merlion

/ˈmɜːˌlaɪən/

/ˌmɜːˈlaɪən/

Merlion Park
Singapore River
Singapore Tourism Board

From mer- + lion; sense 1 promoted by the Singapore Tourism Board as the name of a statue installed at the mouth of the Singapore River on 15 September 1972.

In 1995, a second Merlion was built on the island of Sentosa. This new Merlion is actually a 37-metre high panoramic tower, from which it is possible to view mainland Singapore and the Straits of Singapore[…]. A new "ancient legend" was created for this creature with this tower. The legend alleged that the Merlion landed on Sentosa and saved Singapore from a storm. It would save Singapore again if the island ran into trouble (according to a film in the Merlion Tower). […] Some locals are upset by this fabrication. The STB [Singapore Tourism Board] maintains that the Merlion reflects the combination of Singapore's national animal (the lion) and Singapore being an island. Many Singaporeans have come to accept this mythical creature as a quintessential symbol of Singapore. To the unaware tourists, the product was packaged in a convincing manner, with the legend, film clip, and chronotopic dimensions of when and where the Merlion supposedly visited Singapore.

2002, Can-Seng Ooi, Cultural Tourism and Tourism Cultures: The Business of Mediating Experiences in Copenhagen and Singapore, Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School Press, →ISBN, pages 109–110:

Like Changi Airport or the Merlion, Singlish is something that is quintessentially Singaporean. It is a dialect that everyone speaks and understands and is something that could provide the cornerstone for a unifying cultural identity.

2005, Neil Humphreys, chapter 11, in Notes from an Even Smaller Island: Singapore through a Young Brit’s Eyes, Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, →ISBN, page 174:

Yeah, well, he went into a tourist shop, not the one with postcards and plastic Merlions. That one ah, the one in here for the towkays and businessmen for conference centres. They sell gold-plated Merlions, Eiffel Towers and Empire State Buildings, you know.

2015, Neil Humphreys, chapter 9, in Marina Bay Sins, Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, →ISBN:

And in the fourteenth century / Because of Nila Utama's river mouth encounter with a merlion / The Lion City surged into being / And its people could travel the wide world

2015, Wong Yoon Wah, “Metamorphosis: Temasek”, in Jeremy Tiang, transl., edited by Gwee Li Sui with Tan Chee Lay, Sa'eda bte Buang, and Azhagiya Pandiyan, Singathology: 50 New Works by Celebrated Singaporean Writers, volume I (Life), Singapore: National Arts Council; Marshall Cavendish Editions, →ISBN, stanza 1 (Temasek):

At his favorite, familiar hotel on busy Orchard Road, he paid his fare, hefted his small bag and walked past the gorgeous garden with flowers and a fountain. Under the spray of water was a statue of the so-called merlion, the mythical beast that was the symbol of the tourist industry here. Its top half was a lion and the bottom half a fish. A couple of years ago, when he'd taken a stuffed merlion home to Lexi, she'd insisted on calling it Lion King Little Mermaid from her two favorite Disney movies at that time.

2016, Karen Harper, chapter 1, in Chasing Shadows (A South Shore Novel), Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin MIRA, →ISBN:

(Singapore) Often Merlion: a symbolic creature having the head of a lion and the body of a fish, which is a national symbol of Singapore; an image, statue, or other depiction of this creature.


Haunebu

This technology led to the amazing German flying saucers of the Haunebu and Vril classes built under SS auspices.

2003, Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity, NYU Press, page 295:

[…] and what crashed at Roswell was most likely a Haunebu.

2007, James Sheridan, The Pandora Prescription, Sterling & Ross Publishers, page 17:

However, some weeks after Ger-many surrendered, both Haunebu and Vril craft were spotted in the skies over occupied Germany.

2010, George Romero, The Rescue, Lotus Vision Publishing Company, page 165

(ufology, plural "Haunebus") Any of a class of flying saucers supposedly built by the Nazis.


corkindrill

At this the bird became so nervous that it made a mess on Merlyn's head — the whole room was quite white with droppings — and flew off to perch on the farthest tip of the corkindrill's tail, out of reach.

1958, Terence White, The Once and Future King, page 26:

Still, he did give her a good price for the creature, selling it to her under the mistaken impression that it was a corkindrill. Well, of course it was not a corkindrill, although a genuine corkindrill (another of Irene's finds) had shared its crate for approximately fifteen years.

2000, Nancy Kilpatrick, Thomas Roche, Graven images, page 119:

Other beasts, too, roamed at their graceful will across the landscape: the ox and the wide-horned aurochs, the slouching camelopard, the corkindrill — each animal as fat as a burgher and similarly complacent.

2009, Roberta A. MacAvoy, Raphael, page 1:

A mythological reptilian monster of legend, identified with the crocodile.


Vril

Coined by British statesman and author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in the 1871 science fiction novel The Coming Race, later titled Vril, apparently as a clipping of virile.

coined

These subterranean philosophers assert that by one operation of vril, which Faraday would perhaps call ‘atmospheric magnetism,’ they can influence the variations of temperature—in plain words, the weather; […]

1871, Edward Bulwer-Lytton (published anonymously), The Coming Race, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, page 47:

It devoted its time to the study of vril, and taught that the secret of vril could be divined by contemplating the structure of an apple sliced in half.

2003, John Michael Greer, The New Encyclopedia of the Occult, Llewellyn Publications, page 506:

I have written a second book, Vrilology, which explores the historic background of the Life Force, which we refer to as Vril, and another simple book explaining just what Vril is and how it can help people improve their lives, filling them with happiness, joy and prosperity.

2010, Robert Blumetti, Vril: The Life Force of the Gods, iUniverse, page 7:

(science fiction, mysticism) A controllable form of energy.

Coordinate term: Haunebu

Operation Highjump has turned out to be a hot topic for UFO conspiracy theorists over recent years, who claim it was a secret US military campaign to defeat and destroy supposed secret Nazi facilities in Antarctica and seize the German Vril flying discs, and the Thule mercury propelled spacecraft.

2012, Jack Follett, Special Report 2011: Hitler's Secret UFO Weapons, BoD – Books on Demand, page 38:

(ufology, attributive) A kind of flying saucer supposedly built by the Nazis.


overskies

(science fiction) interplanetary, intergalactic.


overskies

(science fiction) Between planets (in the same or different system).


ܬܢܝܢܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܬܲܢܝܼܢܵܐ • (tanīnā) m

ܬܲܢܝܼܢܵܐ (canonical)
tanīnā (romanization)

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From Aramaic תַּנִּינָא (tannīnā), from Akkadian 𒆗𒉌𒈾 (danninu, “netherworld; source of earthquakes; the inaccessible land where the dead remain”); compare also found in Arabic تِنِّين (tinnīn), Hebrew תַּנִּין (tanín), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎐𐎐 (tnn), Ge'ez ተመን (tämän), Tigrinya ተመን (tämän) and Amharic ተመን (tämän).


ܬܢܝܢܐ

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ܬܢܝܢܐ • (tannīnā) m

From Akkadian 𒆗𒉌𒈾 (danninu, “netherworld; source of earthquakes; the inaccessible land where the dead remain”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dnn/*tnn (“to be mighty, to be strong; to be fortified, to be long lasting, to stay at a place; to rumble, to earthquake, to shake with a booming noise”). Also found as Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic תַּנִּינָא (tannīnā), Arabic تِنِّين (tinnīn), Hebrew תַּנִּין (tannīn), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎐𐎐 (tnn), Ge'ez ተመን (tämän), Tigrinya ተመን (tämän), Amharic ተመን (tämän).


garaĝo

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garaĝo (accusative singular garaĝon, plural garaĝoj, accusative plural garaĝojn)

garaĝon (accusative singular)
garaĝoj (plural)
garaĝojn (accusative plural)


sellsword

One such warrior was Kothar, cast up by the sea in the northlands of his world, a sellsword and a mercenary, a wencher after the women of his day, a freebooter and a thief, at times, whose sword Frostfire was a magic sword.

1969, Gardner Francis Fox, “Prologue”, in Kothar: Barbarian Swordsman, reprinted in The First Kothar the Barbarian MEGAPACK, Wildside Press, published 2016, →ISBN:

Your profession always charges high and never guarantees their work. No sellsword would stay alive if he demanded a sorcerer's terms.

1982, Robert Lynn Asprin, “Exercise in Pain”, in Storm Season, →ISBN:

The sellsword scrambled backward, checking each blow, stepping lithely over rock and root, his eyes never leaving his foe. He was quicker, Catelyn saw; the knight's silvered sword never came near to touching him, but his own ugly grey blade hacked a notch from Ser Vadis's shoulder plate.

1996, George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire), Bantam Books (2011), →ISBN, pages 367–368:

Bandit: It's those fool villagers...They think they can buy a bunch of sellswords to chase us away.

2005, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, "Chapter 1: The Battle Begins", developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube


skyship

(science fiction) A vehicle that flies through the sky.


spagettiwestern

spagetti (“spaghetti”) + western (“western”)


მენცარი

ka-noun

მენცარი • (mencari) (plural მენცარები)

mencari (romanization)
მენცარები (plural)
მენცარი (nominative singular)
მენცარები (nominative plural)
მენცარნი (archaic nominative plural)
მენცარმა (ergative singular)
მენცარებმა (ergative plural)
მენცართ (archaic ergative plural)
მენცართ (archaic ergative plural)
მენცართაt) (archaic ergative plural)
მენცართაta) (archaic ergative plural)
მენცარს (dative singular)
მენცარს (dative singular)
მენცარსაs) (dative singular)
მენცარსაsa) (dative singular)
მენცარებს (dative plural)
მენცარებს (dative plural)
მენცარებსაs) (dative plural)
მენცარებსაsa) (dative plural)
მენცართ (archaic dative plural)
მენცართ (archaic dative plural)
მენცართაt) (archaic dative plural)
მენცართაta) (archaic dative plural)
მენცარის (genitive singular)
მენცარის (genitive singular)
მენცარისაs) (genitive singular)
მენცარისაsa) (genitive singular)
მენცარების (genitive plural)
მენცარების (genitive plural)
მენცარებისაs) (genitive plural)
მენცარებისაsa) (genitive plural)
მენცართ (archaic genitive plural)
მენცართ (archaic genitive plural)
მენცართაt) (archaic genitive plural)
მენცართაta) (archaic genitive plural)
მენცარით (instrumental singular)
მენცარით (instrumental singular)
მენცარითაt) (instrumental singular)
მენცარითაta) (instrumental singular)
მენცარებით (instrumental plural)
მენცარებით (instrumental plural)
მენცარებითაt) (instrumental plural)
მენცარებითაta) (instrumental plural)
მენცარად (adverbial singular)
მენცარად (adverbial singular)
მენცარადაd) (adverbial singular)
მენცარადაda) (adverbial singular)
მენცარებად (adverbial plural)
მენცარებად (adverbial plural)
მენცარებადაd) (adverbial plural)
მენცარებადაda) (adverbial plural)
მენცარო (singular vocative)
მენცარებო (plural vocative)
მენცარნო (archaic plural vocative)
-ზე (postpositional with-dative)
მენცარზე (singular)
მენცარებზე (plural)
-თან (postpositional with-dative)
მენცართან (singular)
მენცარებთან (plural)
-ში (postpositional with-dative)
მენცარში (singular)
მენცარებში (plural)
-ვით (postpositional with-dative)
მენცარივით (singular)
მენცარებივით (plural)
-თვის (postpositional with-genitive)
მენცარისთვის (singular)
მენცარებისთვის (plural)
-ებრ (postpositional with-genitive)
მენცარისებრ (singular)
მენცარებისებრ (plural)
-კენ (postpositional with-genitive)
მენცარისკენ (singular)
მენცარებისკენ (plural)
-გან (postpositional with-genitive)
მენცარისგან (singular)
მენცარებისგან (plural)
-დან (postpositional with-instrumental)
მენცარიდან (singular)
მენცარებიდან (plural)
-ურთ (postpositional with-instrumental)
მენცარითურთ (singular)
მენცარებითურთ (plural)
-მდე (postpositional with-adverb)
მენცარამდე (singular)
მენცარებამდე (plural)

