Star Trekky

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

more Star Trekky (comparative)
most Star Trekky (superlative)

Tom's little black box enables you to speak to a computer in a voice that it recognizes and obeys. It's all very "Star Trekky" and terribly exciting to see in action.

1982, Robert Daniel Fierro, The New American Entrepreneur: How to Get Off the Fast Track into a Business of Your Own, Morrow, published 1982, →ISBN, page 31:

Karla began talking all Star Trekky again—the best thing about her. She said, "I don't believe human beings store memory in our brains exclusively—there simply aren't enough storage slots or interconnective possibilities. And so if not in the brain, then where? […]

1995, Douglas Coupland, Microserfs, Harper Perennial, published 2008, →ISBN, page 66:

"Mobile phones, computers — a whole lot of Star Trekky kind of technology" is how Jeanine, my new supervisor, explained it.

2005, Linda Armstrong Kelly, Joni Rodgers, No Mountain High Enough: Raising Lance, Raising Me, Thorndike Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 264:

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

stel-vojaĝa

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Star Trek.


sióg

head

sióg f (genitive singular sióige, nominative plural sióga)

sióige (genitive singular)
sióga (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
sióg (indefinite singular)
sióga (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a shióg (indefinite singular)
a shióga (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
sióige (indefinite singular)
sióg (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an tsióg (definite singular)
na sióga (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
na sióige (definite singular)
na sióg (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an tsióg (definite singular)
don tsióg (definite singular)
leis na sióga (definite plural)
sióg
shióg
tsióg


robochef

These robochefs in the better apartment buildings really knew how to broil a sirloin.

1968, William R. Burkett, Sleeping Planet, page 163:

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


teensploitation

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

From teen + -sploitation (from exploitation film). From 1980s.

We sat down to watch a teensploitation slasher flick.

With 1955's Blackboard Jungle—the first film to traffic heavily in youth rebellion and sex, the twin pillars of any teenager's existence—a brilliant, if obvious, new genre of film was born: teensploitation, movies about teenagers made for teenagers but watched by everybody.

1999 February, Bill Sienkiewicz, “Forever Young”, in SPIN, SPIN Media, page 64:

1999, Edmond Grant, The Motion Picture Guide: 1999 Annual (The Films of 1998), CineBooks, page vii,
Adrian Lyne's LOLITA was more notable for the terror it struck in controversy-shy American distributors than for its content, reducing taboo subject matter to a teensploitation film with a literary pedigree.

The influence of Rebel Without a Cause is difficult to underestimate.^([sic]) Despite what appeared to be just another entry in the burgeoning teensploitation trend, the film distinguished itself for a variety of reasons.

2005, Rob McInnes, Timothy Shary, Teen Movies: American Youth on Screen, Columbia University Press (Wallflower), page 21:

(film) A genre of exploitation films, starring teenage actors with teen-oriented plots involving drugs, sex, alcohol or crime.


komorní hudba

komorní hudba (nominative singular)
komorní hudby (nominative plural)
komorní hudby (genitive singular)
komorních hudeb (genitive plural)
komorní hudbě (dative singular)
komorním hudbám (dative plural)
komorní hudbu (accusative singular)
komorní hudby (accusative plural)
komorní hudbo (singular vocative)
komorní hudby (plural vocative)
komorní hudbě (locative singular)
komorních hudbách (locative plural)
komorní hudbou (instrumental singular)
komorními hudbami (instrumental plural)


сена

се̏на (canonical feminine)
sȅna (romanization)
се̏на (nominative singular)
сене (nominative plural)
сене (genitive singular)
се̑на̄ (genitive plural)
сени (dative singular)
сенама (dative plural)
сену (accusative singular)
сене (accusative plural)
сено (singular vocative)
сене (plural vocative)
сени (locative singular)
сенама (locative plural)
сеном (instrumental singular)
сенама (instrumental plural)


Jörmungandr

/ˈjɔɹmunˌɡɑndɹ̩/

The dragon Jörmungandr, for instance, was said to encircle the entire world of Midgard (where people live). To complete the circle, he bit his own tail.

2006, Stephen Krensky, Dragons, page 28:

The ultimate symbol of evil, the Midgard Serpent or Jörmungandr, was the offspring of the trickster Loki and the sorceress Angur-boda, who also gave birth to Hel (the queen of the dead) and the Fenris Wolf (see page 239).

2006, Ruth Binney, Nature's Ways: Lore, Legend, Fact and Fiction, page 234:

Thus the Aegypto-Greek Ourobouros or Norse Jörmungandr (Midgard serpent) surrounds the cosmos, biting its own tail in a symbol of perpetuity and infinity, never ending, always regenerating.

2010, Valerie Estelle Frankel, From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine's Journey through Myth and Legend, page 70:

(Norse mythology) The World Serpent or Midgard Serpent, an offspring of Loki, which is thrown into the ocean by Odin but grows to encircle the world, and is finally slain during Ragnarok by Thor, who then succumbs to its poisonous breath.


teletrasportarsi

it-verb

teletrasportàrsi (first-person singular present mi teletraspòrto, first-person singular past historic mi teletrasportài, past participle teletrasportàto)

teletrasportàrsi (canonical)
mi teletraspòrto (first-person present singular)
mi teletrasportài (first-person historic past singular)
teletrasportàto (participle past)
teletrasportàrsi (infinitive)
èssere (auxiliary)
teletrasportàndosi (gerund)
teletrasportànte (participle present)
teletrasportàto (participle past)
mi teletraspòrto (first-person indicative present singular)
ti teletraspòrti (indicative present second-person singular)
si teletraspòrta (indicative present singular third-person)
ci teletrasportiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
vi teletrasportàte (indicative plural present second-person)
si teletraspòrtano (indicative plural present third-person)
mi teletrasportàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ti teletrasportàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
si teletrasportàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
ci teletrasportavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
vi teletrasportavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
si teletrasportàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
mi teletrasportài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
ti teletrasportàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
si teletrasportò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
ci teletrasportàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
vi teletrasportàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
si teletrasportàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
mi teletrasporterò (first-person future indicative singular)
ti teletrasporterài (future indicative second-person singular)
si teletrasporterà (future indicative singular third-person)
ci teletrasporterémo (first-person future indicative plural)
vi teletrasporteréte (future indicative plural second-person)
si teletrasporterànno (future indicative plural third-person)
mi teletrasporterèi (conditional first-person present singular)
ti teletrasporterésti (conditional present second-person singular)
si teletrasporterèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
si teletrasporterébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
ci teletrasporterémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
vi teletrasporteréste (conditional plural present second-person)
si teletrasporterèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
si teletrasporterébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
mi teletraspòrti (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ti teletraspòrti (present second-person singular subjunctive)
si teletraspòrti (present singular subjunctive third-person)
ci teletrasportiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
vi teletrasportiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
si teletraspòrtino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
mi teletrasportàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
ti teletrasportàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
si teletrasportàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
ci teletrasportàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
vi teletrasportàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
si teletrasportàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
teletraspòrtati (imperative second-person singular)
si teletraspòrti (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
teletrasportiàmoci (first-person imperative plural)
teletrasportàtevi (imperative plural second-person)
si teletraspòrtino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
teletrasportàrti (imperative negative second-person singular)
ti teletrasportàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
si teletraspòrti (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
teletrasportiàmoci (first-person imperative negative plural)
ci teletrasportiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
teletrasportàtevi (imperative negative plural second-person)
vi teletrasportàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
si teletraspòrtino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(intransitive, science fiction) to teleport, to be beamed


danzón

He draws from modernism and its malcontents: Morton Feldman, Olivier Messaien, Thelonious Monk. He pulls heavily from Cuban folk traditions: Changüi, Abakuá, danzón.

2022 November 30, Giovanni Russonello, “Best Jazz Albums of 2022”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

She leads the Ballet Theater orchestra throughout the run and lends vivid delicacy to the cinematic music, which incorporates traditional instruments and forms like danzón.

2023 June 23, Gia Kourlas, “Review: In ‘Like Water for Chocolate,’ Plot Overtakes Ballet”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(music) A Latin-American musical genre originating from Cuba, evolved from contradanza.


Crowley

(fantasy fiction) The name of a demon, found in several different works of fiction by several different authors. Named in reference to Aleister Crowley, a famous 19th-century occultist.


Whoniverse

While 'retconning' the scripts, I came up with a number of theories that throw new light on the Doctor, his past, and various other elements of the Whoniverse.

2003, Jean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier, The Nth Doctor, →ISBN, page 5:

The Blinovitch limitation effect, however, appears to be a law of physics in the Whoniverse.

2006, Paul Parsons, The science of Doctor Who, →ISBN, page 43:

(fandom slang) The universe in which the television series Doctor Who, Torchwood, and The Sarah Jane Adventures, as well as related books, comics and other stories, are set.

Special mention must also go to all the wonderful people I've met since becoming part of the ‘Whoniverse’: Joe Lidster, Stuart Manning, Scott Handcock, Tom Spilsbury, Gareth Roberts, Darren Scott, Kieron Grant, Neil Corry, […]

2010, Oli Smith, Doctor Who: Nuclear Time, →ISBN, page 245:

(possibly dated) The totality of all things connected to the series Doctor Who, including the fictional universe which is its setting, the real-world sets in which it is filmed, its actors and fandom, etc.


Malebolge

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Malebolge (literally “Evil Ditches”). See bolgia.

unadapted borrowing

The eighth circle of Hell in the Divine Comedy.


女妖

/ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

報喪女妖

报丧女妖


astroship

The astroships — as we have named the future space vehicles — will be much more comfortable than the Apollo cabins.

1969, Illustrated weekly of Pakistan, page 75:

But we'd need to coordinate our efforts with another astroship.

1999, Joseph Neil Schulman, Brad Linaweaver, Profile in Silver: And Other Screenwritings, page 472:

If these are astroships from someplace besides our specific, physical universe, maybe they come from a place where our laws of physics do not apply, where there is no such thing as velocity/momentum.

