EU

(Star Wars) Abbreviation of expanded universe.


force

en-noun

force (countable and uncountable, plural forces)

From Middle English force, fors, forse, from Old French force, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

der

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

The Europeans tried, my goodness how they tried. But on the day the US proved too strong and too inspired. They were, dammit, just better. And when Leonard's putt dropped they clearly had the force with them as well.

1999 September 28, Mike Selvey, “Crenshaw vindicated by a chain reaction”, in The Guardian:

The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.

2005, George Lucas, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, spoken by Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), published 2005:

(humorous or science fiction, with the, often capitalized) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.

voima

science fiction: binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power


cowabunga

/ˌkæɔəˈbaŋɡə/

/ˌkaʊəˈbʌŋɡə/

/ˌkaʊəˈbʌŋɡə/

Unknown, but was popularized (as Kowa-Bunga) by Chief Thunderthud on the American children's show Howdy Doody in the late 1940s or early 1950s, and became associated with American surfing culture. By the early 1980s, it was used as the catch-phrase of Cookie Monster on the American television show Sesame Street, and gained popularity with a broader audience after its use in the American cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. (For further treatment, see here.)

Cowabunga, dude!

Kowa-Bunga! Then Me Fix You Good! You Be Sorry.

Shouting the surfer's cry ‘Cowabunga!’ they climb a 12-ft. wall of water and ‘take the drop’ off its shoulder.

Both words turn up in the same sentence—as in ‘Cowabunga, it's humongous!’—when the children crowd around some toy.

1991 December 9, The New Yorker, page 115:

(slang, originally US, usually humorous) Expressing amazement, enthusiasm, or joy.

Cookie Monster
Howdy Doody
surfing culture


embiggen

en-verb

embiggen (third-person singular simple present embiggens, present participle embiggening, simple past and past participle embiggened)

embiggens (present singular third-person)
embiggening (participle present)
embiggened (participle past)
embiggened (past)

David X. Cohen
Lisa the Iconoclast
Notes and Queries
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Simpsons

From em- + biggen or big + em- -en, possibly analogous to belittle. The morphology parallels that of enlarge (en- + large) or embolden (em- + bold + -en).
The verb's first recorded use is in an 1884 edition of the British journal Notes and Queries: A Medium of Intercommunication for Literary Men, General Readers, Etc. by C. A. Ward (see quotation below).
The word’s current popularity follows its deployment as an intentionally ungainly form by television writer David X. Cohen for The Simpsons episode “Lisa the Iconoclast” in 1996.

Are there not, however, barbarous verbs in all languages? ἀλλ’ ἐμεγάλυνεν αυτοὺς ὁ λαός, but the people magnified them, to make great or embiggen, if we may invent an English parallel as ugly. After all, use is nearly everything.

1884, C.A. Ward, “New Verbs”, in Notes and Queries: A Medium of Intercommunication for Literary Men, General Readers, Etc, volume 10, page 135:

A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.

1996, “Lisa the Iconoclast”, in The Simpsons, season 7, episode 3F13, spoken by Jebediah Springfield (Harry Shearer):

As I joyfully embiggen myself into the vague silhouette of Chewbacca, I have time to reflect on just what it is about big hair that I find so elementally appealing.

2012 4 Feb, Caitlin Moran, “Hair: a big issue”, in The Times:

Train stations: how busy is yours? Victoria Station in 1927. Click image to embiggen.

2013 May 19, “Every train station in Britain listed and mapped: find out how busy each one is”, in The Guardian, picture caption:

You can hide enemies, stack them up high, embiggen them with a Super Mushroom, hide coins in pipes, and so much more!

2019, 1:24 from the start, in Super Mario Maker 2 Direct 5.15.2019 (Nintendo Direct), Nintendo:

(nonstandard, now humorous, transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.


yoink

Coined by writer George Meyer for the TV show The Simpsons; perhaps from yank, or imitative of the sound effect (a quick upward slide on a violin) that accompanies something being snatched in classic comedies.

Marge: But you look better, you don't sweat when you eat any more, and look – [holds up a wad of cash] You've saved more than a hundred dollars. I found it in your pants.
Homer: [snatches money] Yoink!

1993, “Duffless”, episode of the Simpsons [television]

Yoink! He snatched Granny Glee's frilly pink hat with his little feet.

2012, John Sazaklis, Candy Store Caper, →ISBN, page 24:

The way I've always done this stunt is to grab my partner and jump us over together. It's absolute hell on my knees. I lean toward Brando and raise my eyebrows. “Yoink.” “Definite yoink,” he replies, equally inspired.

2014, G. T. Almasi, Hammer of Angels: A Novel of Shadowstorm, →ISBN:

YOINK! Coach Pittman snatched the puck out of midair.

2015, Marty McKnight, Jim Nasium Is a Hockey Hazard, →ISBN, page 42:

2021 (November 13) "Olivia & Yunan" (Amphibia s3e7b) Yunan grabbing a crossbow
Ooh, ominous. After you, milady. Yoink!

(colloquial) Onomatopoeic, accompanying or describing a yank, swipe, or snatch.


Force

Coined by American filmmaker George Lucas

coin

(Star Wars) force (always proceeded with la), the invisible omnipresent energy that the Jedi and the Sith wield in Star Wars


d'oh

Audio (US)

Imitative. Popularised by the cartoon character Homer Simpson in the TV show The Simpsons. Voice actor Dan Castellaneta has said that he modelled his version on the drawn-out "do-o-o-o" sound made by Jimmy Finlayson in the films of Laurel and Hardy.
The OED has references from the BBC as far back as 1945.

—I just paid for our food. —You didn't have to. It's free. —D'oh!

Expresses frustration or anger, especially at one’s own stupidity.

British Broadcasting Corporation
Homer Simpson
Jimmy Finlayson
Laurel and Hardy
Oxford English Dictionary
The Simpsons


Disneyfication

From the US corporation Disney + -fication. Compare earlier Disneyfied and later Disneyfy.

He may even be having his first doubts about the neon chrome artyfake Disneyfication of America.

1959, Lawrence Lipton, The Holy Barbarians, Messner, pages 143–44:

Cultural diversity mirrors the biological and geographical diversity of our planet. ’Disneyfication’, like economic globalization, tends to ride roughshod over local variety. So baseball hats, blue jeans and running shoes become the uniform of teenagers in both Budapest and Bangalore while Western TV shows promote the illusion of limitless wealth.

1998 December 5, “A Reader's Guide To Disneyfication”, in New Internationalist:

The Disneyfication of Tibet
How tourism has become a tool of occupation.

2014 January/February, Pearl Sydenstricker, “The Disneyfication of Tibet”, in Washington Monthly, archived from the original on 2014-01-01, heading:

Given that Onward itself is a family-friendly project, the film thrives on these self-aware digs at Disneyfication; any good D&D mission should have a sense of real danger, so it’s worth pointing out how that’s missing from so much mainstream entertainment.

2020 February 21, David Sims, “Pixar Needs to Make More Movies Like ‘Onward’”, in The Atlantic:

The act or process whereby something is Disneyfied.


Donald Duck

desc

دُونَالْد دَاك

→ Arabic: دُونَالْد دَاك (dūnāld dāk)

→ Arabic: دُونَالْد دَاك (dūnāld dāk)

→ Armenian: Դոնալդ Դաք (Donald Dakʻ)

→ Azerbaijani: Donald Dak

→ Bulgarian: Доналд Дък (Donald Dǎk)

→ Dutch: Donald Duck

→ French: Donald Duck

→ Georgian: დონალდ დაკი (donald daḳi)

→ German: Donald Duck

Ντόναλντ Ντακ

→ Greek: Ντόναλντ Ντακ (Ntónalnt Ntak)

→ Gujarati: ડોનાલ્ડ ડક (ḍonālḍ ḍak)

דוֹנָלְד דָאק

→ Hebrew: דוֹנָלְד דָאק (Dónald Dak)

→ Hindi: डोनाल्ड डक (ḍonālḍ ḍak)

→ Hindi: डोनाल्ड डक (ḍonālḍ ḍak)

→ Japanese: ドナルドダック (donarudo dakku)

ಡೊನಾಲ್ಡ್ ಡಕ್

→ Kannada: ಡೊನಾಲ್ಡ್ ಡಕ್ (ḍonālḍ ḍak)

→ Kannada: ಡೊನಾಲ್ಡ್ ಡಕ್ (ḍonālḍ ḍak)

→ Korean: 도널드 덕 (doneoldeu deok)

→ Latvian: Donalds Daks

ഡൊണാൾഡ് ഡക്ക്

→ Malayalam: ഡൊണാൾഡ് ഡക്ക് (ḍoṇāḷḍŭ ḍakkŭ)

→ Marathi: डोनाल्ड डक (ḍonālḍa ḍak)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: Donald Duck

→ Portuguese: Pato Donald (calque)

→ Romanian: Donald Duck

→ Russian: Дональд Дак (Donalʹd Dak)

→ Spanish: Pato Donald (calque)

โดนัลด์ ดั๊ก

→ Thai: โดนัลด์ ดั๊ก (doo-nalt dák)

→ Ukrainian: Дональд Дак (Donalʹd Dak)

Single-handed [sic] he swung the staid Western Union from its ordinary singing-telegram policy to the point where local patrons can request that their greeting be sung in Donald Duck voice.

1941 March 6, “Screwy Hall Of Fame Presents A Quack”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

And then the most Donald Duck-like screaming and jabbering you ever heard.

1945, Ernie Pyle, edited by David Nichols, Ernie's war: the best of Ernie Pyle's World War II dispatches, Touchstone Books, published 1987, page 399:

DSP can also eliminate ghost images from TV screens and banish those irritating Donald Duck squeaks and quacks from speeded-up playback of tape-recorded voice messages.

1992 April, Gene Bylinsky, “A U.S. Comeback in Electronics”, in Fortune, volume 125, number 8, page 77:

Perched securely in the rafters and using a walkie-talkie to communicate with colleagues on the airdock's floor, Lachenmeier was amused to find his voice had risen into the Donald Duck register due to the bubble of escaping helium spreading along the ceiling.

1992 May, Sturat F. Brown, “Earthwinds Waits on the Weather”, in Popular Science, volume 240, number 5, page 80:

One of the Disney cartoon characters, an anthropomorphic white-feathered duck who usually wears a sailor suit and is known for his voice especially in tantrums.

ഡൊണാൾഡ് ഡക്ക്

ḍoṇāḷḍŭ ḍakkŭ


Donald Duck

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «Donald Duck».ogg

From English Donald Duck, notably being untranslated unlike this character in other Scandinavian languages.

Karakteren Donald Duck ble skapt i 1934 hos Walt Disney Productions.

The character Donald Duck was created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions.