→ Mingrelian: მენცარი (mencari)


sinematograf

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sinematograf (definite accusative sinematografı, plural sinematograflar)

sinematografı (accusative definite)
sinematograflar (plural)
sinematograf (nominative singular)
sinematograflar (nominative plural)
sinematografı (accusative definite singular)
sinematografları (accusative definite plural)
sinematografa (dative singular)
sinematograflara (dative plural)
sinematografta (locative singular)
sinematograflarda (locative plural)
sinematograftan (ablative singular)
sinematograflardan (ablative plural)
sinematografın (genitive singular)
sinematografların (genitive plural)
sinematografım (first-person nominative singular)
sinematograflarım (first-person nominative singular)
sinematografın (nominative second-person singular)
sinematografların (nominative second-person singular)
sinematografı (nominative singular third-person)
sinematografları (nominative singular third-person)
sinematografımız (first-person nominative plural)
sinematograflarımız (first-person nominative plural)
sinematografınız (nominative plural second-person)
sinematograflarınız (nominative plural second-person)
sinematografları (nominative plural third-person)
sinematografımı (accusative definite first-person singular)
sinematograflarımı (accusative definite first-person singular)
sinematografını (accusative definite second-person singular)
sinematograflarını (accusative definite second-person singular)
sinematografını (accusative definite singular third-person)
sinematograflarını (accusative definite singular third-person)
sinematografımızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
sinematograflarımızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
sinematografınızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
sinematograflarınızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
sinematograflarını (accusative definite plural third-person)
sinematografıma (dative first-person singular)
sinematograflarıma (dative first-person singular)
sinematografına (dative second-person singular)
sinematograflarına (dative second-person singular)
sinematografına (dative singular third-person)
sinematograflarına (dative singular third-person)
sinematografımıza (dative first-person plural)
sinematograflarımıza (dative first-person plural)
sinematografınıza (dative plural second-person)
sinematograflarınıza (dative plural second-person)
sinematograflarına (dative plural third-person)
sinematografımda (first-person locative singular)
sinematograflarımda (first-person locative singular)
sinematografında (locative second-person singular)
sinematograflarında (locative second-person singular)
sinematografında (locative singular third-person)
sinematograflarında (locative singular third-person)
sinematografımızda (first-person locative plural)
sinematograflarımızda (first-person locative plural)
sinematografınızda (locative plural second-person)
sinematograflarınızda (locative plural second-person)
sinematograflarında (locative plural third-person)
sinematografımdan (ablative first-person singular)
sinematograflarımdan (ablative first-person singular)
sinematografından (ablative second-person singular)
sinematograflarından (ablative second-person singular)
sinematografından (ablative singular third-person)
sinematograflarından (ablative singular third-person)
sinematografımızdan (ablative first-person plural)
sinematograflarımızdan (ablative first-person plural)
sinematografınızdan (ablative plural second-person)
sinematograflarınızdan (ablative plural second-person)
sinematograflarından (ablative plural third-person)
sinematografımın (first-person genitive singular)
sinematograflarımın (first-person genitive singular)
sinematografının (genitive second-person singular)
sinematograflarının (genitive second-person singular)
sinematografının (genitive singular third-person)
sinematograflarının (genitive singular third-person)
sinematografımızın (first-person genitive plural)
sinematograflarımızın (first-person genitive plural)
sinematografınızın (genitive plural second-person)
sinematograflarınızın (genitive plural second-person)
sinematograflarının (genitive plural third-person)


redskirt

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From red + skirt. Patterned after redshirt, which derived from the tendency for male security officers, who wore red shirts, to die on episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series. Female crew members wore minidresses, but only one red-uniformed female character was killed during the series' run, in the episode "By Any Other Name."

Wasn't there that episode where the aliens turned everyone into little blocks of styrofoam, and one of the aliens turned a redskirt and a redshirt into cubes and crumbled one of them? And then Scotty got really drunk. I seem to recall that the redskirt bought it that time.

2007 February 10, Marc Goodman, “Re: Response to Steven Pinker's 'The Mystery of Consciousness'”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet):

(fiction, fandom slang, rare) An unimportant or expendable female character, especially one introduced only to be killed in order to underscore the peril faced by important characters.


cocangne

(Jersey) well spirit (creature that lives in wells and pulls unwary people in)


pelicanist

From pelican + -ist. Coined by Jerome Clark in reference to claims that Kenneth Arnold’s 1947 UFO sighting was pelicans.

Kottmeyer and others who use the psychosocial hypothesis constantly produce evidence to support their ideas, whereas the ETH proponents can produce only cranky ideas about magnetic, anti-gravity or interdimensional saucers, accompanied by a constant whining about "sceptics" and "debunkers" (not to mention "armchair ufologists" and "pelicanists").

2000 November 22, “Blue Resonant Human” (username), “::: Should Saucers Spin? :::”, in alt.alien.research, Usenet

Meanwhile, those of us who’ve experienced UFOs in various ways are called mentally ill, intellectually challenged, spiritually needy, liars, drunks, drug users, attention getters, drama queens, and more. Those all are worse than being called a thug, skeptibunkie, or Pelicanist. (Pelicanist is a term coined by UFO researcher Jerome Clark.)

2006 September 12, “LordOfThyNight” (username), “The Usual Purple Tinged Hyperbole About UFOs”, in The Paranormal & Ghost Society, Usenet

As opposed to... Skepticism of the pelicanist flavor perhaps ?

2009 November 29, “Tom Booth” (username), “For Serena,”, in alt.fan.landmark, Usenet

(chiefly ufology, derogatory) Someone who attempts to explain away UFO reports by means of any explanation, however illogical.


grifu

From Latin grȳphus, gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).


ciclop

From Latin cyclōps, from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “Cyclops”).


Tall White

All of the Tall White scout craft were very high performance vehicles.

2007, Charles James Hall, Millennial Hospitality IV: After Hours, AuthorHouse, page 322:

No one is sure when the Tall Whites arrived on earth, some saying in the Pre-Columbian period […]

2007, Gregory L. Reece, UFO religion: inside flying saucer cults and culture, I. B. Tauris, page 76:

However, in the years that followed, such descriptions became so common that this type of alien became known as the Tall White.

2011, Stuart A. Kallen, Aliens, ReferencePoint Press, page 26:

(ufology) A member of a certain race of extraterrestrials


griu

Inherited from Latin grȳphus, gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps). Doublet of grifó.

(heraldry) griffin (stylised representation)


balonium

From baloney + -ium. See baloney (“nonsense”).

I assumed starship fuel (antimatter or balonium) could be produced from electricity with perfect conversion, so it cost exactly what electricity did — good enough for the one-digit-or-so accuracy needed.

1990, Analog science fact, science fiction: Volume 110:

Suppose that we have a Geiger counter and we are able to make measurements, during a ten hour period, of the balonium sample.

1993, American Statistical Association, Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Education:

The data in Table 7.7 were taken for the highly radioactive element balonium-245.

2004, Mark T. Holtzapple, W. Dan Reece, Concepts in Engineering:

List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and subatomic particles


ܐܬܠܝܐ

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ʾāṯalyā, ʾāṯelyā, ʾaṯlīā

ܐܬܠܝܐ • (ʾāṯalyā, ʾāṯelyā, ʾaṯlīā) f

ʾāṯalyā (romanization)
ʾāṯelyā (romanization)
ʾaṯlīā (romanization)

From Akkadian 𒀭𒈪 (attalû [AN.MI]), ultimately from Sumerian.

(astronomy) name of a star, possibly Eltanin (Gamma Draconis)


ܐܠܝܬܐ

ܐܠܝܬܐ • (ʾallāytā) f (plural ܐܠܝܬܐ (ʾallāyāṯā), singular masculine counterpart ܐܠܝܐ (ʾallāyā))

ʾallāytā (romanization)
ܐܠܝܬܐ (plural)
ܐܠܝܐ (masculine singular)
ܐܠܝܐ (absolute singular)
ܐܠܝܢ (absolute plural)
ܐܠܝܬ (construct singular)
ܐܠܝܬ (construct plural)
ܐܠܝܬܐ (emphatic singular)
ܐܠܝܬܐ (emphatic plural)
ܐܠܝܬܝ (common-gender first-person possessive singular)
ܐܠܝܬܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܐܠܝܬܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܐܠܝܬܗ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܐܠܝܬܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܐܠܝܬܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܐܠܝܬܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܐܠܝܬܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܐܠܝܬܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܐܠܝܬܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)

Possibly corrupted from ܠܠܝܬܐ (lellīṯā).


gray magic

The term “gray” evolved for magic that could be classified as neither white nor black. Minor revenge would be considered a type of gray magic.

2002, Marion Weinstein, Positive Magic: Ancient Metaphysical Techniques for Modern Lives, page 63:

Copper remembered the old Grimoire she and Silver had used to learn gray magic.

2006, Cheyenne McCray, Seduced by Magic, page 3:

(Wicca) Any magic which transcends or blends white magic and black magic.

magia gris

magic which transcends or blends white and black


helijet

Tomiko waited less than an hour, then flew with Harfex to the area where Osden had reported himself the night before. But as the helijet hovered over the sea of purplish leaves, illimitable, impenetrable, she felt a panic despair.

1972, Ursula K. Le Guin, Vaster Than Empires and More Slow:

Suddenly there was a glare of fight and the sound of an explosion from one of the other helijets, the one carrying Blare Oblomot. Heshke gasped with shock, and saw the flaring skeleton of the jet plummeting earthward in the darkness.

2001, Barrington J. Bayley, Collision with Chronos, page 20:

The two men heard a sound from above, and looked up to see three police helijets hovering overhead.

2002, Moss Tosney, The Ten Percent Man, page 572:

(science fiction) A flying vehicle resembling a helicopter and/or a jet.


Neue Deutsche Härte

de-proper noun

die Neue Deutsche Härte f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Neuen Deutschen Härte)

die Neue Deutsche Härte (canonical feminine)
der Neuen Deutschen Härte (definite genitive)

[ˈnɔʏ̯ə ˈdɔʏ̯tʃə ˈhɛɐ̯tə]

[ˈnɔʏ̯ə ˈdɔʏ̯tʃə ˈhɛʁtə]

From neu (“new”) + deutsch (“German”) + Härte (“hardness”), inspired by Neue Deutsche Welle (“new German wave”).

compound

"Es ist toll, so viele schöne Menschen zu sehen!", ruft auch der Sänger der Frankfurter Band ASP. Sie spielt Stumpfrock mit dunkler Stimme. Neue Deutsche Härte nennt sie das.

[2008 August 11, David Hugendick, “Allein unter Grufties”, in Die Zeit:

Neue Deutsche Härte; a genre of German hard rock/heavy metal music originating in the 1990s, incorporating elements of dance music and electronica


technorock

With its mix of European technorock, funk, and rapping, “Planet Rock” was a model of fusion that imagined unity across cultures the same way Bambaataa had created unity across gang lines.

2011, Sujatha Fernandes, Close to the Edge: In Search of the Global Hip Hop Generation:

Wynette even dipped to self-parody, recording with the English-based technorock group KLF, scoring a British hit in 1992 with “Justified and Ancient.”

2005, Richard Carlin, Country, page 221:

A genre combining elements of techno and rock music.


cock rock

Ellen performs with incredible force and strength. Her guitar style is unique and very special, and her slide work could probably destroy any number of male institutions, particularly the one that says women can't play electric guitar, plus the feminist myth that all electric music is cock-rock. Ellen could probably squash the main proponents of cock-rock under her thumb-pick.

1979 August 18, Maida Tilchen, Ellie McIlwaine, “The Diversity of Women's Music”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 5, page 9:

People have this image of us. They think we're cock rock. It's time to rein it in a bit. We're not going, Wahey! and pouring champagne on girls' tits.