2007, Kelly D. Bell, Visitors: A New Look at UFOs:

(science fiction) A spaceship; a starship.


takioni

takioni (nominative singular)
takionit (nominative plural)
takioni (accusative nominative singular)
takionit (accusative nominative plural)
takionin (accusative genitive singular)
takionit (accusative genitive plural)
takionin (genitive singular)
takionien (genitive plural)
takionia (partitive singular)
takioneja (partitive plural)
takionissa (inessive singular)
takioneissa (inessive plural)
takionista (elative singular)
takioneista (elative plural)
takioniin (illative singular)
takioneihin (illative plural)
takionilla (adessive singular)
takioneilla (adessive plural)
takionilta (ablative singular)
takioneilta (ablative plural)
takionille (allative singular)
takioneille (allative plural)
takionina (essive singular)
takioneina (essive plural)
takioniksi (singular translative)
takioneiksi (plural translative)
takionitta (abessive singular)
takioneitta (abessive plural)
takionein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
takionini (nominative singular)
takionini (nominative plural)
takionini (accusative nominative singular)
takionini (accusative nominative plural)
takionini (accusative genitive singular)
takionini (accusative genitive plural)
takionini (genitive singular)
takionieni (genitive plural)
takioniani (partitive singular)
takionejani (partitive plural)
takionissani (inessive singular)
takioneissani (inessive plural)
takionistani (elative singular)
takioneistani (elative plural)
takioniini (illative singular)
takioneihini (illative plural)
takionillani (adessive singular)
takioneillani (adessive plural)
takioniltani (ablative singular)
takioneiltani (ablative plural)
takionilleni (allative singular)
takioneilleni (allative plural)
takioninani (essive singular)
takioneinani (essive plural)
takionikseni (singular translative)
takioneikseni (plural translative)
takionittani (abessive singular)
takioneittani (abessive plural)
takioneineni (comitative plural)
takionisi (nominative singular)
takionisi (nominative plural)
takionisi (accusative nominative singular)
takionisi (accusative nominative plural)
takionisi (accusative genitive singular)
takionisi (accusative genitive plural)
takionisi (genitive singular)
takioniesi (genitive plural)
takioniasi (partitive singular)
takionejasi (partitive plural)
takionissasi (inessive singular)
takioneissasi (inessive plural)
takionistasi (elative singular)
takioneistasi (elative plural)
takioniisi (illative singular)
takioneihisi (illative plural)
takionillasi (adessive singular)
takioneillasi (adessive plural)
takioniltasi (ablative singular)
takioneiltasi (ablative plural)
takionillesi (allative singular)
takioneillesi (allative plural)
takioninasi (essive singular)
takioneinasi (essive plural)
takioniksesi (singular translative)
takioneiksesi (plural translative)
takionittasi (abessive singular)
takioneittasi (abessive plural)
takioneinesi (comitative plural)
takionimme (nominative singular)
takionimme (nominative plural)
takionimme (accusative nominative singular)
takionimme (accusative nominative plural)
takionimme (accusative genitive singular)
takionimme (accusative genitive plural)
takionimme (genitive singular)
takioniemme (genitive plural)
takioniamme (partitive singular)
takionejamme (partitive plural)
takionissamme (inessive singular)
takioneissamme (inessive plural)
takionistamme (elative singular)
takioneistamme (elative plural)
takioniimme (illative singular)
takioneihimme (illative plural)
takionillamme (adessive singular)
takioneillamme (adessive plural)
takioniltamme (ablative singular)
takioneiltamme (ablative plural)
takionillemme (allative singular)
takioneillemme (allative plural)
takioninamme (essive singular)
takioneinamme (essive plural)
takioniksemme (singular translative)
takioneiksemme (plural translative)
takionittamme (abessive singular)
takioneittamme (abessive plural)
takioneinemme (comitative plural)
takioninne (nominative singular)
takioninne (nominative plural)
takioninne (accusative nominative singular)
takioninne (accusative nominative plural)
takioninne (accusative genitive singular)
takioninne (accusative genitive plural)
takioninne (genitive singular)
takionienne (genitive plural)
takionianne (partitive singular)
takionejanne (partitive plural)
takionissanne (inessive singular)
takioneissanne (inessive plural)
takionistanne (elative singular)
takioneistanne (elative plural)
takioniinne (illative singular)
takioneihinne (illative plural)
takionillanne (adessive singular)
takioneillanne (adessive plural)
takioniltanne (ablative singular)
takioneiltanne (ablative plural)
takionillenne (allative singular)
takioneillenne (allative plural)
takioninanne (essive singular)
takioneinanne (essive plural)
takioniksenne (singular translative)
takioneiksenne (plural translative)
takionittanne (abessive singular)
takioneittanne (abessive plural)
takioneinenne (comitative plural)
takioninsa (nominative singular)
takioninsa (nominative plural)
takioninsa (accusative nominative singular)
takioninsa (accusative nominative plural)
takioninsa (accusative genitive singular)
takioninsa (accusative genitive plural)
takioninsa (genitive singular)
takioniensa (genitive plural)
takioniaan (partitive singular)
takioniansa (partitive singular)
takionejaan (partitive plural)
takionejansa (partitive plural)
takionissaan (inessive singular)
takionissansa (inessive singular)
takioneissaan (inessive plural)
takioneissansa (inessive plural)
takionistaan (elative singular)
takionistansa (elative singular)
takioneistaan (elative plural)
takioneistansa (elative plural)
takioniinsa (illative singular)
takioneihinsa (illative plural)
takionillaan (adessive singular)
takionillansa (adessive singular)
takioneillaan (adessive plural)
takioneillansa (adessive plural)
takioniltaan (ablative singular)
takioniltansa (ablative singular)
takioneiltaan (ablative plural)
takioneiltansa (ablative plural)
takionilleen (allative singular)
takionillensa (allative singular)
takioneilleen (allative plural)
takioneillensa (allative plural)
takioninaan (essive singular)
takioninansa (essive singular)
takioneinaan (essive plural)
takioneinansa (essive plural)
takionikseen (singular translative)
takioniksensa (singular translative)
takioneikseen (plural translative)
takioneiksensa (plural translative)
takionittaan (abessive singular)
takionittansa (abessive singular)
takioneittaan (abessive plural)
takioneittansa (abessive plural)
takioneineen (comitative plural)
takioneinensa (comitative plural)


Sol II

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

(poetic, science fiction) An alternate name for the planet Venus.


Sol I

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

(poetic, science fiction) The planet Mercury.


Sol V

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

(poetic, science fiction) An alternate name for the planet Jupiter.


Sol IV

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

(poetic, science fiction) The planet Mars.


desempenhar

pt-verb

desempenhar (first-person singular present desempenho, first-person singular preterite desempenhei, past participle desempenhado)

desempenho (first-person present singular)
desempenhei (first-person preterite singular)
desempenhado (participle past)
desempenhar (impersonal infinitive)
desempenhar (first-person infinitive singular)
desempenhares (infinitive second-person singular)
desempenhar (infinitive singular third-person)
desempenharmos (first-person infinitive plural)
desempenhardes (infinitive plural second-person)
desempenharem (infinitive plural third-person)
desempenhando (gerund)
desempenhado (masculine participle past singular)
desempenhados (masculine participle past plural)
desempenhada (feminine participle past singular)
desempenhadas (feminine participle past plural)
desempenho (first-person indicative present singular)
desempenhas (indicative present second-person singular)
desempenha (indicative present singular third-person)
desempenhamos (first-person indicative plural present)
desempenhais (indicative plural present second-person)
desempenham (indicative plural present third-person)
desempenhava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
desempenhavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
desempenhava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
desempenhávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
desempenháveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
desempenhavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
desempenhei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
desempenhaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
desempenhou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
desempenhamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
desempenhámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
desempenhastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
desempenharam (indicative plural preterite third-person)
desempenhara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
desempenharas (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
desempenhara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
desempenháramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
desempenháreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
desempenharam (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
desempenharei (first-person future indicative singular)
desempenharás (future indicative second-person singular)
desempenhará (future indicative singular third-person)
desempenharemos (first-person future indicative plural)
desempenhareis (future indicative plural second-person)
desempenharão (future indicative plural third-person)
desempenharia (conditional first-person singular)
desempenharias (conditional second-person singular)
desempenharia (conditional singular third-person)
desempenharíamos (conditional first-person plural)
desempenharíeis (conditional plural second-person)
desempenhariam (conditional plural third-person)
desempenhe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
desempenhes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
desempenhe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
desempenhemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
desempenheis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
desempenhem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
desempenhasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
desempenhasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
desempenhasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
desempenhássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
desempenhásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
desempenhassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
desempenhar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
desempenhares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
desempenhar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
desempenharmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
desempenhardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
desempenharem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
desempenha (imperative second-person singular)
desempenhe (imperative singular third-person)
desempenhemos (first-person imperative plural)
desempenhai (imperative plural second-person)
desempenhem (imperative plural third-person)
não desempenhes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não desempenhe (imperative negative singular third-person)
não desempenhemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não desempenheis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não desempenhem (imperative negative plural third-person)

From des- + empenhar (“to commit, pledge”).

A sorte desempenha um importante papel na vida.

Luck plays an important part in your life.

(film, theater) to play (a role or part)


desempenho

Deverbal from desempenhar (“to perform”).


ブギウギ

[bɯ̟ɡʲiɯ̟ɡʲi]


effet papillon

fr-noun

effet papillon m (plural effets papillon or effets papillons)

effets papillon (plural)
effets papillons (plural)


duwende

Borrowed from Spanish duende, from Old Spanish duen de casa or dueño de la casa (“master of the house”).


ܐܠܩܐܘܢ

head

ܐܠܩܐܘܢ • (ʾlqʾwn) f


歌謡曲

歌謡曲 (canonical)
kayōkyoku (romanization)


intraterrestrial

(ufology) any of a race of sapient beings who live inside the Earth and operate UFOs


biopath

One biopath revealed masked tuberculosis with 14 of 46 patients, while another biopath only revealed this problem in 1 of 12.

1996, Sarah Cant, Ursula Sharma, Complementary and Alternative Medicines: Knowledge in Practice, page 123:

Biopaths like this one were low-rated telepaths whose powers lay in speaking to bodies rather than minds.

2017, K. Hippolite, The Rocket Girl's Tale, unnumbered page:

However, all telepathic biopaths were open to the committee members, who closed their eyes to listen to the sing-song voice of their first alien on planet Orthus.

2019, Darryl Gopaul, Encyclopedia Library, unnumbered page:

(parapsychology, science fiction) A person with the telepathic ability to manipulate the physiology (e.g. heart rate, breathing or brainwaves) and voluntary motor functions of other people or organisms.


K/S

Initialism from the names of James T. Kirk and Spock, separated by a slash (/).

(fandom slang, often attributively) Fan fiction where the characters James T. Kirk and Spock from the science fiction media franchise Star Trek are shown in a homosexual relationship.


realizador

pt-noun

realizador m (plural realizadores, feminine realizadora, feminine plural realizadoras)

realizadores (plural)
realizadora (feminine)
realizadoras (feminine plural)


獨角獸

ㄉㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄡˋ

/tu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

/tʊk̚² kɔːk̚³ sɐu̯³³/

/tu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

/tʊk̚² kɔːk̚³ sɐu̯³³/

;"fans that cannot accept an idol to have a partner"

Short for 獨角獸企業／独角兽企业 (dújiǎoshòu qǐyè, “unicorn enterprise”).


swamp gas

* (hydrogen sulfide): So called because it is often emitted from wetlands such as swamps as a result of anaerobic bacteria, and is responsible for their foul “rotten egg” odor.
* (ufology): An explanation given by then-skeptic J. Allen Hynek for an alleged UFO sighting in Michigan near Lake Huron in 1966.

(ufology, sarcastic) A skeptical explanation that is provided in order to debunk a UFO sighting that a believer regards as ludicrous, illogical or disingenuous.


Vegan

Tommy looked deflated. He stepped back slightly, shaking his head. "Never saw such a resemblance. Are you a Vegan?" "No," Bart lied flatly. "Aldebaran. David Briscoe."

1963, Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Colors of Space:

(science fiction) Someone from the vicinity of the star Vega.


Vegan

[…] James G. Scrugham (later to become governor of the state, and a congressman) and Vegans Roy W. Martin , James Cashman and E. W. Griffith.

