may the odds be ever in your favor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Effie Trinket
Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games


I volunteer as tribute

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Katniss Everdeen
Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games


dwarrowdam

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dwarves (Middle-earth)
Tolkien's legendarium


упир

uk-noun

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

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

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

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


dzsesszfesztivál

dzsesszfesztiválok (plural)
dzsesszfesztivál (nominative singular)
dzsesszfesztiválok (nominative plural)
dzsesszfesztivált (accusative singular)
dzsesszfesztiválokat (accusative plural)
dzsesszfesztiválnak (dative singular)
dzsesszfesztiváloknak (dative plural)
dzsesszfesztivállal (instrumental singular)
dzsesszfesztiválokkal (instrumental plural)
dzsesszfesztiválért (causal-final singular)
dzsesszfesztiválokért (causal-final plural)
dzsesszfesztivállá (singular translative)
dzsesszfesztiválokká (plural translative)
dzsesszfesztiválig (singular terminative)
dzsesszfesztiválokig (plural terminative)
dzsesszfesztiválként (essive-formal singular)
dzsesszfesztiválokként (essive-formal plural)
dzsesszfesztiválban (inessive singular)
dzsesszfesztiválokban (inessive plural)
dzsesszfesztiválon (singular superessive)
dzsesszfesztiválokon (plural superessive)
dzsesszfesztiválnál (adessive singular)
dzsesszfesztiváloknál (adessive plural)
dzsesszfesztiválba (illative singular)
dzsesszfesztiválokba (illative plural)
dzsesszfesztiválra (singular sublative)
dzsesszfesztiválokra (plural sublative)
dzsesszfesztiválhoz (allative singular)
dzsesszfesztiválokhoz (allative plural)
dzsesszfesztiválból (elative singular)
dzsesszfesztiválokból (elative plural)
dzsesszfesztiválról (delative singular)
dzsesszfesztiválokról (delative plural)
dzsesszfesztiváltól (ablative singular)
dzsesszfesztiváloktól (ablative plural)
dzsesszfesztiválé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
dzsesszfesztiváloké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
dzsesszfesztiváléi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
dzsesszfesztiválokéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
dzsesszfesztiválom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
dzsesszfesztiváljaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
dzsesszfesztiválod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
dzsesszfesztiváljaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
dzsesszfesztiválja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
dzsesszfesztiváljai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
dzsesszfesztiválunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
dzsesszfesztiváljaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
dzsesszfesztiválotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
dzsesszfesztiváljaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
dzsesszfesztiváljuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
dzsesszfesztiváljaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From dzsessz (“jazz”) + fesztivál (“festival”).


TRPG

roleplaying game
roleplaying game#English

(games) Initialism of tabletop roleplaying game.


SRPG

ja-noun

エス%アール%ピー%ジー

SRPG (canonical)
esuārupījī (romanization)

[e̞sɨa̠ːɾɯ̟pʲiːʑiː]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from simulation + RPG.

pseudo-loan

シミュレーション シミュレーション#Japanese

Initialism of シミュレーション RPG (shimyurēshon RPG). Understood in a similar sense as the English initialism.


jichi

(Bolivia, mythology) a large water-based dragon


lekku

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


серпопард

ru-noun+

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

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

ru:серпопард


ooper

head

ooper (genitive ooperi, partitive ooperit)

ooperi (genitive)
ooperit (partitive)
ooper (nominative singular)
ooperid (nominative plural)
ooper (accusative nominative singular)
ooperid (accusative nominative plural)
ooperi (accusative genitive singular)
ooperid (accusative genitive plural)
ooperi (genitive singular)
ooperite (genitive plural)
ooperit (partitive singular)
oopereid (partitive plural)
ooperisse (illative singular)
ooperitesse (illative plural)
oopereisse (illative plural)
ooperis (inessive singular)
ooperites (inessive plural)
oopereis (inessive plural)
ooperist (elative singular)
ooperitest (elative plural)
oopereist (elative plural)
ooperile (allative singular)
ooperitele (allative plural)
oopereile (allative plural)
ooperil (adessive singular)
ooperitel (adessive plural)
oopereil (adessive plural)
ooperilt (ablative singular)
ooperitelt (ablative plural)
oopereilt (ablative plural)
ooperiks (singular translative)
ooperiteks (plural translative)
oopereiks (plural translative)
ooperini (singular terminative)
ooperiteni (plural terminative)
ooperina (essive singular)
ooperitena (essive plural)
ooperita (abessive singular)
ooperiteta (abessive plural)
ooperiga (comitative singular)
ooperitega (comitative plural)

Borrowed from Italian opera, from Latin opera.


knife ear

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

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

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

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


Ronniecoln

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


pop metal

(music) A variation of heavy metal which features prominent pop music elements such as catchy hooks and anthemic choruses.


epic doom

Dread Sovereign draw deep from the well of epic doom bands like Candlemass and Solitude Aeturnus, though Nemtheanga’s voice is distinctive enough to draw in some of the Primordial appeal as well. […] This is epic doom for the ages, reinvented and born anew.

2017 March 31, Ian Chainey, Aaron Lariviere, “The Black Market: The Month In Metal – March 2017”, in Stereogum, 15. Dread Sovereign – “Twelve Bells Toll In Salem”:

(music) A subgenre of doom metal having a heavy classical influence.


Tolkienish

en-adj

Tolkienish (comparative more Tolkienish, superlative most Tolkienish)

more Tolkienish (comparative)
most Tolkienish (superlative)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


réalité parallèle

fr-noun

réalité parallèle f (plural réalités parallèles)

univers parallèle
univers parallèle#French

(science fiction) Synonym of univers parallèle


hopepunk

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


ichthyocentaur

From Ancient Greek ἰχθυοκένταυρος (ikhthuokéntauros).

der

ἰχθυοκένταυρος

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


Tolkieny

en-adj

Tolkieny (comparative more Tolkieny, superlative most Tolkieny)

more Tolkieny (comparative)
most Tolkieny (superlative)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


monsterfest

(slang) A creature feature; a monster movie.


коломийка

uk-noun

коломи́йка<*>

коломи́йка • (kolomýjka) f inan (genitive коломи́йки, nominative plural коломи́йки, genitive plural коломи́йок)

коломи́йка (canonical)
kolomýjka (romanization)
коломи́йки (genitive)
коломи́йки (nominative plural)
коломи́йок (genitive plural)
коломи́йка (nominative singular)
коломи́йки (nominative plural)
коломи́йки (genitive singular)
коломи́йок (genitive plural)
коломи́йці (dative singular)
коломи́йкам (dative plural)
коломи́йку (accusative singular)
коломи́йки (accusative plural)
коломи́йкою (instrumental singular)
коломи́йками (instrumental plural)
коломи́йці (locative singular)
коломи́йках (locative plural)
коломи́йко (singular vocative)
коломи́йки (plural vocative)

uk-ndecl

коломи́йка<*>

Hungarian: kalamajka (“muddle”)

[kɔɫɔˈmɪi̯kɐ]

Kolomyika (Hutsul genre of folk dance and song)


rivermaiden

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


Generation K

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

coin

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

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


Bayformers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


мавка

uk-noun

ма́вка<*.pr>

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

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

uk-ndecl

ма́вка<*.pr>

→ English: mavka

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


ча̄нн

head

ча̄нн (čānn)

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


bleidhmhíol

bleidhmhíol m (genitive singular bleidhmhíl, nominative plural bleidhmhíolta)

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

/ˈbʲlʲɛjvʲiːl̪ˠ/


шутер

ru-noun+

шу́тер//šútɛr

шу́тер • (šútɛr) m inan or m anim (genitive шу́тера, nominative plural шу́теры, genitive plural шу́теров)

шу́тер (canonical)
šútɛr (romanization)
шу́тера (genitive)
шу́теры (nominative plural)
шу́теров (genitive plural)
шу́тер (nominative singular)
шу́теры (nominative plural)
шу́тера (genitive singular)
шу́теров (genitive plural)
шу́теру (dative singular)
шу́терам (dative plural)
шу́тера (accusative animate singular)
шу́теров (accusative animate plural)
шу́тер (accusative inanimate singular)
шу́теры (accusative inanimate plural)
шу́тером (instrumental singular)
шу́терами (instrumental plural)
шу́тере (prepositional singular)
шу́терах (plural prepositional)