2004, Dave Black, The Darkness "Talking":

Since first tossing its cartoonish, good-time cock-rock to the masses in the early ’00s, The Darkness has always fallen back on this defense: The band is a joke, but hey, it’s a good joke. With Hot Cakes—the group’s third album, and first since reforming last year—the laughter has died. In its place is the sad wheeze of the last surviving party balloon slowly, listlessly deflating.

2012 August 21, Jason Heller, “The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review)”, in The Onion AV Club:

(informal) A style of rock music performed by male bands, emphasizing aggressive sexuality.


bluebeat

From blue + beat, named after Blue Beat Records.

Reggae music came to the UK shores as bluebeat and later through names like ska and rocksteady.

1971 November 13, Billboard, volume 83, number 46, page 34:

Chris returned with a trunk full of bluebeat 45s that sold out in days. On his next trip he decided to learn more about the Jamaican music business.

2010, Joe Boyd, White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s, page 180:

There we could all dance, or in my case tap my feet the night away to OUR music: ska, bluebeat and motown.

2011, Ted Curtis, Robert Dellar, Leslie Esther, Mad Pride, page 38:

Bluebeat and ska from a boombox on the pavement. A suedehead dancing a delirious, inebriated moonstomp with a girl who looked like a solicitor's apprentice.

2013, Joseph O'Connor, Where Have You Been?, page 271:

Any of various styles of Jamaican music, popular in the United Kingdom in the 1960s.


eni

enihmen (indefinite)
enihe (first-person singular)
enihkai (first-person plural)
enihn (second-person singular)
enihken (plural second-person)
eniho (singular third-person)
enihk (plural third-person)
enihmen (indefinite singular)
enihpwi (indefinite plural)
eniwa (definite singular)
eniwa (definite plural)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu (“ghost, spirit of the dead”)


jazz poetry

(poetry, jazz) A form of poetry of the 1920s employing jazz-like rhythm or a feeling of improvisation.


sásar eitilte

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sásar eitilte m (genitive singular sásair eitilte, nominative plural sásair eitilte)

sásair eitilte (genitive singular)
sásair eitilte (nominative plural)
sásar eitilte
shásar eitilte
tsásar eitilte

(science fiction, ufology) flying saucer


toilleoir flosca

toilleoir flosca m (genitive singular toilleora fhlosca, nominative plural toilleoirí flosca)

toilleora fhlosca (genitive singular)
toilleoirí flosca (nominative plural)
toilleoir flosca
thoilleoir flosca
dtoilleoir flosca


freangadh ama

freangadh ama m (genitive singular freangtha ama)

freangtha ama (genitive singular)
freangadh ama
fhreangadh ama
bhfreangadh ama


ficsean eolaíochta

ficsean eolaíochta m (genitive singular ficsin eolaíochta)

ficsin eolaíochta (genitive singular)
ficsean eolaíochta
fhicsean eolaíochta
bhficsean eolaíochta


úfó-eolaíocht

úfó-eolaíocht f (genitive singular úfó-eolaíochta)

úfó-eolaíochta (genitive singular)
nominative (indefinite)
úfó-eolaíocht (indefinite singular)
vocative (indefinite)
a úfó-eolaíocht (indefinite singular)
genitive (indefinite)
úfó-eolaíochta (indefinite singular)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an úfó-eolaíocht (definite singular)
genitive (definite)
na húfó-eolaíochta (definite singular)
dative (definite)
leis an úfó-eolaíocht (definite singular)
don úfó-eolaíocht (definite singular)
úfó-eolaíocht
n-úfó-eolaíocht
húfó-eolaíocht

úfó (“UFO”) + eolaíocht (“science, -ology”)


eachtrán

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eachtrán m (genitive singular eachtráin, nominative plural eachtráin)

eachtráin (genitive singular)
eachtráin (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
eachtrán (indefinite singular)
eachtráin (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a eachtráin (indefinite singular)
a eachtrána (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
eachtráin (indefinite singular)
eachtrán (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an t-eachtrán (definite singular)
na heachtráin (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an eachtráin (definite singular)
na n-eachtrán (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an eachtrán (definite singular)
don eachtrán (definite singular)
leis na heachtráin (definite plural)
eachtrán
n-eachtrán
heachtrán
t-eachtrán

/ˈax.tˠɾˠɑːɴˠ/

/ax.ˈtˠɾˠɑːnˠ/

/ˈax.tˠɾˠɑːɴˠ/

From Old Irish echtar (“without, outside”) + -án.


бард

ru-noun+

бард • (bard) m anim (genitive ба́рда, nominative plural ба́рды, genitive plural ба́рдов)

bard (romanization)
ба́рда (genitive)
ба́рды (nominative plural)
ба́рдов (genitive plural)
ба́рд (nominative singular)
ба́рды (nominative plural)
ба́рда (genitive singular)
ба́рдов (genitive plural)
ба́рду (dative singular)
ба́рдам (dative plural)
ба́рда (accusative singular)
ба́рдов (accusative plural)
ба́рдом (instrumental singular)
ба́рдами (instrumental plural)
ба́рде (prepositional singular)
ба́рдах (plural prepositional)

→ Georgian: ბარდი (bardi)


eachtardhomhandach

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eachtardhomhandach m (genitive singular eachtardhomhandaigh, nominative plural eachtardhomhandaigh)

eachtardhomhandaigh (genitive singular)
eachtardhomhandaigh (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
eachtardhomhandach (indefinite singular)
eachtardhomhandaigh (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a eachtardhomhandaigh (indefinite singular)
a eachtardhomhandacha (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
eachtardhomhandaigh (indefinite singular)
eachtardhomhandach (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an t-eachtardhomhandach (definite singular)
na heachtardhomhandaigh (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an eachtardhomhandaigh (definite singular)
na n-eachtardhomhandach (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an eachtardhomhandach (definite singular)
don eachtardhomhandach (definite singular)
leis na heachtardhomhandaigh (definite plural)
eachtardhomhandach
n-eachtardhomhandach
heachtardhomhandach
t-eachtardhomhandach

From eachtar- (“extra-”) + domhanda (“terrestrial”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).


fantastyka naukowa

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

(literature) science fiction (genre of fiction)


Marsach

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Marsach m (genitive singular Marsaigh, nominative plural Marsaigh)

Marsaigh (genitive singular)
Marsaigh (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
Marsach (indefinite singular)
Marsaigh (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a Mharsaigh (indefinite singular)
a Mharsacha (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
Marsaigh (indefinite singular)
Marsach (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an Marsach (definite singular)
na Marsaigh (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an Mharsaigh (definite singular)
na Marsach (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an Marsach (definite singular)
don Mharsach (definite singular)
leis na Marsaigh (definite plural)
Marsach
Mharsach


hellewite

hellewīte (canonical neuter)
hellewīte (nominative singular)
hellewītu (nominative plural)
hellewīte (accusative singular)
hellewītu (accusative plural)
hellewītes (genitive singular)
hellewīta (genitive plural)
hellewīte (dative singular)
hellewītum (dative plural)

Middle English: hellewite, helle wite

From Proto-West Germanic *halljuwītī, from Proto-Germanic *haljōwītiją. Equivalent to hell (“hell”) + wīte (“punishment”).

the torments of hell; eternal punishment, hellfire


tupilak

From Greenlandic tupilak or Inuktitut ᑐᐱᓚᒃ (topilak), ᑐᐱᓚᖅ (topilaq).

(Inuit mythology) A monster (either invisible or having a physical form constructed from animal bones, sinew, etc) created in secret by a shaman and sent into the sea to seek and kill a specific enemy.


holoprojection

(science fiction) A holographic projection.


holoprojector

“I like to keep an eye on my investments. Including an eye that not everyone knows about, which doesn’t show up unless it’s absolutely necessary.” Garson’s holo crossed the room to stand next to a counter. “I mean, I am an eccentric genius, after all.”
“So you can project yourself throughout this ship? Anywhere?”
“Not everywhere, but I’ve got holo projectors in most places. Paid for them myself.”

2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 15, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 284–285:

(science fiction) A holographic projector.


holovid

/ˈhɒləʊˌvɪd/

4 March, 1973, Harlan Ellison, "The Day I Died"
I was on a publicity tour for the book, fresh from a talk show over holovid.

He motioned at the holovid, still running in the corner.

2003, Liz Moore, Noble Savage, page 200:

He took her over to the holovid projector and she watched the holovids taken by pilots flying along the length of the ship.

2008, Helgard de Barros, The Second Skin, page 164:

(science fiction) A holographic projection of a series of images, like a video recording.


nahual

Borrowed from Spanish nahual, from Classical Nahuatl nāhualli (“sorcerer, spirit, animal form a person may take”).

der

They suspected that the man was a nahual.

(Mesoamerican mythology) A person who is able to take an animal form.


mĩ nhân ngư

[mi˦ˀ˥ ɲən˧˧ ŋɨ˧˧]

[mɪj˧˨ ɲəŋ˧˧ ŋɨ˧˧]

[mɪj˨˩˦ ɲəŋ˧˧ ŋɨ˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 美人魚, composed of 美 (“beautiful”) and 人魚 (“mermaid”).


nhân ngư

[ɲən˧˧ ŋɨ˧˧]

[ɲəŋ˧˧ ŋɨ˧˧]

[ɲəŋ˧˧ ŋɨ˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 人魚, composed of 人 (“man, person”) and 魚 (“fish”).


slasher movie

Two girls, watching a slasher movie about a psycho in an Edvard Munch Scream mask who calls girls at home and then stabs them to death, get a call from a psycho who shows up in a Scream mask and stabs them to death.

2011 April 15, Richard Corliss, “Movies: Scream 4 — The Ultimate Shriekquel”, in Time:

(film) A horror movie which depicts gory, murderous violence, often including scenes of torture.


hamnskiftare

hamnskiftare (indefinite nominative singular)
hamnskiftares (genitive indefinite singular)
hamnskiftaren (definite nominative singular)
hamnskiftarens (definite genitive singular)
hamnskiftare (indefinite nominative plural)
hamnskiftares (genitive indefinite plural)
hamnskiftarna (definite nominative plural)
hamnskiftarnas (definite genitive plural)

From hamn (“spirit”) + skifta + -are. Replaced earlier term hamnlöpare.


塞壬

/saɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

/t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ jɐm²¹/

/saɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

/t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ jɐm²¹/

(Mainland China, Hong Kong, mythology) siren


美人魚

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ y³⁵/

/mei̯¹³ jɐn²¹ jyː²¹/

/me³³ zən⁵⁵ ɦy²¹/

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ y³⁵/

/mei̯¹³ jɐn²¹ jyː²¹/

/me³³ zən⁵⁵ ɦy²¹/


tiên chim

[tiəŋ˧˧ t͡ɕim˧˧]


nam nhân ngư

[naːm˧˧ ɲən˧˧ ŋɨ˧˧]

[naːm˧˧ ɲəŋ˧˧ ŋɨ˧˧]

[naːm˧˧ ɲəŋ˧˧ ŋɨ˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 男 (“male”) and 人魚 (“mermaid”).


గండభేరుండము

te-noun

గండభేరుండములు

గండభేరుండము • (gaṇḍabhēruṇḍamu) ? (plural గండభేరుండములు)

gaṇḍabhēruṇḍamu (romanization)
గండభేరుండములు (plural)

A gryphon, a fabulous bird of a huge size and two heads.


ODP

orbital defense platform
orbital defense platform#English

(science fiction) Initialism of orbital defense platform.


found footage

Shrewdly mixing found footage, historical record and dramatized re-creation, One Day in People's Poland is an intriguing curio.

2006 May 30, Joe Leydon, “One Day In People's Poland”, in Variety, retrieved 2012-10-16:

Austrian director Gustav Deutsch complicates this witty, deceptively simple formula with a wealth of found footage (material shot by others for other purposes) borrowed from film archives from around the world.