1969, Nevada Highways and Parks, volumes 29-30, page 41:

Short for Las Vegan (“someone from Las Vegas”).


ghettotech

The second album features a 38-track mix featuring many of the "booty" or "ghettotech" anthems produced by the popular Detroit duo.

2001, Vladimir Bogdanov, All Music Guide to Electronica:

The club benefits from crowd-pleasing regular appearances from the Party and the occasional drop-in from ghettotech MC Prince William.

2008 January, SPIN, volume 24, number 1, page 110:

Ghettotech consists largely of four-on-the-floor dance beats at a faster tempo with lyrics that are sexually explicit and derogatory in nature.

2010, Emmett George Price, Encyclopedia of African American Music, volume 3, page 942:

electronic dance music
electronic dance music

(music) A form of electronic dance music from Chicago, combining elements of house music with electro, hip-hop, and techno.


xorn

First appeared in the original Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual (1977).

Various monsters can tunnel through rock - either humanoid monsters with picks or rock eaters like rock moles and umber hulks; and some monsters like xorns and ghosts can pass through it without digging.

2002, David Damerell, “Where are they come from?^([sic]) ;)”, in rec.games.roguelike.development (Usenet):

Teleporting from an open room where there were a dozen black orcs firing bows at me and more pouring in through both doors a few nights ago didn't work the first two times, then when it did work it landed me, low on mana and hitpoints, in a room full of gnome mages who instantly summoned four umber hulks and a xorn!

2007, bear, “Makes Lovely Julienne Ogres....”, in rec.games.roguelike.angband (Usenet):

That afternoon, I summoned a Xorn—an earth elemental noted for its speed—and asked it to scout the caves of the Dragon's lair for me.

2010, Roger Bourke White, Rostov Rising: The Tales of Baron Rostov, page 229:

(fantasy) A fictional monster that devours earthen and silicate materials and can move freely through earth.

Monster Manual
Xorn (Dungeons & Dragons)


math rock

Math rock albums have been colored by many other influences, ranging from world music to avant-garde jazz.

2013, Kevin Holm-Hudson, Progressive Rock Reconsidered, Routledge, →ISBN, page 257:

A rhythmically complex, often guitar-based style of experimental rock music that emerged in the late 1990s.


moonbase

Matahka entered the intersection of the moonbase's basic "T" design. With the gym behind him, he glanced to his right down the first hallway that led to the main entrance. The old dorm pods were now used as offices.

2010, Brian Willshire, Moonbase Eden, page 14:

(originally science fiction) A base or outpost located on a moon.


ringworld

From ring + world, introduced by Larry Niven in the novel Ringworld (1970).

(science fiction) An artificial megastructure in space, consisting of a rotating ring encircling a star and having an inhabitable inner surface with gravity produced through centripetal force.


astroengineering

(science fiction) The construction of megastructures in space by technologically advanced beings.


mgqashiyo

Recorded in the late '70s, with tough mgqashiyo mbaqanga out of favor among cultural as well as assimilationist blacks, this proves Mahlathini's staunch loyalty to the style he originated, his total lack of alternatives, or both.

1990, Robert Christgau, Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s, page 257:

[…] an orgy of dance and mgqashiyo, which, literally translated, means "the beat that will never die."

As a producer and the saxophonist for the band Makgona Tsohle, he shaped the style called sax jive and then the music that grew out of it, called mbaqanga (named after a homemade stew) or mgqashiyo, "the indestructible beat."

1998, The New York Times Biographical Service, volume 29, page 1649:

A genre of African music, a more danceable style of mbaqanga.


Betelgeusian

(astronomy, science fiction) Relating to the star Betelgeuse or to inhabitants of the Betelgeuse system.


Betelgeusian

(science fiction) An inhabitant of the Betelgeuse system.


Betelgeusian

(science fiction) The language spoken by Betelgeusians.


Mamãe Noel

[maˈmɐ̃ɪ̯̃ noˈɛʊ̯]

(Brazil, folklore) Mrs. Claus, Mother Christmas (Santa Claus’ wife)


Mãe Natal

[ˈmɐ̃ɪ̯̃ naˈtaʊ̯]

[ˈmɐ̃j̃ nɐˈtaɫ]

[ˈmɐ̃j̃ nɐˈtaɫ]

(Portugal, folklore) Mrs. Claus (Santa Claus’ wife)


João Pestana

[ʒoˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃ pesˈtɐ̃.nɐ]

[ʒoˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃ pesˈtɐ̃.nɐ]

/ʒoˈɐ̃w̃ peʃˈtɐ̃.nɐ/

[ʒoˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃ peʃˈtɐ̃.nɐ]

/ˈʒwɐ̃w̃ pɨʃˈtɐ.nɐ/

/ˈʒwɐ̃w̃ pɨʃˈtɐ.nɐ/

/ˈʒwɐ̃w̃ pɨʃˈta.nɐ/

From João (“John”, a common male given name) + Pestana (“eyelash”, also a surname).

com

Estás a cair com soninho… é o João Pestana que lá vem…

1946, João Carlos, A estrada de fogo, Editorial Gleba, page 211:

You are falling asleep… Sandman is coming…


rodagem

[χoˈda.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ʁuˈða.ʒɐ̃j̃]

From rodar (“to roll, to film”) + -agem.


zeerust

Coined by English science fiction writer and humorist Douglas Adams and British television producer and writer John Lloyd in The Meaning of Liff (1983), from Zeerust, the name of a town in South Africa. By folk etymology, connected semantics to rust.

coin

It also features a nice bit of Zeerust in the form of a carefully reproduced Hollerith card.

2009 March 23, James Nicholl, “Since there seems to be a derth of on topic material just now”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), message-ID <gq8jkj$6u7$1@reader1.panix.com>:

If in a mere 60 years we've learned enough that the predictions of the Futurists then have become "zeerust" today, how long before the predictions on this very blog become subject of ridicule and sympathy directed at our naivete?

2010 January 21, Rick, quoting Jean Remy, “The Future of the Future”, in Rocketpunk Manifesto, retrieved 2013-05-31:

Sci-fi and futuristic- lots of potential here it seems to me, though not as many real world example rides as I expected. I wonder if it's a cost issue or a fear of getting zeerust setting in as the ride ages.

2012 June 13, Fuu, “Concept Brainstorming (aka rambling) part one”, in Project Dark Ride, retrieved 2013-05-31:

Datedness of something originally intended to seem futuristic.


κυνοκέφαλος

grc-noun

κῠνοκέφᾰλος • (kunoképhalos) m (genitive κῠνοκεφάλου); second declension

κῠνοκέφᾰλος (canonical)
kunoképhalos (romanization)
κῠνοκεφάλου (genitive)
ὁ κῠνοκέφᾰλος (nominative singular)
τὼ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λω (dual nominative)
οἱ κῠνοκέφᾰλοι (nominative plural)
τοῦ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λου (genitive singular)
τοῖν κῠνοκεφᾰ́λοιν (dual genitive)
τῶν κῠνοκεφᾰ́λων (genitive plural)
τῷ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῳ (dative singular)
τοῖν κῠνοκεφᾰ́λοιν (dative dual)
τοῖς κῠνοκεφᾰ́λοις (dative plural)
τὸν κῠνοκέφᾰλον (accusative singular)
τὼ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λω (accusative dual)
τοὺς κῠνοκεφᾰ́λους (accusative plural)
κῠνοκέφᾰλε (singular vocative)
κῠνοκεφᾰ́λω (dual vocative)
κῠνοκέφᾰλοι (plural vocative)

A compound of κύων (kúōn, “dog”) + κέφαλος (képhalos, “head”)


roteiro

Ele escreve roteiros para a TV.

(film) screenplay, script (script for a movie or a television show)


arpéu

From Old French harpeau. By surface analysis, arpão + -éu.

(Brazil, fantasy) graphorn (magical creature from the Harry Potter series)


wuxia

From Mandarin 武俠／武侠 (wǔxiá, “martial hero”).

A genre of East Asian fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists, typically set in Ancient China.


trancecore

Blend of trance + hardcore, or trance + -core.

A music genre combining elements of trance music and metalcore.


illbient

Blend of ill + ambient; coinage attributed to DJ Olive (Gregor Asch). See hip-hop slang sense of ill.

This describes the sound of what is known as illbient, a genre of electronic music that arose in New York in the mid-1990s. The first illbient compilations were released by the Asphodel label—Crooklyn Dub Consortium Vol. 1 in 1995 and Incursions in Illbient in 1996—and Olive was involved with both projects.

2012, Mark Katz, Groove Music: The Art and Culture of the Hip-Hop DJ, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

(music) A music genre with layered soundscapes, dub and hip-hop influences (including the use of samples), and a progressive approach to beat programming.


䴑

(Chinese mythology) a legendary weird bird, resembling the magpie, with a dark red color, two heads and four feet


firedragon

From Middle English fyre dragon; equivalent to fire + dragon, modelled after firedrake.

Adam continued to moan in hypnotic agony. Joshua needed to make a move. Boldly, Joshua strode toward the firedragon.


starbase

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

(science fiction) A base (for trading, military operations, etc.) located in space, among the stars.


hurt/comfort

Hurt/comfort stories often contain enough gore to send shivers down the back of activists concerned with the conflation of sex and violence.

1993, Cynthia Jenkins, "Menage a Deux", SBF 3, November 1993 (quoted in Henry Jenkins, Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture, New York University Press (2006), page 84)

She proposes that writing slash — specifically the hurt/comfort genre, which involves assault, abuse and recovery — provides a therapeutic outlet for genuine, deep feelings of emotional pain.

2002, Will Brooker, Using the Force: Creativity, Community and Star Wars Fans, Continuum (2002), page 137

While genres for these stories range from drama to mystery, many stories are classified by their authors as romances or as “hurt/comfort” stories.

2012, Anissa M. Graham & Jennifer C. Garlen, "Sex and the Single Sleuth", Sherlock Holmes for the 21st Century: Essays on New Adaptations (ed. Lynnette Porter), McFarland & Company (2012), page 30

(fandom slang) A genre of fan fiction in which a character receives comfort from another after or while suffering injury, illness, or a traumatic experience.


hetfic

en-noun

hetfic (countable and uncountable, plural hetfics)

The slashers don't object to the fact that your friend (Let's call her "Mamin Mavis") writes hetfic. They object to the fact that she bitches and moans about slash on a list that's at least 50% slash-fic.

2000 October 13, trekkigrrl [username], “Re: Why some K/Sers enjoy slash”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):

I -do- also read hetfic when there's a straight couple I like.

2002 May 26, Kirei, “Re: Fanattempts”, in alt.books.pratchett (Usenet):

Genfic and hetfic typically extend the source material along lines consistent with the producers' intentions, albeit sometimes more explicitly than the broadcast market would allow.

2008, Steve Abrams, Smaragd Grün, “Mundanes at the Gate … and Perverts Within: Managing Internal and External Threats to Community Online”, in Tyrone L. Adams, Stephen A. Smith, editors, Electronic Tribes: The Virtual Worlds of Geeks, Gamers, Shamans, and Scammers, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 210:

(uncountable, fandom slang) Such fan fiction collectively.


real person fiction

A type of fan fiction featuring celebrities and other real people, particularly actors, musicians, and athletes.


bandslash

It's an archive of bandslash about the rock group Orgy, who are best known for their hard-hitting remake of New Order's early 80s chestnut "Blue Monday."