шу́тер от пе́рвого лица́


прибулець

uk-noun

прибу́лець<*.pr>

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

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

uk-ndecl

прибу́лець<*.pr>

Uk-прибулець.ogg


wodnica

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

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


briesmonis

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

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


power level

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

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

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

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

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


модернізм

uk-noun

модерні́зм<sg.genu>

модерні́зм • (modernízm) m inan (genitive модерні́зму, uncountable)

модерні́зм (canonical)
modernízm (romanization)
модерні́зму (genitive)
модерні́зм (nominative singular)
модерні́зму (genitive singular)
модерні́змові (dative singular)
модерні́зму (dative singular)
модерні́зм (accusative singular)
модерні́змом (instrumental singular)
модерні́зму (locative singular)
модерні́змі (locative singular)
модерні́зме (singular vocative)

uk-ndecl

модерні́зм<sg.genu>

From моде́рн (modérn) + -і́зм (-ízm). Compare Russian модерни́зм (modernízm), Belarusian мадэрні́зм (madernízm).


death disc

A macabre sub-genre of rock'n'roll singles, the songs on ‘death discs’ were usually about car or motorcycle fatalities, though occasionally referred to real-life deceased stars, and always seemed to involve teenagers!

2005, Mike Evans, Rock & Roll Facts, Figures & Fun, AAPPL, →ISBN, page 32:

In Britain, these ‘death discs’ were often banned by the BBC due to their morbid subject matter—which, of course, only made them sell all the better.

2015, S. D. Tucker, Great British Eccentrics, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:

(music, informal, historical) A phonograph record about teenage tragedy.


country punk

Cash's oldest child, the country-punk singer Rosanne Cash, says of her father, “The road is as natural to him as breathing. He wouldn't know how to do without it. […]”

2011, Nicholas Dawidoff, In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music, Vintage, →ISBN, page 194:


ꯆꯤꯡꯂꯥꯏ

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


red wedding

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


flying car

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


voiture volante

fr-noun

voiture volante m (plural voitures volantes)

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


пәри

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пәри • (päri)


ふらり火

ふらり火 (canonical)
furaribi (romanization)

[ɸɯ̟ɾa̠ɾʲibʲi]


dancepop

Too many factors to mention contributed to the 1980s’ glory days of dancepop, but one double-edged sword was radio’s fear of hip-hop, […]

2012 March 2, Nick Minichino, “A Quick Primer On Freestyle: 1980s Dancepop's Most Underheralded Genre”, in The Village Voice:

In addition, he was one of the key players who helped develop the hit sound of the international dancepop icon Sandra.

2017, James Arena, Europe's Stars of '80s Dance Pop, McFarland, →ISBN, page 90:

(music) A popular music subgenre that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s, intended for nightclubs and contemporary hit radio.


Latin hip-hop

That new sound is often called Latin hip-hop. It combines the hard beats of rap music, or “traditional” hip-hop, with the synthesizers and Latin percussion of seventies disco.

1988 January 11, John Leland, “Latin hip-hop: The Beat Goes On”, in New York Magazine, page 18:

Whereas certain audience segments and critics celebrated the dawn of Latin hip-hop, there was a strong feeling of suspicion and betrayal among those who felt themselves part of an urban Afro-diasporic, Black-matrixed hip-hop culture.

2001, Agustín Laó-Montes, Arlene M. Dávila, editors, Mambo Montage: The Latinization of New York, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 246:


chauve-souris-garou

fr-noun

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

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


werebat

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


bœuf-garou

fr-noun

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

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


requin-garou

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


lion-garou

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

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


vache-garou

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

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


ours-garou

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

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


rat-garou

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

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


rate-garou

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

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


louvetelle-garou

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

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

(fantasy, mythology) female werewolf cub or pup


léopard-garou

léopard-garou m (plural léopards-garous)


thérianthrope

thérianthrope m or f (plural thérianthropes)

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


panthère-garou

fr-noun

panthère-garou f (plural panthères-garous)


louve-garou

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

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

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


-garou

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


thériomorphe

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

der

Une divinité thériomorphe.


cochon-garou

fr-noun

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

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


louveteau-garou

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

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

(fantasy, mythology) werewolf cub or pup


sandgun

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

Trance was raising his sandgun when the blastwave hit.

2020, Marc Miller, Agent of the Imperium:

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

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

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


animal-garou

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

(fantasy, mythology) wereanimal, werecreature


belgesel

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belgesel (definite accusative belgeseli, plural belgeseller)

belgeseli (accusative definite)
belgeseller (plural)
belgesel (nominative singular)
belgeseller (nominative plural)
belgeseli (accusative definite singular)
belgeselleri (accusative definite plural)
belgesele (dative singular)
belgesellere (dative plural)
belgeselde (locative singular)
belgesellerde (locative plural)
belgeselden (ablative singular)
belgesellerden (ablative plural)
belgeselin (genitive singular)
belgesellerin (genitive plural)
belgeselim (first-person nominative singular)
belgesellerim (first-person nominative singular)
belgeselin (nominative second-person singular)
belgesellerin (nominative second-person singular)
belgeseli (nominative singular third-person)
belgeselleri (nominative singular third-person)
belgeselimiz (first-person nominative plural)
belgesellerimiz (first-person nominative plural)
belgeseliniz (nominative plural second-person)
belgeselleriniz (nominative plural second-person)
belgeselleri (nominative plural third-person)
belgeselimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
belgesellerimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
belgeselini (accusative definite second-person singular)
belgesellerini (accusative definite second-person singular)
belgeselini (accusative definite singular third-person)
belgesellerini (accusative definite singular third-person)
belgeselimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
belgesellerimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
belgeselinizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
belgesellerinizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
belgesellerini (accusative definite plural third-person)
belgeselime (dative first-person singular)
belgesellerime (dative first-person singular)
belgeseline (dative second-person singular)
belgesellerine (dative second-person singular)
belgeseline (dative singular third-person)
belgesellerine (dative singular third-person)
belgeselimize (dative first-person plural)
belgesellerimize (dative first-person plural)
belgeselinize (dative plural second-person)
belgesellerinize (dative plural second-person)
belgesellerine (dative plural third-person)
belgeselimde (first-person locative singular)
belgesellerimde (first-person locative singular)
belgeselinde (locative second-person singular)
belgesellerinde (locative second-person singular)
belgeselinde (locative singular third-person)
belgesellerinde (locative singular third-person)
belgeselimizde (first-person locative plural)
belgesellerimizde (first-person locative plural)
belgeselinizde (locative plural second-person)
belgesellerinizde (locative plural second-person)
belgesellerinde (locative plural third-person)
belgeselimden (ablative first-person singular)
belgesellerimden (ablative first-person singular)
belgeselinden (ablative second-person singular)
belgesellerinden (ablative second-person singular)
belgeselinden (ablative singular third-person)
belgesellerinden (ablative singular third-person)
belgeselimizden (ablative first-person plural)
belgesellerimizden (ablative first-person plural)
belgeselinizden (ablative plural second-person)
belgesellerinizden (ablative plural second-person)
belgesellerinden (ablative plural third-person)
belgeselimin (first-person genitive singular)
belgesellerimin (first-person genitive singular)
belgeselinin (genitive second-person singular)
belgesellerinin (genitive second-person singular)
belgeselinin (genitive singular third-person)
belgesellerinin (genitive singular third-person)
belgeselimizin (first-person genitive plural)
belgesellerimizin (first-person genitive plural)
belgeselinizin (genitive plural second-person)
belgesellerinizin (genitive plural second-person)
belgesellerinin (genitive plural third-person)


gorgonă

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


multiattack

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


roider

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

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


დიდამანგისა

დიდამანგისა • (didamangisa) (Latin spelling didamangisa)