2009 December 1, Manohla Dargis, “Movie Review: Film ist a Girl & a Gun (2009)”, in New York Times, retrieved 2012-10-16:

(film) Misplaced, forgotten, archived, or privately-owned motion picture recordings which document past events and which are subsequently rediscovered and made available for public viewing.

Yes, they knew it was only a movie—one that, like The Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield and plenty others before it, used "found footage" to give a patina of realism to the fanciful events.

2009 October 10, Richard Corliss, “Paranormal Activity: A Horror Phenomenon”, in Time:

(film) A motion picture, or a segment of one, photographed in the style of an amateurish or unedited documentary.


crust punk

en-noun

crust punk (countable and uncountable, plural crust punks)

The term crust came from the band Hellbastard's 1986 Ripper Crust demo.

Coordinate term: hardcore punk

Crust: Also called crustcore or crust punk, an extreme version of hardcore punk that arose in Great Britain in the mid-1980s, featuring lyrics that espoused anarchist political or social beliefs shouted or growled over extremely fast metal guitar […]

2010, Sharon M. Hannon, Punks: A Guide to an American Subculture, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 162:

(uncountable) A subgenre of punk rock, derived from hardcore punk with extreme metal elements, often with pessimistic lyrics about political and social ills.


shtrigë

sq-noun

shtrigë f (plural shtriga, definite shtriga, definite plural shtrigat)

shtriga (plural)
shtriga (definite)
shtrigat (definite plural)

Borrowed from Latin strīga (“evil spirit”), from strix (“screech owl”), from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx).

(folklore) Shtriga, a vampiric witch in traditional Albanian folklore


Dothraki

Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin.
Its fictional derivation is borrowed from Dothraki Dothraki (literally “[we] ride”).

bor+

For example, in Dothraki something done in secret is done torga essheyi—literally, “under a roof”.

2010 September-October, Jim Henry, “Dothraki and Esperanto: an interview with language creator David J. Peterson”, in Usona Esperantisto, →ISSN, page 9:

Dothraki has four vowels.

2011 October 15, Stephen D. Rogers, A Dictionary of Made-Up Languages: From Adûnaic to Elvish, Zaum to Klingon— the Anwa (Real) Origins of Invented Lexicons, Avon: Adams Media, →ISBN, →OL, page 54:

You want to learn a really impressive second language? Try Dothraki. Win over any man in my guild.

2012 October 4, “Andy's Ancestry” (2:51), in The Office (US), season 9, episode 3, spoken by Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson):

constructed language
constructed language

A constructed language created for, and spoken in, the Game of Thrones television adaptation in 2011.


nàng tiên

[naːŋ˨˩ tiən˧˧]

[naːŋ˦˩ tiəŋ˧˧]

[naːŋ˨˩ tiəŋ˧˧]

(mythology) a young-looking female fairy


romantic comedy

en-noun

romantic comedy (countable and uncountable, plural romantic comedies)

Judging from his new movie, the sublimely silly They Came Together, director and co-writer David Wain is a closet connoisseur of the modern romantic comedy.

2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2017-12-07:

(uncountable) A genre of fiction, especially film, that presents love stories in a humorous and light-hearted way.


nanu

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nanu m sg (feminine singular nana, masculine plural nanos, feminine plural nanes)

nana (feminine singular)
nanos (masculine plural)
nanes (feminine plural)


sevdalinka

en-noun

sevdalinka (countable and uncountable, plural sevdalinkas)

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian sevdalinka, a compound of Ottoman Turkish سودالی (sevdalı, “lover”) + -inka, the first element deriving from Arabic سَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ, “black [bile]; melancholy”) + Ottoman Turkish ـلی (-lı).

der

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina

(uncountable) A traditional genre of folk music from Bosnia and Herzegovina, also popular in the ex-Yugoslavia region.


sevdalinka

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sevdalinka (definite accusative sevdalinkayı, plural sevdalinkalar)

sevdalinkayı (accusative definite)
sevdalinkalar (plural)
sevdalinka (nominative singular)
sevdalinkalar (nominative plural)
sevdalinkayı (accusative definite singular)
sevdalinkaları (accusative definite plural)
sevdalinkaya (dative singular)
sevdalinkalara (dative plural)
sevdalinkada (locative singular)
sevdalinkalarda (locative plural)
sevdalinkadan (ablative singular)
sevdalinkalardan (ablative plural)
sevdalinkanın (genitive singular)
sevdalinkaların (genitive plural)
sevdalinkam (first-person nominative singular)
sevdalinkalarım (first-person nominative singular)
sevdalinkan (nominative second-person singular)
sevdalinkaların (nominative second-person singular)
sevdalinkası (nominative singular third-person)
sevdalinkaları (nominative singular third-person)
sevdalinkamız (first-person nominative plural)
sevdalinkalarımız (first-person nominative plural)
sevdalinkanız (nominative plural second-person)
sevdalinkalarınız (nominative plural second-person)
sevdalinkaları (nominative plural third-person)
sevdalinkamı (accusative definite first-person singular)
sevdalinkalarımı (accusative definite first-person singular)
sevdalinkanı (accusative definite second-person singular)
sevdalinkalarını (accusative definite second-person singular)
sevdalinkasını (accusative definite singular third-person)
sevdalinkalarını (accusative definite singular third-person)
sevdalinkamızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
sevdalinkalarımızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
sevdalinkanızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
sevdalinkalarınızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
sevdalinkalarını (accusative definite plural third-person)
sevdalinkama (dative first-person singular)
sevdalinkalarıma (dative first-person singular)
sevdalinkana (dative second-person singular)
sevdalinkalarına (dative second-person singular)
sevdalinkasına (dative singular third-person)
sevdalinkalarına (dative singular third-person)
sevdalinkamıza (dative first-person plural)
sevdalinkalarımıza (dative first-person plural)
sevdalinkanıza (dative plural second-person)
sevdalinkalarınıza (dative plural second-person)
sevdalinkalarına (dative plural third-person)
sevdalinkamda (first-person locative singular)
sevdalinkalarımda (first-person locative singular)
sevdalinkanda (locative second-person singular)
sevdalinkalarında (locative second-person singular)
sevdalinkasında (locative singular third-person)
sevdalinkalarında (locative singular third-person)
sevdalinkamızda (first-person locative plural)
sevdalinkalarımızda (first-person locative plural)
sevdalinkanızda (locative plural second-person)
sevdalinkalarınızda (locative plural second-person)
sevdalinkalarında (locative plural third-person)
sevdalinkamdan (ablative first-person singular)
sevdalinkalarımdan (ablative first-person singular)
sevdalinkandan (ablative second-person singular)
sevdalinkalarından (ablative second-person singular)
sevdalinkasından (ablative singular third-person)
sevdalinkalarından (ablative singular third-person)
sevdalinkamızdan (ablative first-person plural)
sevdalinkalarımızdan (ablative first-person plural)
sevdalinkanızdan (ablative plural second-person)
sevdalinkalarınızdan (ablative plural second-person)
sevdalinkalarından (ablative plural third-person)
sevdalinkamın (first-person genitive singular)
sevdalinkalarımın (first-person genitive singular)
sevdalinkanın (genitive second-person singular)
sevdalinkalarının (genitive second-person singular)
sevdalinkasının (genitive singular third-person)
sevdalinkalarının (genitive singular third-person)
sevdalinkamızın (first-person genitive plural)
sevdalinkalarımızın (first-person genitive plural)
sevdalinkanızın (genitive plural second-person)
sevdalinkalarınızın (genitive plural second-person)
sevdalinkalarının (genitive plural third-person)


skybike

The creature was actually doing a neat job of demolition, using scissorlike claws to chop the sky-bike into small pieces.

1972, Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous With Rama:

(science fiction) A bicycle capable of levitation.


ܐܡܝܐܢܛܘܢ

ܐܡܝܐܢܛܘܢ • (ʾammīʾanṭōn) m


euth

en-verb

euth (third-person singular simple present euths, present participle euthing, simple past and past participle euthed)

euths (present singular third-person)
euthing (participle present)
euthed (participle past)
euthed (past)

Thereafter the job of euthing was transferred to the chief medical officer, who it was felt would have less emotional involvement.

1973, Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama:


ընգղայ

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ընգղայ • (əngłay)

xcl-noun

ընգղայ • (əngłay)

The origin is unknown. Attested only in Chrysostom, rendering Ancient Greek Ἐρινύες (Erinúes). If the original meaning is ‘eel’, ‘water-snake’, then comparable to Latin anguilla, Ancient Greek ἔγχελυς (énkhelus), ἴμβηρις (ímbēris), Lithuanian ungurỹs, Proto-Slavic *ǫgořь, and Georgian ანკარა (anḳara).

unk

unknown

եւ իբրեւ զդեւս հալածականս, եւ իբրեւ զընգղայս ծովու վնասակարս

5th century, John Chrysostom, Commentary on Matthew 2.15

ew ibrew zdews halacakans, ew ibrew zəngłays covu vnasakars

sea monster or sea-devil (probably female)


Redflower

The respected Redflower was left where she had fallen.

1976, Jack Williamson, The power of blackness, page 105:

(science fiction and modern fairy tales) A female given name.


రాక్షసుడు

te-noun

రాక్షసుడు • (rākṣasuḍu) m (plural రాక్షసులు)

rākṣasuḍu (romanization)
రాక్షసులు (plural)
రాక్షసుడు (nominative singular)
రాక్షసులు (nominative plural)
రాక్షసుని (accusative singular)
రాక్షసుల (accusative plural)
రాక్షసునితో (instrumental singular)
రాక్షసులతో (instrumental plural)
రాక్షసునికొరకు (dative singular)
రాక్షసులకొరకు (dative plural)
రాక్షసునివలన (ablative singular)
రాక్షసులవలన (ablative plural)
రాక్షసునియొక్క (genitive singular)
రాక్షసులయొక్క (genitive plural)
రాక్షసునియందు (locative singular)
రాక్షసులయందు (locative plural)
ఓరి రాక్షసా (singular vocative)
ఓరి రాక్షసులారా (plural vocative)

te-noun-decl

రాక్షసునికొరకు

రాక్షసులకొరకు

రాక్షసునివలన

రాక్షసునియొక్క

రాక్షసులయొక్క

రాక్షసునియందు

రాక్షసులయందు

ఓరి రాక్షసులారా


subuniverse

(science fiction) A universe contained within another universe.


魍魎

ja-r

魍魎(もうりょう) (mōryō)

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (魍魎):
* → Japanese: 魍魎(もうりょう) (mōryō)
* → Korean: 망량(魍魎) (mangnyang)
* → Vietnamese: võng lượng (魍魎)

魍魉
罔兩
罔閬
蛧蜽
蝄蜽
网兩
方良

/wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɔːŋ¹³ lœːŋ¹³/

/bɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ⁵³/

/mŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍²¹/

/mŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍¹¹/

/mŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍ʔ³²/

/mŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍ʔ³²/

/mɑ̃²² liã⁴⁴/

/wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɔːŋ¹³ lœːŋ¹³/

/bɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ⁵³/

/mŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍²¹/

/mŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍¹¹/

/mŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍ʔ³²/

/mŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍ʔ³²/

/mɑ̃²² liã⁴⁴/


魍魎

ja-noun

魍(もう)魎(りょう) • (mōryō) ^(←まうりやう (mauryau)?)

魍魎 (canonical)
mōryō (romanization)
mauryau (romanization)
まうりやう (hiragana historical)

demons and monsters, especially those of the sea or rivers


bluecap

(mythology, mining) A tiny blue-skinned fairy that inhabits a mine and helps the miners.


antizombie

Let's find that bibulous "antizombie" state of pure experience.

1998, Stuart R. Hameroff, Alfred W. Kaszniak, Alwyn Scott, Toward a Science of Consciousness II, →ISBN:

Finally, in chapter 6 I revisit certain questions, especially concerning the nature of subjectivity, in the context of an exploration of various anti-zombie arguments.