2002 August 10, LadyCyrrh [username], “[ART] The Annex Reviews, 8/10/02”, in alt.sex.stories.gay.moderated (Usenet):

Even more amusing is that those doing the wishful humping in bandslash aren't your usual pin-ups. Bandslash has gone indie. This is a shadowy world where the boys in Franz Ferdinand are each others' fetish objects, and former Libertines Carl Barat and Pete Doherty, lovers.

2006 October 26, Kitty Empire, “Pop idols trade licks”, in The Observer:

Westcott doesn’t even consider the thornier question of fan fiction based on real and often living people, for instance, the “bandslash” or “bandfic” phenomenon built around rock-star characters and often homoerotic subplots.

2008 July 15, Keith Goetzman, “Is Fan Fiction Flouting the Law?”, in Utne Reader:

(fandom slang) Slash fan fiction which pairs real musicians, especially ones belonging to the same group.


popslash

Popslash writers use pop stars as their protagonists, constructing fictional narratives that supplement and enhance those disseminated by the media.

2006, Kristina Busse, “'I'm jealous of the fake me': Postmodern subjectivity and identity construction in boy band fan fiction”, in Su Holmes, Sean Redmond, editors, Framing Celebrity: New Directions in Celebrity Culture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 254:

Consequently, popslash grew popular among media fan writers, many of whom created similarly brilliant and science fiction-like premises to explore celebrity culture as a metaphor for gender identity and other performances of the self.

2006, Francesca Coppa, “A Brief History of Media Fandom”, in Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse, editors, Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 56:

The popslash phenomenon gathered momentum after a 2001 story that imagined Chris Kirkpatrick of the band 'N Sync experiencing a sudden overnight gender change, […]

2011, Katherine Meizel, Idolized: Music, Media, and Identity in American Idol, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 46:

(fandom slang) Slash fan fiction which pairs pop musicians, especially ones belonging to the same boy band.


slugthrower

He had been pulling the trigger of his slugthrower all this time, but now the firing pin clicked at last upon an empty firing chamber.

1965 December, Gordon R. Dickson, “Warrior”, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, volume 76, →ISSN, page 71:

Each had a holstered sidearm: slugthrower, not stunner.

1978, Poul Anderson, The Avatar, New York: Berkley, →ISBN, →OL, page 162:

From the confident manner with which she held her long-barreled slugthrower, Mirina guessed that some of the medals were for marksmanship.

1996, Jody Lynn Nye, The Ship Errant, Baen, →ISBN, →OL, page 65:

(science fiction) A firearm that fires bullets.


fakebit

From fake + bit, alliterative with 8-bit.

A style of electronic music that uses modern software synthesizers to simulate the sound of early 8-bit computers.


Eldar

→ Russian: Эльда́р (Elʹdár)

Coined by J. R. R. Tolkien as Quenya Eldar, plural of Elda.

(fantasy) An elf, one of a particular group of elves, or an elflike creature.

(science fiction) An elflike race of aliens from Warhammer 40,000, now known as Aeldari.

Эльда́р

magical humanoids from Tolkien's writings


noromo

Being a hard-core "noromo" (parlance for "no romancer," someone who believes the show's UST, or unresolved sexual tension, is the key to its vitality), I have also flamed "shippers" ("relationshippers," those who want Mulder and Scully to get it on in the film) with now embarrassing vituperations, such as, "Why don't you just go get the lame job you're destined for at the state budget office?"

1998 June 22, John Cloud, “Cinema: An X-Phile Confesses”, in Time:

There had always been a separation between the noromos and the shippers, but at the start of the eighth season, another significant division was born.

2002, Tom Kessenich, EXaminations: An Unauthorized Look at Seasons 6-9 of The X-Files, Featuring the Reviews of Unbound I, Trafford Publishing (2002), page 5

Once it became generally accepted that Mulder and Scully were romantically involved off screen, the noromos stopped watching in disgust, while the shippers lamented not being allowed to witness the transition in the relationship.

2002, Elizabeth Weinbloom, "'THE X-FILES'; A Botched Romance" (letter to the editor), The New York Times, 2 June 2002

(X-Files fandom slang) A person who opposes the idea of a romantic relationship between Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.


babyfic

babyfic (countable and uncountable, plural babyfics)

This is babyfic with a realistic drooly biting babbler in the starring role.

1998 September 6, JenRose, “Rec: Iolokus IV: Res Judicata- Actually ranting, raving praise.”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Yep, we're headed for an onslaught of sappy babyfic. Hang onto your hats, girls and boys! <g>

2001 May 20, Daska K., “Beware the onslaught....”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Whereas fan fiction has been understood to be primarily about sex and subversive readings — as Jenkins' work on female fans and "slash" suggests — babyfic on the other hand, demonstrates the need to contain and work through the extreme possibilities of the canon.

2003 April, Robin Silbergleid, “'The Truth We Both Know': Readerly Desire and Heteronarrative in The X-Files”, in Studies in Popular Culture, volume 25, number 3, page 61:


kidfic

kidfic (countable and uncountable, plural kidfics)

Ok, so we'll never get this scenario on the show, but I thought it would be interesting to try something other than Requiem babyfic and more along the lines of "kidfic." I found myself wondering what Mulder and Scully's son might be like and how Scully would handle the awesome responsibility of raising him alone.

2000 September 1, Starbuck031992 [username], “NEW: Will (1/1) by little scully”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

I knew EXACTLY why you were asking such a stupid ass question. Only someone writing/reading kidfic would even care. Next time, try asking on the fic list.

2004 March 16, SamPiper, “Re: Did Scully...”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

In a month or so I plan to begin the update process again at The Nursery Files, which as you probably know is the X-Files babyfic/kidfic archive.

, neoxphile [username], “Writers, please submit your baby/kidfics to The Nursery Files”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):


science-fictiony

en-adj

science-fictiony (comparative more science-fictiony, superlative most science-fictiony)

more science-fictiony (comparative)
most science-fictiony (superlative)

She wishes science-fictiony things like videophones existed so Jaypee could see her smile when she says that Actually, she's moving into another area of creative work entirely. Publishing.

1991, Ian McDonald, King of Morning, Queen of Day, Open Road Integrated Media, published 2013, →ISBN:

There was no other indication that the attack was under way—no cool science-fictiony laser sounds, no beam of light slicing through the sky, just a small blinking “L” indicator on their supercockpit displays.

2007, Dale Brown, Strike Force, Harper, →ISBN, page 504:

There were kids playing weird, science-fictiony music on synthesizers, and all the teachers who were telling everyone where to go were wearing outfits made out of aluminum foil, like robot aliens.

2012, James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts, Middle School: Get Me Out of Here!, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:

(informal) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of science fiction.


ウエスタン

[ɯ̟e̞sɨ̥tã̠ɴ]


合体

combination of multiple entities to become one

(science fiction, of robots) combining together and becoming a new, stronger robot


合体

合体する (canonical)
gattai suru (romanization)
合体し (stem)
合体した (past)
合体し
がったいし
gattai shi
合体する
がったいする
gattai suru
合体すれ
がったいすれ
gattai sure
合体せよ (imperative literary)
合体しろ (colloquial imperative)
がったいせよ (imperative literary)
がったいしろ (colloquial imperative)
gattai seyo (imperative literary)
gattai shiro (colloquial imperative)
合体される (passive)
がったいされる (passive)
gattai sareru (passive)
合体させる (causative)
合体さす (causative)
がったいさせる (causative)
がったいさす (causative)
gattai saseru (causative)
gattai sasu (causative)
合体できる (potential)
がったいできる (potential)
gattai dekiru (potential)
合体しよう (volitional)
がったいしよう (volitional)
gattai shiyō (volitional)
合体しない (negative)
がったいしない (negative)
gattai shinai (negative)
合体せず (continuative negative)
がったいせず (continuative negative)
gattai sezu (continuative negative)
合体します (formal)
がったいします (formal)
gattai shimasu (formal)
合体した (perfective)
がったいした (perfective)
gattai shita (perfective)
合体して (conjunctive)
がったいして (conjunctive)
gattai shite (conjunctive)
合体すれば (conditional hypothetical)
がったいすれば (conditional hypothetical)
gattai sureba (conditional hypothetical)

2016 June 18, “磁石の戦士α(マグネット・ウォリアー・アルファ) [Magnet Warrior Alpha]”, in STRUCTURE DECK 武藤遊戯 [Structure Deck: Mutō Yūgi], Konami:

Alpha, Beta, Gamma, together they unite and transform.

α、β、γで変形合体する。

Arufa, Bēta, Ganma de henkei gattai suru.

(of multiple entities) to combine and become one

(science fiction, of robots) to combine together and become a new, stronger robot


bat'leth

From Klingon betleH, short for batlh'etlh (“sword of honor”).

It is a bat'leth. It belonged to my father... It has been in our family for ten generations.

1990 November 5, “Reunion”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 4, episode 7, spoken by Worf (Michael Dorn):

The U.K. is looking to clean up its streets with a knife amnesty program, so you can imagine their surprise when a Klingon, er, excuse me, a Klingon fan, turned in a replica Bat’leth over the weekend.

2008 August 25, Jack Loftus, “U.K. Knife Amnesty Program Turns Up Klingon Bat’leth, No Sign of Worf”, in Gizmodo Australia, archived from the original on 2016-03-04:

Officers searched the area but didn't find the robber or the weapon, which was described as a "bat'leth."

2009 February 4, Kieran Nicholson, “Klingon sword used in two Colorado Springs heists”, in Denver Post:

Howard: Why did you bring that?
Sheldon: No weapon strikes more fear into a man's heart than a Klingon bat'leth.
Leonard: OK, let's get clear on something. We just gonna tell this guy to transfer all your stuff back into your account and then be on our way. No one's bat'lething anybody.

2011 March 31, “The Zarnecki Incursion” (15:59), in The Big Bang Theory, season 4, episode 19, spoken by Howard Wolowitz, Sheldon Cooper, and Leonard Hofstadter (Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, and Johnny Galecki):

(science fiction) A double-ended curved blade weapon with spiked protrusions, controlled by grips along its back, used by Klingons in Star Trek.


ラップ

(sports, motor racing) a lap, one circuit around the track

ラップタイム ラップタイム#Japanese

(sports, motor racing) short for ラップタイム (rappu taimu, “lap time”) (time taken to complete a single lap)

ラップタイム

ラップ盤

(engineering) a machine tool part made of relatively soft material, used for finishing or polishing


ondin

From English ondine, undine, from German Undine, from Modern Latin undina, from unda (“wave”). The second sense greatly influenced by the 90s Filipino horror anthology film Shake, Rattle & Roll III.

an undine; a female water sprite or nymph


巫術師

巫術師 (canonical)
fujutsushi (romanization)

Compound of 巫術 (fujutsu, “magic, sorcery, thaumaturgy”) + 師 (shi, “expert, master, practitioner”).


marcià

ca-adj

marcià (feminine marciana, masculine plural marcians, feminine plural marcianes)

marciana (feminine)
marcians (masculine plural)
marcianes (feminine plural)


marcià

ca-noun

marcià m (plural marcians, feminine marciana)


*band

en-noun

*band (usually uncountable, plural *bands)

Angband
Angband (video game)
J. R. R. Tolkien
Silmarillion

From * (“wildcard”) + band, after the roguelike Angband, after the fictional fortress of Angband in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion.


selfcest

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And this is where selfcest comes in. For those unfamiliar with Adventure Time, it has two series: the main, phallogocentric one, Adventure Time, and another spin-off version, Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake, in which gender-flipped versions of the original characters are presented. Marceline spawns Marshall Lee, Jake turns into Cake, Finn becomes Fionna, Princess Bubblegum is chewed up and spat out as Prince Gumball… you get the picture. Enter Fanfiction, which causes them to hook up. Creepy, yes.