დი‧და‧მან‧გი‧სა

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

af

შუკა მეწილანა დიდამანგისა გიჲონასენ

If you pluck the cucumber, the didamangisa will take you

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


貓妖

/mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/


tragöödia

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tragöödia (genitive tragöödia, partitive tragöödiat)

tragöödia (genitive)
tragöödiat (partitive)
tragöödia (nominative singular)
tragöödiad (nominative plural)
tragöödia (accusative nominative singular)
tragöödiad (accusative nominative plural)
tragöödia (accusative genitive singular)
tragöödiad (accusative genitive plural)
tragöödia (genitive singular)
tragöödiate (genitive plural)
tragöödiat (partitive singular)
tragöödiaid (partitive plural)
tragöödiasse (illative singular)
tragöödiatesse (illative plural)
tragöödiaisse (illative plural)
tragöödias (inessive singular)
tragöödiates (inessive plural)
tragöödiais (inessive plural)
tragöödiast (elative singular)
tragöödiatest (elative plural)
tragöödiaist (elative plural)
tragöödiale (allative singular)
tragöödiatele (allative plural)
tragöödiaile (allative plural)
tragöödial (adessive singular)
tragöödiatel (adessive plural)
tragöödiail (adessive plural)
tragöödialt (ablative singular)
tragöödiatelt (ablative plural)
tragöödiailt (ablative plural)
tragöödiaks (singular translative)
tragöödiateks (plural translative)
tragöödiaiks (plural translative)
tragöödiani (singular terminative)
tragöödiateni (plural terminative)
tragöödiana (essive singular)
tragöödiatena (essive plural)
tragöödiata (abessive singular)
tragöödiateta (abessive plural)
tragöödiaga (comitative singular)
tragöödiatega (comitative plural)

/trɑɡ̊ˈøːd̥iɑ/

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τραγῳδία (tragōidía).

tragedy (a drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character)

tragedy (the genre of such works, and the art of producing them)

tragedy (a disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)


archpaladin

/ɑɹt͡ʃˈpælədɪn/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


starfall

en-noun

starfall (countable and uncountable, plural starfalls)

Coordinate term: planetfall

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

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

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


superuniverse

(science fiction) A universe containing other universes.


budots

Borrowed from Cebuano budots (“slacker”).

bor+

electronic dance music
electronic dance music#English

(music) budots (a grassroots electronic dance music genre characterized by its heavy use of percussion, hypnotic bass, high-pitched whistle hooks, and organic noises)


flux capacitor

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

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

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

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

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

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


Wéët

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

inh

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


cognitohazardous

en-adj

cognitohazardous (comparative more cognitohazardous, superlative most cognitohazardous)

more cognitohazardous (comparative)
most cognitohazardous (superlative)

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

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

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

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


lad lit

Modeled on lad mag and perhaps chick lit.

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

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

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

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

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


cognitohazard

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

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

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

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

CAUTION! High-grade Cognitohazard in effect!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Awawawa is a cognitohazard that spreads specifically among submissive trans people

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

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


wastelander

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


allocamelus

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Italowestern

de-noun

Italowestern m (strong, genitive Italowesterns, plural Italowestern)

Italowesterns (genitive)
Italowestern (plural)
Italowestern (nominative singular)
Italowestern (definite nominative plural)
Italowesterns (genitive singular)
Italowestern (definite genitive plural)
Italowestern (dative singular)
Italowestern (dative definite plural)
Italowestern (accusative singular)
Italowestern (accusative definite plural)


smart thinking

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

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

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

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

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


anekdotka

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


giantish

(fantasy) A fictional language spoken by giants.


galã

Borrowed from Spanish galán, from French galant. Doublet of galante

Caio Castro é considerado um galã por muitos.

Caio Castro is considered a heartthrob by many.

(film, theater) heartthrob (attractive male celebrity)


pouke

English: puck, Puck

>? English: pug

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


MMORPGer

The author immersed herself in the game and the online gaming culture; in doing so she discovered who these MMORPGers really are, and in these pages she destroys many stereotypes about the gamers.

2007, Choice, American Library Association, page 826:

I also know hard-core MMORPGers who tell me, “Do not ever get into WoW. It’s why I don’t have a girlfriend— or a life.”

2009, Carrie Tucker, I Love Geeks: The Official Handbook, Adams Media, →ISBN:

To the MMORPGer, the single-player video game in which you blow up pixilated alien spacecraft is not only antiquated but dull as dishwater because you're all alone and nothing more than the muzzle of a laser gun. […] MMORPGers will play one of their games for years, without ever reaching an “end” or “winning,” because it's about more than winning or reaching a high score.

2010, Kate Stevens, Freak Nation: A Field Guide to 101 of the Most Odd, Extreme, and Outrageous American Subcultures, Adams Media, →ISBN:

But as a scientist, who is also a parent, an avid television watcher, and an MMORPG-er, I cannot in good conscience issue an across-the-board dictum that children should avoid television and gaming altogether.

2010, Esther Yoder Strahan, Wallace E. Dixon, Jr., J. Burton Banks, Parenting with Reason: Evidence-Based Approaches to Parenting Dilemmas, Routledge, →ISBN:

The first study, by Metcalf and Pammer (2011), used a modified Stroop task to investigate the existence of attentional bias for gaming-related words in excessive Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Gamers (MMORPGers). […] Results showed that excessive MMORPGers had attentional bias toward negative and MMORPG words.

2017, Yongjun Zhang, Yamikani Ndasauka, Juan Hou, Jiawen Chen, Li zhuang Yang, Ying Wang, Long Han, Junjie Bu, Peng Zhang, Yifeng Zhou, Xiaochu Zhang, “Cue-induced Behavioral and Neural Changes among Excessive Internet Gamers and Possible Application of Cue Exposure Therapy to Internet Gaming Disorder”, in Xiaochu Zhang, Zhiling Zou, Andreas J. Fallgatter, editors, Beyond Reward: Insights from Love and Addiction, Frontiers Media, →ISBN, page 43:

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

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


D&Der

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

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

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

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

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

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


asuang

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

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


jazzstep

From jazz + -step (“denoting a genre of electronic dance music, especially one influenced by drum and bass”).

suffix

Tracks such as "Stoned Love" and Die's "Reincarnations" effect a nearly perfect synthesis of Alex Reece/Wax Doctor-esque jazzstep and the rumbling hardstep styles exemplified by outfits like DJ Recordings and Renegade Hardware.

1997 August, Tim Haslett, “Bristolian Renaissance”, in CMJ New Music Monthly, volume 48, page 50:

Despite having played a big role in the gentrification process with his crusade for 'jazzstep', Fabio railed against the reduction of drum and bass to mere 'wallpaper fodder' by its use in TV links and commercials.

2013, Simon Reynolds, Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:

I was around 19 when I heard about more VST instruments like Massive and FM8, and the first track I actually made after the punk rock phase was this jazzstep jungle song - a liquid funk piece that was so badly done; the drums were just a loop I found online and so on.

2015 May 12, Xilent [Eryk Jerzy Kowalczyk], quotee, “Xilent on crossing genre boundaries and working with some of the biggest names in pop”, in MusicRadar, archived from the original on 2021-06-15:

In wistful instrumental stretches the song slides into an extended keyboard solo of unexpected (even for Womack & Womack) minimalism and economy, a slow jazzstep in zero gravity.

2015 August 24, “The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s”, in Pitchfork, archived from the original on 2022-12-15:

Jazzstep plays in the background, a five-year-old classic, 'Gyrating to the Rhythm' by Two Evil Uncles.

2018, Bill Kandiliotis, The Blood Ring, →ISBN:

electronic dance music
electronic dance music

(music) A genre of electronic dance music which combines elements of drum and bass and jazz.


grand opera

Clearly, Hitler saw his historical function as a Wagnerian grand opera. Vast cosmic changes required an accompaniment of slaughter on a colossal scale.

1949 September 4, H. R. Trevor-Roper, “Hitler Reappraised, Ten Years After”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

A genre of 19th-century opera characterized by large-scale casts and orchestras, and lavish and spectacular design and stage effects, normally with plots based on or around dramatic historic events.


swordbrother

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

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

He was a swordbrother to the last, our commander.

