiming for.

Trance was raising his sandgun when the blastwave hit.

2020, Marc Miller, Agent of the Imperium:

The sandgun did burst out, sending the biting cold sand flying in all directions. However, it did not explode from the muzzle of the gun, but from the middle of the spear shaft!

2020, Da Ba, Beauty's Special Magical Doctor:

(science fiction) A weapon that shoots sand or a sandlike substance.


gorgonă

gorgone (plural)
gorgonă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
gorgona (accusative definite nominative singular)
gorgone (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
gorgonele (accusative definite nominative plural)
gorgone (indefinite singular)
gorgonei (definite singular)
gorgone (indefinite plural)
gorgonelor (definite plural)
gorgonă (singular vocative)
gorgono (singular vocative)
gorgonelor (plural vocative)


multiattack

The purple worm has a multiattack consisting of a bite and a sting.


roider

From roid (“anabolic steroids”) + -er.
From roid (“asteroid”) + -er.

(science fiction) A person who mines asteroids for a living.


farmer's daughter

en-noun

farmer's daughter (plural farmers' daughters)

The Midwest farmer's daughters really make you feel alright / And the Northern girls with the way they kiss / They keep their boyfriends warm at night

1965, “California Girls”, in Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), performed by the Beach Boys:

This does not mean that her radical reformulation of the whore persona is entirely absent in this text – it is, for instance, in The Genuine History that Salisbury monopolizes the Prince of Wales and his two aristocratic friends by frankly declaring herself a whore (quote above), while her two colleagues are dismissed because they resort to conventional representations of female ruin, such as milliners and farmer's daughters, which deny or obscure their status as prostitutes.

2015 October 6, Lena Olsson, “5 ‘A first-rate whore’: Prostitution and empowerment in the early eighteenth century”, in Ann Lewis, Markman Ellis, editors, Prostitution and Eighteenth-Century Culture, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:

(fiction) A stock character or stereotype of a desirable but naïve young woman who is the daughter of a farmer.


Dickney

Now The Black Hole (which is one movie I do want) isn't being released by Disney on DVD but is being released by Anchor Bay. So I don't know which is worse...I'd rather see Dickney release it than Artifact Bay.

1998 December 27, ´ceith, “Disney Fucked up Armageddon”, in alt.video.dvd (Usenet), retrieved 2022-11-27:


დიდამანგისა

head

დიდამანგისა • (didamangisa) (Latin spelling didamangisa)

დი‧და‧მან‧გი‧სა

From დიდა (dida, “old woman”) + Ancient Greek μάγισσα (mágissa, “witch”).

af

შუკა მეწილანა დიდამანგისა გიჲონასენ

If you pluck the cucumber, the didamangisa will take you

a scary creature that grown-ups used to make up to prevent kids from picking cucumbers before they grew


貓妖

/mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/


archpaladin

/ɑɹt͡ʃˈpælədɪn/

From arch- + paladin. Originally from the Dungeons & Dragons franchise, in which the fictional deity, Heironeous, is known as The Archpaladin, and the AdventureQuest game.

Foremost in her mind has always been to serve the Archpaladin [Heironeous] and improve the lives of others with His teachings.

2004 August, Rick LaRue, “Greyhawk’s Knights of Holy Shielding: Valor Is Our Blood!”, in Dungeon, number 113, page 94:

Heironeous, The Invincible, The Archpaladin, is the champion of rightful combat and chivalrous deeds.

2007 April, Sean K Reynolds, “Heironeous”, in Dragon, volume XXXI, number 11, issue 354, page 19:

Mostly whiteshirts, from initiate Healers to patrolmen to Electors and ArchPaladins in full battle gear.

2010, Tim Akers, The Horns of Ruin, Amherst, N.Y.: Pyr, →ISBN, page 266:

It's best if you can find a friend or some players to help you out with each quests for Archpaladin.

2019 August 1, SyedXD123, the_beast69, “What Class?”, in reddit.com:

History was wrought romanticised tales of grand crusades lead by heroic Archpaladins of old, spreading God's word to the dark and corrupt corners of the kingdom through their might and zeal.

2021, C. R. Butterworth, The Exile, Liberation (Book 1), C. R. Butterworth:

Things like using Archpaladin to mitigate true damage, or recommending Health Vamp on farming classes that don't benefit from it.