2013, Boo Patrick, "Selfcest", Manifesto (University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts), April 2013, page 8

Several Loki fans shared their horror over the idea of Loki and Sylvie getting together, as it would be an example of selfcest.

2021 July 2, Sabrina Barr, “Loki fans defend Marvel series over ‘queerbaiting’ claims as director says God of Mischief’s bisexuality won’t be explored further”, in Metro, UK:

'"The Time Traveler's Wife” having selfcest was not on my 2022 bingo card,' another [Twitter] user commented.

2022 May 25, Erica Tempesta, “'Selfcest was not on my 2022 bingo card': The Time Traveler's Wife baffles viewers with 'wild' and 'disturbing' oral sex scene between the HBO show's protagonist and HIMSELF”, in The Daily Mail:

(fandom slang, fiction) Sexual activity with an alternate version of oneself, such as a clone, duplicate, alter ego, or a version of oneself from a different time or alternate universe.


spacedock

(science fiction) A place where spacecraft can dock.


danzonete

danzonete (countable and uncountable, plural danzonetes)

A Latin-American musical genre originating from the Cuban danzón but incorporating vocal parts.


Delena

And vice versa, when we want Stefan and Elena to have a moment together, how can we do that and not have our Delena fans outraged?

2012, Julie Plec, quoted in Nuzhat Naoreen, "This Week's Cover: 'The Vampire Diaries' stars talk about the red-hot Damon-Elena-Stefan triangle", Entertainment Weekly, 8 February 2012

And while you may deny having ever watched the "Vampire Diaries" in pubic, you have a strong opinion regarding team Stelena vs. team Delena.

2014, Danielle Wolk, "Netflix or Nut-flix?: A guide to Understanding Your Netflix Obsession", The Lion's Roar (Solomon Schechter School of Westchester, Hartsdale, New York), January 2014, page 6

There will never be enough swoon-worthy Delena moments to fill shippers’ hearts, […]

2014 May 4, Lanford Beard, “TV Jukebox: 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'The Following,' 'Supernatural,' and more of the week's best music-on-TV moments”, in Entertainment Weekly:

(fandom slang) The romantic pairing of the characters Damon Salvatore and Elena Gilbert from the American television series The Vampire Diaries.


瞬間移動

ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄧˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

шуньцзянь идун

/ʂu̯ən⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/

/sɵn³³ kaːn⁵⁵ jiː²¹ tʊŋ²²/

/ʂu̯ən⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/

/sɵn³³ kaːn⁵⁵ jiː²¹ tʊŋ²²/


瞬間移動

瞬間移動 (canonical)
shunkan idō (romanization)

[ɕɨ̃ŋka̠ɰ̃ ido̞ː]

From 瞬間 (shunkan, “instant”) + 移動 (idō, “moving”).

af

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


shipfic

en-noun

shipfic (countable and uncountable, plural shipfics)

Just make sure you don't let me know where your shipfic is available, won't you? <g>

2001 December 6, Eva, “Re: 48 Hours: Please God, tell me that's not Daniel's replacement! ***Spoiler***”, in alt.tv.stargate-sg1 (Usenet):

HP slashfic gives me the creeps, not because of homophobia, but more because I get this imperceptible vibe that it's written by people who are obsessed with the movie stars, and in some peculiar way want to debase them because they can't have them. Actually, I shouldn't single out the slashfic. There's plenty of shipfic that gives me this same impression, too.

2003 August 20, Chistaya, “Re: and either must die at the hand of the other...”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

I've just started looking for DW fanfic to see if there's any Rose-meets-altuniverse-Doctor, and have been drowned in shipfic on places like ff.net (or whatever its^([sic]) called now.

2006 September 2, JACUK, “Re: What has happened to DW fanfic...?”, in alt.drwho.creative (Usenet):

(fandom slang) Fan fiction revolving around or dedicated to shipping.


cueca

→ English: cueca


UK funky

A genre of electronic dance music derived from UK garage, afrobeat, and other genres.


speed garage

A faster variant of UK garage music, with warped basslines influenced by jungle and reggae.


UK garage

(music) A genre of electronic music descended from house music, originating from England in the early 1990s, typically featuring a syncopated 4/4 percussive rhythm with "shuffling" hi-hats and beat-skipping kick drums.


Dvalinn

Icelandic: Dvalinn

Faroese: Dvalin

Norwegian Nynorsk: Dvalen, Dvalin

Swedish: Dvalen, Dvalin

Danish: Dvalin

Probably from dvala (“to delay”), thus giving the meaning "Delayer".


Dáinn

Dáins (genitive)
Dáinn (indefinite nominative)
Dáin (accusative indefinite)
Dáni (dative indefinite)
Dáins (genitive indefinite)

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

Dáinn

Icelandic: Dáinn

Faroese: Dáin

Norwegian Nynorsk: Dåen, Dåin

Swedish: Dåen

Danish: Dåin

Compare dáinn, from deyja (“to die”), thus meaning "Dead-like One".


Lindmania

enthusiasm for Jenny Lind (Johanna Maria Lind, 1820–1887), Swedish opera singer


taarab

Borrowed from Swahili taarab, from Arabic طَرَب (ṭarab, “entertainment with music”).

der

A genre of music popular in Tanzania and Kenya, influenced by the music of cultures with a historical presence in East Africa.


imzadi

From the American science-fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, in which it is a term of endearment used by the Betazoid race, said to mean "beloved."

I have a 2 year old son, and my major interests include science fiction TV (Star Trek, X-Files), music, books and movies. […] I am looking for my imzadi, and hope to meet her someday.

1994 August 30, djsst22 [username], “GWF ISO SF”, in pgh.singles (Usenet):

So I'll probably run about the neighborhood with my imzadi (what I've decided to call my 'best-friend-person' now. It's a Star Trek term, Betazoid stuff.) […]

1999 October 28, Lisa: DreaManiChicKuriousStarfire [username], “Re: Halloween: What are your plans?”, in alt.drugs.psychedelics (Usenet):

I push beyond my body
I push beyond this world of mine
Drunk without wine
myself my imzadi

2001, Cari Lynn, “To Touch The Face of God”, in Journey Without a Map, Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 20:

(fandom slang) A person with whom one shares a profound spiritual bond; a soulmate.


planeswalker

From planes + walker. Originated in the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:planeswalker.

Like Rosalie, he acted as though he had no power. He believed the same was true for D'Las as it was for the planeswalker—he simply couldn't access the power on his own.

2011, Amber Wokaty, Galaxy Killers, Author House, →ISBN, page 187:

(fantasy) A wizard who can travel across planes of existence.


Sǫʼtah Anah

/sõ̀ʔtʰɑ̀h ʔɑ̀nɑ̀ːʔ/

From sǫʼ (“stars”) + -tah (“among”) + anaaʼ (“state of war”).


Amalthean

/æməlˈθiːən/

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to Amalthea or Amaltheia, foster-mother of Zeus, in Greek mythology.

(astronomy) Of or relating to the Jovian moon named for Amalthea.


Amalthean

/æməlˈθiːən/

(science fiction) A native or inhabitant of Amalthea.


cybersurgeon

(science fiction) A robot that performs the duties of a surgeon.


robodoc

Other than the most exceptional transplants, all operations were performed by cybersurgeons. These were robodocs, ArtAn nets hooked up to precision machines. They were exact and fast and dexterous.

2005, Alan Robbins, A Small Box of Chaos, page 64:

Sheppard observed several crew begin installing some of the robodocs in the medbay who would act as triage and initial aid to any wounded crew members or space marines.

(science fiction) A robot that performs the duties of a doctor or surgeon.


élfico

Calque of English elvish, from elfo + -ico.


élfico

Elvish (the language spoken by elves, often referring to Quenya or Sindarin)


electrovore

/ɪˈlɛktɹəvɔː(ɹ)/

In Cosmos, Carl Sagan speculates on the existence of extraterrestrial civilisations, which he characterises pretentiously by means of hypothetical summaries such as: "cryogen supercooled electrovores with neutron crystal dense packing and modular starminers ..."

1984 November 8, Peter Forbes, “The silicon solution”, in New Scientist:

! WE DO NOT CONSUME EARTH FOOD. WE ARE ELECTROVORES. IF YOU
! HAVE A SURGE PROTECTOR WE WOULD BE MOST OBLIGED.

1998 October 30, Rollin Thomas, “New Borg Graduate Student.”, in talk.bizarre (Usenet):

There were, Gregory knew, AIs residing within implants in dolphin brains now designed to bridge the linguistic barriers between the species, but those translations had only proven that dolphin brains were as alien to humans as the group minds of the abyssal electrovores inhabiting the under-ice ocean of Enceladus.

2013, Ian Douglas, Deep Space: Star Carrier, HarperCollins, →ISBN:

(science fiction) An organism or entity which feeds on electricity.


albìssig

Dar Guute Hèere anlòan is albìssig.


sfinksur

fo-noun

sfinksur m (genitive singular sfinks, plural sfinksar)

sfinks (genitive singular)
sfinksar (plural)
sfinksur (indefinite nominative singular)
sfinksurin (definite nominative singular)
sfinksar (indefinite nominative plural)
sfinksarnir (definite nominative plural)
sfinks (accusative indefinite singular)
sfinksin (accusative definite singular)
sfinksar (accusative indefinite plural)
sfinksarnar (accusative definite plural)
sfinksi (dative indefinite singular)
sfinksinum (dative definite singular)
sfinksum (dative indefinite plural)
sfinksunum (dative definite plural)
sfinks (genitive indefinite singular)
sfinksins (definite genitive singular)
sfinksa (genitive indefinite plural)
sfinksanna (definite genitive plural)

From Latin Sphinx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx). Perhaps from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze, to strangle”), or from Egyptian Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “living image”).


Waycest

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(fandom slang) The incestuous real-person pairing of the brothers Gerard Way and Mikey Way, of American rock band My Chemical Romance, in slash fan fiction.


Destiel

His overt revulsion is caused by the Wincest fan fiction — the Sam-slash-Dean pairing that also alarms Dean in the epigraph of this paper — and to a Dean-slash-Castiel (or Destiel) kink meme in which Castiel has a crab claw for a hand.

2011, Brigid Cherry, “Becky Rosen, Fan Identity, and Interactivity in Supernatural”, in Stacey Abbott, David Lavery, editors, TV Goes to Hell: An Unofficial Road Map of, Supernatural , ECW Press, →ISBN, page 204:

All of our "feels" are on the line again as they continue to be with anything that involves Johnlock (thanks a lot, Moffat), Merthur and Destiel.