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

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


Z-movie

By extension from B-movie. Compare Z-list.

(film) A very low-budget motion picture, especially one with poor production values.


simiot

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


Ularu

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


фентезі

uk-noun

фе́нтезі • (féntezi) n inan (indeclinable)

фе́нтезі (canonical)
féntezi (romanization)


Centaurian

en-adj

Centaurian (comparative more Centaurian, superlative most Centaurian)

more Centaurian (comparative)
most Centaurian (superlative)

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


Centaurian

The Centaurians are remarkable people, but move slowly.

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

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

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

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

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

(science fiction) An inhabitant of the constellation Centaurus.


Proxima Centaurian

en-noun

Proxima Centaurian (plural Proxima Centaurians)

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

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

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

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

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

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

(science fiction) An inhabitant of Proxima Centauri.


Proxima Centaurian

en-adj

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


вълколак

bg-noun

вълкола́к • (vǎlkolák) m

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

desc

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

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


medbed

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

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

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

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

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

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

2020, Serena Simpson, Keriann McKenna, Mick:

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


bitca

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

quote-av

w:Buffy the Vampire Slayer

(humorous, fandom slang) Alternative form of bitch


terranaut

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

af

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

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

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

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

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


Snamione

Pairing names are often portmanteaus of characters' names, although fans may not always agree on the forms that these amalgamations take — the Snape/Hermione ship, for example, may be called Snamione, Sevmione, Snermione or Snanger, depending on the preferences of the fans who participate in it.

2015, Amanda K. Allen, “Social Networking, Participatory Culture and the Fandom World of Harry Potter”, in Gail Ashton, editor, Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 279:

Therefore, it is logical that the selected trope will more often be used in fics which have a non-normative ship: fandomstats relays that, within the EWE tag, some of the most prolific ships include Drarry, Dramione (Draco/Hermione, not a slash ship but still one that does not conform with Rowling’s normative ideas as it contains Draco, an antagonistic character), and ships involving Snape, including Snamione and Snarry.

2019, Beatriz Brito do Nascimento, "No heteros in this heterotopia: Harry Potter slash fanfiction as heterotopian space", dissertation submitted to the University of Porto, page 120

And the love bred a shameful number of Snamione fanfics in the coming years.

2021, Leighann Hart, “About the Author”, in Loving Rosenfeld, Crooked Hart Press, LLC, →ISBN:

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


zmiennokształtny

zmiennokształtny (nominative singular)
zmiennokształtni (nominative plural)
zmiennokształtnego (genitive singular)
zmiennokształtnych (genitive plural)
zmiennokształtnemu (dative singular)
zmiennokształtnym (dative plural)
zmiennokształtnego (accusative singular)
zmiennokształtnych (accusative plural)
zmiennokształtnym (instrumental singular)
zmiennokształtnymi (instrumental plural)
zmiennokształtnym (locative singular)
zmiennokształtnych (locative plural)
zmiennokształtny (singular vocative)
zmiennokształtni (plural vocative)

(fantasy, science fiction) changeling, shape-shifter


Gruselfilm

de-noun

Gruselfilm m (strong, genitive Gruselfilmes or Gruselfilms, plural Gruselfilme)

Gruselfilmes (genitive)
Gruselfilms (genitive)
Gruselfilme (plural)
Gruselfilm (nominative singular)
Gruselfilme (definite nominative plural)
Gruselfilmes (genitive singular)
Gruselfilms (genitive singular)
Gruselfilme (definite genitive plural)
Gruselfilm (dative singular)
Gruselfilme (dative singular)
Gruselfilmen (dative definite plural)
Gruselfilm (accusative singular)
Gruselfilme (accusative definite plural)


попаданец

ru-noun+

попада́нец • (popadánec) m anim (genitive попада́нца, nominative plural попада́нцы, genitive plural попада́нцев, feminine попада́нка)

попада́нец (canonical)
popadánec (romanization)
попада́нца (genitive)
попада́нцы (nominative plural)
попада́нцев (genitive plural)
попада́нка (feminine)
попада́нец (nominative singular)
попада́нцы (nominative plural)
попада́нца (genitive singular)
попада́нцев (genitive plural)
попада́нцу (dative singular)
попада́нцам (dative plural)
попада́нца (accusative singular)
попада́нцев (accusative plural)
попада́нцем (instrumental singular)
попада́нцами (instrumental plural)
попада́нце (prepositional singular)
попада́нцах (plural prepositional)

попа́сть (popástʹ) + -а́нец (-ánec)

af

попа́сть (popástʹ) + -а́нец (-ánec)


otherlandish

en-adj

otherlandish (comparative more otherlandish, superlative most otherlandish)

more otherlandish (comparative)
most otherlandish (superlative)


niziołek

niziołek (nominative singular)
niziołki (nominative plural)
niziołka (genitive singular)
niziołków (genitive plural)
niziołkowi (dative singular)
niziołkom (dative plural)
niziołka (accusative singular)
niziołki (accusative plural)
niziołkiem (instrumental singular)
niziołkami (instrumental plural)
niziołku (locative singular)
niziołkach (locative plural)
niziołku (singular vocative)
niziołki (plural vocative)

(fantasy) halfling, hobbit (fictional small humanoid creature featuring in fantasy fiction)


bardcore

From bard + -core (“denoting a genre of music”).

suffix

There's a Bardcore cover for every occasion: The Weekend's "Blinding Lights" for the after-banquet, Sia's "Chandelier" for when thine eyes doth begin to weep, Linkin Park's "Numb" for when the mood continues to spiral, and a cover of "I'm Blue (da ba dee)" by Eiffel 65 for those yearning for a simpler time.

2020 June 23, Elmira Tanatarova, “Exploring Bardcore: YouTube's obsession with medieval covers of Lady Gaga”, in i-D, archived from the original on 2022-11-06:

Sure, bardcore's usage of modern melodies may not align with what scholars know about medieval melodies (written in an entirely different mode) and the insertion of faux-medieval phrases like taking out all the "you"s and using "thou" alongside contemporary lyrics may not be entirely accurate. But bardcore's reinvention of medieval music isn't all that different from what's framed as historically accurate medieval music today.

2020 August 5, Hazel Cills, “How Historically Accurate Is Bardcore Anyway?”, in Jezebel, archived from the original on 2022-12-25:

The instruments he uses for the bardcore covers are downloaded from virtual sound libraries - a variety of lutes and harps, as well as the crumhorn, a curved wind instrument, and the psaltery, a kind of plucked zither.

2021 February 27, Olivia Ho, “Shakira, but make it mediaeval: Bardcore takes today's music back in time”, in The Straits Times, archived from the original on 2022-08-14:

(music) A genre of music in which modern songs are covered in a medieval or ancient style, often involving the lyrics being adapted or translated into historically accurate language.


Dungeons & Dragoner

en-noun

Dungeons & Dragoner (plural Dungeons & Dragoners)

And looking out from the Lookout were the Dungeons & Dragoners he’d phoned a half hour earlier.

1982, William Kotzwinkle, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, London: Sphere Books Limited, →ISBN, page 235:

This disgusted the other students, all of them: those engaged in African American pride, the brainiacs from decent homes, even the burnouts, who shared a tiny patch of brownish lawn with the Dungeons & Dragoners.

2007, Jennifer Blowdryer, “Style Your Own Damn Self”, in Michelle Tea, editor, It’s So You: 35 Women Write About Personal Expression Through Fashion and Style, Seal Press, →ISBN, page 270:

“Students here cover a spectrum,” muses a senior, including “preppy pop-collars, hardcore hippies, emo punk rockers, jocks, semi-goths, and Dungeons & Dragoners.”

2008, Edward B. Fiske, Robert Logue, the Fiske Guide to Colleges staff, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2008, twenty-fourth edition, Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 129:

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


ਕ਼ੱਵਾਲੀ

pa-noun

ਕ਼ੱਵਾਲੀ • (qavvālī) f (Shahmukhi spelling قوالی)

qavvālī (romanization)
قوالی (Shahmukhi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian قوالی (qawwālī)..