2003, Joseph Levine, Purple Haze: The Puzzle of Consciousness, →ISBN, page 10:

The perfect experiment suggests the anti-zombie: a creature which is conscious, perhaps in just one respect, as in Cohen and Dennett«s isolation of colour consciousness, but gives no sign of it.

2016 -, William Seager, Theories of Consciousness: An Introduction and Assessment, →ISBN:

We must all be functionalists. By demolishing the intuitions, the anti-zombie argument removes what has long been seen as a major problem for physicalism and functionalism. And by bringing out the fact that consciousness depends on a number of different information-processing capacities, that argument hints at what it really is.

2017, Robert Kirk, Robots, Zombies and Us: Understanding Consciousness, →ISBN:

(philosophy) The inverse of the philosophical zombie; an exact duplicate of a human being which certainly and necessarily does have conscious experience, qualia, or sentience.


antizombie

en-adj

antizombie (comparative more antizombie, superlative most antizombie)

more antizombie (comparative)
most antizombie (superlative)

During the second and third volumes of the series, Nathan Mather, a radical antizombie preacher, and his followers become more and more powerful[…]

2011, Joni Richards Bodart, They Suck, They Bite, They Eat, They Kill, page 182:


Bird

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun bird.
* As an Irish surname, Anglicized/translated from several names erroneously thought to contain the element éan (“bird”) such as Ó hÉinigh (see Heagney), Ó hÉanna (see Heaney), Ó hÉanacháin (see Heneghan) and Mac an Déaghanaigh (see McEneaney).
* Similarly translated from several other languages containing the word bird, such as German Vogel, French Loiseau, Czech Ptáček see Ptacek), Pták, Polish Ptak.
* This also extends to Native American names, such as Lakota ziŋtkala (“bird”). Compare Eagle, Hawk; Blackbird, Kingbird, Redbird, etc.

When Bird played like that, it was like hearing music for the first time. I'd never heard anybody play like that. Later Sonny Rollins and I would try to do things like that, and me and Trane, those short, hard bursts of musical phrases. But when Bird played like that, he was outrageous…

2012, John Szwed, quoting Miles Davis, So What: The Life of Miles Davis, arrow books, →ISBN:

(jazz) Charlie Parker (1920–1955), Jazz saxophonist.


brainwipe

en-verb

brainwipe (third-person singular simple present brainwipes, present participle brainwiping, simple past and past participle brainwiped)

brainwipes (present singular third-person)
brainwiping (participle present)
brainwiped (participle past)
brainwiped (past)

(transitive, science fiction) To mindwipe.


drill and bass

From drill (“tool for boring”) (typically producing a loud, harsh noise) and drum and bass.

The compositional applications of granulation run from stutters (tight repetitions at rhythmic or even pitched rates; think of Mantronix's Bassline (1985) or drill and bass), to disintegration and coalescence effects.

2010, Nicholas Collins, Nick Collins, Introduction to Computer Music, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 130:

What the Squarepusher-type drill and bass artists have responded to and exaggerated ad absurdum is only one aspect of jungle: the music's complexity.

2013, Simon Reynolds, Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 374:

A style of electronic music with fast, loud percussion and harsh noises.


merrow

Hiberno-English, from Irish murúch (“mermaid”).

(Celtic mythology, mythology) A merman or mermaid in Scottish and Irish Gaelic folklore.


bitpop

From bit + pop; see bit (“binary digit”) and pop music; and punning on Britpop.

(neologism) A genre of electronic music based on the sound chips of older (8-bit or 16-bit) computers, but often combined with modern equipment and vocals.


rail shooter

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

(video games) A shoot 'em up game in which the player character travels automatically between scenes, the player's input being limited to aiming and firing a gun.


rail shooter

Unadapted borrowing from English rail shooter.


parallel world

(science fiction, sciences) A reality or world that exists simultaneously with ours, but independent of it.


paracosmos

Day dreaming and fantasies which are flights into the paracosmos, are an antithesis of creativity which is the most intense land of action.

1961, The American Journal of Psychiatry, volume 117, page 96:

More simply stated, the paracosmos reflects a writer's interest in examining a (generally) rather small number of persons, or types of persons, in a variety of circumstances and relationships: he has marked out a portion of the world as his own and works upon it to make it his.

1975, Roger Johnson, Editha S. Neumann, Guy T. Trail, editors, Molière and the Commonwealth of Letters: Patrimony and Posterity, University Press of Mississippi, page 421:

Such artists tend to create an imaginary world, a paracosmos where good and evil are starkly represented, where evil powers always challenge the good ones and need to be vanquished time and again.

2011, Claire Golomb, The Creation of Imaginary Worlds: The Role of Art, Magic and Dreams in Child Development, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 80:

(rare) The realm of imagination; an imaginary world.


villancico

From Spanish villancico, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).

The villancicos are strophic, but they tend not to extend to the many strophes of narration that were typical of the romance. A standard form for a villancico strophe is ABBA, in which the first A is called the estribillo (refrain), the Bs represent the statement of the music for the copla (stanza) twice (as copla and mudanza), and the return of the estribillo as the vuelta.

2014, James Haar, editor, European Music, 1520–1640, Boydell & Brewer, →ISBN, page 447:

(music, poetry) A traditional Spanish (or Portuguese) folk song with short stanzas and a refrain; now especially common as a Christmas carol.

gabon-kanta

traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song


villancico

Borrowed from Spanish villancico, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).

(music, poetry) villancico (traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song)


villancico

→ English: villancico

→ Galician: vilancico

→ Portuguese: vilancico, vilhancico

From villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).


paracosm

From English para- (prefix meaning ‘alongside, beside’) (from Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, prefix meaning ‘beside’)) + English cosm(os) (“universe”) (from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “the earth, world; universe”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱems-, *ḱens- (“to put in order”)).

der

Imaginary playmates and paracosms may chiefly represent the vast creative potential of inherently talented people, but in less elaborated forms, they may also represent what childhood imagination can offer to the growing person. Humanity has already benefited from the paracosmic visions of Plato, Thomas More, Aldous Huxley, Thomas Hobbes, Arthur Tappan Wright^([sic – meaning Austin Tappan Wright]) (Islandia), and J. R. R. Tolkien.

1990, Dorothy G. Singer, Jerome L. Singer, “Imaginary Playmates and Imaginary Worlds”, in The House of Make-Believe: Children’s Play and the Developing Imagination, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN; paperback edition, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1992, →ISBN, page 116:

Occasionally the fantasies of older childhood go well beyond the invention of a pretend friend. In fact, some children, typically at about 9 or 10 years of age, create "paracosms"—entire societies or worlds for the imaginary people to inhabit. [...] How common is it for children to create such elaborate fantasies, and what does the invention of a paracosm say about its creator?

1999, Marjorie Taylor, “Do Older Children and Adults Create Imaginary Companions?”, in Imaginary Companions and the Children Who Create Them, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 136:

As Emily [Brontë] turned in on herself for resources, she created a new paracosm, the Kingdom of Gondal, which she shared with Anne [Brontë]. The paracosm of Gondal became a way of life for the sisters; they shared its secrets for the rest of their lives.

2005, Delmont C. Morrison, Shirley Linden Morrison, Memories of Loss and Dreams of Perfection: Unsuccessful Childhood Grieving and Adult Creativity (Imagery and Human Development Series), Amityville, N.Y.: Baywood Publishing, →ISBN, page 72:

One paracosm in their study was a country called Branmail consisting totally of cats — except for its creator, a six-year-old girl named Holly who had access to the world by scaling a height called Bumpety Banks.

2007, Thomas Armstrong, “Middle Childhood: Entering the Civilized World”, in The Human Odyssey: Navigating the Twelve Stages of Life, New York, N.Y.: Sterling Publishing, →ISBN, page 93:

The children created these inner worlds for a number of reasons, though each paracosm tends to be a long-lasting, heavily structured, and internally consistent.

2010, Sarah Lynne Bowman, “Role-playing as Alteration of Identity”, in The Functions of Role-playing Games: How Participants Create Community, Solve Problems and Explore Identity, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 130:

A detailed imaginary world, especially one created by a child.

exocosm

outside the cosmos, for example parallel universe


ܢܠܐ

head

ܢܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܠܐ)

ܢܠܐ (plural)
ܢܠ (absolute singular)
ܢܠܝܢ (absolute plural)
ܢܠ (construct singular)
ܢܠܝ (construct plural)
ܢܠܐ (emphatic singular)
ܢܠܐ (emphatic plural)
ܢܠܝ (common-gender first-person possessive singular)
ܢܠܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܢܠܝܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܢܠܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܢܠܝܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܢܠܗ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܢܠܘܗܝ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܢܠܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܢܠܝܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܢܠܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܢܠܝܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܢܠܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܢܠܝܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܢܠܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܢܠܝܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܢܠܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܢܠܝܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܢܠܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)
ܢܠܝܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)

Unknown; compare the root ܢ-ܘ-ܠ (n-w-l) related to tormenting and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic נָלָא (nālâ).


Snow Queen

A literal translation into English from the original Danish Sneedronningen, from snee (“snow”, an older spelling of sne) + dronning (“queen”) + -en (suffixed definite article) from a fairy tale first published in 1845 by Hans Christian Andersen, based on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by a little boy and girl, Kai and Gerda.

The fur and the cap, which were made entirely of snow, fell off, and he saw a lady, tall and white, it was the Snow Queen.

1872 [1845], H. P. Paull, transl., The Snow Queen, translation of Sneedronningen by Hans Christian Andersen (in Danish):

Daphne wanted to tell her that a Snow Queen can know nothing of love, only of destruction, but she remained silent, just looked away.

2009, Justine Picardie, Daphne, A&C Black, →ISBN:

Tom announces that he doesn't believe in such a thing as a Snow Queen.

2011, Jack Zipes, The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films, Routledge, →ISBN, page 271:

A female fairy tale character with magical power over snow and ice.