2022 February 18, xiaomole, “Combatting Misinformation”, in reddit.com:

(very rare, science fiction, fantasy, video games) A supreme paladin.


starfall

en-noun

starfall (countable and uncountable, plural starfalls)

Coordinate term: planetfall

That was just a guess. Man had leaped into space with a new drive, had made starfalls on Procyon, 61 Cygni, Sirius, Altair, all within the fifteen light-year range of the first generation of engines.

1970, John Rackham, Danger from Vega, D. Dodson, →ISBN, pages 35–36:

(science fiction) The act of landing on a star.


superuniverse

(science fiction) A universe containing other universes.


flux capacitor

First seen in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension in 1984 and in the 1985 American science fiction film Back to the Future, directed by Robert Zemeckis, in which a DMC DeLorean vehicle is retrofitted with a flux capacitor to create a time travel device.

Tucked into the corner of the Rinky Dink Flea Market in Marietta is a time machine that transports its visitors to an era before digital music. It doesn’t need a flux capacitor to work, just a plug to power the vintage stereos and turntables that produce the sounds of the thousands of vinyl records sold there.

2019 January 12, Chad Plauche-Adkins, “Playing the classics: Flea market music collection includes thousands of records”, in The Marietta Times:

Is this a glitch? Is the system experiencing an outage? It is a temptation that is best resisted, the urge to talk about this Chelsea team as a piece of fine-point engineering, to style Thomas Tuchel as a pure systems man, poring over his data charts, banging his dials, reconfiguring the flux capacitor with a bent hairpin.

2021 December 4, Barney Ronay, “Thomas Tuchel must gear up for a new phase to reboot glitching Chelsea”, in The Guardian:

(science fiction) A fictional instrument required to operate a time machine, consisting of a rectangular-shaped compartment with three flashing Geissler-style tubes arranged in a "Y" configuration.


Wéët

From Old Limburgish *wiht, from Proto-West Germanic *wihti (“thing, creature”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (“thing”).

inh

(rare) a small creature, particularly a goblin, sprite, leprechaun, kobold


mother figure

/ˈmʌðə ˌfɪɡə/

/ˈmʌðɚ ˌfɪɡɚ/

Coordinate term: father figure

One (especially an older woman) who behaves as, is regarded as equivalent to, or represents a mother for another person or group of people.

moederfiguur

one who behaves as, is regarded as equivalent to, or represents a mother


cognitohazard

Blend of cognition + hazard. Probable origin is from the SCP Foundation website.

The symbol on that piece of paper is a cognitohazard which puts everyone who reads it in a week-long coma.

SUMBITCH. I started listening to http://nyan.cat/ again and now I can't turn it off. #memetic #cognitohazard #scp

2011 April 28, @triggurgoat, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-01-03:

CAUTION! High-grade Cognitohazard in effect!

2011 July 29, @LexLevinholt, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-01-03:

The one about Qpple hardware being a cognitohazard?
(I made that up, BTW. :D )

2013 February 27, neurotrashboy, “Place name of the week”, in alt.running.out.of.newsgroup.names (Usenet), retrieved 2022-12-09:

SCP-2359’s primary anomalous property is a cognitohazard that propagates to anyone who makes visual, auditory or informational contact with it. The infection impresses a false identity and memories of SCP-2359 onto the mind of the affected subject.

2016 January 29, StringentCurry, “SCP-2359”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 2022-12-11:

Numerous people have reported, or, more accurately, been discovered, as having been subjected to the proscribed work The King in Yellow. […] For one thing, we’re not even sure there’s anything useful in the King play. It’s a complete cognitohazard.

2017, Zachary Adam, Sanity Line (Arcane Revolution Series), CreateSpace, →ISBN:

The last week was devoted to an equally theoretical threat—weaponized cognitohazards. Brown notes. Things that you could be hurt, or possibly killed, by just seeing or hearing them… and what would happen if they got on the Internet. How would people protect themselves?

2018, Paul Briggs, Altered Seasons: Monsoonrise, Secant Publishing, →ISBN:

“Says here you’re on the front lines, not search and rescue. Do you have the cognitohazard equipment?”