Donald Duck er like oppbyggelig som han er bukseløs

2011 January 24, Bergens Tidende, page 2/3:

Donald Duck is as edifying as he is pantsless

et av barndommens Donald Duck-blad hvor speiderbevegelsen stadig ble ironisert med

1988, Knut Faldbakken, Bad boy, page 185:

one of the childhood Donald Duck magazines where the scout movement was constantly ironized

på barneværelset har vi festlige Donald Duck-tapeter

1958, Eva Ramm, Med støv på hjernen, page 13:

in the nursery we have festive Donald Duck wallpapers

aftensmaten til far ser ut som et av de smørbrødene Donald Duck lager når han skal flotte seg

Dad's dinner looks like one of the sandwiches Donald Duck makes when he's going great

med ujevne mellomrom inhalerer [de] helium og får sånne Donald duck-stemmer

at irregular intervals [they] inhale helium and get such Donald duck voices

gjennom Donald [Duck] blir vårt avkom indoktrinert, sies det

1977, Ebba Haslund, Født til klovn, page 149:

through Donald [Duck] our offspring are indoctrinated, it is said

(cartoon) Donald Duck (One of the Disney cartoon characters, an anthropomorphic white-feathered duck who usually wears a sailor suit and is known for his voice especially in tantrums.)


Star Wars

[ˈstɑɹ ˈwɔɹz]

[ˈstɑ˞ ˈwɔɹz]

From the original name of the science fantasy motion picture Star Wars (1977).

Strategic Defense Initiative
Strategic Defense Initiative

(informal, military) The United States Strategic Defense Initiative.


Wookiee

What's this guy tryinna [sic] disappear behind you, a Wookie? [sic]

1985, Stephen King, Peter Straub, The Talisman, page 341:

I backed it out to the dirt road, and the door to the double-wide opened and a big guy, more Wookiee than human being, filled the doorway.

2009, Janet Evanovich, Plum Spooky, page 98:

Kevin whined, his Wookiee face showing hurt somewhere beneath the dark glasses.

2009, Jaqueline Girdner, Murder, My Deer, page 115:

A member of a fictional race of tall, hairy bipeds in the universe of the Star Wars motion pictures.


Mickey Mouse

→ Albanian: Miushi Miki (calque)

مِيكِي مَاوْس

→ Arabic: مِيكِي مَاوْس (mīkī māws)

→ Arabic: مِيكِي مَاوْس (mīkī māws)

→ Azerbaijani: Mikki Maus

→ Bulgarian: Мики Маус (Miki Maus)

→ Czech: Mickey Mouse

→ Danish: Mickey Mouse

→ Dutch: Mickey Mouse

→ French: Mickey Mouse

→ Georgian: მიკი მაუსი (miḳi mausi)

→ German: Micky Maus (calque)

→ Greek: Μίκυ Μάους (Míky Máous), μικιμάους (mikimáous)

→ Hebrew: מיקי מאוס (miki maus)

→ Hindi: मिकी माउस (mikī māus)

→ Japanese: ミッキーマウス (Mikkī Mausu)

→ Korean: 미키 마우스 (Miki Mauseu)

→ Macedonian: Мики Маус (Miki Maus)

→ Portuguese: Mickey Mouse

→ Romanian: Mickey Mouse, Miki Maus

Ми́кки Ма́ус

→ Russian: Ми́кки Ма́ус (Míkki Máus)

→ Samoan: Miki Mausi

→ Spanish: Mickey Mouse

มิกกี้ เมาส์

→ Thai: มิกกี้ เมาส์

→ Thai: มิกกี้ เมาส์

From Mickey, a diminutive of the given name Michael, + mouse, referring to the species of the character. The name Mickey Mouse was coined by American animator Walt Disney in 1928 after his wife, Lillian Disney, persuaded him to change the character's original name Mortimer Mouse to Mickey, deeming the former too formal for the playful character. "Mickey" was suggested by Lillian, who preferred its more approachable and lively sound.
The adjective sense developed during the Second World War, after a large quantity of low-quality counterfeit Mickey Mouse watches flooded the UK.

The most famous Disney cartoon character, an anthropomorphic mouse with a falsetto voice and a cheerful disposition.


Mickey Mouse

1949, from English Mickey Mouse, notably being untranslated unlike this character in other Scandinavian languages.

(cartoon) Mickey Mouse (One of the Disney cartoon characters, an anthropomorphic mouse who usually wears red shorts and is known for circular ears.)


Mickey Mouse

Unadapted borrowing from English Mickey Mouse.


meh

en-adj

meh (comparative more meh, superlative most meh)

more meh (comparative)
most meh (superlative)

Popularized by the American television show The Simpsons; first used on the show in the episode titled "Sideshow Bob Roberts" (1994).
Possibly ultimately from Yiddish מע (me, “so-so”). First attested in 1928.

They redeemed themselves with this show. The first song or two was meh, but they were on fire after that.

2003, steve-o, “Jam On The River Mini-Review”, in rec.music.phish (Usenet):

The voice is excellent as always, but the overall effect was meh until the end, where he became a little bit awesome.

2006, Suzanne D., “Recaps: Finals Week 8 Performances, 5/2/2006”, in alt.tv.american-idol (Usenet):

Nothing that was supposed to be big and exciting came off as such and the rest was meh at best.

2006, FunkyM, “Turned on RAW for the first time in forever last night…”, in rec.sport.pro.wrestling (Usenet):

Mediocre; lackluster; unexceptional; uninspiring.

nic moc

mediocre; lackluster; unexceptional; uninspiring

Both shows left me feeling, meh.

2003, Dana, “10/18/03 Shows”, in alt.tv.trading-spaces (Usenet):

I’m a huge Clay fan, love Ruben’s voice, and have become quite a fan of Kelly’s, as well. Fantasia just leaves me feeling meh.

2004, jennifer, “The FANtasia thing: I don’t get it…”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet):

I liked it but I wasn’t feeling it for some reason that day, again, I was feeling meh toward video games in general.

2006, ettie...@hotmail.com, “Steve’s impressions on random Genesis games”, in rec.games.video.sega (Usenet):


meh

“What do you want for dinner?” — “Meh. I’m not really hungry.”

“That film was awesome!” — “Meh. I’ve seen better.”

Marge: [weaving on a loom] “Hi Bart, I’m weaving on a loom!”
Bart: “Meh”.

1995 March 19, “Lisa's Wedding”, in The Simpsons:

Scientists say that while the public may think of the moon as a problem solved and a bit retro – the place astronauts visited a half-dozen times way back before Watergate and then abandoned with a giant "meh" from mankind – in fact, lunar studies is a vibrant enterprise that is yielding a wealth of surprises.

2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times:

(slang) Expressing indifference or lack of enthusiasm.

hm

slang: expressing indifference or lack of enthusiasm


meh

(informal) A judgement marked by indifference; lack of impression.


meh

Really meh? ― Really? I don’t think so.

This one your one meh? ― Is this really yours?

"Huh? At this hour? Really meh?" He couldn't believe his own ears.

2020, Yasser Khan, Property Agent Secrets: The Underground Playbook For Growing Your Property Agent Business in 2021 & Beyond, →ISBN, page 123:

“Nice meh?” I would think sourly.

2013 October 7, Tee Hun Ching, The Sunday Times, Singapore, page 12:

You got send [e-mail] meh? I never receive leh.

2010 August 22, Fiona Chan, The Sunday Times, Singapore, page 13:

Final question particle expressing skepticism.


Darth Vader

"Darth" is a blend of dark + death (the derivation from Dark Lord of the Sith is a later development).
"Vader" is traditionally explained as being from Dutch vader (“father”). However, the idea of Vader's fatherhood was only developed for The Empire Strikes Back (after the character was introduced), making this improbable. It is more likely a shortening of invader or from the surname Vader.

What's all this? Looks like Darth Vader's bathroom.

1982, “Knight of the Phoenix”, in Knight Rider, episode 1 (television production), spoken by Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff):

Darth Vader, a villain of the science-fantasy film series Star Wars.


pull a Homer

en-verb

pull a Homer (third-person singular simple present pulls a Homer, present participle pulling a Homer, simple past and past participle pulled a Homer)

pulls a Homer (present singular third-person)
pulling a Homer (participle present)
pulled a Homer (participle past)
pulled a Homer (past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pull a Homer.wav

From pull (“to copy or emulate the actions associated with”). Coined in the Simpsons episode "Homer Defined", after the regular character Homer who stops a nuclear meltdown via eeny, meeny, miny, moe.

(fandom slang, humorous) To succeed despite idiocy.


Pixar

Conceived as a faux-Spanish word meaning “to make pictures”. See pix (“pictures”) and Spanish -ar (verb-forming suffix).

Pixar Animation Studios, a computer-generated imagery (CGI) company known for its animated films.


Darth

From the Star Wars universe, where it is used as a title for Sith Lords. (There are Darth Vader, Darth Tyranus, Darth Maul etc.) Blend of dark + death (the derivation from Dark Lord of the Sith is a later development).

Consider the threat of an evil hacker, Darth, who can not only eavesdrop on your network connection but also alter the messages that are sent.

2000, David G. Messerschmitt, Understanding Networked Applications: A First Course (textbook), Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, page 400

[…] glaring malevolently across his desk at me in the manner that had earned him the nickname “Darth” among his elite cadre of audio penetration officers.

2000, Antonio J. Mendez, Malcolm McConnell, The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA, HarperCollins, published 2000, →ISBN, page 186:

The evil Darth Leonard steals the formula and a young couple must get it back (real life Ward Leonard is a legendary recluse who has hiked the Appalachian Trail something like 20-30 times).

2005, John Illig, Pacific Dream: A Pacific Crest Trail Through-Hike, Elderberry Press, →ISBN, page 74:

I’m sure Darth Hoodie has some other illegal way of messing with inexperienced quarterbacks on the road.

2015 November 27, Jimmy Kempski quoted in "Patriots-Broncos prediction roundup" in Boston Globe

(humorous) Used as a title or name for an evil person.


have a cow

have a cow (third-person singular simple present has a cow, present participle having a cow, simple past and past participle had a cow)

has a cow (present singular third-person)
having a cow (participle present)
had a cow (participle past)
had a cow (past)

Unknown. Popularized by the TV show The Simpsons where it was one of the catchphrases of Bart Simpson.

My mom had a cow when I came in late.

Dad says I'm too young to go steady and seems to think I'm going to drag a girl up the aisle instead of to a school dance. He won't let me watch rock 'n' roll shows, and he'd "have a cow" if he knew I watched 77 Sunset Strip.

1959 April 1, The Des Moines Register, page 9:

"Of all the fates on heaven and earth, why did this one befall me?" "Don't have a cow, dad."

1990, “The Call of the Simpsons” (0:12:10 from the start), in The Simpsons, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Homer Simpson and Bart Simpson (Dan Castellaneta and Nancy Cartwright):

“Pregnant. Holy shit.” “Alyson!” “Oh, Mummy, don't have a cow.”

2007, Julia Spencer-Fleming, In the Bleak Midwinter: A Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mystery, St. Martin's Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 69:

“Dammit, Kayla, you're pregnant. Don't pick up a suitcase,” her husband demanded. “It's just a little one.” “Put it down now.” “Don't have a cow, Patrick. I'm pregnant, not incapacitated.”