مَلِكَة الثَّلْجِ

fairy tale character with power over snow and ice


leijuri

leijuri (nominative singular)
leijurit (nominative plural)
leijuri (accusative nominative singular)
leijurit (accusative nominative plural)
leijurin (accusative genitive singular)
leijurit (accusative genitive plural)
leijurin (genitive singular)
leijurien (genitive plural)
leijureiden (genitive plural)
leijureitten (genitive plural)
leijuria (partitive singular)
leijureita (partitive plural)
leijureja (partitive plural)
leijurissa (inessive singular)
leijureissa (inessive plural)
leijurista (elative singular)
leijureista (elative plural)
leijuriin (illative singular)
leijureihin (illative plural)
leijurilla (adessive singular)
leijureilla (adessive plural)
leijurilta (ablative singular)
leijureilta (ablative plural)
leijurille (allative singular)
leijureille (allative plural)
leijurina (essive singular)
leijureina (essive plural)
leijuriksi (singular translative)
leijureiksi (plural translative)
leijuritta (abessive singular)
leijureitta (abessive plural)
leijurein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
leijurini (nominative singular)
leijurini (nominative plural)
leijurini (accusative nominative singular)
leijurini (accusative nominative plural)
leijurini (accusative genitive singular)
leijurini (accusative genitive plural)
leijurini (genitive singular)
leijurieni (genitive plural)
leijureideni (genitive plural)
leijureitteni (genitive plural)
leijuriani (partitive singular)
leijureitani (partitive plural)
leijurejani (partitive plural)
leijurissani (inessive singular)
leijureissani (inessive plural)
leijuristani (elative singular)
leijureistani (elative plural)
leijuriini (illative singular)
leijureihini (illative plural)
leijurillani (adessive singular)
leijureillani (adessive plural)
leijuriltani (ablative singular)
leijureiltani (ablative plural)
leijurilleni (allative singular)
leijureilleni (allative plural)
leijurinani (essive singular)
leijureinani (essive plural)
leijurikseni (singular translative)
leijureikseni (plural translative)
leijurittani (abessive singular)
leijureittani (abessive plural)
leijureineni (comitative plural)
leijurisi (nominative singular)
leijurisi (nominative plural)
leijurisi (accusative nominative singular)
leijurisi (accusative nominative plural)
leijurisi (accusative genitive singular)
leijurisi (accusative genitive plural)
leijurisi (genitive singular)
leijuriesi (genitive plural)
leijureidesi (genitive plural)
leijureittesi (genitive plural)
leijuriasi (partitive singular)
leijureitasi (partitive plural)
leijurejasi (partitive plural)
leijurissasi (inessive singular)
leijureissasi (inessive plural)
leijuristasi (elative singular)
leijureistasi (elative plural)
leijuriisi (illative singular)
leijureihisi (illative plural)
leijurillasi (adessive singular)
leijureillasi (adessive plural)
leijuriltasi (ablative singular)
leijureiltasi (ablative plural)
leijurillesi (allative singular)
leijureillesi (allative plural)
leijurinasi (essive singular)
leijureinasi (essive plural)
leijuriksesi (singular translative)
leijureiksesi (plural translative)
leijurittasi (abessive singular)
leijureittasi (abessive plural)
leijureinesi (comitative plural)
leijurimme (nominative singular)
leijurimme (nominative plural)
leijurimme (accusative nominative singular)
leijurimme (accusative nominative plural)
leijurimme (accusative genitive singular)
leijurimme (accusative genitive plural)
leijurimme (genitive singular)
leijuriemme (genitive plural)
leijureidemme (genitive plural)
leijureittemme (genitive plural)
leijuriamme (partitive singular)
leijureitamme (partitive plural)
leijurejamme (partitive plural)
leijurissamme (inessive singular)
leijureissamme (inessive plural)
leijuristamme (elative singular)
leijureistamme (elative plural)
leijuriimme (illative singular)
leijureihimme (illative plural)
leijurillamme (adessive singular)
leijureillamme (adessive plural)
leijuriltamme (ablative singular)
leijureiltamme (ablative plural)
leijurillemme (allative singular)
leijureillemme (allative plural)
leijurinamme (essive singular)
leijureinamme (essive plural)
leijuriksemme (singular translative)
leijureiksemme (plural translative)
leijurittamme (abessive singular)
leijureittamme (abessive plural)
leijureinemme (comitative plural)
leijurinne (nominative singular)
leijurinne (nominative plural)
leijurinne (accusative nominative singular)
leijurinne (accusative nominative plural)
leijurinne (accusative genitive singular)
leijurinne (accusative genitive plural)
leijurinne (genitive singular)
leijurienne (genitive plural)
leijureidenne (genitive plural)
leijureittenne (genitive plural)
leijurianne (partitive singular)
leijureitanne (partitive plural)
leijurejanne (partitive plural)
leijurissanne (inessive singular)
leijureissanne (inessive plural)
leijuristanne (elative singular)
leijureistanne (elative plural)
leijuriinne (illative singular)
leijureihinne (illative plural)
leijurillanne (adessive singular)
leijureillanne (adessive plural)
leijuriltanne (ablative singular)
leijureiltanne (ablative plural)
leijurillenne (allative singular)
leijureillenne (allative plural)
leijurinanne (essive singular)
leijureinanne (essive plural)
leijuriksenne (singular translative)
leijureiksenne (plural translative)
leijurittanne (abessive singular)
leijureittanne (abessive plural)
leijureinenne (comitative plural)
leijurinsa (nominative singular)
leijurinsa (nominative plural)
leijurinsa (accusative nominative singular)
leijurinsa (accusative nominative plural)
leijurinsa (accusative genitive singular)
leijurinsa (accusative genitive plural)
leijurinsa (genitive singular)
leijuriensa (genitive plural)
leijureidensa (genitive plural)
leijureittensa (genitive plural)
leijuriaan (partitive singular)
leijuriansa (partitive singular)
leijureitaan (partitive plural)
leijurejaan (partitive plural)
leijureitansa (partitive plural)
leijurejansa (partitive plural)
leijurissaan (inessive singular)
leijurissansa (inessive singular)
leijureissaan (inessive plural)
leijureissansa (inessive plural)
leijuristaan (elative singular)
leijuristansa (elative singular)
leijureistaan (elative plural)
leijureistansa (elative plural)
leijuriinsa (illative singular)
leijureihinsa (illative plural)
leijurillaan (adessive singular)
leijurillansa (adessive singular)
leijureillaan (adessive plural)
leijureillansa (adessive plural)
leijuriltaan (ablative singular)
leijuriltansa (ablative singular)
leijureiltaan (ablative plural)
leijureiltansa (ablative plural)
leijurilleen (allative singular)
leijurillensa (allative singular)
leijureilleen (allative plural)
leijureillensa (allative plural)
leijurinaan (essive singular)
leijurinansa (essive singular)
leijureinaan (essive plural)
leijureinansa (essive plural)
leijurikseen (singular translative)
leijuriksensa (singular translative)
leijureikseen (plural translative)
leijureiksensa (plural translative)
leijurittaan (abessive singular)
leijurittansa (abessive singular)
leijureittaan (abessive plural)
leijureittansa (abessive plural)
leijureineen (comitative plural)
leijureinensa (comitative plural)

leijua (“to hover”) + -uri. In the sense "anomalure", coined by Nisäkäsnimistötoimikunta (Committee for Mammal Names) in 2008. The older term for these animals is suomuhäntäorava (“lit. scale-tailed squirrel”), which still appears to be more frequently used (2012).

coin

(science fiction, computer games) A fictional aircraft capable of hovering.


pönk

is-noun

pönk n (genitive singular pönks, no plural)

pönks (genitive singular)
pönk (indefinite nominative singular)
pönkið (definite nominative singular)
pönk (accusative indefinite singular)
pönkið (accusative definite singular)
pönki (dative indefinite singular)
pönkinu (dative definite singular)
pönks (genitive indefinite singular)
pönksins (definite genitive singular)


jaðarrokk

jaðarrokk n (genitive singular jaðarrokks, no plural)

jaðarrokks (genitive singular)
jaðarrokk (indefinite nominative singular)
jaðarrokkið (definite nominative singular)
jaðarrokk (accusative indefinite singular)
jaðarrokkið (accusative definite singular)
jaðarrokki (dative indefinite singular)
jaðarrokkinu (dative definite singular)
jaðarrokks (genitive indefinite singular)
jaðarrokksins (definite genitive singular)

From jaðar (“edge, border”) + rokk (“rock music”).


grugg

is-noun

grugg n (genitive singular gruggs, no plural)

gruggs (genitive singular)
grugg (indefinite nominative singular)
gruggið (definite nominative singular)
grugg (accusative indefinite singular)
gruggið (accusative definite singular)
gruggi (dative indefinite singular)
grugginu (dative definite singular)
gruggs (genitive indefinite singular)
gruggsins (definite genitive singular)


grib

head

grib f (genitive singular gribe, plural gribean)

gribe (genitive singular)
gribean (plural)

From Old Irish gríb, from Latin gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).


sourstuff

From sour + stuff. Calque of German Sauerstoff (“oxygen”) and/or Dutch zuurstof (“oxygen”), both loose loan translations of French oxygène. See oxygen for more.

This is approximately the heat of exploding what the Germans call bang-gas (mixture of sourstuff and waterstuff), the result being liquid.

1887, The Electrical journal, volume 18, page 482:

For an outshow, the gang of water has two waterstuff unclefts bound to one sourstuff uncleft; the gang of rust has two iron and three sourstuff unclefts; [...]

Thus, everyday sourstuff has eight neitherbits with its eight firstbits, but there are also kinds with five, six, seven, nine, ten, and eleven neitherbits. A samestead is known by the tale of both kernel motes, so that we have sourstuff-13, sourstuff-14, and so on, with sourstuff-16 being by far the mostfound.

1997, Poul Anderson, All One Universe, →ISBN:

“Best you and your thane don your sourstuff masks now, Judge Scoglund,” Ankowaljuu said, returning to English so Park and Dunedin could not misunderstand him.

2013, Harry Turtledove & L. Sprague deCamp, Down in the Bottomlands: And Other Places, →ISBN:

(chemistry, nonstandard, science fiction, rare) Oxygen.


Ҡыш бабай

Ҡыш бабай • (Qış babay)

ba-noun

Ҡыш бабай • (Qış babay)

Qış babay (romanization)
Ҡыш бабай (absolute singular-only)
Ҡыш бабайҙың (definite genitive singular-only)
Ҡыш бабайға (dative singular-only)
Ҡыш бабайҙы (accusative definite singular-only)
Ҡыш бабайҙа (locative singular-only)
Ҡыш бабайҙан (ablative singular-only)

[ˌqɯʂ.bɑ.ˈβɑj]

From ҡыш (qış, “winter”) + бабай (babay, “old man”).
Calque of Russian Дед Моро́з (Ded Moróz).
Compare with Tatar Кыш бабай (Qış babay), Kazakh and Kyrgyz Аяз Ата (Ayaz Ata).

calque

Father Christmas, Father Frost. A traditional Yuletide gift-bearing character.


Ҡарһылыу

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Ҡарһылыу • (Qarhılıw)

ba-noun

Ҡарһылыу • (Qarhılıw)

Qarhılıw (romanization)
Ҡарһылыу (absolute singular-only)
Ҡарһылыуҙың (definite genitive singular-only)
Ҡарһылыуға (dative singular-only)
Ҡарһылыуҙы (accusative definite singular-only)
Ҡарһылыуҙа (locative singular-only)
Ҡарһылыуҙан (ablative singular-only)

From ҡар (qar, “snow”) + һылыу (hılıw, “beauty”).
Adaptation from Russian Снегу́рочка (Snegúročka).
Compare Tatar Кар Кызы (Qar Qızı, literally “Snow Girl”), Kazakh Қаршақыз (Qarşaqyz).

cog

Ҡыш бабай
Ҡыш бабай#Bashkir

Snow Maiden. A traditional Yuletide character, accompanying Ҡыш бабай (Qış babay) - analog of Santa Claus.


Opera

Opera (nominative singular)
Operát (accusative singular)
Operának (dative singular)
Operával (instrumental singular)
Operáért (causal-final singular)
Operává (singular translative)
Operáig (singular terminative)
Operaként (essive-formal singular)
Operában (inessive singular)
Operán (singular superessive)
Operánál (adessive singular)
Operába (illative singular)
Operára (singular sublative)
Operához (allative singular)
Operából (elative singular)
Operáról (delative singular)
Operától (ablative singular)
Operáé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Operáéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Operám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Operád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Operája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Operánk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Operátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Operájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)

Magyar Állami Operaház
Magyar Állami Operaház#Hungarian

(music) Alternative form of Operaház, ellipsis of Magyar Állami Operaház (“Hungarian State Opera House”) (as an institution or as a building).


Snapefic

en-noun

Snapefic (countable and uncountable, plural Snapefics)

Okay. I'm a bit of a Snape bore, & have read most of the good and bad ones that come out on ff.net. Here's a biased account of which I think are good.
[…]
 'I was Right' by Earthwalk. Widely considered the best Snapefic ther^([sic]) is.

2001 June 1, Morrighan, “Re: Looking for fanfic recs”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

i.e. I was proposing that Snape might have been attracted to Voldemort as 'the epitome of Dark Magic' rather than to death, torture and disappearances. Though the latter may also have been the case :-)
Glad you like it, as this is the theory I used in my Snapefic..!

2003 January 17, Igenlode, “Re: Why do some people find Snape attractive?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

But with non-slash & non-porno, the best Snapefic I've read is "A Father's Sin" by Severitus, […] in which the professor discovers an unlikely student at Hogwarts is his son.