2020, Azalea Ellis, Gods of Ash and Amber (Seeds of Chaos), Seladore Publishing, →ISBN:

TL;DR: “Infohazard” means any kind of information that could be harmful in some fashion. Let’s use “cognitohazard” to describe information that could specifically harm the person who knows it.

[2020 February 2, eukaryote, “A point of clarification on infohazard terminology”, in LessWrong, archived from the original on 2022-12-11:

Curses! Foiled again by the cognitohazard of Harry Styles’ painted nails!!!!!!

2022 August 26, Ryan Broderick, Garbage Day, retrieved 2023-10-16:

Awawawa is a cognitohazard that spreads specifically among submissive trans people

2022 December 6, @circleoflust, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-01-03:

(neurology, chiefly science fiction) An image, pattern, sound, or any other kind of sensory signal that directly causes harmful or undesired physiological or physical effects to one who senses or perceives it.


lad lit

Modeled on lad mag and perhaps chick lit.

Publishers have been trying for years to find a winning formula for men's fiction. From lad lit to dad lit to bad lit, men have been barraged with an array of reading matter since Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary stormed up the bestseller lists and into our lives in 1997.

2004 June 6, Jonathan Heawood, “You couldn't make it up”, in The Observer:

Just Like You could stand alone as the ladlit-meets-mumlit social satire that it is, its vicious wit paradoxically interwoven with tenderness and empathy.

2020 September 18, Joanna Briscoe, “Just Like You by Nick Hornby review – ladlit meets mumlit”, in The Guardian:

(British) Male-authored popular novels about young men and their emotional and personal lives.


cognitohazardous

en-adj

cognitohazardous (comparative more cognitohazardous, superlative most cognitohazardous)

more cognitohazardous (comparative)
most cognitohazardous (superlative)

Rapidly-flashing lights are cognitohazardous to people with certain forms of epilepsy, resulting in seizures.

Had the unknown girl who'd written those things somehow added to the end of the book without realizing what it was? Or had it acquired cognitohazardous properties after she was already dead?

2014, Matt Dymerski, The Portal in the Forest, Proximate Publishing, →ISBN:

(neurology, chiefly science fiction) Being, containing, or pertaining to a cognitohazard.


wastelander

(science fiction, fantasy) One who inhabits a wasteland.


allocamelus

THE ALLOCAMELUS is a Beast of Peru; it is about two Yards high, and about five Feet in length : His Head, Neck, and Ears, are like a Mule's; but his Neck as white as a Swan's, his other Parts of a yellowish Colour: His Body is like a Camel, […]

1769, Thomas Boreman, A description of three hundred animals ... tenth edition, page 22:

There were many wondrous Arainian beasts in these groves: star-spotted pantheons, allocameli like donkey-eared dromedaries, the trogodryces whose antlers grow down rather than up, the argasills that resembled antelopes but for their[…]

2007 September 3, Alison Baird, The Archons of the Stars, Aspect, →ISBN:

By late afternoon, Van's lower back and inner thighs ached from riding on the allocamelus for so long. The bindings on her wrists had turned them raw and bloody. The grandfather clock Van had seen in Uxa's office haunted her every[…] Jorie's anger flared, and she released an animalistic growl so guttural it upset the allocameli tied to the trees. Some of them let out rapid, high-pitched shrieks and struggled against their binds. Others stomped their front hooves and[…]

2017 April 11, D. L. Armillei, Shock of Fate: Anchoress Series Book One, Diamond Cove Publishing, LLC, →ISBN:

Blythe was ahead of them all, keeping pace with Silas and one of the allocameluses he was leading. As she tied up her curls, she observed the two. There was really nothing else to look at, and she couldn't exactly converse with her[…]

2020 October 16, Octavia J. Riley, Sand Dunes & Blood Moons, Poisoned Apple Publishing, L.L.C., →ISBN, page 188:

A fictional animal, apparently based on early reports of llamas, which has the head of an ass or mule and the body of a camel.


giantish

(fantasy) A fictional language spoken by giants.


smart thinking

One of the biggest bestselling books in the recent ‘smart thinking’ genre was Susan Cain's Quiet, which popularised the idea that networking is superficial and loud.