2014, Susan Mallery, THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 115:


Jedi

Coined by American filmmaker George Lucas as early as 1973 (in the manuscript Journal of the Whills) and first used in his 1977 film Star Wars. Said to have been adapted from Japanese 時代劇 (jidaigeki, “‘period drama’ motion pictures about samurai”), or perhaps inspired by the words Jed (King) and Jeddak (Emperor) in the Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, which Lucas had considered adapting to film. Another potential influence on the word "Jedi" is Hebrew ידיד (yadíd, “beloved; male friend”). In his book The Secret History of Star Wars, Michael Kaminski suggests that Lucas may have been influenced by this term when creating the name for his knights. Kaminski notes that Lucas has cited Jewish mysticism as an inspiration for his work, and that he may have been drawn to the idea of his heroes being beloved protectors.

der

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jedi.

(Star Wars) One of a fictional order of beings from the Star Wars universe who are gifted with heightened awareness of the Force.


Jedi

(Star Wars) Jedi (a fictional order of beings)


Muppet

Diane Sawyer
Elmo
Jim Henson
Kevin Clash
Muppet

Coined by Jim Henson as an alteration of puppet. Henson had claimed the word was a blend of marionette + puppet, but later recanted.

One of a group of established puppet characters acting as a sort of repertory company on The Muppet Show, and/or appearing on Sesame Street.


Disney

English surname of Norman origin, from Old French de (“of, from”) + Isigny (a place in Calvados). For the placename, see Isigny-sur-Mer. In modern use, it is also derived from the name of Walt Disney, whose surname has the aforementioned origin.

A town in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States, named after Wesley E. Disney.


Disney

Disney (nominative singular)
Disney-k (nominative plural)
Disney-t (accusative singular)
Disney-ket (accusative plural)
Disney-nek (dative singular)
Disney-knek (dative plural)
Disney-vel (instrumental singular)
Disney-kkel (instrumental plural)
Disney-ért (causal-final singular)
Disney-kért (causal-final plural)
Disney-vé (singular translative)
Disney-kké (plural translative)
Disney-ig (singular terminative)
Disney-kig (plural terminative)
Disney-ként (essive-formal singular)
Disney-kként (essive-formal plural)
Disney-ben (inessive singular)
Disney-kben (inessive plural)
Disney-n (singular superessive)
Disney-ken (plural superessive)
Disney-nél (adessive singular)
Disney-knél (adessive plural)
Disney-be (illative singular)
Disney-kbe (illative plural)
Disney-re (singular sublative)
Disney-kre (plural sublative)
Disney-hez (allative singular)
Disney-khez (allative plural)
Disney-ből (elative singular)
Disney-kből (elative plural)
Disney-ről (delative singular)
Disney-kről (delative plural)
Disney-től (ablative singular)
Disney-ktől (ablative plural)
Disney-é (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Disney-ké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
Disney-éi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Disney-kéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
Disney-m (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Disney-jeim (or Disney-im) (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
Disney-d (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Disney-jeid (or Disney-id) (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Disney-je (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Disney-jei (or Disney-i) (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Disney-nk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Disney-jeink (or Disney-ink) (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
Disney-tek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Disney-jeitek (or Disney-itek) (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Disney-jük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Disney-jeik (or Disney-ik) (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


Disney

Unadapted borrowing from English Disney.

un film della Disney


Disney

pl-prop

Disney m pers (related adjective disnejowski)

disnejowski (adjective)
Disney (nominative singular)
Disneya (genitive singular)
Disneyowi (dative singular)
Disneya (accusative singular)
Disneyem (instrumental singular)
Disneyu (locative singular)
Disneyu (singular vocative)

Walt Disney (American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur)

(metonymically) Disney (The Walt Disney Company, named after Walt Disney)


Disney

(Brazil, slang, neologism) easy, comfortable, or favorable


Disney

(Brazil, slang, neologism) the state of forgetting something; blackout; oblivion


Disney

um filme da Disney

Estou indo para a Disney nas férias.


droid

Clipping of android (“robot designed to look and act like a human being”), coined by the American science fiction author Mari Wolf (born 1927) in the story “Robots of the World! Arise!” (1952), and popularized by the film Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, 1977): see the quotations.

coin

"Okay, Allie, I didn't want to have to do this, but if you insist on behaving like an astromech droid, you leave me no choice." Rory's an accountant and a Star Wars nerd.

2006, Shane Bolks, Reality TV Bites: […], New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 16:

(chiefly US, derogatory) A person having the qualities of an android; one with few or no emotions or little personality, or who acts in an unthinking manner; a robot.


tomacco

A tomato plant grafted onto a tobacco plant.


cromulent

en-adj

cromulent (comparative more cromulent, superlative most cromulent)

more cromulent (comparative)
most cromulent (superlative)

A humorous, intentionally morphologically opaque neologism and nonce word coined by American television writer David X. Cohen (born 1966) for “Lisa the Iconoclast”, a 1996 episode of the animated sitcom The Simpsons. The ending resembles corpulent, temulent and other Latinate adjectives (derived from -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”)).

coin

Mrs. Krabappel: "Embiggens"? I never heard that word before moving to Springfield.
Ms. Hoover: I don't know why; it's a perfectly cromulent word.
[…]
Principal Skinner: He's embiggened that role with his cromulent performance.

1996 February 18, David X. Cohen, “Lisa the Iconoclast”, in The Simpsons, season 7, episode 16, production code 3F13:

Nerdcore could rise up, it could get elevated.
Oh, and wouldn’t all of those tough rappers hate it
if the nerdcore rose up and got elevated.
We consider the possibleness of this not overstated.
And I know that "possibleness" is not a cromulent word;
every syllable injected is intended to be the one you heard
(an absurd juxtaposition of mission and goal).

2005 August 27, MC Frontalot (lyrics and music), “Nerdcore Rising”, in Nerdcore Rising:

He had a boundless passion for music and entertained many with his beautiful voice and perfectly cromulent sense of humor.

2006 April 10, “Obituaries and in memoriams: Benjamin Sidney Linton”, in The Charlotte Observer:

Of course, you may encounter a new program that doesn't work reliably with UNC paths, and this is a perfectly cromulent workaround.

2008, David A. Karp, “Users and Security”, in John Osborn, Laurel R. T. Ruma, editors, Windows Vista Annoyances (Tips, Secrets and Solutions), Sebastopol, California: O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, →OL, page 505:

There are certainly other cromulent techniques which may perform well for certain models and assumptions.

2008, Alan M. Polansky, “Connections and Comparisons”, in Observed Confidence Levels: Theory and Application, Boca Raton, Florida: Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, →ISBN, →OL, section 7.3 (Multiple Comparisons), page 216:

How well does this function work? For positive integers, it's perfectly cromulent: […]

2009, Bryan O'Sullivan, John Goerzen, Don Stewart, “Functional Programming”, in Mike Loukides, editor, Real World Haskell (Code You Can Believe In), Sebastopol, California: O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, →OL, page 86:

(humorous) Acceptable, satisfactory, or valid.


Epcot

Acronym of Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow


Jedi Master

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The highest of orders in the Jedi Order of the Star Wars universe, similar to a bishop.

(humorous) Respectful term of address for an expert in a particular field.


Fantasyland

en-noun

Fantasyland (countable and uncountable, plural Fantasylands)

Perhaps capitalized under the influence of Walt Disney's Fantasyland theme park areas, which are noted for containing imagery relating to fairy tales.

If your dream depends a lot on luck, then you're in trouble. If it depends entirely on luck, you're living in Fantasyland. ... People who build their dream on reality take a very different approach to dreams than do people who live in Fantasyland.

2009, John C. Maxwell, Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions That Will Help You See It and Seize It, page 50:

Yes, I escaped into Fantasyland. However, I could just as easily have become a serial killer, a prostitute, a child beater, or a politician.

2007, Colleen Sell, A Cup of Comfort for Writers, page 28:

On a scale diagram, with the percentage of households on the vertical axis and the percentage of aggregate income on the horizontal axis, plot the Lorenz curve for Fantasyland.

2003, Richard G. Lipsey, Christopher Ragan, Economics, page 327:

A typical Fantasyland will display - often initially by means of a prefatory MAP - a selection, sometimes very full, from a more or less fixed list of landscape ingredients..."

1999, John Clute, John Grant, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, page 341:

Maybe this Fantasyland, as the egg woman called it, would counteract all the weirdness that had been accumulating since. ... Once this Fantasyland had kicked in, he would be on autopilot: all the necessary motivation would be provided for him.

1997, Jay Gummerman, Chez Chance, page 174:

Now leave Fantasyland and go back to the days of fur traders.

1986, Elma Schemenauer, Hello Edmonton, page 15:


迪斯尼樂園

ㄉㄧˊ ㄙ ㄋㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄩㄢˊ

Дисыни лэюань

/ti³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ ni³⁵ lɤ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/ti³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ ni³⁵ lɤ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/


迪士尼樂園

ㄉㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄋㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄩㄢˊ

Дишини лэюань

/ti³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ni³⁵ lɤ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/tɪk̚² siː²² nei̯²¹ lɔːk̚² jyːn²¹/

/ti³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ni³⁵ lɤ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/tɪk̚² siː²² nei̯²¹ lɔːk̚² jyːn²¹/


UTSL

A pun on Obi-Wan Kenobi's "Use the Force, Luke!" in Star Wars.

(Internet) Initialism of use the source, Luke.


米老鼠

/mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɐi̯¹³ lou̯¹³ syː³⁵/

/mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɐi̯¹³ lou̯¹³ syː³⁵/


Disneyland

The archetypical theme park, located in Anaheim, California. Other Disneyland theme parks exist in other cities such as Chessy (Seine-et-Marne, France), Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.


Disneyland

Disneyland (nominative singular)
Disneylandy (nominative plural)
Disneylandu (genitive singular)
Disneylandów (genitive plural)
Disneylandowi (dative singular)
Disneylandom (dative plural)
Disneyland (accusative singular)
Disneylandy (accusative plural)
Disneylandem (instrumental singular)
Disneylandami (instrumental plural)
Disneylandzie (locative singular)
Disneylandach (locative plural)
Disneylandzie (singular vocative)
Disneylandy (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English Disneyland.

ubor

Disneyland (archetypical theme park, located in Anaheim, California; other Disneyland theme parks exist in other cities such as Chessy (Seine-et-Marne, France), Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong)


Jedi mind trick

en-noun

Jedi mind trick (plural Jedi mind tricks)

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From the Star Wars films, the first of which—Star Wars—was released in 1977. In the films, members of the Jedi order are able to use a metaphysical power called the Force to implant suggestions in other people’s minds to induce them to act as the Jedi wish.

I watched the show to see what kind of guy he was, and the character on the show ain't too bright, so I figured if he came up to me I could use the Jedi mind trick on him. Mr T would go, “I heard you did some jokes about me!” “No, you didn't!” “Maybe I didn't!”