2013, Keren Lopez, "Yahoo buys Tumblr, leaves fandoms in despair", La Voz Weekly (De Anza College), Volume 46, Number 27, 3 June 2013, page 8

I'm always happy to write some sappy Destiel one shot (a one chapter story, often focused solely on fluff, or pure cuddles) when writer's block is making work on Phoenix difficult.

2013, Evangeline Warren, "Confessions of a Teenage Fangirl", INKredible!, Issue 4, Summer 2013, page 21

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Castiel and Dean Winchester from the television series Supernatural.


H/Hr

This news group certainly seemed to filled with a lot of R/Hr people. As I am a H/Hr person and I believe that Hermione and Harry have this subtle thing that's being^([sic]) built up since the very beginning, I will elaborate on my personal beliefs.

2002 May 4, Imran [username], “Re: Ron and hermoine”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

I can't help but suspect it's either some sort of passive-aggressive moralistic reaction or thinly disguised sour grapes on the part of die-hard H/Hr shippers.

2007 September 7, Bill Blakely, “Re: What happens next?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

For instance, those who write about or are interested in a relationship between Harry and Hermione are considered “H/Hr” shippers.

2007 Katie Greenway, "Dumbledore heats up overwhelming fanfic", The Badger Herald (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 25 October 2007

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


Snarry

Best Excuse for a Wandering Mind: SNARRY!, Jason Isaacs, Alan Rickman

2004 December 31, barbarella [username], “Re: That Was The Year That Was 2004”, in aus.culture.gothic (Usenet):

"Snarry is part of a subgenre of fan fiction called Slash," she says. "Snarry depicts romantic relationships between Harry Potter and Severus Snape, together - Snarry. […]

2009 July 17, David Templeton, “One geek over the line”, in Pacific Sun:

Snarry slash people (ie people who write fan fiction about Snape and Harry getting it on till the break o’dawn) are super-intense. Seriously that is one rich, rich subculture.

2009 July 22, Lev Grossman, “Notes from Azkatraz, a Harry Potter Convention”, in Time:

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


Wincest

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From Win(chester) + -cest. Possibly influenced by wincest.

Wincest stories often take their transgressive cues from the text itself; often when Sam and Dean are seducing each other in Wincest stories, the more reluctant of the two is convinced to engage in the relationship when the other reiterates that they are already outsiders in society, already isolated from the “normality” of their world—why should the prohibition of incest stand in their way when they have already broken so many other laws?

2009, Emily Turner, "Scary Just Got Sexy: Transgression in Supernatural and Its Fanfiction", in In the Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural (ed. Supernatural.tv), BenBella Books (2009), page 159

Instead, she suggests, the romanticized, paratextual Wincest slash fiction offers Sam and Dean a redemptive happiness that they are perpetually denied by the show's writers both in a diegetic sense (via Chuck Shurley, the show's writer/prophet who publishes novels based on the boys' adventures) and in a non-diegetic sense (via Eric Kripke, Sera Gamble, and the show's returning writers).

2011, Darren Elliott-Smith, “'Go Be Gay for That Poor, Dead Intern:' Conversion Fantasies and Gay Anxieties in Supernatural”, in Stacey Abbott, David Lavery, editors, TV Goes to Hell: An Unofficial Road Map of, Supernatural , ECW Press, →ISBN, page 106:

Supernatural fandom features some of the more controversial iterations of slash, predominantly Wincest (the incestuous coupling of the show's protagonists, the Winchester brothers), […]

2013, Henry Jenkins & Suzanne Scott, "Textual Poachers, Twenty Years Later", in Henry Jenkins, Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture, Routledge (2013), page xxxiii

(fandom slang) The incestuous slash ship of the fictional brothers Dean and Sam Winchester from the television series Supernatural.


ship war

Oh, no, not another ship war between members of Team Edward and Team Jacob.

They seemed fascinated by my and Meg's absorption in the Harry Potter culture, so we told them stories of the ship wars […]

2008, Melissa Anelli, Harry, A History, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 236:

'Ship wars' are discussions, usually between female fans, about who the best partner would be for their favourite character or artist, a classic example being the debates over whether Yoko Ono was good for John Lennon.

2013, Mark Duffet, Understanding Fandom: An Introduction to the Study of Media Fan Culture, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, page 248:

Habermas may not have imagined ship wars as a context for practical discourse, but fandom is in fact an excellent space in which to engage in the forms of contestation he describes.

2013, Emily Regan Wills, “Fannish discourse communities and the construction of gender in The X-Files”, in Transformative Works and Cultures, volume 14:

(fandom slang) An intense and sometimes hostile disagreement between shippers of rival ships in a fandom.


kink meme

Kink memes are generally hosted on the blogging platforms Dreamwidth or LiveJournal, which have comment structures that allow for specific requests to be put up and responded to in a linked manner.

2018, Rukmini Pande, Squee from the Margins: Fandom and Race, page 166:

Noticeably, most of these kinkmeme prompts revolve around Sherlock and John's sexual/romantic relationship in one form or another.

2019, Christiana Gregoriou, "The Fandom Is Afoot: BBC Sherlock and Its Fanfiction at Play", in Retold Resold Transformed: Crime Fiction in the Global Era (Christiana Gregoriou, David Platten, & Gigliola Sulis), unnumbered page

It was originally published in late 2010 in response to a request on the Supernatural kinkmeme.

2021, Milena Popova, Dubcon: Fanfiction, Power, and Sexual Consent, page 45:

(fandom slang) An online space in which requests for fan fiction (generally involving a specific kink) are posted and fulfilled anonymously.


Team Jacob

Of course, there are those two camps I mentioned earlier in this chapter: Team Edward and Team Jacob. Over time, Team Jacob has grown to the point where a lot of fans prefer Jacob to Edward.

2009, Lois H. Gresh, The Twilight Companion: The Unauthorized Guide to the Series, St Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 89:

However, Team Jacob members on the Anglophone boards were even more emphatic in their dismissal of Edward, and several posters argued that his behavior was abusive.

2010, Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore, Rebecca Williams, “Transnational Twilighters: A Twilight Fan Community in Norway”, in Melissa A. Click, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, editors, Bitten by Twilight: Youth Culture, Media, & the Vampire Franchise, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 200:

Team Jacob argues that Jacob's warmth, support, and wolfy exuberance should have won Bella away from her vampire swain.

2010, Liv Spencer, Love Bites: The Unofficial Saga of Twilight, ECW Press, →ISBN, page 192:

(fandom slang) The faction of Twilight fandom which prefers Bella Swan in a romantic relationship with Jacob Black.


Team Edward

However, the continued conflict between Team Jacob and Team Edward shows that the series is sufficiently open to allow for the shipping of both Bella/Edward and Bella/Jacob.

2010, Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore, Rebecca Williams, “Transnational Twilighters: A Twilight Fan Community in Norway”, in Melissa A. Click, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, editors, Bitten by Twilight: Youth Culture, Media, & the Vampire Franchise, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 202:

To Team Edward, the canon pairing with the stoic, troubled, immortal 17-year-old is unquestionable.

Although the tension between Team Edward and Team Jacob fans is usually expressed in playful banter, there is the possibility that this group conflict will erupt into hostility.

2011, Melissa Burkley, “Prejudice in Twilight”, in E. David Klonsky, Alexis Black, editors, The Psychology of Twilight, BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 72:

(fandom slang) The faction of Twilight fandom which prefers Bella Swan in a romantic relationship with Edward Cullen.


Аҡбуҙат

head

Аҡбуҙат • (Aqbuźat)

ba-noun

Аҡбуҙат • (Aqbuźat)

Aqbuźat (romanization)
Аҡбуҙат (absolute singular-only)
Аҡбуҙаттың (definite genitive singular-only)
Аҡбуҙатҡа (dative singular-only)
Аҡбуҙатты (accusative definite singular-only)
Аҡбуҙатта (locative singular-only)
Аҡбуҙаттан (ablative singular-only)

Composition of stems: аҡбуҙ (aqbuź, “blue gray”) + ат (at, “horse”).


orcish

en-adj

orcish (comparative more orcish, superlative most orcish)

more orcish (comparative)
most orcish (superlative)

an orcish blade

(fantasy) Of or relating to orcs (monstrous humanoid creatures).


Feniks

Feniks (nominative singular)
Feniksa (genitive singular)
Feniksowi (dative singular)
Feniksa (accusative singular)
Feniksem (instrumental singular)
Feniksie (locative singular)
Feniksie (singular vocative)

(Egyptian mythology, Greek mythology) Phoenix (mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology)


Fiver

From five + -er (“supporter”) or + -er (occupational suffix).

The three major branches or sects are the Twelvers, Seveners, and Fivers.

1998, Emory C. Bogle, Islam: Origin and Belief, University of Texas Press, page 145:

Whereas the largest Shi’a branch, the ‘Twelvers’, strictly believe that there were only 12 visible imams, the ’Fivers’ have recognised many more imams throughout their history.

2007, Daniel McLaughlin, Yemen: The Bradt Travel Guide, Bradt, page 23:

(the Zaydis, or Fivers, were the first subset to break away from larger Shi’ism, and traditionally elected an imam from among the descendants of the Prophet Muhammad as their leader).

J. E. Peterson, Yemen on the precipice: Governing the ungovernable in 2013, Abbas Kadhim, Governance in the Middle East and North Africa: A Handbook, Routledge International Handbooks, page 306


warp drive

(physics, science fiction) A technological device that warps spacetime to enable movement through space in a non-Newtonian manner.

(science fiction) An engine that allows a vessel to travel faster-than-light by manipulating spacetime to bypass Einstein's restrictive light barrier.


machine à voyager dans le temps

fr-noun

machine à voyager dans le temps f (plural machines à voyager dans le temps)

machines à voyager dans le temps (plural)

Literally, “machine to travel in [the] time”.


machine à explorer le temps

fr-noun

machine à explorer le temps f (plural machines à explorer le temps)

L’auto bringuebalante qui m’avait amené devait être une machine à explorer le temps. Je n’avais pas seulement changé de pays, mais d’époque ; je reculais brusquement de mille ans.

1944, Roland Dorgelès, Route des tropiques, Albin Michel, page 24:


dragonking

(fantasy, mythology) A king with the ability to control dragons.


gothabilly

en-noun

gothabilly (countable and uncountable, plural gothabillies)

(music, uncountable) A musical genre combining rockabilly and gothic rock, and its associated subculture (style of clothing, etc).


hard science fiction

Coined by American critic P. Schuyler Miller in 1957.

coin

(science fiction) A subgenre of science fiction that focuses on technical detail and scientific accuracy.


soft science fiction

After hard science fiction, attributed to Peter Nicholls.

(science fiction) A subgenre of science fiction that focuses on the nature of its speculative societies or that employs pseudoscience.