2017, Julia Hobsbawm, Fully Connected: Surviving and Thriving in an Age of Overload, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 215:

Hence the rise in publishing of the “smart thinking” book, an elevated species of self-help for the aspiring ratiocinator.

2021 August 21, Steven Poole, “Can ‘smart thinking’ books really give you the edge?”, in The Guardian:

A genre of popular science books mainly concerned with cognitive science, psychology and biases to help the reader think better.


anekdotka

anekdotka (nominative singular)
anekdotki (nominative plural)
anekdotki (genitive singular)
anekdotek (genitive plural)
anekdotce (dative singular)
anekdotkom (dative plural)
anekdotkę (accusative singular)
anekdotki (accusative plural)
anekdotką (instrumental singular)
anekdotkami (instrumental plural)
anekdotce (locative singular)
anekdotkach (locative plural)
anekdotko (singular vocative)
anekdotki (plural vocative)


pouke

English: puck, Puck

>? English: pug

From Old English pūca, from Proto-West Germanic *pūkō, from Proto-Germanic *pūkô. The shortening of /uː/ before /k/ is possibly regular; compare souken.


fada protectora

ca-noun

fada protectora f (plural fades protectores)


D&Der

Being geeky has always been about making and doing things. That’s nothing new—kids who went to Space Camp constructed and launched their own model rockets, and D&Ders painstakingly hand-drew maps, or painted their own pewter figures.

2011, Susan Beal, “Introduction”, in World of Geekcraft: Step-by-Step Instructions for 25 Super-Cool Craft Projects, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 6:

René, an aficionado himself, never missed an opportunity to find fellow D&Ders.

2018, Cara Black, Murder on the Left Bank, Soho Crime, →ISBN, page 17:

Regardless of how you do or don’t play games—whether you are an MMORPGer, a console gamer, a D&D'''er, a Settlers of Catan enthusiast, or someone who has never gamed before but who is perhaps curious about gaming or instructional design—I hope that in reading this book you will find a lens that will be useful to you in your own life, whether for teaching, writing, learnining, training, game development, or simply the enjoyment of games.

2018, Carly Finseth, Teach Like a Gamer: Adapting the Instructional Design of Digital Role-Playing Games (Studies in Gaming), Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 12:

A player of the fantasy tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.


asuang

From Greater Central Philippine *aswang (“witch”). Compare Tagalog aswang, Cebuano aswang, Hiligaynon aswang, and Malay ason (“evil spirit of the night”).

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


swordbrother

Once initiated into the band, a swordbrother was bound to serve for life. Consequently, most crofters still preferred to serve in the king's shieidhost.

2006, Josephine Godby, To Suffer the Crown, page 22:

He was a swordbrother to the last, our commander.

2015, Paul E. Horsman, Ordelanden: The Shadow of the Revenaunt, Book 3:

(fantasy) A man who is a member of a military brotherhood.


Pokédex

Blend of Pokémon + index, adapted from Japanese ポケモン図鑑 (Pokémon Zukan, “Pokémon illustrated encyclopedia”).
The English version was introduced in the dub of the pilot episode of the Pokémon anime, originally aired in September 8, 1998.

der

They're all able to make up new punny names based on their altmode without being told what they turn into--presumably their computers might even recognize the scanned Beast Mode immediately, like a Pokedex; "You've scanned a cheetah. Cheetahs are really fast."

2012 June 5, Onslaught Six, “Does Beast Wars Deserve a Revisit?”, in alt.toys.transformers (Usenet):

Entomologists use catalogues and checklists to record species, such as the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) online database. The ALA includes data like a Pokédex does, including species distribution and collection information.

2021, David Shaw, Jasmine Fellows, Puzzles and Projects, CSIRO PUBLISHING, →ISBN, page 5:

(Pokémon) A fictional electronic encyclopedia with information about Pokémon.

Pokémon (TV series)
Pokémon, I Choose You!


simiot

(Northern, Spain, folklore) One of a race of demonic ape-like creatures which according to local legends once terrorised the city of Arles-sur-Tech in the comarca of Vallespir and surrounding areas of Baix Empordà


Ularu

(Australian Aboriginal mythology) A primordial snake-like creator deity


Scroogey

en-adj

Scroogey (comparative more Scroogey, superlative most Scroogey)

more Scroogey (comparative)
most Scroogey (superlative)

The idea comes from a particularly Scroogey, and infamous, paper by the economist Joel Waldfogel, who estimated that the deadweight loss from gift-giving is one-tenth to one-third of the gift’s value.