2003 May 12, Tennant Stuart, “Re: Harry Potter fanfics”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

(countable, Harry Potter fandom slang) A fanfic in which Severus Snape, of the Harry Potter series, is the protagonist.


banfhathach

head

banfhathach m (genitive singular banfhathaigh, nominative plural banfhathaigh)

banfhathaigh (genitive singular)
banfhathaigh (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
banfhathach (indefinite singular)
banfhathaigh (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a bhanfhathaigh (indefinite singular)
a bhanfhathacha (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
banfhathaigh (indefinite singular)
banfhathach (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an banfhathach (definite singular)
na banfhathaigh (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an bhanfhathaigh (definite singular)
na mbanfhathach (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an mbanfhathach (definite singular)
don bhanfhathach (definite singular)
leis na banfhathaigh (definite plural)
banfhathach
bhanfhathach
mbanfhathach

From ban- (feminine prefix) + fathach (“giant”).


bansióg

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bansióg f (genitive singular bansióige, nominative plural bansióga)

bansióige (genitive singular)
bansióga (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
bansióg (indefinite singular)
bansióga (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a bhansióg (indefinite singular)
a bhansióga (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
bansióige (indefinite singular)
bansióg (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an bhansióg (definite singular)
na bansióga (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
na bansióige (definite singular)
na mbansióg (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an mbansióg (definite singular)
don bhansióg (definite singular)
leis na bansióga (definite plural)
bansióg
bhansióg
mbansióg

From ban- (feminine prefix) + sióg (“fairy”).


ghostlore

From ghost + lore (“learning, knowledge”).

Three other sections of the state are important in this connection: the Adirondack Mountains and parts of the Catskills, which while sparsely settled and only slightly represented in this collection, have much good ghostlore yet to be collected.

1982, Louis Clark Jones, Three Eyes on the Past:

When one person tells another of a frightening experience, he is passing on ghostlore.

1995, Charles Edwin Price, Haunted Tennessee:

From ruthless gangsters to restless mail order kings, from the Fort Dearborn Massacre to the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the phantom remains of the passionate people and volatile events of Chicago history have made the Second City second to none in the annals of American ghostlore.

2004, Ted Okuda, Jack Mulqueen, The Golden Age of Chicago Children's Television:

Ghost stories and tales of railroad heroics and tragedy may have mixed to create this unique type of ghostlore.

2019, Matthew L. Swayne, Haunted Rails: Tales of Ghost Trains, Phantom Conductors, and Other Railroad Spirits, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN:


creepypasta

en-noun

creepypasta (countable and uncountable, plural creepypastas)

→ Polish: creepypasta

→ Spanish: creepypasta

→ Russian: крипипа́ста (kripipásta)

→ Korean: 크리피파스타 (keuripipaseuta)

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After the pattern of copypasta, substituting creepy for copy. Originated from 4chan’s /x/ (paranormal) board sometime around 2007.
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *kreupaną
Proto-West Germanic *kreupan
Old English crēopan
Middle English crepen
English creep
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English creepy
Middle English copien
English copy
Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁t-der.
Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)
Ancient Greek παστός (pastós)
Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor.
Late Latin pasta
Old French pastebor.
Middle English paste
English paste
English copy-pasteblend.
Late Latin pasta
Italian pastabor.
English pastablend.
English copypasta
English creepypasta

etymon

The video is part of a growing phenomenon making its way around message boards and e-mail chains called “creepypasta” — bite-sized bits of scariness that have joined the unending list of things-to-do-when-you’re-bored-at-work.

2010 November 14, “Bored at Work? Try Creepypasta, or Web Scares”, in The New York Times, Austin Considine:

The game was born from the familiar 'Slenderman' image, which you may or may not be familiar with from internet memes and creepypasta horror stories.

2012 September 14, Kaz Scattergood, “Spooked by Slender, Fuse (Sheffield Students' Union)”, in magazine, volume 9, number 49, page 2:

"[…] Listen to the nineteen personal creepypasta-style stories to piece together the mysterious events of that fateful night in 1898, when twelve orphans simply… disappeared!"

2013 September 14, “Huntsman: The Orphanage”, in Adventure Lantern, number 46, page 7:

The eerie “Lavender Town” theme has infiltrated the nightmares of an entire generation of children and has even inspired one of the most well known “creepypastas” on the Internet.

2013 November 14, Joey Dussault, “The 10 Best Original Soundtracks In The Gaming World”, in Tastemakers Magazine (Northeastern University), number 33, page 11:

A friend pointed her to Creepypasta, a collection of user-generated horror fan sites in which written, Photoshopped, and videotaped accounts of encounters with monsters and supernatural evil are presented as “real” in the form of encyclopedia entries, testimonials, and other “documentary” evidence.

2015 August 24, Lisa Miller, “Slender Man Is Watching”, in New York Magazine, page 62:

(Internet slang) Frightening urban legends and short stories in the horror genre, circulated on the Internet.


creepypasta

creepypasta (nominative singular)
creepypasty (nominative plural)
creepypasty (genitive singular)
creepypast (genitive plural)
creepypaście (dative singular)
creepypastom (dative plural)
creepypastę (accusative singular)
creepypasty (accusative plural)
creepypastą (instrumental singular)
creepypastami (instrumental plural)
creepypaście (locative singular)
creepypastach (locative plural)
creepypasto (singular vocative)
creepypasty (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English creepypasta.

ubor

(Internet slang) creepypasta (frightening urban legends and short stories circulated on the Internet)


creepypasta

As creepypastas surgiram como uma evolução do folclore digital moderno. Essas histórias começaram a ganhar popularidade no início dos anos 2000, quando fóruns e sites de compartilhamento de histórias, como o 4chan e o Reddit, proporcionaram plataformas para que os usuários compartilhassem narrativas de terror originais.

2024 March 24, Millena dos Santos Siqueira, Creepypasta: você sabe o que é esse tipo de história?:

Creepypastas emerged as an evolution of modern digital folklore. These stories began to gain popularity in the early 2000s, when forums and story-sharing sites such as 4chan and Reddit provided platforms for users to share narratives of the original Horror.

A releitura dessas tramas com personagens macabros assustadores feita pela "geração selfie" chama-se Creepypasta.

2018 August 24, Momo, Slender Man e outras lendas da internet... O que é Creepypasta e como ela invadiu a cultura pop?:

The reinterpretation of these plots with scary macabre characters made by the "selfie generation" is called Creepypasta.

Algumas Creepypastas são impressionantes e conseguem entreter e fazer com que caia na boca do povo fazendo todo mundo falar, afinal muita gente gosta de uma historinha de terror e quer compartilhar aquilo, enquanto outras são mal escritas, às vezes porque o autor não tem capacidade criativa e às vezes porque o exagero chega ao ponto do ridículo quebrando todo o clima e fazendo a pessoa falar "Ah ta, então o teletubbie maldito matou a vizinhança dele toda, aham...".

2012 July 1, O que é Creepypasta? Descubra tudo sobre elas!:

Some Creepypastas are impressive and manage to entertain and make people talk, after all, many people like a horror story and want to share it, while others are poorly written, sometimes because the author lacks creative capacity. and sometimes because the exaggeration reaches the point of ridiculousness, breaking the whole atmosphere and making the person say "Ah, so the damn teletubbie killed his whole neighborhood, huh...".

(Internet slang) creepypasta (horror stories originating on the internet, usually written by anonymous authors with the aim of being replicated until they go viral)


mooinjer veggey

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mooinjer veggey f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

mooinjer veggey (mutation mutation-radical)
vooinjer veggey (lenition mutation)


high angel

From Middle English heh-engel, from Old English hēahengel (“archangel”).

And blessed art thou that diddest believe. For all things that have been spoken to thee from our Lord shall be performed. Second, that the angel Gabriel, which spake to the virgin, was an high angel, and an high messenger.

1856, Charles Lloyd, Formularies of Faith Put Forth by Authority During the Reign of Henry VIII:

In that night his Excellency also met the Taker-away-of-life ; and he begged of that high angel, "When thou takest away the souls of my people, do so easily, kindly, and gently."

1889, Sigismund Wilhelm Koelle, Mohammed and Mohammedanism:

Nor, again, would anybody guess, without previous knowledge or elucidation, that a highwayman was a kind of robber, a high-head a kind of coiffare, a high-low a kind of boot, a high-man a kind of loaded die, or that, when our ancestors spoke of a high-father, a high-angel, and a high-bishop, they meant a patriarch, an archangel, and an archbishop respectively.

1889, Proceedings of the Liverpool Literary & Philosophical Society - Volumes 43-44 - Page 172

Such a man continues to progress in this state till an imperceptible [tru]th opens between his mind and the minds of the seraphic order of high angels.

1965, The Islamic literature - Volume 11 - Page 31

Many foretell Michael's tide far and wide five nights on past the equinox when earls and ceorls keep harvest time with the high angel's feast remembered together throughout the land.

2003, Cyril Roy Hart, Learning and culture in late Anglo-Saxon England and the influence of Ramsey Abbey on the major English monastic schools:

Vohumano came to be considered, first as one of the highangels attendant on him, and then formally as one of his six councillors.

2004, George Rawlinson, The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World:

The high angel, Michael, flanked by the two commanders, continued his relentless attack bearing grimly and deliberately down upon the two dark leaders, Python and Jezebel.

2008, Miriam E. Bellamy, Demons in the Sanctuary:

As Sagittarius examined the pictures, the writer told of meeting both a High Angel, one named Tyrrell, and an Arch Demon, a Seraph, one of the four Seraphim who fell in the rebellion. Sag thought about the matter. A third of Heaven.

2008, Merrll O'Brian, 665 the Council Of: (Part One) - Page 241:

So to Keil and a host of others he is the preincarnate Christ, while Michael is a high angel.

2010, Merrill C. Tenney, The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible, Volume 4:


telebooth

One point three parsecs from Earth a heartbeat was being monitored by an Amneshahn telebooth.

2005, J. E. Hoyes, The Empath of Amneshah, Book One: Turba, page 3:

We have telebooths that take us considerable distances in an instant.

2007, Charles Edward Harris, Suns of God, page 196:

(science fiction) A booth from which one can teleport to another location.


HBP

Human Brain Project
w:Human Brain Project

(information science, neuroinformatics) Initialism of Human Brain Project.


synmwlw

For the constituents compare Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀 (saēna, literally “a raptor, either eagle or falcon”), Sanskrit श्येन (śyená), Old Armenian ցին (cʻin) on the one hand, and Persian مرغ (morğ) on the other.
Akin to Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬋⸱𐬯𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬋 (mər^əγō.saēnō, “the bird Saēna”), Persian سیمرغ (simorğ), as well as Old Armenian սիրամարգ (siramarg, “peacock”), in dialects with սին- (sin-) and meaning “a mythical bird”, Classical Syriac ܣܝܡܘܪ (sīmūr, “a mythical bird”), Iranian borrowings.

cog

𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬋⸱𐬯𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬋

Wizīdagīhā-i Zādspram, chapter 23


ܕܪܩܘܢܐ

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ܕܪܩܘܢܐ • (drāqōnā) m (plural ܕܪܩܘܢܐ (drāqōnē))

drāqōnā (romanization)
ܕܪܩܘܢܐ (plural)
ܕܪܩܘܢ (absolute singular)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝܢ (absolute plural)
ܕܪܩܘܢ (construct singular)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝ (construct plural)
ܕܪܩܘܢܐ (emphatic singular)
ܕܪܩܘܢܐ (emphatic plural)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝ (common-gender first-person possessive singular)
ܕܪܩܘܢܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܕܪܩܘܢܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܕܪܩܘܢܗ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܘܗܝ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܕܪܩܘܢܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)


starliner

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(science fiction) A large starship capable of transporting many passengers.


キョンシー

From Cantonese 殭屍／僵尸 (goeng¹ si¹), imported via Hong Kong cinema.

2002 May 16, “達(たつ)人(じん)キョンシー [Master Jiangshi]”, in 新たなる支配者 [A New Dominator], Konami:

A jiangshi wandering in pursuit of a strong opponent. They say he was known as the master of all martial arts.