эльфийский

ru-adj

эльфи́йский • (elʹfíjskij)

эльфи́йский (canonical)
elʹfíjskij (romanization)
эльфи́йский (masculine nominative)
эльфи́йское (neuter nominative)
эльфи́йская (feminine nominative)
эльфи́йские (nominative plural)
эльфи́йского (genitive masculine neuter)
эльфи́йской (feminine genitive)
эльфи́йских (genitive plural)
эльфи́йскому (dative masculine neuter)
эльфи́йской (dative feminine)
эльфи́йским (dative plural)
эльфи́йского (accusative animate masculine)
эльфи́йское (accusative neuter)
эльфи́йскую (accusative feminine)
эльфи́йских (accusative animate plural)
эльфи́йский (accusative inanimate masculine)
эльфи́йские (accusative inanimate plural)
эльфи́йским (instrumental masculine neuter)
эльфи́йской (feminine instrumental)
эльфи́йскою (feminine instrumental)
эльфи́йскими (instrumental plural)
эльфи́йском (masculine neuter prepositional)
эльфи́йской (feminine prepositional)
эльфи́йских (plural prepositional)

эльф (elʹf, from English elf) + -ский (-skij).

af

from English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">elf</i>

(fantasy) Related to elves; elven; elvish.

Эльфи́йские ру́ны

(fantasy) Related to any fictional language used by elves.


эльфийский

ru-noun+

эльфи́йский • (elʹfíjskij) m inan (genitive эльфи́йского, uncountable)

эльфи́йский (canonical)
elʹfíjskij (romanization)
эльфи́йского (genitive)
эльфи́йский (nominative singular)
эльфи́йского (genitive singular)
эльфи́йскому (dative singular)
эльфи́йский (accusative singular)
эльфи́йским (instrumental singular)
эльфи́йском (prepositional singular)

Эльфи́йский тако́й тру́дный язы́к.

(fantasy) "Elvish" language; any fictional language used by a race or culture of elves.

an Elvish language from Tolkien's writings


fėja

fė́ja (canonical feminine)
fė́jà (nominative singular)
fė́jos (nominative plural)
fė́jõs (genitive singular)
fė́jų̃ (genitive plural)
fė́jai (dative singular)
fė́jóms (dative plural)
fė́ją (accusative singular)
fė́jàs (accusative plural)
fė́jà (instrumental singular)
fė́jomìs (instrumental plural)
fė́jojè (locative singular)
fė́josè (locative plural)
fė́ja (singular vocative)
fė́jos (plural vocative)


realizm magiczny

realizm magiczny (nominative singular)
realizmu magicznego (genitive singular)
realizmowi magicznemu (dative singular)
realizm magiczny (accusative singular)
realizmem magicznym (instrumental singular)
realizmie magicznym (locative singular)
realizmie magiczny (singular vocative)

Literally, “magical realism”. Calque of German magischer Realismus.


haldjas

head

haldjas (genitive haldja, partitive haldjat)

haldja (genitive)
haldjat (partitive)
haldjas (nominative singular)
haldjad (nominative plural)
haldjas (accusative nominative singular)
haldjad (accusative nominative plural)
haldja (accusative genitive singular)
haldjad (accusative genitive plural)
haldja (genitive singular)
haldjate (genitive plural)
haldjat (partitive singular)
haldjaid (partitive plural)
haldjasse (illative singular)
haldjatesse (illative plural)
haldjaisse (illative plural)
haldjas (inessive singular)
haldjates (inessive plural)
haldjais (inessive plural)
haldjast (elative singular)
haldjatest (elative plural)
haldjaist (elative plural)
haldjale (allative singular)
haldjatele (allative plural)
haldjaile (allative plural)
haldjal (adessive singular)
haldjatel (adessive plural)
haldjail (adessive plural)
haldjalt (ablative singular)
haldjatelt (ablative plural)
haldjailt (ablative plural)
haldjaks (singular translative)
haldjateks (plural translative)
haldjaiks (plural translative)
haldjani (singular terminative)
haldjateni (plural terminative)
haldjana (essive singular)
haldjatena (essive plural)
haldjata (abessive singular)
haldjateta (abessive plural)
haldjaga (comitative singular)
haldjatega (comitative plural)

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *haltijas, from Proto-Norse *ᚺᚨᛚᛞᛁᛃᚨᛉ (*haldijaʀ). Compare Finnish haltija.

elf (magical, typically forest-guarding creature)


mutapelle

Verb-object compound, composed of muta (“to change”) + pelle (“skin”).

it-verb-obj

Egli è un mutapelle e talvolta si dice appartenga ad una stirpe di nani.
He is a shapeshifter and is sometimes said to be of dwarven bloodline.


romaan

head

romaan (genitive romaani, partitive romaani)

romaani (genitive)
romaani (partitive)
romaan (nominative singular)
romaanid (nominative plural)
romaan (accusative nominative singular)
romaanid (accusative nominative plural)
romaani (accusative genitive singular)
romaanid (accusative genitive plural)
romaani (genitive singular)
romaanide (genitive plural)
romaani (partitive singular)
romaane (partitive plural)
romaanisid (partitive plural)
romaani (illative singular)
romaanisse (illative singular)
romaanidesse (illative plural)
romaanesse (illative plural)
romaanis (inessive singular)
romaanides (inessive plural)
romaanes (inessive plural)
romaanist (elative singular)
romaanidest (elative plural)
romaanest (elative plural)
romaanile (allative singular)
romaanidele (allative plural)
romaanele (allative plural)
romaanil (adessive singular)
romaanidel (adessive plural)
romaanel (adessive plural)
romaanilt (ablative singular)
romaanidelt (ablative plural)
romaanelt (ablative plural)
romaaniks (singular translative)
romaanideks (plural translative)
romaaneks (plural translative)
romaanini (singular terminative)
romaanideni (plural terminative)
romaanina (essive singular)
romaanidena (essive plural)
romaanita (abessive singular)
romaanideta (abessive plural)
romaaniga (comitative singular)
romaanidega (comitative plural)

Borrowed from Russian рома́н (román), from French roman, from Old French romanz, from Vulgar Latin rōmānicē, from Latin rōmānicus


skyland

She then went to Miss Green’s house who, when she heard the sound of the six pipe flute, expected to see her husband return from the skyland. She opened the door. Instead, it was the tiger demon who touched the hem of her skirt causing her to fall down in a dead faint.

1967, Collected Papers in Highway Salvage Archaeology, 1972-74, Department of Anthropology, University of Montana, →ISBN, page 55:

Tearing his eyes from the skylands, he called, “You warned me that Blood was going to catch me, back there in the city while you were renting these donkeys for us. What do you think he’ll do to me if he does?”

1993, Gene Wolfe, Nightside the Long Sun (The Book of the Long Sun), Tor Books, →ISBN:

First he has to find the place, and as the sleeve of night brings darkness to his city of Viron, light to the skylands above, he sets out on his quest.

2016, Michael Andre-Driussi, Gene Wolfe: 14 Articles on His Fiction, Sirius Fiction, →ISBN, page 128:

They passed a number of islands as well as a few low lying skylands, all heavy with vegetation and life.

2021, L.T. Junzon, Descendants of the Lost: Tales of the Seeker, MJ Publishing, →ISBN:

The military intelligence confidently surmises that their ethnic origin is either from the skylands in the clouds of Jupiter or from Uranus.

2022, Yoda Oraiah, Cosmism: A New Hope for Humanity, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 198:

But that day in the skylands of Skod, the day of deliverance, I never set out to do anything like what I’m given credit for.

2022 August, Rick Remender, Seven to Eternity, deluxe edition, Image Comics, Inc.:

(science fiction) A land above the sky, such as a floating city or another planet.