2015 December 18, Ana Swanson, “Why cash is the worst gift”, in The Washington Post:

Before you write off this review as uncharitably Scroogey, take note: four children, ages eight to 11, gathered round the television to attend the screening. Plied with mugs of sugary cocoa, a frighteningly willing audience heeded the call of duty.

2022 November 28, Lauren Mechling, “Scrooge: A Christmas Carol review – Netflix’s junky musical is a lump of coal”, in The Guardian:

Resembling or characteristic of Ebenezer Scrooge; bad-tempered, selfish and miserly.


фентезі

uk-noun

фе́нтезі • (féntezi) n inan (indeclinable)

фе́нтезі (canonical)
féntezi (romanization)


objectsona

i kinda want to draw fursona and an objectsona

i want bill gates' objectsona to be an actual gate

my objectsona, bandy!! hes a knotted rubber band!! ✨

finally decided to make a fighter pose of my objectsona

2020 December 15, @krustykrampizza, Twitter:

hi guys new objectsona dropped

The traffic cone is just an oc but the other one is my objectsona

2022 February 28, @ferifuruixz__, Twitter:

another aggie doodle, this time of my objectsona!!

2022 September 29, @T0PP4T_KiNG, Twitter:

(Internet slang, chiefly object show community) An object alter-ego or self-insert character; a persona which is an inanimate object.


Centaurian

en-adj

Centaurian (comparative more Centaurian, superlative most Centaurian)

more Centaurian (comparative)
most Centaurian (superlative)

(chiefly science fiction) Pertaining to the constellation Centaurus or its imagined inhabitants.


Centaurian

The Centaurians are remarkable people, but move slowly.

1911, [L. D.] Biagi, The Centaurians: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Publishing Co., […]:

Jack proposed to record a Centaurian’s vocabulary with English equivalents, and the dictawriter, hearing the queer hoots the strange creature uttered, would pick out a card which would then cause a speaker to enunciate its English synonym.

1935 March, Murray Leinster, “Proxima Centauri”, in Astounding Stories, volume XV, number 1, Street & Smith, page 25:

Suppose that in a few years we are visited by a race of benevolent and rational beings from Alpha Centauri that have free will and an advanced culture. […] Suppose further that after they figure out our languages we realize the Centaurians are moral beings who act on reflectively endorsed and rationally appraised principle. We can now ask, “What is of moral value for the Centaurians?”

2010, Adam D. Moore, Privacy Rights: Moral and Legal Foundations, The Pennsylvania State University Press, →ISBN, page 38:

(science fiction) An inhabitant of the constellation Centaurus.


Proxima Centaurian

en-noun

Proxima Centaurian (plural Proxima Centaurians)

The Proxima Centaurians, who are roughly humanoid in shape, are a development of mobile carnivorous plants.

1998, Everett Franklin Bleiler, Richard J[ames] Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years, Kent, Ohio, London: The Kent State University Press, →ISBN, page 248:

In “Rautavaara’s Case,” the alien Proxima Centaurians save the severely damaged human Agneta Rautavaara by using the rest of her irreparable body as a nutrient source to sustain her brain.

2011, G.C. Goddu, “Will You Survive a Trip to Rekall, Inc.?”, in D.E. Wittkower, editor, Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits? (George A. Reisch, editor, Popular Culture and Philosophy, volume 63), Chicago, Ill., LaSalle, Ill.: Open Court Publishing Company, →ISBN, section “Identity Crises”, page 65:

Rather than come here in person, it would be much more sensible for Proxima Centaurians, if they exist, to send an unmanned satellite, the way we have in our exploration of the other planets of the solar system.

2018, William B. Irvine, You: A Natural History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

(science fiction) An inhabitant of Proxima Centauri.


Proxima Centaurian

en-adj

Proxima Centaurian (comparative more Proxima Centaurian, superlative most Proxima Centaurian)

more Proxima Centaurian (comparative)
most Proxima Centaurian (superlative)

Science Officer Heath stood out as the only American – specifically, of Proxima Centaurian descent – among the command cadre.