ダンスホール

(music) A genre of Jamaican dance music derived from dub and reggae.


badhbh

head

badhbh f (genitive singular baidhbhe, nominative plural badhbha)

baidhbhe (genitive singular)
badhbha (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
badhbh (indefinite singular)
badhbha (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a bhadhbh (indefinite singular)
a bhadhbha (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
baidhbhe (indefinite singular)
badhbh (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an bhadhbh (definite singular)
na badhbha (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
na baidhbhe (definite singular)
na mbadhbh (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an mbadhbh (definite singular)
don bhadhbh (definite singular)
leis na badhbha (definite plural)
badhbh
bhadhbh
mbadhbh

→ English: bibe


positive punk

So called because it lacked the nihilistic aggression of the wider subculture. Coined by English journalist, author and musician Richard Cabut in 1983.


gryphus

la-noun

grȳphus m (genitive grȳphī); second declension

grȳphus (canonical masculine)
grȳphī (genitive)
grȳphus (nominative singular)
grȳphī (nominative plural)
grȳphī (genitive singular)
grȳphōrum (genitive plural)
grȳphō (dative singular)
grȳphīs (dative plural)
grȳphum (accusative singular)
grȳphōs (accusative plural)
grȳphō (ablative singular)
grȳphīs (ablative plural)
grȳphe (singular vocative)
grȳphī (plural vocative)

[ˈɡryːpʰʊs̠]


high fantasy

en-noun

high fantasy (countable and uncountable, plural high fantasies)

Fantasy fiction has been categorized and described in different ways. One classification divides fantasy into two major types:¶ low fantasy, which takes place in the primary world (our world);¶ high fantasy, which takes place in alternative worlds.

2008, Nikki Gamble, Sally Yates, “Fantasy and Realism”, in Exploring Children's Literature, →ISBN, page 120:

A term used by Lloyd Alexander in a 1971 essay on “High Fantasy and Heroic Romance" and subsequently developed by Kenneth J. Zahorski and Robert H. Boyer in an attempt to develop a terminology with which to deal with genre materials. In Zahorski and Boyer's taxonomy, high fantasy consists entirely of fiction set in second worlds, while the low fantasy with which it is immediately contrasted consists of fiction set in the primary world, into which magical objects and entities are introduced piecemeal (ie. intrusive fantasy).

2009, Brian Stableford, “HIGH FANTASY”, in The A to Z of Fantasy Literature, →ISBN, page 198:

High fantasy of the George RR Martin kind hinges on world-building. When there really is a whole world to build, and not just a historical period or a particular country, world-building does not take a few paragraphs in a short story; it takes chapters.

2015 May 20, Natasha Pulley, “Fantasy cannot build its imaginary worlds in short fiction”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(uncountable) A subgenre of fantasy fiction set in a secondary world or fantasy world as opposed to the primary world or real world.


workscreen

(rare, sometimes science fiction) A computer display that one can work at.


דיבוק

yi-noun

דיבוק • (dibek) m, plural דיבוקים (dibukim)

dibek (romanization)
dibukim (romanization)

A noun derived from the Hebrew דבק (dovek, “to cling”).


sfinkso

eo-head

sfinkso (accusative singular sfinkson, plural sfinksoj, accusative plural sfinksojn)

sfinkson (accusative singular)
sfinksoj (plural)
sfinksojn (accusative plural)

From Latin Sphinx, ultimately from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx).


frumframførsla

fo-noun

frumframførsla f (genitive singular frumframførslu, plural frumframførslur)

frumframførslu (genitive singular)
frumframførslur (plural)
frumframførsla (indefinite nominative singular)
frumframførslan (definite nominative singular)
frumframførslur (indefinite nominative plural)
frumframførslurnar (definite nominative plural)
frumframførslu (accusative indefinite singular)
frumframførsluna (accusative definite singular)
frumframførslur (accusative indefinite plural)
frumframførslurnar (accusative definite plural)
frumframførslu (dative indefinite singular)
frumframførsluni (dative definite singular)
frumframførslum (dative indefinite plural)
frumframførslunum (dative definite plural)
frumframførslu (genitive indefinite singular)
frumframførslunnar (definite genitive singular)
frumframførsla (genitive indefinite plural)
frumframførslanna (definite genitive plural)

From frum- + framførsla (“performance”).

(theater, film, concert, etc) premiere, opening night (The first showing of a film, play, piece of music or other form of entertainment.)


sjónleikari

sjónleikari m (genitive singular sjónleikara, plural sjónleikarar)

sjónleikara (genitive singular)
sjónleikarar (plural)
sjónleikari (indefinite nominative singular)
sjónleikarin (definite nominative singular)
sjónleikarar (indefinite nominative plural)
sjónleikararnir (definite nominative plural)
sjónleikara (accusative indefinite singular)
sjónleikaran (accusative definite singular)
sjónleikarar (accusative indefinite plural)
sjónleikararnar (accusative definite plural)
sjónleikara (dative indefinite singular)
sjónleikaranum (dative definite singular)
sjónleikarum (dative indefinite plural)
sjónleikarunum (dative definite plural)
sjónleikara (genitive indefinite singular)
sjónleikarans (definite genitive singular)
sjónleikara (genitive indefinite plural)
sjónleikaranna (definite genitive plural)

From sjónleikur (“theatre play”) + -ari.


filmsjónleikari

filmsjónleikari m (genitive singular filmsjónleikara, plural filmsjónleikarar)

filmsjónleikara (genitive singular)
filmsjónleikarar (plural)
filmsjónleikari (indefinite nominative singular)
filmsjónleikarin (definite nominative singular)
filmsjónleikarar (indefinite nominative plural)
filmsjónleikararnir (definite nominative plural)
filmsjónleikara (accusative indefinite singular)
filmsjónleikaran (accusative definite singular)
filmsjónleikarar (accusative indefinite plural)
filmsjónleikararnar (accusative definite plural)
filmsjónleikara (dative indefinite singular)
filmsjónleikaranum (dative definite singular)
filmsjónleikarum (dative indefinite plural)
filmsjónleikarunum (dative definite plural)
filmsjónleikara (genitive indefinite singular)
filmsjónleikarans (definite genitive singular)
filmsjónleikara (genitive indefinite plural)
filmsjónleikaranna (definite genitive plural)

Compound of filmur (“film, movie”) + sjónleikari (“actor”).


պարիկ

parik (romanization)
պարիկ (nominative singular)
պարիկներ (nominative plural)
պարիկի (dative singular)
պարիկների (dative plural)
պարիկից (ablative singular)
պարիկներից (ablative plural)
պարիկով (instrumental singular)
պարիկներով (instrumental plural)
պարիկը (definite nominative singular)
պարիկն (definite nominative singular)
պարիկները (definite nominative plural)
պարիկներն (definite nominative plural)
պարիկին (dative definite singular)
պարիկներին (dative definite plural)
պարիկս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
պարիկներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
պարիկիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
պարիկներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
պարիկիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
պարիկներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
պարիկովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
պարիկներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
պարիկդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
պարիկներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
պարիկիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
պարիկներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
պարիկիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
պարիկներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
պարիկովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
պարիկներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

պարիկը/պարիկն

պարիկները/պարիկներն

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պարիկ (parik). Doublet of փերի (pʻeri).


պարիկ

parik (romanization)
պարիկ (nominative singular)
պարիկք (nominative plural)
պարկի (genitive singular)
պարկաց (genitive plural)
պարկի (dative singular)
պարկաց (dative plural)
պարիկ (accusative singular)
պարիկս (accusative plural)
պարկէ (ablative singular)
պարկաց (ablative plural)
պարկաւ (instrumental singular)
պարկաւք = պարկօք (parkawkʻ = parkōkʻ) (instrumental plural)
պարկի (locative singular)
պարիկս (locative plural)

xcl-decl-noun

պարկաւք = պարկօք

→ Armenian: պարիկ (parik) (learned)

From Middle Iranian *parīk. Compare Middle Persian plyk' (parīg, “witch”), Persian پری (pari), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁 (paⁱrikā, “sorceress, witch; temptress”), Sogdian [script needed] (pṛʿyk-, “demoness”).


փերի

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փերի • (pʻeri) (traditional orthography spelling փէրի)

pʻeri (romanization)
orthography spelling փէրի (traditional)
փերի (nominative singular)
փերիներ (nominative plural)
փերու (dative singular)
փերիների (dative plural)
փերուց (ablative singular)
փերիներից (ablative plural)
փերով (instrumental singular)
փերիով (instrumental singular)
փերիներով (instrumental plural)
փերին (definite nominative singular)
փերիները (definite nominative plural)
փերիներն (definite nominative plural)
փերուն (dative definite singular)
փերիներին (dative definite plural)
փերիս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
փերիներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
փերուս (dative first-person possessive singular)
փերիներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
փերուցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
փերիներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
փերովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
փերիովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
փերիներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
փերիդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
փերիներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
փերուդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
փերիներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
փերուցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
փերիներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
փերովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
փերիովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
փերիներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)
փերի (nominative singular)
փերիներ (nominative plural)
փերիի (dative singular)
փերիների (dative plural)
փերիից (ablative singular)
փերիներից (ablative plural)
փերիով (instrumental singular)
փերիներով (instrumental plural)
փերին (definite nominative singular)
փերիները (definite nominative plural)
փերիներն (definite nominative plural)
փերիին (dative definite singular)
փերիներին (dative definite plural)
փերիս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
փերիներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
փերիիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
փերիներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
փերիիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
փերիներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
փերիովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
փերիներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
փերիդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
փերիներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
փերիիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
փերիներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
փերիիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
փերիներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
փերիովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
փերիներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

փերիները/փերիներն

փերով, փերիով

փերովս, փերիովս

փերովդ, փերիովդ

փերիները/փերիներն

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پری (peri), from Persian پری (pari). Doublet of պարիկ (parik).


filmsýning

fo-noun

filmsýning f (genitive singular filmsýningar, plural filmsýningar)

filmsýningar (genitive singular)
filmsýningar (plural)
filmsýning (indefinite nominative singular)
filmsýningin (definite nominative singular)
filmsýningar (indefinite nominative plural)
filmsýningarnar (definite nominative plural)
filmsýning (accusative indefinite singular)
filmsýningina (accusative definite singular)
filmsýningar (accusative indefinite plural)
filmsýningarnar (accusative definite plural)
filmsýning (dative indefinite singular)
filmsýningini (dative definite singular)
filmsýningum (dative indefinite plural)
filmsýningunum (dative definite plural)
filmsýningar (genitive indefinite singular)
filmsýningarinnar (definite genitive singular)
filmsýninga (genitive indefinite plural)
filmsýninganna (definite genitive plural)


sjónleikur

sjónleikur m (genitive singular sjónleiks, plural sjónleikir)

sjónleiks (genitive singular)
sjónleikir (plural)
sjónleikur (indefinite nominative singular)
sjónleikurin (definite nominative singular)
sjónleikir (indefinite nominative plural)
sjónleikirnir (definite nominative plural)
sjónleik (accusative indefinite singular)
sjónleikin (accusative definite singular)
sjónleikir (accusative indefinite plural)
sjónleikirnar (accusative definite plural)
sjónleiki (dative indefinite singular)
sjónleikinum (dative definite singular)
sjónleikum (dative indefinite plural)
sjónleikunum (dative definite plural)
sjónleiks (genitive indefinite singular)
sjónleiksins (definite genitive singular)
sjónleika (genitive indefinite plural)
sjónleikanna (definite genitive plural)

From sjón (“sight, view”) + leikur (“play, game”). Compare Danish skuespil.

compound

(theater, film, etc) show, spectacle, play, theater play (A theatrical performance featuring actors.)


eykasýning

fo-noun

eykasýning f (genitive singular eykasýningar, plural eykasýningar)

eykasýningar (genitive singular)
eykasýningar (plural)
eykasýning (indefinite nominative singular)
eykasýningin (definite nominative singular)
eykasýningar (indefinite nominative plural)
eykasýningarnar (definite nominative plural)
eykasýning (accusative indefinite singular)
eykasýningina (accusative definite singular)
eykasýningar (accusative indefinite plural)
eykasýningarnar (accusative definite plural)
eykasýning (dative indefinite singular)
eykasýningini (dative definite singular)
eykasýningum (dative indefinite plural)
eykasýningunum (dative definite plural)
eykasýningar (genitive indefinite singular)
eykasýningarinnar (definite genitive singular)
eykasýninga (genitive indefinite plural)
eykasýninganna (definite genitive plural)

From eyka- (“additional, extra”) + sýning (“show”).

prefix

(art, theater, film, etc) additional performance


Peking opera

en-noun

Peking opera (countable and uncountable, plural Peking operas)

(music) A form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics.


adult contemporary

MTV is a singles medium, as is the hottest (warmest?) new radio strategy God help us, “adult contemporary”; even AOR devotes the contemporary portion of its programming to putative singles.