Smok Wawelski

Smok Wawelski (nominative singular)
Smoka Wawelskiego (genitive singular)
Smokowi Wawelskiemu (dative singular)
Smoka Wawelskiego (accusative singular)
Smokiem Wawelskim (instrumental singular)
Smoku Wawelskim (locative singular)
Smoku Wawelski (singular vocative)


gòspel

Borrowed from English gospel, from Middle English gospel, gospell, godspel, godspell, goddspell, from Old English godspell.


buddy cop

Buddy cop movies were raised to an art form in the eighties.

2006, Howard Hughes, “Criminal Record: An Introduction to Crime Movies”, in Crime Wave: The Filmgoers’ Guide to the Great Crime Movies, London, New York, N.Y.: I.B. Tauris, →ISBN, page xxi:

Thus buddy-cop films exemplified a finding of common ground between reckless, suicidal cops and responsible family cops (Lethal Weapon), between fast-talking convicts and tough, world-weary detectives (48 Hours), between strict Russian police officers and boorish Chicago cops (Red Heat).

2015, Jeffrey A. Brown, Beyond Bombshells: The New Action Heroine in Popular Culture, University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN:

More action-heavy than other buddy cop movies, Die Hard paired the gut-punching blend of eye-popping stunts (John McClane leaping from a roof with nothing but a firehose tied around his waist) and insane violence (that close-up of the bad guy’s knees being shot to pieces) that audiences adored from the money-spinning Rambo franchise with the sparky dialogue of Beverly Hills Cop, injected a dose of satire, and wrapped it all up with a new kind of action hero.

2022, Kim Taylor-Foster, Why We Love Die Hard, Running Press, →ISBN:

By applying elements of Joseph Campbell’s philosophy of the heroes’ journey (2008) and Jung’s archetypes (Miller & Chodorow, 2004) of the hero, the mother, the sage and the child, this chapter will explore the hero’s journey, with a specific focus on how younger partners in the buddy cop narrative transcend from boys to men, and how masculinity is defined within this space through the lens of their peer relationships.

2023, Racheal Harris, “Masculinity and the Buddy Cop Film”, in Steven Gerrard, Renée Middlemost, editors, Gender and Action Films 1980-2000: Beauty in Motion (Emerald Studies in Popular Culture and Gender), Emerald Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 53:

(chiefly attributively) A film and television genre with plots involving two people of very different and conflicting personalities who are forced to work together to solve a crime and/or defeat criminals, sometimes learning from each other in the process.

With a long pedigree of heroic duos that can be traced back to Holmes and Watson, the original buddy cops, this genre of films tends to be more focused on inter-character chemistry than it is on big explosions or drawn-out fistfights.

2012, Katrina Hill, Action Movie Freak, Penguin, →ISBN:

(nonattributively) One of the two characters.


ਪਿਸ਼ਾਚ

pa-noun

ਪਿਸ਼ਾਚ • (piśāc) m (Shahmukhi spelling پشاچ)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पिशाच (piśāca).


ਅਸੁਰ

pa-noun

ਅਸੁਰ • (asur) m (Shahmukhi spelling اسُر)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit असुर (asura).


Hogwart

Hogwart (nominative singular)
Hogwartu (genitive singular)
Hogwartowi (dative singular)
Hogwart (accusative singular)
Hogwartem (instrumental singular)
Hogwarcie (locative singular)
Hogwarcie (singular vocative)


unicornback

They travelled the magical realm on unicornback.

(fantasy, with on) The back of a unicorn.


deep tech

As deep tech evolved, it began to incorporate sonic bells and whistles from UK rave; chopped-up ragga, hip-hop and diva vocals, shuffling syncopations winding around the 4x4 beat, build-drop song structures, and most importantly, floor-rumbling, chest-rattling sub-bass.

2014 December 30, Dominic Morris, “Deep tech: clubbing's biggest success story”, in The Guardian:


tryton

tryton (nominative singular)
trytony (nominative plural)
trytona (genitive singular)
trytonów (genitive plural)
trytonowi (dative singular)
trytonom (dative plural)
trytona (accusative singular)
trytony (accusative plural)
trytonem (instrumental singular)
trytonami (instrumental plural)
trytonie (locative singular)
trytonach (locative plural)
trytonie (singular vocative)
trytony (plural vocative)

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) merman


salesrobot

(science fiction, rare) A robotic salesperson.


thrashgrass

The album boasts amazing stripped down country, thrashgrass and gutterbilly grit sure to burrow a way into your heart from Farmageddon artists like Jayke Orvis, The Goddamn Gallows, Highlonesome, James Hunnicutt and more.

2009, J. J. Diablo, “Danielle Colby”, in Prick, page 20:

Veteran "thrashgrass" band Days N Daze has spent more than a decade doing it themselves in a way few can match.

2020 June 21, “Bringin' it Backwards: Interview with Days N Daze”, in American Songwriter, archived from the original on 2021-02-26:

Touring in support of their EPs, Easy Listening for Jerks Pt. 1 and Pt. 2, released earlier this year, folk-bluegrass act the Dead South hit Grinders KC with country-roots act Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band and the thrashgrass of Tejon Street Corner Thieves.

2022 August 22, Chris Ortiz, “Photos: The Dead South heat up Grinders Friday night”, in The Pitch, archived from the original on 2022-10-22:

A music genre that mixes traditional thrash music with bluegrass.


aerocar

(science fiction) A flying car; a flying machine which looks and functions similarly to modern cars, often described as using antigravity technology.


armorplast

From armor + -plast (“a small body, structure”).

suffix

(science fiction) A fictional material, often described as being strong, flexible, and transparent.


autodoc

(science fiction) A system or robot which provides automatic medical care.


aerocab

(science fiction) Synonym of aircab (“a flying taxicab”).


asterite

(science fiction, demonym) An inhabitant of an asteroid.


Asterite

(science fiction, demonym) Alternative letter-case form of asterite


braintape

From brain + tape (“any video or audio recording”).

compound

(science fiction) A complete record of the contents of someone's brain.


astroengineer

(science fiction) An engineer who designs or operates spacecraft or space stations.


Aldebaranian

(science fiction) Relating to the Aldebaran system or to Aldebaranians.


Aldebaranian

(science fiction) An inhabitant of the Aldebaran system.


Aldebaranian

(science fiction, rare) The language spoken by Aldebaranians.


countergrav

(science fiction, rare) Clipping of countergravity.


combozine

(science fiction fandom slang) A combination of zines bound or distributed together.


collapsium

From collapse + -ium. Probably alluding to black holes, which are extremely dense objects formed by collapsing matter in the core of a dying star.

(science fiction) A fictional material usually described as having an extremely high density.


cityship

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

(science fiction) A spacecraft which contains an entire city.


countergravity

Synonym of anti-gravity (“any of various concepts, systems or devices that would oppose or cancel out the force of gravity”).


Chicon

(science fiction fandom slang) A name given to various science fiction conventions held in Chicago, United States.


cyborgization

(science fiction) The act of converting something into a cyborg.


Class M

Originally from the TV series Star Trek.

(science fiction) Of a planet: having characteristics similar to that of Earth.


Big Dumb Object

en-noun

Big Dumb Object (plural Big Dumb Objects)

Coined by British critic and writer Roz Kaveney in 1981.

coinage

(science fiction criticism, ironic) A large and mysterious object of extraterrestrial origin containing immense power, thought of as a common trope of science fiction.


dark fantasy

A subgenre of fantasy which incorporates elements of horror.


impossible story

en-noun

impossible story (plural impossible stories)

(science fiction fandom slang, dated) Any story featuring elements of science fiction or fantasy (as opposed to typical stories which are set in the real world).


different story

different story (plural different stories)


BDO

There may be another characteristic BDOs need to have to be considered a classic BDO: absent creators and a consequently mysterious purpose. At the very least, by the time the story begins, the BDO has been around for a long time.

2018 January 8, James Davis Nicoll, “A Brief History of the Big Dumb Object Story in Science Fiction”, in Tor.com, archived from the original on 2022-11-28:

(science fiction criticism) Initialism of Big Dumb Object.


-con

(science fiction fandom slang) Used to form the names of conventions.


cyborgized

She is almost totally cyborgized except for a small number of human brain cells. Her apparently female body is a mere shell to encase a cybernetic entity.