2016, Jamie Sawyer, The Lazarus War; Book Three: Origins, Orbit, →ISBN:

IF I CAN ISOLATE THE DIFFERENCES IN HUMAN BLOOD AND PROXIMA CENTAURIAN…

2021, Jim McCann, Star Trek: Year Five, IDW Publishing:

A member of the Galacterian Alignment, and participants in the Melchizedek Star Seed Program, the Proxima Centaurian race is here to assist Earth in its dualistic proclivity: to spiritually raise, to uplift mentally, to reveal health—all roads that lead to true happiness.

2021, Craig Campobasso, The Extraterrestrial Species Almanac: The Ultimate Guide to Greys, Reptilians, Hybrids, and Nordics, Weiser Books, →ISBN, page 109:

(science fiction, rare) Of or relating to Proxima Centauri.


Disneyphile

While a few of the pictures harken back to the 1951 animated film of Alice, most are unlike anything Disneyphiles have seen before, […]

1989, Knight Letter, Lewis Carroll Society of North America:

McElwee also mentions the Perspecta Process that simulated stereo, and was applied to re-issues of Gone With the Wind (1939) and The Jolson Story (1946), and a reissue of Disney's Fantasia (1940) with a Dolby track that apparently annoyed Disneyphiles.

1993, Moving Image Works and Manifestations, University of California, Los Angeles, page 104:

Steve Watts is both a scholar and a Disneyphile, which makes him an ideal author for this much-needed volume about Walt Disney’s place in American culture.

1997, Steven Watts, quoting Leonard Maltin, The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life, Columbia, Mo., London: University of Missouri Press, back cover:


вълколак

bg-noun

вълкола́к • (vǎlkolák) m

вълкола́к (canonical)
vǎlkolák (romanization)
вълкола́к (indefinite singular)
вълкола́ци (indefinite plural)
вълкола́кът (definite singular subjective)
вълкола́ците (definite plural subjective)
вълкола́ка (definite objective singular)
вълкола́ците (definite objective plural)
вълкола́ка (count-form plural)

desc

→ Byzantine Greek: βουλκόλαξ (boulkólax, “vampire”)

From Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ (“werewolf”).


medbed

On either side of the medbed I was in, and on the other side of the long, narrow room, other medbeds stretched in long rows. I couldn't make them out well, though, and I remembered they had added distortion fields to medbeds to give patients privacy.

That might work. Call the Aurorae and have a medbed waiting in your prep room. If we can offload them on medbeds, we can load them the same way.

2013, Maggi O'Mally, Aurorae II, page 161:

She was lying on a medbed and only clad in her black jumpsuit. Her armor, helmet and pack were gone.

2014, Rhiannon Frater, The Last Mission of the Living:

Dante snapped his fingers and Damon appeared with a medbed. "As you can see he is the patient."

2020, Serena Simpson, Keriann McKenna, Mick:

(science fiction) A bed equipped with technology for medical diagnosis and treatment.


bitca

From an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in which a character mishears an oral spelling of the word "bitch".
*
1997 September 15, “When She Was Bad”, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Xander Harris (Nicholas Brendon):
Willow: That's what it was! I mean, why else would she be acting like such a B-I-T-C-H?
Giles: Willow, I think we're all a little too old to be spelling things out.
Xander: A bitca?

quote-av

w:Buffy the Vampire Slayer

(humorous, fandom slang) Alternative form of bitch


terranaut

From Latin terra (“dry land; soil; Earth”) + -naut.

af

The first terranaut was pulled into view, wearing the characteristic black uniform of his kind. His head lolled back, his mask had been ripped away, but he was fighting bravely to retain consciousness.

1967, Brian W. Aldiss, “The Night That All Time Broke Out”, in Harlan Ellison, editor, Dangerous Visions, New York: Doubleday & Company, page 166:

By now, the interior of the vessel was entirely weightless. The ship had sunk to a depth of 6,800 kilometers – the planet's deepest point. The last remaining terranaut aboard the Sunset 6 had become the first person to reach the Earth's core.

2013, Cixin Liu, The Wandering Earth, London: Head of Zeus, published 2017, →ISBN, page unknown:

(chiefly science fiction) Someone who explores some part of the Earth.