強い相手を求めさまよっているキョンシー。かつてはあらゆる武術の達人として知られていたらしい。

Tsuyoi aite o motome samayotte iru kyonshī. Katsute wa arayuru bujutsu no tatsujin to shite shirarete ita rashii.


thaumavore

From Ancient Greek θαῦμα (thaûma, “magic”) + -vore.

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Major Transformation: […] Thaumavore (Su): Alterations to the mongrel’s blood and magical aura causes her to leech energy from spells cast upon her; the mongrel gains 5 temporary hit points whenever a spell is cast upon her and heals 1 point of ability damage.

2014, Bloodforge, Dreamscarred Press, page 94

"IT IS THE APEX PREDATOR OF THE MAGICAL FOOD CHAIN. A THAUMAVORE WITH AN APPETITE THAT CANNOT EVER BE SATED.

2021 (2022), Jed MacKay, Death of Doctor Strange

(fantasy) An animal or lifeform that feeds off of magic or magical energy as the main part of its diet.


mommy porn

Now, as she turned the page of her book, a “mommy porn” title on every national bestseller list, she sneaked a peek at her in-flight neighbor's face.

2012, Emily Ryan-Davis, Tangled & Bound, Ellora's Cave Publishing, published 2012, →ISBN:

The sadomasochistic antics in EL James's 'mommy porn' book Fifty Shades of Grey have made it a phenomenon, despite the appalling writing.

2012 April 13, Laura Barnett, “Mommy porn?: Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James: review”, in The Telegraph:

Countless newspapers across the country reported on this “mommy porn” trend, since the majority of its audience seemed to be suburban housewives.

2013, Nicole Cammorata, Words You Should Know 2013: The 201 Words from Science, Politics, Technology, and Pop Culture That Will Change Your Life This Year, Adams Media, published 2013, →ISBN, page 101:

(informal, neologism) A genre of mainstream erotic literature that primarily appeals to the sensibilities of mothers and housewives.


quy

(Chinese mythology) the Turtle, one of the Four Benevolent Animals


frat lit

From the English word frat (meaning immature juvenile adult male university student when used pejoratively), + lit as an abbreviation for the English word literature.

(slang) Literature perceived to appeal to, or be marketed at, young men or bros, typically concerning violence, adventure, war, and military themes.


grimdark

/ˈɡɹɪmˌdɑɹk/

From grim (adjective) + dark (adjective), inspired by the tagline of the tabletop strategy game Warhammer 40,000 (its rulebook first published in September 1987): “In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.”

(literature) The literary genre of speculative fiction that is amoral, dystopian, or violent.


Stygian

Stygians – natives of Styx

1940, Edmond Hamilton, Calling Captain Future, page 55:

(science fiction) An inhabitant of Styx (a moon of Pluto).


technopath

(parapsychology, science fiction) A person with techno-telepathic ability, capable of reading the electrical signals of devices, such as computers, around them.


cyberpath

Claire nodded, remembering that Micah was, in essence, a cyberpath. He could mentally convince electronics and machines to do pretty much whatever he wanted.

2015, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Heroes Reborn - Book 5: Save The Cheerleader, Destroy The World:

(parapsychology, science fiction) A person with techno-telepathic ability, capable of reading the electrical signals of electronic devices (such as computers) around them.


grindie

The whole 'grindie' thing is just bollocks. I hate labelling music. They make up names and throw it to anything.

2006, Hip-hop connection, numbers 208-209, page 14:

He is known for MCing in grime music, and is also associated with the grindie scene which combines influences from grime, with indie rock.

2008, Damien Morgan, Hip Hop Had a Dream, volume 1, page 345:

Dizzee […] went on to make 'Temptation', creating the first grime-indie track, or 'grindie' as Dizzee calls it[…]

2011, Alex Kitts, Dizzee Rascal: Tales from Da Corner:

A style of music that fuses indie and grime music.


monsterling

"They will know something is wrong, for the brute would not willingly have left her side. Odd that it did not fight you." The blunt-nose, slope-browed face of the monsterling was inscrutable, scarlet eyes inhuman and feral in the glow of the fire.

“My apologies, good monsterling. It was an accident.”

2006, Martin H. Greenberg, Brittiany A. Koren, Fantasy Gone Wrong:


yuki-onna

Japanese snow spirit; the spirit of a woman who perished out in the snow during the winter months, said to return during the winter months to lure lost souls to their deaths.


telecommunicator

(science fiction) A telecommunication device of various kinds.


thermokinesis

en-noun

thermokinesis (countable and uncountable, plural thermokineses)

(fiction) The ability to manipulate the motion of molecules, slowing them down or speeding them up, thus changing temperature in the immediate vicinity with the power of one's mind. This is a wide spectrum ability than simply pyrokinesis or cryokinesis.


microkinesis

It features a fully coded Talent system including 'pathing, 'porting, merging, clairvoyance, clairaudience and microkinesis.

1998 October 10, Greg Kempe, “AD: [tinymush] TowerMUSH - AM's Tower and the Hive books”, in rec.games.mud.announce (Usenet):

In our telekinesis case, the psi. might pick up microkinesis or macrokinesis at a certain level.

2000 April 5, Kelly Ross Pederson, “Re: 3E psionics ideas?”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet):

[…], to arrange for him to be treated by a Guild medic who could repair the heart with microkinesis.

2014, Alexandra Hughes, Marked, Penguin Group, page 55:

(fiction) The ability to move objects and effect matter on a microscopic, molecular, atomic and subatomic level with the power of one's mind.


Star Trekkish

en-adj

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

more Star Trekkish (comparative)
most Star Trekkish (superlative)

When her predatory lovers die — first with crystal shards embedded in their skulls and then just vanishing in a sparkly Star Trekkish mass of bubbles — she believes that she is killing them with her deadly vagina.

1984, Florida Atlantic University, Science Fiction Research Association, Fantasy review, Volume 7, Issues 64-74, page 43

AT&T Microelectronics and Go Corp. envision future "personal communicators" that will include devices ranging from tablet computers with fax transceivers and wireless data transmission to a "Star Trekkish" communicator with a writing pad.

1992, InfoWorld, volume 14, number 29, page 31:

Biosphere 2, that very real quasi-scientific experiment in the Arizona desert in which seven men and women donned Star Trekkish jumpsuits and sealed themselves inside a domed ecocosm, is an eerie parallel to the Alternative 3 plot.

2004, Jonathan Vankin, Joh Whalen, The 80 Greatest Conspiracies Of All Time, page 137:

"Not to get too Star Trekkish," Miriam said. "But I'm also an empath".

2008, John Ringo, Travis S. Taylor, Claws That Catch, page 271:

Originally developed in the 1950s, the square tomato, officially known by the Star Trekkish designation “Cultivar VF-145,” was designed solely with machines in mind.

2011, Rebecca Rupp, How Carrots Won the Trojan War, page 329:

Especially of style or technology: like that of the fictional world of the Star Trek media franchise.


နဂါး

na.ga: (romanization)
ကောင် (classifier)

→ Shan: ၼၵႃး (nǎ káa)

Borrowed from Pali nāga, from Sanskrit नाग (nāgá).


reptoid

(ufology) A member of an extraterrestrial sapient species said to resemble a reptile, often ascribed shapeshifting capabilities and implicated in many conspiracy theories.


A-I

...the bishops also decided to break with the past and have the Legion recommend films in the A-I category...


little person

en-noun

little person (plural little people or little persons)

little people (plural)
little persons (plural)

His nurse had told him all about changelings, and how the little people would always try to steal a beautiful human child out of its cradle and put in its stead one of their own ailing, puking brats[…]

1961, Muriel Saint Clare Byrne, Elizabethan Life in Town and Country, page 285:

(fantasy) A small magical humanoid creature, such as an elf, leprechaun, or fairy.


гидра

ru-noun+

ги́дра • (gídra) f anim (genitive ги́дры, nominative plural ги́дры, genitive plural гидр)

ги́дра (canonical)
gídra (romanization)
ги́дры (genitive)
ги́дры (nominative plural)
гидр (genitive plural)
ги́дра (nominative singular)
ги́дры (nominative plural)
ги́дры (genitive singular)
ги́др (genitive plural)
ги́дре (dative singular)
ги́драм (dative plural)
ги́дру (accusative singular)
ги́др (accusative plural)
ги́дрой (instrumental singular)
ги́дрою (instrumental singular)
ги́драми (instrumental plural)
ги́дре (prepositional singular)
ги́драх (plural prepositional)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra). Distant doublet of вы́дра (výdra).


cocatriz

(folklore, mythology, fantasy, heraldry) cockatrice


godsdamn

"Thet!" he half-shouted, his voice deeper than one would expect coming from his frame. "Godsdamn it! You know the bloodmages are supposed to be notified [...]"

1994, Ed Stark, The fifth horseman, →ISBN, page 7:

“Godsdamn, Airell.” He pushed himself from the bench and began pacing.

2006, Cheyenne McCray, Seduced by Magic, →ISBN, page 55:

(vulgar, nonstandard, slang, fiction, fantasy) An expression of anger, surprise, or frustration.


godsdamn

Every godsdamn crevice and crack and water tank in the city would be a fucking encampment.

2004, China Mieville, The Scar, →ISBN, page 164:

(vulgar, nonstandard, slang, fiction, fantasy) Damned by gods; used as an intensifier.


jazzband

jazzband (nominative singular)
jazzbandy (nominative plural)
jazzbandu (genitive singular)
jazzbandów (genitive plural)
jazzbandowi (dative singular)
jazzbandom (dative plural)
jazzband (accusative singular)
jazzbandy (accusative plural)
jazzbandem (instrumental singular)
jazzbandami (instrumental plural)
jazzbandzie (locative singular)
jazzbandach (locative plural)
jazzbandzie (singular vocative)
jazzbandy (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English jazz band.


巫師

/bu²⁴⁻²² sɯ³³/

/bu²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/

/bu¹³⁻²² su⁴⁴/

/bu²⁴⁻²² sɯ³³/

/bu²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/

/bu¹³⁻²² su⁴⁴/


фантастика

uk-noun

фанта́стика<sg>

фантасти́чний

фанта́стика • (fantástyka) f inan (genitive фанта́стики, uncountable, relational adjective фантасти́чний)

фанта́стика (canonical)
fantástyka (romanization)
фанта́стики (genitive)
фантасти́чний (adjective relational)
фанта́стика (nominative singular)
фанта́стики (genitive singular)
фанта́стиці (dative singular)
фанта́стику (accusative singular)
фанта́стикою (instrumental singular)
фанта́стиці (locative singular)
фанта́стико (singular vocative)

uk-ndecl

фанта́стика<sg>

Borrowed from French fantastique, from Latin phantastica, from Ancient Greek φανταστικά (phantastiká).


Elb

de-noun

Elb m (weak, genitive Elben, plural Elben)

Elben (genitive)
Elben (plural)
Elb (nominative singular)
Elben (definite nominative plural)
Elben (genitive singular)
Elben (definite genitive plural)
Elben (dative singular)
Elben (dative definite plural)
Elben (accusative singular)
Elben (accusative definite plural)


Star Warsy

en-adj

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

more Star Warsy (comparative)
most Star Warsy (superlative)

There's undoubtedly a grain of truth in that view — like most snippets of technojargon, the word "modem" may sound needlessly Star Warsy.

1983, Ms. Magazine, Volume 12, Issues 1-6, unknown page

He came back from death, not as a spooky, Star Warsy, flickering, ghostly image but in real flesh and blood.

2007, Peter Downey, Ben Shaw, Everything You Want to Know about Jesus: Well ... Maybe Not Everything but Enough to Get You Started, Zondervan, published 2007, →ISBN, page 27:

“We're back to the battle again? The war between light and dark? Kind of Star Wars'''y, don't you think?"

2010, Lisa Gardner, Live to Tell, Bantam Books, published 2010, →ISBN, page 151:

(informal) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the science fiction franchise Star Wars.

stel-milita

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Star Wars.