1987, Eddie Murphy Raw, spoken by Eddie Murphy:

Screamin’ “Brand new!”, when they just sanitized the old shit / Suppose it's just another clever Jedi mind trick

1998 September 29, “Thieves in the Night”, in Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, performed by Black Star:

You have to estimate your own starting weights, using trial and error. There's no way to get around it. I've met personal trainers who were phenomenally good at figuring out their clients' starting weights. […] Maybe it's some kind of Jedi mind trick. But unless you have one of those trainers, you have to figure it out on your own.

2005, Lou Schuler, Alwyn Cosgrove, “Charting Your Progress”, in The New Rules of Lifting: Six Basic Moves for Maximum Muscle, London: Avery, →ISBN, part 4 (Programs), page 205:

"It's the Fourth Law of Magic," I said. "You aren't allowed to control the mind of another human. But … hell, it's of the first things a lot of these stupid kids try—the old Jedi mind trick. Sometimes they start with maybe getting homework overlooked by a teacher or convincing their parents to buy them a car.[…]"

2006 May 2, Jim Butcher, chapter 5, in Proven Guilty […] (The Dresden Files; 8), New York, N.Y.: Roc, →ISBN, page 27:

Brian was a good diversion. For every girl that went loopy over him, there was one less chick she had to worry about being in Craig's face. All she had to do was stay as far away from Brian as possible … you know, just in case that Jedi mind trick thing melted the BF shield.

2007, Paula Chase, “Hottie Jedi Mind Tricks”, in Don’t Get It Twisted (A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel), New York, N.Y.: Dafina Books for Young Readers, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 60:

(idiomatic) A mental feat such as apparently inducing someone to act a certain way or reading someone's mind, achieved as if by magic or telepathy.

Jedi
Star Wars
Star Wars Databank
the Force

絕地控心術

mental feat achieved as if by magic or telepathy


Krieg der Sterne

From Krieg (“war”) + der (“of the”) + Sterne (“stars”).


Disneyfy

en-verb

Disneyfy (third-person singular simple present Disneyfies, present participle Disneyfying, simple past and past participle Disneyfied)

Disneyfies (present singular third-person)
Disneyfying (participle present)
Disneyfied (participle past)
Disneyfied (past)

From Disney + -fy, with reference to the Disney theme parks.

Jazz was not always an accepted music, and, of course, today we have the problem of remaining faithful to the cultural roots of jazz, not just candifying, Disneyfying the music.

1994, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests, Workshop and hearing on New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park:

Frieze has become a corporate snooze. Have the galleries been actively encouraged by its big-business owners to Disneyfy themselves?

2023 October 11, Jonathan Jones, “Frieze London art fair review – a graveyard of creativity for tasteless one percenters”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(transitive, usually derogatory) To make something (especially a location) more acceptable or marketable by removing potentially distasteful, controversial or boring elements, particularly at the cost of its history and culture.


MTFBWY

may the Force be with you
may the Force be with you#English

(text messaging) Initialism of may the Force be with you.


ディズニーランド

[dʲizɨɲ̟iːɾã̠ndo̞]


Uncle Scrooge

From a Disney character, named in reference to Charles Dickens' fictional miser Ebenezer Scrooge.

It is an anomaly of our times that an Uncle Sam spending at a rate of some $128 billion yearly should become an Uncle Scrooge in the treatment of government workers!

1967, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, “Federal Pay Legislation: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, first session”, in parliamentary debates, U.S. Congress, page 282:


Disneyana

items related to The Walt Disney Company, especially collectibles.


sneed

From a 1999 Simpsons episode, "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)" featuring a farming supply store, "Sneed's Feed & Seed", from the English surname Sneed; the joke is that the sign says the shop was "Formerly Chuck's", implying it formerly rhymed with Chuck instead ("Chuck's Fuck and Suck"). The sign became a meme on the image board 4chan around 2012. It came to be used as a substitute for seethe (e.g. in the phrase "cope and seethe" → "cope and sneed"), then (as a noun) became synonymous with beta males when 4chan started automatically changing soyboy to sneed..

He then told me to "Seethe, cope and dilate you sneed."

2021 October 28, “What is the deal with sneed, cope and dilate?”, in Reddit, r/NoStupidQuestions:

(Internet slang) One who seethes; a soyboy.


暗黒面

暗黒面 (canonical)
ankokumen (romanization)

[ã̠ŋko̞kɯ̟mẽ̞ɴ]

Compound of 暗黒(あんこく) (ankoku, “darkness”) + 面(めん) (men, “side, face”).


Homer Simpson

Name of an amiable but stupid character who gorges on beer and doughnuts in the long-running animated television series The Simpsons, said to be named after a character in Nathanael West's novel The Day of the Locust (1939).

A few months of this torture, and even the finest treads may begin to resemble a donut with a Homer Simpson-size bite out of it.

2001, Brent Peterson, The Complete Idiot's Guide to RVing:

Find out if you owe birth to an Albert Einstein or a Homer Simpson!

2002 December, Weekly World News, volume 24, number 16:

Sample insults calling the recipient a slut, a bookworm, bucktoothed; characterizing them as having a "Homer Simpson gut," a crooked ponytail...

2004, Serge P Shohov, Frank H Columbus, Advances in Psychology Research:

I struggle to remember even a Homer-Simpson handful of them, even those that arose from my own fevered keyboard.

2005, Tony Carlson, The How of WOW: A Guide to Giving a Speech that Will Positively Blow 'em Away:

One of the employees, apparently a Homer Simpson prototype, "goosed" the man...

A person who is foolish, easily distracted, and/or gluttonous.


Csillagok háborúja

csillag (“star”) + -ok (plural suffix) + háború (“war”) + -ja (“of”, possessive suffix)


valosapeli

valosapeli (nominative singular)
valosapelit (nominative plural)
valosapeli (accusative nominative singular)
valosapelit (accusative nominative plural)
valosapelin (accusative genitive singular)
valosapelit (accusative genitive plural)
valosapelin (genitive singular)
valosapelien (genitive plural)
valosapeleiden (genitive plural)
valosapeleitten (genitive plural)
valosapelia (partitive singular)
valosapeleita (partitive plural)
valosapeleja (partitive plural)
valosapelissa (inessive singular)
valosapeleissa (inessive plural)
valosapelista (elative singular)
valosapeleista (elative plural)
valosapeliin (illative singular)
valosapeleihin (illative plural)
valosapelilla (adessive singular)
valosapeleilla (adessive plural)
valosapelilta (ablative singular)
valosapeleilta (ablative plural)
valosapelille (allative singular)
valosapeleille (allative plural)
valosapelina (essive singular)
valosapeleina (essive plural)
valosapeliksi (singular translative)
valosapeleiksi (plural translative)
valosapelitta (abessive singular)
valosapeleitta (abessive plural)
valosapelein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
valosapelini (nominative singular)
valosapelini (nominative plural)
valosapelini (accusative nominative singular)
valosapelini (accusative nominative plural)
valosapelini (accusative genitive singular)
valosapelini (accusative genitive plural)
valosapelini (genitive singular)
valosapelieni (genitive plural)
valosapeleideni (genitive plural)
valosapeleitteni (genitive plural)
valosapeliani (partitive singular)
valosapeleitani (partitive plural)
valosapelejani (partitive plural)
valosapelissani (inessive singular)
valosapeleissani (inessive plural)
valosapelistani (elative singular)
valosapeleistani (elative plural)
valosapeliini (illative singular)
valosapeleihini (illative plural)
valosapelillani (adessive singular)
valosapeleillani (adessive plural)
valosapeliltani (ablative singular)
valosapeleiltani (ablative plural)
valosapelilleni (allative singular)
valosapeleilleni (allative plural)
valosapelinani (essive singular)
valosapeleinani (essive plural)
valosapelikseni (singular translative)
valosapeleikseni (plural translative)
valosapelittani (abessive singular)
valosapeleittani (abessive plural)
valosapeleineni (comitative plural)
valosapelisi (nominative singular)
valosapelisi (nominative plural)
valosapelisi (accusative nominative singular)
valosapelisi (accusative nominative plural)
valosapelisi (accusative genitive singular)
valosapelisi (accusative genitive plural)
valosapelisi (genitive singular)
valosapeliesi (genitive plural)
valosapeleidesi (genitive plural)
valosapeleittesi (genitive plural)
valosapeliasi (partitive singular)
valosapeleitasi (partitive plural)
valosapelejasi (partitive plural)
valosapelissasi (inessive singular)
valosapeleissasi (inessive plural)
valosapelistasi (elative singular)
valosapeleistasi (elative plural)
valosapeliisi (illative singular)
valosapeleihisi (illative plural)
valosapelillasi (adessive singular)
valosapeleillasi (adessive plural)
valosapeliltasi (ablative singular)
valosapeleiltasi (ablative plural)
valosapelillesi (allative singular)
valosapeleillesi (allative plural)
valosapelinasi (essive singular)
valosapeleinasi (essive plural)
valosapeliksesi (singular translative)
valosapeleiksesi (plural translative)
valosapelittasi (abessive singular)
valosapeleittasi (abessive plural)
valosapeleinesi (comitative plural)
valosapelimme (nominative singular)
valosapelimme (nominative plural)
valosapelimme (accusative nominative singular)
valosapelimme (accusative nominative plural)
valosapelimme (accusative genitive singular)
valosapelimme (accusative genitive plural)
valosapelimme (genitive singular)
valosapeliemme (genitive plural)
valosapeleidemme (genitive plural)
valosapeleittemme (genitive plural)
valosapeliamme (partitive singular)
valosapeleitamme (partitive plural)
valosapelejamme (partitive plural)
valosapelissamme (inessive singular)
valosapeleissamme (inessive plural)
valosapelistamme (elative singular)
valosapeleistamme (elative plural)
valosapeliimme (illative singular)
valosapeleihimme (illative plural)
valosapelillamme (adessive singular)
valosapeleillamme (adessive plural)
valosapeliltamme (ablative singular)
valosapeleiltamme (ablative plural)
valosapelillemme (allative singular)
valosapeleillemme (allative plural)
valosapelinamme (essive singular)
valosapeleinamme (essive plural)
valosapeliksemme (singular translative)
valosapeleiksemme (plural translative)
valosapelittamme (abessive singular)
valosapeleittamme (abessive plural)
valosapeleinemme (comitative plural)
valosapelinne (nominative singular)
valosapelinne (nominative plural)
valosapelinne (accusative nominative singular)
valosapelinne (accusative nominative plural)
valosapelinne (accusative genitive singular)
valosapelinne (accusative genitive plural)
valosapelinne (genitive singular)
valosapelienne (genitive plural)
valosapeleidenne (genitive plural)
valosapeleittenne (genitive plural)
valosapelianne (partitive singular)
valosapeleitanne (partitive plural)
valosapelejanne (partitive plural)
valosapelissanne (inessive singular)
valosapeleissanne (inessive plural)
valosapelistanne (elative singular)
valosapeleistanne (elative plural)
valosapeliinne (illative singular)
valosapeleihinne (illative plural)
valosapelillanne (adessive singular)
valosapeleillanne (adessive plural)
valosapeliltanne (ablative singular)
valosapeleiltanne (ablative plural)
valosapelillenne (allative singular)
valosapeleillenne (allative plural)
valosapelinanne (essive singular)
valosapeleinanne (essive plural)
valosapeliksenne (singular translative)
valosapeleiksenne (plural translative)
valosapelittanne (abessive singular)
valosapeleittanne (abessive plural)
valosapeleinenne (comitative plural)
valosapelinsa (nominative singular)
valosapelinsa (nominative plural)
valosapelinsa (accusative nominative singular)
valosapelinsa (accusative nominative plural)
valosapelinsa (accusative genitive singular)
valosapelinsa (accusative genitive plural)
valosapelinsa (genitive singular)
valosapeliensa (genitive plural)
valosapeleidensa (genitive plural)
valosapeleittensa (genitive plural)
valosapeliaan (partitive singular)
valosapeliansa (partitive singular)
valosapeleitaan (partitive plural)
valosapelejaan (partitive plural)
valosapeleitansa (partitive plural)
valosapelejansa (partitive plural)
valosapelissaan (inessive singular)
valosapelissansa (inessive singular)
valosapeleissaan (inessive plural)
valosapeleissansa (inessive plural)
valosapelistaan (elative singular)
valosapelistansa (elative singular)
valosapeleistaan (elative plural)
valosapeleistansa (elative plural)
valosapeliinsa (illative singular)
valosapeleihinsa (illative plural)
valosapelillaan (adessive singular)
valosapelillansa (adessive singular)
valosapeleillaan (adessive plural)
valosapeleillansa (adessive plural)
valosapeliltaan (ablative singular)
valosapeliltansa (ablative singular)
valosapeleiltaan (ablative plural)
valosapeleiltansa (ablative plural)
valosapelilleen (allative singular)
valosapelillensa (allative singular)
valosapeleilleen (allative plural)
valosapeleillensa (allative plural)
valosapelinaan (essive singular)
valosapelinansa (essive singular)
valosapeleinaan (essive plural)
valosapeleinansa (essive plural)
valosapelikseen (singular translative)
valosapeliksensa (singular translative)
valosapeleikseen (plural translative)
valosapeleiksensa (plural translative)
valosapelittaan (abessive singular)
valosapelittansa (abessive singular)
valosapeleittaan (abessive plural)
valosapeleittansa (abessive plural)
valosapeleineen (comitative plural)
valosapeleinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈʋɑ̝lo̞ˌs̠ɑ̝pe̞li]