2011, Donna Spalding Andréolle, Veronique Molinari, Women and Science, 17th Century to Present: Pioneers, Activists and Protagonists, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 233:

(science fiction) Having been made into a cyborg.


మత్స్యకన్య

te-noun

మత్స్యకన్య • (matsyakanya) ? (plural మత్స్యకన్యలు)

matsyakanya (romanization)
మత్స్యకన్యలు (plural)

Borrowed from Sanskrit मत्स्यकन्या (matsyakanyā), compare cognate Malayalam മത്സ്യകന്യക (matsyakanyaka).


Earthish

en-adj

Earthish (comparative more Earthish, superlative most Earthish)

more Earthish (comparative)
most Earthish (superlative)

(science fiction) Relating to or originating from the Earth.


Earthish

(science fiction) A hypothetical universal language of Earth.


coreward

coreward (comparative more coreward, superlative most coreward)

more coreward (comparative)
most coreward (superlative)

(science fiction) Close to or travelling towards the galactic core.


coreward

The first colonisation efforts went coreward from the Blue Planetary Nebula with worlds like Sirona Prime, Xalau III and Usinnia being discovered and settled.

2018, James E Taris, The Venality Effect: Two Clients, Xlibris, →ISBN:

(science fiction) Towards the galactic core.


கடற்கன்னி

ta-noun

கடற்கன்னிகள்

கடற்கன்னி • (kaṭaṟkaṉṉi) (plural கடற்கன்னிகள்)

kaṭaṟkaṉṉi (romanization)
கடற்கன்னிகள் (plural)
கடற்கன்னி (nominative singular)
கடற்கன்னிகள் (nominative plural)
கடற்கன்னியே (singular vocative)
கடற்கன்னிகளே (plural vocative)
கடற்கன்னியை (accusative singular)
கடற்கன்னிகளை (accusative plural)
கடற்கன்னிக்கு (dative singular)
கடற்கன்னிகளுக்கு (dative plural)
கடற்கன்னிக்காக (benefactive singular)
கடற்கன்னிகளுக்காக (benefactive plural)
கடற்கன்னியுடைய (genitive genitive-i singular)
கடற்கன்னிகளுடைய (genitive genitive-i plural)
கடற்கன்னியின் (genitive genitive-ii singular)
கடற்கன்னிகளின் (genitive genitive-ii plural)
கடற்கன்னியில் (locative locative-i singular)
கடற்கன்னிகளில் (locative locative-i plural)
கடற்கன்னியிடம் (locative locative-ii singular)
கடற்கன்னிகளிடம் (locative locative-ii plural)
கடற்கன்னியோடு (singular sociative sociative-i)
கடற்கன்னிகளோடு (plural sociative sociative-i)
கடற்கன்னியுடன் (singular sociative sociative-ii)
கடற்கன்னிகளுடன் (plural sociative sociative-ii)
கடற்கன்னியால் (instrumental singular)
கடற்கன்னிகளால் (instrumental plural)
கடற்கன்னியிலிருந்து (ablative singular)
கடற்கன்னிகளிலிருந்து (ablative plural)

/kɐɖɐrkɐnːɪ/

Compound of கடல் (kaṭal, “sea, ocean”) + கன்னி (kaṉṉi, “virgin, maiden”, from Sanskrit कन्या (kanyā)).

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from Sanskrit <i class="Deva mention" lang="sa">कन्या</i> (kanyā)


நீர்மங்கை

ta-noun

நீர்மங்கைகள்

நீர்மங்கை • (nīrmaṅkai) (plural நீர்மங்கைகள்)

nīrmaṅkai (romanization)
நீர்மங்கைகள் (plural)
நீர்மங்கை (nominative singular)
நீர்மங்கைகள் (nominative plural)
நீர்மங்கையே (singular vocative)
நீர்மங்கைகளே (plural vocative)
நீர்மங்கையை (accusative singular)
நீர்மங்கைகளை (accusative plural)
நீர்மங்கைக்கு (dative singular)
நீர்மங்கைகளுக்கு (dative plural)
நீர்மங்கைக்காக (benefactive singular)
நீர்மங்கைகளுக்காக (benefactive plural)
நீர்மங்கையுடைய (genitive genitive-i singular)
நீர்மங்கைகளுடைய (genitive genitive-i plural)
நீர்மங்கையின் (genitive genitive-ii singular)
நீர்மங்கைகளின் (genitive genitive-ii plural)
நீர்மங்கையில் (locative locative-i singular)
நீர்மங்கைகளில் (locative locative-i plural)
நீர்மங்கையிடம் (locative locative-ii singular)
நீர்மங்கைகளிடம் (locative locative-ii plural)
நீர்மங்கையோடு (singular sociative sociative-i)
நீர்மங்கைகளோடு (plural sociative sociative-i)
நீர்மங்கையுடன் (singular sociative sociative-ii)
நீர்மங்கைகளுடன் (plural sociative sociative-ii)
நீர்மங்கையால் (instrumental singular)
நீர்மங்கைகளால் (instrumental plural)
நீர்மங்கையிலிருந்து (ablative singular)
நீர்மங்கைகளிலிருந்து (ablative plural)

/n̪iːɾmɐŋɡɐɪ̯/

Compound of நீர் (nīr, “water”) + மங்கை (maṅkai, “virgin, maiden”).

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நீர்மங்கை கொங்கைக்கு நித்திலக்கச் சொக்குமால்...
nīrmaṅkai koṅkaikku nittilakkac cokkumāl...(—சிதம்பர செய்யுட்கோவை)


eetee

A pronunciation spelling of ET (“extraterrestrial”).

(science fiction) An extraterrestrial being; an alien.


Earthfolk

(science fiction) People from planet Earth.


Earth normal

atmospheric pressure
atmospheric pressure

(science fiction) The standard conditions (especially of gravity and atmospheric pressure) found on Earth.


Earthsider

(science fiction) An inhabitant of Earth.


empathist

extrasensory perception
extrasensory perception

(science fiction) Someone able to sense the emotions of others through extrasensory perception; an empath.


Martianess

Coordinate term: Martian

(science fiction, rare) A female Martian.


Earth-normal

en-adj

Earth-normal (comparative more Earth-normal, superlative most Earth-normal)

more Earth-normal (comparative)
most Earth-normal (superlative)

(science fiction) Of a condition, similar to that found on Earth (especially describing gravity or atmospheric pressure).


kiloday

(science fiction, rare) A period of one thousand days.


cyborged

Cyborged servitors – mind-wiped snail-men – constantly cruised the black marble floor of his long, barrel-vaulted chamber, cleansing and laying down trails of scewnted polish behind them.

1994, Ian Watson, Harlequin, Boxtree, →ISBN, page 9:


otherspace

(science fiction) A type of space with different physical laws than ordinary space, often permitting faster-than-light travel.


gyrobus

The gyrobus touched down on the commercial side of the spaceport, not far from a row of hangars where several shuttles were parked.

2007 December, Allen Steele, “Galaxy Blues”, in Asimov's Science Fiction, volume 31, number 12, →ISSN, page 102:


Earthside

(science fiction) The planet Earth or (synecdochically) a group or organization based on Earth.


miecz świetlny

miecz świetlny (nominative singular)
miecze świetlne (nominative plural)
mieczu świetlnego (genitive singular)
mieczy świetlnych (genitive plural)
mieczowi świetlnemu (dative singular)
mieczom świetlnym (dative plural)
miecz świetlny (accusative singular)
miecze świetlne (accusative plural)
mieczem świetlnym (instrumental singular)
mieczami świetlnymi (instrumental plural)
mieczu świetlnym (locative singular)
mieczach świetlnych (locative plural)
mieczu świetlny (singular vocative)
miecze świetlne (plural vocative)

Literally, “light sword”. Calque of English lightsaber.