1990 January 2, Robert Christgau, “1980–1989: Rockism Faces the World”, in The Village Voice:

A category of music including soft rock, ballads, easy listening, soul, and rhythm and blues.


hurí

Borrowed from French houri, from Persian حوری (huri), from Arabic حُورِيّ (ḥūriyy).


hurí

Borrowed from French houri, from Persian حوری (huri), from Arabic حُورِيَّة (ḥūriyya).


秦腔

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (秦腔):
* → Japanese: 秦腔(しんこう) (shinkō)
* → Korean: 진강(秦腔) (jin'gang)

/t͡ɕʰin³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɵn²¹ hɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰin³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɵn²¹ hɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Qinqiang (the representative folk Chinese opera of the northwest province of Shaanxi, China)


vilancico

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

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


vilancico

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


black witch

There were supposed to be three kinds of witches, the black variety that always worked evil, the white, always good and rendered human beings great services and the gray ones, good or bad as they saw fit. The black witches are the most interesting since they are figuratively more colorful, with a definite personality, ill disposed as they are.

1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 261:

Prosecutions of black witches suspected of doing harm to other people were numerous enough.

1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 238:


white witch

it was unclear whether the client of the white witch was committing an offence or not, and he very seldom made an appearance in the law courts.

1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 239:


スリラー

thriller (a suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction)


Stymphalian bird

en-noun

Stymphalian bird (plural Stymphalian birds)

(Greek mythology) A man-eating bird with a bronze beak and sharp metallic feathers it could launch at its victims, which infested Stymphalus. They were slain by Herakles as part of his sixth Labour, who took advantage of their sensitive sense of hearing.


ստիմֆալյան թռչուններ

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ստիմֆալյան թռչուններ • (stimfalyan tʻṙčʻunner) pl

stimfalyan tʻṙčʻunner (romanization)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններ (nominative plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչունների (dative plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններից (ablative plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններով (instrumental plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչունները (definite nominative plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններն (definite nominative plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններին (dative definite plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun-pl

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններ

ստիմֆալյան թռչունները/ստիմֆալյան թռչուններն

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններ

ստիմֆալյան թռչունի

ստիմֆալյան թռչունին

ստիմֆալյան թռչունների

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններին

ստիմֆալյան թռչունից

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններից

ստիմֆալյան թռչունով

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններով

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններս

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններս

ստիմֆալյան թռչունիս

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիս

ստիմֆալյան թռչունիցս

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիցս

ստիմֆալյան թռչունովս

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններովս

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչունիդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչունիցդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիցդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչունովդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններովդ

en-ստիմֆալյան_թռչուններ-hy-name-REDNI3jt


vasorrú bába

vas (“iron”) + orr (“nose”) + -ú (“having, with”) + bába (“witch”), literally “iron-nosed witch”.

affix

Baba Yaga, witch (a ferocious-looking old woman who appears in children stories)


Kriminalroman

de-noun

Kriminalroman m (strong, genitive Kriminalromans, plural Kriminalromane)

Kriminalromans (genitive)
Kriminalromane (plural)
Kriminalroman (nominative singular)
Kriminalromane (definite nominative plural)
Kriminalromans (genitive singular)
Kriminalromane (definite genitive plural)
Kriminalroman (dative singular)
Kriminalromanen (dative definite plural)
Kriminalroman (accusative singular)
Kriminalromane (accusative definite plural)

From kriminal- (“crime”) + Roman (“novel”).


Erymanthian Boar

(Greek mythology) a giant boar that ravaged the area round Mount Erymanthos; captured by Heracles


երիմանթյան վարազ

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երիմանթյան վարազ

երիմանթյան վարազ • (erimantʻyan varaz)

hy-proper noun

երիմանթյան վարազ

երիմանթյան վարազ • (erimantʻyan varaz)

erimantʻyan varaz (romanization)
երիմանթյան վարազ (nominative singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազի (dative singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազից (ablative singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազով (instrumental singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազը (definite nominative singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազն (definite nominative singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազին (dative definite singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազդ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

երիմանթյան վարազ

երիմանթյան վարազը/երիմանթյան վարազն

երիմանթյան վարազներ

երիմանթյան վարազները/երիմանթյան վարազներն

երիմանթյան վարազի

երիմանթյան վարազին

երիմանթյան վարազների

երիմանթյան վարազներին

երիմանթյան վարազից

երիմանթյան վարազներից

երիմանթյան վարազով

երիմանթյան վարազներով

երիմանթյան վարազս

երիմանթյան վարազներս

երիմանթյան վարազիս

երիմանթյան վարազներիս

երիմանթյան վարազիցս

երիմանթյան վարազներիցս

երիմանթյան վարազովս

երիմանթյան վարազներովս

երիմանթյան վարազդ

երիմանթյան վարազներդ

երիմանթյան վարազիդ

երիմանթյան վարազներիդ

երիմանթյան վարազիցդ

երիմանթյան վարազներիցդ

երիմանթյան վարազովդ

երիմանթյան վարազներովդ


Esfinge

Borrowed from Latin Sphynx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx).

(Greek mythology) Sphinx (creature with the body of a lion and head of a human)


Eurodisco

European dance music that originated from disco in the 1970s


Eurobeat

A style of European dance music derived from Italo disco, mostly popular in Japan.


Piton

(Greek mythology) Python (the earth-dragon of Delphi)


Pinóquio

The Adventures of Pinocchio
w:The Adventures of Pinocchio

(fantasy) Pinocchio (wooden puppet from The Adventures of Pinocchio, whose nose becomes larger when he lies and dreams of becoming a real boy)


depressive black metal

The first MCD was sometimes really depressive, and the new full-length CD (out March/May 2001) will be definitively pure Depressive Black Metal, something in between Abyssic Hate, old Katatonia, old Burzum, Dolorian.

January 22, 2001, marchisio, “Re: Depressing Black Metal”, in alt.music.black-metal (Usenet):

Dunkel - Evighed (depressive black metal in the Burzum vein - rare tape!) $6

August 1, 2003, Convivial Hermit, “various stuff for sale”, in alt.music.black-metal (Usenet):

- FORGOTTEN TOMB "Songs to Leave" CD (great depressive black metal) 15$

October 6, 2003, O.T., “Tour de Garde mail order.”, in alt.music.black-metal (Usenet):

For in spite of the opposition of authentic inner “strength” to corrupt, worldly “weakness” that often characterises depressive black metal artists’ statements of intent, it is not inner resolve that protects the listener from despair but a failure of rational consisency.

2009, Dominic Fox, Cold World: The Aesthetics of Dejection and the Politics of Militant Dysphoria, O Books, page 47:

Our recent discovery of a blog dedicated to “depressive black metal” We guess the music sounds neat.

The SPIN 20 in SPIN, September 2011 edition, SPIN Media LLC, page 30

Active since 1997, Sin Nanna currently resides in Hobart, Tasmania, where he records and releases LPs, CDs, and DVDs to an avid global fan base of devotees of “depressive black metal,” a style of extreme heavy metal centered upon lyrical themes of ennui, abjection, and mourning.

2013, Drew Daniel, The Melancholy Assemblage: Affect and Epistemology in the English Renaissance, Fordham University Press, page 241:

(music) A subgenre of black metal that focuses on slow, repetitive instrumentation and depressive or suicidal lyrics and imagery.


náyade

From Latin Naiadem, from Ancient Greek Ναϊάς (Naïás).


Selenite

From Selene (“the Moon”) + -ite. From Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, “goddess of the Moon”).

uder

My first impression was of some clumsy quadruped with lowered head. Then I perceived it was the slender pinched body and short and extremely attenuated bandy legs of a Selenite, with his head depressed between his shoulders.

1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Selenite’s Face”, in The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published 1901, →OCLC, page 136:

(science fiction) Synonym of Lunarian (“inhabitant of the Moon”).


Selenite

a Selenite colony

"Come, Diana [a dog]," said he; "come, my girl! thou whose destiny will be marked in the cynegetic annals; […] thou who art rushing into interplanetary space, and wilt perhaps be the Eve of all Selenite dogs! come, Diana, come here."

1873, Jules Verne, “Round the Moon: A Sequel to From the Earth to the Moon. Chapter III. Their Place of Shelter.”, in Louis Mercier [i.e., Lewis Page Mercier], Eleanor E[lizabeth] King, transl., From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Round It. […], New York, N.Y.: Scribner, Armstrong & Company, published 1874, →OCLC, page 170:

(science fiction) Pertaining to the inhabitants of Luna (Lunarians/Selenites).


Johnlock

All of our "feels" are on the line again as they continue to be with anything that involves Johnlock (thanks a lot, Moffat), Merthur and Destiel.

2013, Keren Lopez, "Yahoo buys Tumblr, leaves fandoms in despair", La Voz Weekly (De Anza College), Volume 46, Number 27, 3 June 2013, page 8

For Karen the most exciting thing about the comeback is the reunion between Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman: “I ship Johnlock!” Karen enthused.

2013, Gerrit van de Riet, "November for Fandoms: Sneak Peek", The Window (New College, Toronto), November 2013, page 20

Across the pond, writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss often place characters Sherlock Holmes and John Watson in situations that suggest a relationship between them, even though the series establishes Watson as heterosexual, to placate the fans that “ship Johnlock” in the BBC series “Sherlock.”

2013, Pragya Parmita, "Fandoms: Too Powerful?", The Bottom Line (Associated Students, UC Santa Barbara), Volume 8, Issue 5, 6 November - 12 November 2013, page 8

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


free jazz

(music, jazz) A form of jazz music of the 1950s and 1960s that attempted to overcome existing limitations and conventions, often by discarding features such as fixed chord changes or tempos.