Calque of English lightsaber (“fictional weapon in the Star Wars movies”); valo (“light”) + sapeli (“saber”).


Simps

2000, TomServo, “Twin Peaks spoof in Simps!”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):

(fandom slang) The television program The Simpsons.


may the Force be with you

From the Star Wars film franchise, in which "the Force" is an omnipresent energy that can influence events and may be harnessed by gifted individuals.

What thoughts are you sending into the universe? Are they seeking the results you want, or are they attracting the things you don’t? The mental sharks will be drawn to you as surely as the results you desire. To be certain, be aware of the messages you are sending, and may the Force be with you, whatever you conceive it to be!

2007, Layton Park, Get Out of Your Way: Unlocking the Power of Your Mind to Get What You Want, 1st edition, Woodbury, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 87:

(idiomatic) Used to wish someone luck with a difficult endeavor.


esquilax

Coined in a 1995 episode of the animated TV show The Simpsons named "Lisa's Wedding", in which a Renaissance fair sideshow falsely promotes a normal rabbit as "a horse with the head of a rabbit and the body of a rabbit".
Possibly inspired by fanciful names for creatures from Medieval Latin (e.g. basilisk, cockatrice).

Yeah, well I get to run the Circus Sideshow, and the esquilaxes.

1997, Powdered TOAST Man, “TAN: The Weasel Strikes Back”, in aus.tv.x-files (Usenet):

In fact, I am also "really weakly omnipotent," because it is logically impossible for me to fly unaided, or transform myself into an esquilax, because I am a being who cannot do those things. But I can do anything which it is logically possible for me to do.

1999, Cabrutus, “is lack of evidence a reason to lack belief?”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):

I wasn't thinking of gray elephants in Denmark, I was thinking of white esquilaxes in the Domincan ^([sic]) Republic.

2001, Anonymous Weirdo, “Have a rest”, in sk.forsale (Usenet):

Could be worse... couldve ^([sic]) been an Esquilax.

2008, Jeßus, “Found some Hydrox”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet):


eat my shorts

/ˈiːt maɪ ˈʃɔːɹts/

Popularized by the TV series The Simpsons (1989), where it is a catchphrase of Bart Simpson.

Notre Dame boys greeted one another with "Eat It" to be answered by "Eat It Raw" or "Eat a Big One" or "Eat My Shorts," sometimes "Eat My Crusty Shorts."

[1977, James P. Leary, The Boys from the Dome […] , page 69:

Mickey: You could be the biggest fairy of them all!
Meat: Eat my shorts!

1983, Roger Swaybill, Alan Ormsby, Bob Clark, Porky's II: The Next Day (motion picture):

Richard Vernon: You're not fooling anyone, Bender. The next screw that falls out will be you.
 John Bender: Eat my shorts.
Richard Vernon: What was that?
John Bender: Eat... My... Shorts.

1985, John Hughes, The Breakfast Club (motion picture):

Her eyes are telling me, "Eat my shorts, you precocious little fart." I definitely haven't made a friend.

1988, Greg Matthews, The Gold Flake Hydrant, page 232:

For instance, Bart often expresses his irreverence toward authority on "The Simpsons" by exclaiming "Eat my shorts."

[1996, Douglas Rushkoff, Media Virus! […] , page 186:

(idiomatic, chiefly US, vulgar) An irreverent rebuke or dismissal.


t'oh

From English d'oh, from The Simpsons. The voice actor for Homer Simpson in the French version of The Simpsons, Philippe Peythieu, rendered it t'oh.

Homer Simpson
Philippe Peythieu
The Simpsons


droide

[ˈdɾɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

[ˈdɾɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]


Disney World

From Walt Disney World, a resort in Florida owned by Disney which is home to a group of theme parks.

[…]a sort of Disney World of American history. All the ticket takers and street sweepers and information givers were dressed in period costumes, the women in big aprons and muffin hats, the men in tricornered caps[…]

1989, Bill Bryson, The lost continent: travels in small-town America, page 110:

Somehow one's acceptance into humanity is dependent on the kind of Disney World assumption that differences are only on the surface.

1994, Kumar Rupesinghe, Marcial Rubio Correa, The culture of violence, page 87:

There is no refuge from reality in teaching, no orderly life in a kind of Disney World of the mind where nothing really dangerous ever happens and a predictable good time is had by all.

2000, James Joseph O'Donnell, Avatars of the word: from papyrus to cyberspace, page 144:

(informal, often derogatory) A place resembling the Disney World theme park, often typified by a corporately-designed saccharine cheerfulness.


sacrilicious

en-adj

sacrilicious (comparative more sacrilicious, superlative most sacrilicious)

more sacrilicious (comparative)
most sacrilicious (superlative)

/sækɹəˈlɪʃəs/

Blend of sacrilegious + delicious, coined in a 1994 episode of the animated TV series The Simpsons (see quotation below).

I know I shouldn't eat thee, Lord, but... mmmm, sacrilicious.

1994 March 17, “Homer Loves Flanders”, in The Simpsons, season 5, episode 16, spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta (voice)):

Not for the modest, at those times, the secluded bar area features several TVs showing porn while you eat and drink. Mmmm, sacrilicious.

2004 October 27, Elizabeth Canning Blackwell, Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Chicago, 5th edition, Hoboken: Wiley, →ISBN, →OL, page 194:

Sellers offered VMGC T-shirts — "I ate the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese ... It was Sacrilicious!"

2006 April 15, Susanna Paasonen, “"Virgin Mary in Grilled Cheese NOT A HOAX! LOOK & SEE!"”, in Everyday eBay: Culture, Collecting, And Desire, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, →OL, page 201:

Maybe they thought it would be inappropriate — dare I say, sacri-licious — to eat the animal the team is named after.

2007 March 1, Josh Pahigian, The Ultimate Minor League Baseball Road Trip: A Fan's Guide to AAA, AA, A, and Independent League Stadiums, Globe Pequot, →ISBN, →OL, page 44:

(slang, humorous) producing pleasure through the violation of taboos


Jediism

A minor modern religion based on the Jedi of the Star Wars series.


Homer Simpsonian

Homer Simpsonian (comparative more Homer Simpsonian, superlative most Homer Simpsonian)

more Homer Simpsonian (comparative)
most Homer Simpsonian (superlative)

From Homer Simpson (name of a character in The Simpsons, an animated TV serial) + -ian.

Of or pertaining to the vocalizations or behavior of Homer Simpson.


Simpsonian

Simpsonian (comparative more Simpsonian, superlative most Simpsonian)

more Simpsonian (comparative)
most Simpsonian (superlative)

Of or pertaining to The Simpsons, an American animated sitcom.


Mickey Mousing

From Mickey Mouse + -ing, in reference to early Walt Disney films, where the music served to mimic the animated motions of the characters.

(animation) Synchronization of actions on screen with the accompanying music.


Sarlacc

From the Star Wars film Return of the Jedi (1983).

A fictional multi-tentacled beast known to dissolve its prey slowly, buried in a depression in the desert sands of the planet Tatooine.


Jedi Knight

A powerful rank of Jedi below that of Jedi Master.


Yoda

The character was introduced in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Perhaps from Sanskrit योद्धा (yoddhā, “warrior”).

A wise old Jedi Master in the Star Wars films.


ドナルドダック

Donald Duck (one of the Disney characters)


Mickey Mouse Protection Act

the Mickey Mouse Protection Act (canonical)

So called because it served to prevent Disney's Mickey Mouse character from entering the public domain for a further period.

(informal, derogatory) The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.


Goofy

A Disney character: a slow-witted anthropomorphic dog with a goofy laugh.


Mickey Mouse glove

en-noun

Mickey Mouse glove (plural Mickey Mouse gloves)

Worn by the animated character Mickey Mouse.

A glove that is white and usually four-fingered.


Mickey Mouse hat

Mickey Mouse hat (plural Mickey Mouse hats)

Mickey Mouse cap
Mickey Mouse cap#English


Mickey Mouse cap

Mickey Mouse cap (plural Mickey Mouse caps)

A black cap with two round appendages that imitate the ears of Mickey Mouse.