թրիլլեր

head

թրիլլեր • (tʻriller)

hy-noun

թրիլլեր • (tʻriller)

tʻriller (romanization)
թրիլլեր (nominative singular)
թրիլլերներ (nominative plural)
թրիլլերի (dative singular)
թրիլլերների (dative plural)
թրիլլերից (ablative singular)
թրիլլերներից (ablative plural)
թրիլլերով (instrumental singular)
թրիլլերներով (instrumental plural)
թրիլլերում (locative singular)
թրիլլերներում (locative plural)
թրիլլերը (definite nominative singular)
թրիլլերն (definite nominative singular)
թրիլլերները (definite nominative plural)
թրիլլերներն (definite nominative plural)
թրիլլերին (dative definite singular)
թրիլլերներին (dative definite plural)
թրիլլերս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
թրիլլերներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
թրիլլերիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
թրիլլերներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
թրիլլերիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
թրիլլերներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
թրիլլերովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
թրիլլերներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
թրիլլերումս (first-person locative possessive singular)
թրիլլերներումս (first-person locative plural possessive)
թրիլլերդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
թրիլլերներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
թրիլլերիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
թրիլլերներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
թրիլլերիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
թրիլլերներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
թրիլլերովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
թրիլլերներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)
թրիլլերումդ (locative possessive second-person singular)
թրիլլերներումդ (locative plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

թրիլլերը/թրիլլերն

թրիլլերները/թրիլլերներն

թրիլլերներին

թրիլլերներից

թրիլլերներով

թրիլլերներում

թրիլլերներիս

թրիլլերներիցս

թրիլլերներովս

թրիլլերներումս

թրիլլերներիդ

թրիլլերներիցդ

թրիլլերներովդ

թրիլլերներումդ

From English thriller, likely via Russian три́ллер (tríller).


Problemfilm

de-noun

Problemfilm m (strong, genitive Problemfilmes or Problemfilms, plural Problemfilme)

Problemfilmes (genitive)
Problemfilms (genitive)
Problemfilme (plural)
Problemfilm (nominative singular)
Problemfilme (definite nominative plural)
Problemfilmes (genitive singular)
Problemfilms (genitive singular)
Problemfilme (definite genitive plural)
Problemfilm (dative singular)
Problemfilme (dative singular)
Problemfilmen (dative definite plural)
Problemfilm (accusative singular)
Problemfilme (accusative definite plural)

Einen festen (Sende-)Platz hatte im öffentlich-rechtlichen Fernsehen der vermeintlich guten, alten Zeit der sozialkritische Problemfilm – oft hatte er schwer an seiner ideologischen Last zu tragen.

2022 August 12, Jens Müller, “ZDF-Film „Ivie wie Ivie“: Sie kommt aus Leipzig”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:


džezs

džezs (nominative singular)
džezi (nominative plural)
džezu (accusative singular)
džezus (accusative plural)
džeza (genitive singular)
džezu (genitive plural)
džezam (dative singular)
džeziem (dative plural)
džezu (instrumental singular)
džeziem (instrumental plural)
džezā (locative singular)
džezos (locative plural)
džez (singular vocative)
džezi (plural vocative)


ROTS

It may be surprising, but the plot for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith was revealed early in the ROTS and LEGO Star Wars video games.

2022 April 3, John Feliciani, “Star Wars Spoiled Revenge of the Sith Months Early In Games”, in Screen Rant, archived from the original on 2022-08-14:

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(Star Wars) Initialism of Revenge of the Sith (a 2005 movie in the Star Wars series).


кудесник

ru-noun+

куде́сник • (kudésnik) m anim (genitive куде́сника, nominative plural куде́сники, genitive plural куде́сников)

куде́сник (canonical)
kudésnik (romanization)
куде́сника (genitive)
куде́сники (nominative plural)
куде́сников (genitive plural)
куде́сник (nominative singular)
куде́сники (nominative plural)
куде́сника (genitive singular)
куде́сников (genitive plural)
куде́снику (dative singular)
куде́сникам (dative plural)
куде́сника (accusative singular)
куде́сников (accusative plural)
куде́сником (instrumental singular)
куде́сниками (instrumental plural)
куде́снике (prepositional singular)
куде́сниках (plural prepositional)

Inherited from Old East Slavic кудесникъ (kudesnikŭ).


cubatón

Durante la transmisión de cuatro horas, testimonios de jóvenes activistas se alternaron con números musicales de los artistas más populares en las plataformas de “streaming” y con la presentación oficial ante la audiencia latina de un pegajoso ritmo conocido como “cubatón”.

2018 July 24, “Adriana Paniagua brilló en Premios Juventud”, in El Nuevo Diario, archived from the original on 2022-04-13:


metahistorical romance

en-noun

metahistorical romance (countable and uncountable, plural metahistorical romances)

Coordinate term: historiographic metafiction

From Linda Hutcheon's work on historiographic metafiction to Amy Elias's study of the metahistorical romance, addressing the historical novel, for example, has become something of a minor industry outside conventional history.

2010, Alun Munslow, The Future of History, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 267:

Through the “historiographic metafiction” or “metahistorical romance” of post-1960s fiction, critics have identified the self-reflexive quality of the new historical aesthetics.

2017, Alison Shonkwiler, The Financial Imaginary: Economic Mystification and the Limits of Realist Fiction, University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN:

A type of postmodern historical fiction.


historiographic metafiction

historiographic metafiction (usually uncountable, plural historiographic metafictions)

Coined by Canadian literary theorist Linda Hutcheon.

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This assumption leads us to historiographic metafiction, a style of writing that emerged during the postmodern era. If there is fiction in scholarly historiography, where is the difference between that and a novel that deals with history?

2008, Markus Schneider, Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” as Historiographic Metafiction, GRIN Verlag, →ISBN, page 1:

Although works classified as “historiographic metafiction” have been seen by numerous critics as the continuation into the eighties of the work of Pynchon, Coover, Barth, and Gass, this application of the concept turns on metafiction's identification with its anti-mimetic, counter-realist self-descriptions. […] McHale identifies three devices in historiographic metafiction: —apocryphal history, creative anachronism, and historical fantasy […]

2012, Joe Bray, Alison Gibbons, Brian McHale, editors, The Routledge Companion to Experimental Literature, Routledge, →ISBN, page 137:

A type of postmodern historical fiction employing metafiction.


godsdamned

Bet they're not godsdamned bandits at all, but more like, godsdamned deserters.

2010, Chris Bunch, Dragonmaster: The Omnibus Edition:

(fantasy) Synonym of goddamned (in fictional worlds having more than one god)


Rabindra Sangeet

Transliteration of Bengali রবীন্দ্রসঙ্গীত (robindrośoṅgit).

translit

রবীন্দ্রসঙ্গীত

The collection of songs composed by Rabindranath Tagore.


রবীন্দ্রসঙ্গীত

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রবীন্দ্রসঙ্গীত • (robindrośoṅgit)

bn-proper noun

রবীন্দ্রসঙ্গীত • (robindrośoṅgit)

Compound of রবীন্দ্র (rôbīndrô, “Rabindranath Tagore”) + সঙ্গীত (śoṅgit, “song”).


Soulsborne

Blend of souls + bloodborne, after the Dark Souls trilogy and Bloodborne.

As the director of each of the Soulsborne games, Miyazaki is a strong influence on all aspects of the final product, including visual design, gameplay, and narrative content.

2019, “Introduction”, in Matthew Wilhelm Kapell, editor, Narrative Design and Authorship in Bloodborne: An Analysis of the Horror Videogame, page 4:

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was created by FromSoftware, the developers behind the Soulsborne titles.

2020, James Palmer, "Why did UK games sales drop in 2019?", The Boar (University of Warwick), 13 February 2022, page 32

Sure, “Death's Door” does little to hide its love for both the Zelda and Soulsborne franchises, cramming in dense lore to creepy dungeons filled with puzzles and enemies galore, but it manages to take the best part of these series and form something wholly unique.

2021 July 29, M. Deitz, “Fighting against your death in 'Death's Door'”, in The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan, page 9:

(fandom slang, video games) A loose series of dark fantasy action role-playing video games developed by FromSoftware, generally held as including Demon's Souls (2009), the Dark Souls trilogy (2011-2016), Bloodborne (2015), and Elden Ring (2022).