ネズミーランド

Blend of ネズミ (nezumi, “mouse; rat”) + ディズニーランド (Dizunīrando, “Disneyland”)

blend

ディズニーランド ディズニーランド#Japanese

(slang) Synonym of ディズニーランド (Dizunīrando, “Disneyland”)


padawan

→ Japanese: パダワン (padawan)

→ Spanish: padawan

→ Portuguese: padawan

→ French: padawan

→ Korean: 파다원 (padawon)

→ Russian: падава́н (padaván)

→ Esperanto: padavano

Générations Star Wars et Science Fiction

Coined by American filmmaker George Lucas as early as 1973 (in the manuscript Journal of the Whills, where it was spelled padawaan), but not used in his Star Wars film franchise until Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace which premiered on 16 May 1999.

coin

Just as Plato requires a training program that combines physical and mental skills, so does Yoda. The training you'll receive will probably be similar to the training young Luke Skywalker receives from Yoda, since you're probably nearer his age than younger padawans. Throughout his training, Luke questions Yoda about good and evil, the Force, and other concepts important to a Jedi. Likewise, Plato's Republic features a question-and-answer interplay between teacher and students as Socrates's "padawans" question him about justice and injustice, the nature of the Good, and the ideal government.

2005, Judith Barad, “The Aspiring Jedi’s Handbook of Virtue”, in Kevin S. Decker, Jason T. Eberl, editors, Star Wars and Philosophy: More Powerful than You Can Possibly Imagine (Popular Culture and Philosophy; 12), Chicago, Ill.: Open Court Publishing Company, →ISBN:

Like, practically every day in third grade, Auggie and I would hang out together on FaceChat. We had decided to grow our Padawan braids before I moved away, so it was a great way to check how long they had gotten.

2015, R. J. Palacio, “FaceChat”, in Pluto: A Wonder Story, New York, N.Y.: Knopf Books for Young Readers, →ISBN:

Her underlings flanked her, like Padawans studying beneath some great Jedi.

2017, Marnie Riches, Born Bad, London: Avon, →ISBN:


Disneyish

en-adj

Disneyish (comparative more Disneyish, superlative most Disneyish)

more Disneyish (comparative)
most Disneyish (superlative)

In the first act Giselle's cottage and Albrecht's hut look too Disneyish, while the architecture of the background castle is reminiscent of the high baroque of the monastery at Melk and clashes with the costumes.

At the end, there's an appearance by the famous stampeding horses, much loved by academic explicators, and a big rainbow, seemingly painted in the sky in Disneyish candy colors.

1989 May 29, New York Magazine, The Rainbow, volume 22, number 22, page 65:

Characteristic of The Walt Disney Company or its productions.


Poochie-fication

From Poochie, a character added to boost the ratings of the fictional Itchy and Scratchy Show in The Simpsons episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", + -fication.

In case you're wondering, that extra, 3rd dimension they're going to be adding to the bears is going to be made entirely out of neon, sunglasses, and highlights for the fur of Mama and Sister. Basically, it's Poochie-fication of the Berenstain Bears.

2009 November 3, Amelie Gillette, “Berenstain Bears Movie To Change The Way You Think About Anthropomorphic Bears”, in The Onion AV Club:

In the 90s, this Poochie-fication of comics — wherein many titles grew consistently and thoroughly EXTREEEEME — reached its zenith.

2010 September 29, Glen Weldon, “In Praise of M.O.D.O.K: Why Gleefully Goofy Beats Broodingly Brutal”, in National Public Radio:

It’s rare when the Poochie-fication of a character actually works, but it totally did with Kyle Rayner. Rather than the earnest, Silver Age Hal Jordan, backed up by thousands of Corps members, and knowing what his job and destiny was, Rayner was given a ring by a dying Guardian, left alone as the last Green Lantern.

2011 June 16, Alex Zalban, “The 10 Best Green Lanterns Of All Time”, in MTV, archived from the original on 2011-12-26:

(entertainment, derogatory, uncommon) The process of adding a new character to a work of fiction, or altering characters already present, in a bid to make the work cooler or more extreme.


kwyjibo

Taken from a nonsense word (supposedly meaning "A big, dumb, balding North American ape with no chin and a short temper") used in the 1990 episode "Bart the Genius" of the TV show The Simpsons.

On the Kwyjibo.... On steps 2-4, I've been raising my left (free) hand, swinging the yo overto^([sic]) the right and then bringing my right hand over under it.

1999, mike, “pocket rocket....”, in alt.sport.yo-yo (Usenet):

I have been yo-yoing for just over 1 year now, I have just recently learned kwyjibo, white buddha, and other tricks but I can't sleep a yo-yo for over a minute, without an amazing throw […]

2000, Allen MacInnis, “Anyone know how to sleep a yo-yo for a long time??”, in alt.sport.yo-yo (Usenet):


Disneyesque

Disneyesque (comparative more Disneyesque, superlative most Disneyesque)

more Disneyesque (comparative)
most Disneyesque (superlative)

This place is EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World, a theme park cum world exposition, a kind of world's fair that allows for a continual Disneyesque rewriting of history, a Distory, as Stephen Fjellman has called it. Disney World offers its guests multiple pleasures within the context of Disneyesque representations of race and gender.

1995, Ramona Fernandez, “Pachuco Mickey”, Elizabeth Bell, Lynda Haas, Laura Sells (ed.), From Mouse to Mermaid: The Politics of Film, Gender, and Culture, Indiana University Press, part 3, chapter 15, 236

In Ms. Murray’s mature work, eccentrically shaped or multipanel canvases fused Cubism’s shattered forms and Surrealism’s suggestive biomorphism with the scale and some of the angst of Abstract Expressionism and more than a touch of Disneyesque humor and motion.

2007 August 13, Roberta Smith, “Elizabeth Murray, 66, Artist of Vivid Forms, Dies”, in New York Times:

Reminiscent of the work or style of the animator Walt Disney or his Walt Disney Company.


Disneyan

Disneyan (comparative more Disneyan, superlative most Disneyan)

more Disneyan (comparative)
most Disneyan (superlative)

Of or relating to the American animator Walt Disney or his Walt Disney Company.

迪士尼的

of or relating to Walt Disney or his Walt Disney Company


picsou

From Balthazar Picsou, the European French name of Scrooge McDuck.


Star Warsy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

stel-milita

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Star Wars.


ディズニー

ja-pos

ディズニー • (Dizunī)

A transliteration of the English surname Disney


Sǫʼtah Anah

/sõ̀ʔtʰɑ̀h ʔɑ̀nɑ̀ːʔ/

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


Mickeymania

There are, of course, perfectly reasonable explanations for Mickeymania.

Similar to California's Disneyland, it's the wellspring of Mickeymania, a paradise for the young at heart, and the most popular individual theme park in the United States, welcoming more than 11 million visitors every year.

1997, Alison Stern, Fodor's Walt Disney World, Universal Studios and Orlando, page 2:

Over the next few years, Mickeymania swept the country. Fans across the globe from Franklin Roosevelt to Mussolini applauded his antics in the films that followed.

2007, Todd G. Buchholz, New ideas from dead CEOs:

(informal) Enthusiasm for the cartoon character Mickey Mouse.


Disneylândia

Disneyland (a theme park in Anaheim, United States)


adultivity

Kearney: Good evening, young man. My name is Charles Norwood. Furthermore to this beer, I would also like three of your finest, cheapest cigars. Here's my ID which confirms my adultivity.

1996 5 May, David X. Cohen, "Much Apu About Nothing", episode 7-23 of The Simpsons, 00:11:46-00:11:59

Also, just so we can verify your adultivity, please give us your credit card number and expiration date...

1999 May 16, Eric NRTJ Roberts, “Re: EASY MONEY”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

All the 'performers' were of legal consenting adultivity, and I could easily track them down if I needed to get any sort of signed statement to verify their age.

2000 December 9, Green Hell, “I need a lab in the US that will develop erotic subject matter”, in alt.movies.cinematography.super8 (Usenet):

(humorous, uncommon) The state or quality of being an adult; majority.


malparkage

From mal- + park + -age. Perhaps introduced in the animated TV series The Simpsons; see Citations:malparkage.

Lisa Simpson (reading letter): Dear motorist. Your vehicle is illegally parked in the borough of Manhattan. If you do not remedy this malparkage within 72 hours, your car will be thrown into the East River at your expense.

1997 21 September, Ian Maxtone-Graham, "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson", episode 9-1 of The Simpsons, 00:11:46-00:11:59

Coupled with said customer's malparkage in the handicapped zone right in front of the door, this will usually create an atmosphere of tense, suspect aversion.

2000 August 20, «tµßeguÿ», “Re: automobile tool definitions”, in 3do.bad-attitude (Usenet):

Supposedly, regular mortals have to shell out $50 for presumptuous malparkage among the elite.

2010 February 8, Sean Michael Ragan, “UC Berkeley has 'Nobel Laureate Only' parking spaces”, in Make:

(rare, humorous) An act of parking a vehicle illegally.


debigulate

en-verb

debigulate (third-person singular simple present debigulates, present participle debigulating, simple past and past participle debigulated)

debigulates (present singular third-person)
debigulating (participle present)
debigulated (participle past)
debigulated (past)

Back-formation from Debigulator, itself from de- + big + -ule + -ate + -or, a fictional shrink ray featured in the 1996 episode "Treehouse of Horror VII" of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

> think moe will get his ears enlarged 2.27.00?
No, he'll get them debigulated.

2000 February 27, Ben Mann, “Re: X'tapolapocetl (Quetzelsacatanango?)”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):

2002 October 22, Ed, “Button to enlarge or debigulate size of text?”, in netscape.public.mozilla.wishlist (Usenet):

Does debigulating a table first delete blank rows? (I don't know if blank rows are always at the end or not.)

2008 May 13, Ron Newcomb, “I7: Dynamic Tables extension for Glulx”, in rec.arts.int-fiction (Usenet):

(rare, humorous) To reduce or shrink; to make or become smaller.


cheese-eating surrender monkey

en-noun

cheese-eating surrender monkey (plural cheese-eating surrender monkeys)

cheese-eating surrender monkeys (plural)

Coined by American television writer and producer Ken Keeler in 1995, for the television series The Simpsons.

coin

Bonjour, you cheese-eating surrender monkeys!

1995 April 30, “'Round Springfield”, in The Simpsons, season 6, episode 22, spoken by Groundskeeper Willie (Dan Castellaneta):

In turn, we British may feel disillusioned with what's left of the special relationship, increasingly out of sympathy with American attitudes, and rather more in sympathy with the cheese-eating surrender monkeys and their friends across the Channel.

2003 April 12, Alexander Chancellor, “Europe still matters”, in The Guardian:

IN PRAISE OF CHEESE-EATING SURRENDER MONKEYS OR WASHINGTON FUNDAMENTALISTS VS PARISIAN MONKEYS

2005, Stephen Chan, Out of Evil: New International Politics and Old Doctrines of War, →ISBN, page 134:

It's all about the “French Paradox,” that much-publicized puzzle of how French people eat all that fatty food and drink tons of wine, yet still manage to be svelte and sophisticated, not to mention cheese-eating surrender monkeys.

2005, Julie Powell, Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, →ISBN, page 178:

Maybe it's their French blood. If it is, we sure don't need cheese-eating surrender monkeys in the Kaw River Valley!

2008, Sara Paretsky, Bleeding Kansas, →ISBN, page 170:

We've lived with terrorism for years, and we know you can lick it, especially if we don't overreact and make unnecessary sacrifices of liberty in the name of security - for freedom is its own best defence. Between cheese-eating surrender monkeys and fire-eating war junkies, we look for a middle way.

2006 July 5, Timothy Garton Ash, “Between cheese-eating surrender monkeys and fire-eating war junkies”, in The Guardian, retrieved 2021-05-31:

But despite their seemingly rampant Anglophilia, there are still some things the French miss—a good steak tartare, for instance, or the chance to cheer on their rugby team without being shouted down as ‘cheese-eating surrender monkeys’.

2008 March 23, Elizabeth Day, “The great French love affair with la vie anglaise”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

Groundskeeper Willie called us cheese-eating surrender monkeys: he almost had it right. But it isn't just the French—as a species we are all cheese-eating surrender monkeys.

[2009, Douglas Coupland, Generation A, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 16:

(slang, derogatory, humorous) A French person.

The Simpsons
cheese-eating surrender monkeys


Kwyjibo

An iron oxide-copper-gold deposit in Grenville, Quebec.


assal horizontology

Coined on the TV show The Simpsons in 1995, as a quasi-medical term. See ass, -al, horizontal, -ology.

Dr. Nick Riviera: "I recommend a slow, steady gorging process, combined with assal horizontology."

1995 November 5, “King-Size Homer”, in The Simpsons, season 7, episode 7, Matt Groening et al. (actors), production code 3F05:

Just as Yohann is restored to his proper state of Assal Horizontology, an audible cricking noise - his knuckles and neck - rings around the hall.

17 December 2000, Talen, “Re: [GRIT] Sleepers Unbound (Was: The Last Day ~ The Dawn of Atlantis)”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

what does he have a degree in? / Assal horizontology.

24 February 2001, The IRS, “Re: Comic Book Guy Trivia”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):

Don't forget the Choco-tastic!!! / assal horizontology.

14 March 2002, Billy J. Dancefloor, “Re: tonight's episode (3-13-02)”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):

(humorous, rare) The act of sitting around doing nothing for long periods of time.


surrender monkey

en-noun

surrender monkey (plural surrender monkeys)

cheese-eating surrender monkey
cheese-eating surrender monkey#English

Ellipsis of cheese-eating surrender monkey.


marreta

From marra (“heavy hammer used to break things”) + -eta.

affix

(Portugal) Muppet (a puppet by Jim Henson)


迪士尼

/ti³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ni³⁵/

/tɪk̚² siː²² nei̯²¹/

/diɪʔ¹¹ zz̩²² n̠ʲi²³/

/ti³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ni³⁵/

/tɪk̚² siː²² nei̯²¹/

/diɪʔ¹¹ zz̩²² n̠ʲi²³/


Warsie

Actually I'd like to pit some Warsies against some Trekkies in an MTV (claymation) Death Match.

1999 May 17, Kevin Pacheco Cheney, “I DOUBT THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO LIVE UP TO ALL ITS HYPE”, in The Spokesman-Review:

Pompous sentimental muck well worthy of George Lucas himself. For Warsies only.

2003, Frank Plowright, The Slings & Arrows Comic Guide, Slings & Arrows, →ISBN, page 125:

But, only if those movies are “Lord of the Rings”, “Star Wars” (Ep. 3 - 6 only, mind you - the first three are a bad dream for most Warsies, after all), […]

2012, Joseph Santiago, Lina Clark, Life by Association: Getting Furry, →ISBN, page 165:

(fandom slang) A fan of the Star Wars films and/or media franchise.


sabre de luz

(science fiction) lightsaber (sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light)


Myszka Miki

Myszka Miki (nominative singular)
Myszki Miki (genitive singular)
Myszce Miki (dative singular)
Myszkę Miki (accusative singular)
Myszką Miki (instrumental singular)
Myszce Miki (locative singular)
Myszko Miki (singular vocative)

Mickey Mouse (most famous Disney cartoon character, an anthropomorphic mouse with a falsetto voice and a cheerful disposition)


Flanderization

en-noun

Flanderization (countable and uncountable, plural Flanderizations)

term-label

(American spelling, Oxford British English, fandom slang)

/ˌflændəɹəˈzeɪʃn̩/

Ned Flanders
TV Tropes
The Simpsons
WonderCon

From Flanders + -ization (suffix forming nouns denoting the act, process, or result of doing or making something), from the American animated television series The Simpsons (first broadcast in 1989) where the character Ned Flanders underwent a progressive shift from a good-natured Christian to a religious fundamentalist. The character did however eventually return to its initial form. The word was coined on the popular culture wiki TV Tropes around 2006.

suffix

Many fans say that season 5 was the beginning of its downfall as Flanderization occurred. JD went from being a little emotionally needy to a whiny man-child and Elliot became every negative stereotype about women instead of her usual neurotic but lovable self.

2009 June 7, tmc1982 [username], “Seasonal Rot – Television Tropes & Idioms”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):

Irene's whole gimmick is that she's the one woman in the world who can outwit Holmes. Although in the actual story, her victory is extremely limited, flanderization takes hold in adaptations.

2012 December 21, David Johnson, “Re: Elementary – Episode 8 – The Long Fuse”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):

Prime realises Swoop must be under some sort of external control as he's at heart a loyal Autobot (over the years Flanderisation will make the Dinobots more and more maverick) and does the one thing that he knows will so enrage his mind controlled colleague that Swoop will fight off the influence. He gives him a direct order.

2015, Stuart Webb, “The Icarus Theory”, in Transformation: A Personal Journey through the British Transformers Comic, volumes 1 (1984–1987), [S.l.]: Solar Pool, →ISBN, page 129, column 1:

A sympathetic wrestling savant, Eugene became, through a process of rapid Flanderisation (the process in fiction of a character being consumed by their identifiable trait, named after The Simpsons’ Ned Flanders), in Cornette’s words, “a fucking retard”.

2017, Michael Sidgwick, “A Box of Fluffy Ducks”, in Development Hell: The NXT Story, U.K.: WhatCulture.com, →ISBN, page 101:

A common form of this ["character derailment"] is flanderization, in which a character's very singular, minor, yet notable attributes exaggerate as a serial continues. […] I would attribute flanderization to Rick and/or Jerry, if anyone of the main cast.

2020, Edward K. Eckhart-Zinn, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Rick and Morty”, in The Sequel Superior, Pittsburgh, Pa.: RoseDog Books, →ISBN, page 233:

(uncountable) The progressive exaggeration of a single trait or set of traits of a fictional character until it overtakes all other characterization

Flanderisation

progressive exaggeration of a single trait or set of traits of a fictional character until it overtakes all other characterization; an instance of this


Yodaesque

en-adj

Yodaesque (comparative more Yodaesque, superlative most Yodaesque)

more Yodaesque (comparative)
most Yodaesque (superlative)

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


Vaderesque

Vaderesque (comparative more Vaderesque, superlative most Vaderesque)

more Vaderesque (comparative)
most Vaderesque (superlative)

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

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

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

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


Jawa

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


Hand Solo

Punning alteration of the name of Star Wars character Han Solo.

Indulge in a bit of Hand Solo

2001 March 13, Zekhen [username], “Re: Hand Shandys”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):

I'd a Hand Solo this afternoon and another one, like, fifteen minutes ago and now I'm totally wankrupt.

2005, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightdress, Penguin, →ISBN:

I had a mate who said he couldn't "finish the job" when he went Hand Solo, and he was on Rispiridol.

2007 September 18, The Kez That Is Called Kez [username], “Re: tanya!”, in alt.support.depression (Usenet):

(slang) An act of masturbation involving the manual stimulation of one's own genitals.


डिज़्नी

ḍiznī (romanization)
डिज़्नी (direct singular)
डिज़्नी (direct plural)
डिज़्नी (oblique singular)
डिज़्नियों (oblique plural)
डिज़्नी (singular vocative)
डिज़्नियो (plural vocative)
डिज़्नी (direct singular)
डिज़्नियाँ (direct plural)
डिज़्नी (oblique singular)
डिज़्नियों (oblique plural)
डिज़्नी (singular vocative)
डिज़्नियो (plural vocative)

a surname from English, equivalent to English Disney


डिज़्नी

hi-proper noun

डिज़्नी • (ḍiznī) ?


Дональд Дак

ru-proper noun+

До́нальд Да́к • (Dónalʹd Dák) m anim (genitive До́нальда Да́ка)

До́нальд Да́к (canonical)
Dónalʹd Dák (romanization)
До́нальда Да́ка (genitive)
До́нальд Да́к (nominative singular)
До́нальда Да́ка (genitive singular)
До́нальду Да́ку (dative singular)
До́нальда Да́ка (accusative singular)
До́нальдом Да́ком (instrumental singular)
До́нальде Да́ке (prepositional singular)

ru:Дональд Дак


Дональд Дак

uk-proper noun

До́нальд<sg> Дак<sg>

До́нальд Да́к • (Dónalʹd Dák) m inan (genitive До́нальда Да́ка, uncountable)

До́нальд Да́к (canonical)
Dónalʹd Dák (romanization)
До́нальда Да́ка (genitive)
До́нальд Да́к (nominative singular)
До́нальда Да́ка (genitive singular)
До́нальдові Да́кові (dative singular)
До́нальдові Да́ку (dative singular)
До́нальду Да́кові (dative singular)
До́нальду Да́ку (dative singular)
До́нальд Да́к (accusative singular)
До́нальдом Да́ком (instrumental singular)
До́нальду Да́ку (locative singular)
До́нальді Да́ку (locative singular)
До́нальде Да́ку (singular vocative)

uk-ndecl

До́нальд<sg> Дак<sg>

uk:Дональд Дак


get to the fireworks factory

en-verb

get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> to the fireworks factory

get to the fireworks factory (third-person singular simple present gets to the fireworks factory, present participle getting to the fireworks factory, simple past got to the fireworks factory, past participle (UK) got to the fireworks factory or (US) gotten to the fireworks factory)

gets to the fireworks factory (present singular third-person)
getting to the fireworks factory (participle present)
got to the fireworks factory (past)
got to the fireworks factory (UK participle past)
gotten to the fireworks factory (US participle past)

From the 1997 Simpsons episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", which shows an episode of the fictional Itchy & Scratchy Show in which the characters' journey to a fireworks factory is interrupted by the anticlimactic arrival of a new character, Poochie; while watching the episode, Milhouse Van Houten wails, "When are they going to get to the fireworks factory?!".

Jesus falls again, and now some woman brings him a drink. I'm getting so tired of this whole sequence. When are they going to get to the fireworks factory!?

2004 April 9, Johan Gustafsson, “[TAN] Once more, with Passion...”, in rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan (Usenet):

Is Raven ever going to wrestle on TV? Or at least get to the fireworks factory?

2005 November 5, Poot Rootbeer, “Poot's post on TNA iMPACT! primetime, 11/3/05”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):

No, that's a different crazy Egyptian tycoon, and that's assuming he even is crazy, which is a pretty safe assumption because once Diana Spencer marries into your family all her new relatives are automatically crazy, especially if any of them produced the terrible Spielberg movie "Hook" in which Robin Williams takes forever to get to the fireworks factory.

2006 September 22, James Kibo Parry, “Re: Further research into the word "braintanning"”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet):

The narrative going around about the new Godzilla, which waits about an hour before it finally gets to the fireworks factory, is that it’s a radical return to this kind of old-fashioned creature-feature restraint.

2014 May 17, Forrest Wickman, “When Should You Show the Monster? The Rules of “Cinematic Foreplay.””, in Slate:

Punching up and punching down. I've flirted with these terms a bit already, without adequately exploring their trajectories. Here, in Chapter 3, we finally get to the fireworks factory.

2024 April 9, David E. Low, Transgressive Humor in Classrooms: Punching Up, Punching Down, and Critical Literacy Practices, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 1986:

(fandom slang, idiomatic) To reach the most interesting, eventful or important part of a storyline.

Milhouse Van Houten
The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show
The Itchy & Scratchy Show
The Simpsons


cheese monkey

From cheese-eating surrender monkey, a term coined in a 1995 episode of The Simpsons.

> Ahem, I'm not French ;-)
Darn, right you're not! You used to be a pure cheese monkey. Now, you're simply pure spud.

2003 March 13, Orchid, “OT: naked war protests”, in alt.games.diablo (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-23:

You'll notice a common cause among all international liberals--the sheep fucker in Australia (192 Day Road, Sydney), the cheese monkey in France, John Kerry--they're all together somehow, all operating along similar lines of force. Is it love of America that unites them? No? Then what is it?

2004 June 20, Jones, “OK, so no WMD and now no link between Iraq and Al-q. My question is........”, in rec.music.beatles (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-23:

Republicans don't deny Bush has isolated the USA. However, they say "Fuck the world. Fuck the UN. The French are surrendering cheese monkeys. The Canadian are cheeseheads, the .... "

2004 September 18, Roedy Green, “Bush isolates more and more the USA in front of the world”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-23:

> Vive la France!
>
Viva for the cheese monkeys? That's how you must have call them in 2003.

2007 May 7, dapra, “The French Revolution”, in us.military.army (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-23:

So what I'm gonna propose as governor of this state is that we plan a massive invasion force and go ahead and invade France. Because if there's one country we can beat in a goddamn arm-wrestle it's them limp-wristed patronizing cheese monkeys.

2013, Jock Cranley, quotee, Grand Theft Auto V, scene: Blaine County Talk Radio:

(slang, derogatory, humorous, uncommon) A French person.


Star Wars Day

(fandom slang) A fan holiday celebrating the Star Wars franchise, on May 4th.


nerfherder

/ˈnɜːfˌhɜːdə/

/ˈnɝfˌhɝːdɚ/

Coined by American filmmaker George Lucas in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back.

coin

How can you think that loser has anything od^([sic]) value to say? He's a misinformed, slimey looking nerfherder, which doesn't belong anywhere on that side of a camera.

2000 March 9, Dion Turner, “Re: the panel”, in aus.tv (Usenet), retrieved 2017-04-28, message-ID <38C7686B.8B5B3177@uq.net.au>:

First of all, Ducttape^([sic]) is not an acceptable substitute for electrical tape you DB! I'd rather you didn't use electrical tape either. QUIT CUTTING WIRES!! And seriously, is this a LAMP CORD running the length of my pretty black and blue nighthawk??? Wtf man? You couldn't do any better than a frapping lamp cord? What a real nerfherder! And if you're going to splice into a wire, why do it after the connector? You just disabled the purpose of the quick disconnect you inbred monkey hugger! Now I gotta unducttape^([sic]) and unwrap the mess you made to get the blinker off!

2010 August 18, Kyle Munz, “[Nighthawk Lovers] Group rules regarding profanity.”, in nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com (Usenet), retrieved 2017-04-28, message-ID <AANLkTinf9kz8X299POXzbKkXTB5jJfVwZ623zCXF2zPX@mail.gmail.com>:

Like when Aragorn starts on the paths of the dead bookwise he and his Dunedain are regarded, despite their small size, among the most powerful companies in the area. And then with the dead, he defeats armies in southern Gondor _and_ rallies those people to fight at his command, showing his ability as a king. When he gets to Minas Tirith he is leading an army as great as Rohan instead of a handful and a ship of vapours that would have been laughed at by orcs and ringwraiths. Moviewise he's never more than a nerfherder with ideas above his station stealing Arwen and betraying Elrond.

2016 October 30, Siri Cruise, “Re: Ye olde burbs & rural mythology”, in alt.politics.liberalism (Usenet), retrieved 2017-04-28, message-ID <chine.bleu-371DA6.12162630102016@news.eternal-september.org>:

Hey nerfherder, yeah you! I'm gonna need those for the B-wings!

2017, Rowan's sis, “Trouble on Tibalt”, in LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, season 2, episode 2:

(derogatory, fandom slang) A term of abuse.

20th Century Fox
Carrie Fisher
Lawrence Kasdan
Leigh Brackett
Lucasfilm
Princess Leia
The Empire Strikes Back


wookie

(Star Wars) Wookiee, Wookie (a tall hairy humanoid fictional race from Star Wars)


ライトセーバー

ja-noun

ライトセーバー • (raitosēbā)


φωτόσπαθο

head

φωτόσπαθο • (fotóspatho) n (plural φωτόσπαθα)

fotóspatho (romanization)
φωτόσπαθα (plural)
φωτόσπαθο (nominative singular)
φωτόσπαθα (nominative plural)
φωτόσπαθου (genitive singular)
φωτόσπαθων (genitive plural)
φωτόσπαθο (accusative singular)
φωτόσπαθα (accusative plural)
φωτόσπαθο (singular vocative)
φωτόσπαθα (plural vocative)

From φωτο- (foto-, “light”) + σπαθί (spathí, “sword”); calque of English lightsaber.

prefix

(science fiction, weaponry) lightsaber (sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light)


Mouse

The surname is sometimes an Americanized spelling of German Maus.

At Disney, on the other hand, there was only one landowner and one government; public and private were fused. […] Spawned by the Mouse's arrival, I-Drive (as it is known locally) runs parallel to I-4, lying partly in Orlando and partly[…]

2001 January 1, Richard E. Foglesong, Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 93:

They are cut off from their regular jobs to see how the Mouse operates. Eisner told the Harvard Business Review.
Synergy happens at Disney because it should. Our products scream out for synergy.

2005, Ralph E. Hanson, Mass Communication: Living in a Media World:

[…] take eventually eked up to $33 million worldwide, but not before Walt Disney Studios declared the whole experiment a disappointment. […] But when the Mouse cut bait, MAGI was forced to close its LA office and sell off Synthavision.

2013, Tom Sito, Moving Innovation: A History of Computer Animation, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 165:

This has led to the public believing that every animated film is made by the Mouse or, at least, is family-friendly entertainment. (A similar situation: Many people refer to all 3D animated films as “Pixar” films.) The cause dates back to Walt Disney's early days as an animator.

2017 August 11, Whitney Grace, Lotte Reiniger: Pioneer of Film Animation, McFarland, →ISBN:

(US, metonymically, uncountable, with "the") The Walt Disney Company.


迪斯尼

(Mainland China) A transliteration of the English surname Disney


Donaldville

From Donald (“Donald Duck”) + -ville (“-ville, -burg”), partial calque of English Duckburg.

af

Duckburg (fictional city where Donald Duck lives)


Duckburg

Carl Barks
Duckburg
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories

From duck + -burg. Coined by Carl Barks in 1944, for Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #49.

Self-contempt follows megalomania fast on its heels: The Vorarlberg Rhine valley has the settlement structure of Los Angeles – a Duckburg-like reduced Los Angeles to be sure, in which almost only Mickey Mice live, scarcely a Donald Duck, surely no Uncle Scrooge Duck, not even a Gladstone Gander (but many who conduct themselves as such).

1999, Kathleen Sagmeister with Otto Kapfinger and Kunsthaus Bregenzaut, Architecture in Vorarlberg Since 1980: A Guide to 260 Noteworthy Buildings, Hatje, →ISBN:

And [Springfield is] east to Duckburg, Calistoa?^([sic])

1999 August 6, grosse, “Re: where is springfield?”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet), message-ID <1AEq3.97$l53.8405@typ12.nn.bcandid.com>:

The nation 'Nationwide', like the inhabitants of Duckburg, seems to be principally concerned with the process of consumption. Unlike Duckburg, though, we consume principally in families -- entering the Supersize competions (Monday nights 1975) together, and even enlarging our family size together ('Citizen '76' Monday nights 1976).

2005, Charlotte Brunsdon, David Morley, The Nationwide Television Studies, →ISBN:

To this day, I am still confused about the fact that, in this town of anthropomorphic ducks (Duckburg, duh), there were non-anthropomorphic ducks that the anthropomorphic Ducks sometimes fed at the park, with absolutely no acknowledgment that they were one and the same species, or that the other ducks were technically naked by anthropomorphic Duck standards.

2012 October 5, Robyn Pennacchia, “Did Scrooge McDuck die in 1967?”, in Death and Taxes:

Now, of course, some would argue that even if someone were stuffing a large fraction of the money supply into a money bin sitting on a hill in Duckburg, Say’s Law could continue to hold.

2013 March 13, Louis Woodhill, “Sorry Paul Krugman, But We Still Need Say's Law”, in Forbes:

What if your counterparty is the airport of Duckburg? Where are you going to imply default probabilities from, let alone credit volatilities and credit-underlying "correlations”?

2013, Damiano Brigo, Massimo Morini, Andrea Pallavicini, Counterparty Credit Risk, Collateral and Funding, →ISBN:

A fictional city, located in the fictional US state of Calisota, that serves as the home of Donald Duck, his surrounding cast, and several other anthropomorphic animals.


Machete Order

Introduced in the 2011 article "The Star Wars Saga: Introducing Machete Order", from the website "No Machete Juggling".

(fandom slang) A sequence in which to watch the Star Wars film saga, minus episode I.


May the Fourth be with you

Blend of May the Fourth + may the Force be with you.


ROTJ

(Star Wars) Initialism of Return of the Jedi (a 1983 movie in the Star Wars series).


Jedicide

OK, so we know that many of the force powers used by the Jedi of Old have been lost due to the Imperial policy of Jedicide *:o)
In the movies and books we are only exposed to a handful of the Jedi that survived and were able to make HoloVision headlines.

1994 April 14, Andrew R. Jackson, “SWRPG: House rules: New Jedi Powers...”, in rec.arts.sf.starwars (Usenet), message-ID <1994Apr14.011426.23046@dal1>:

I wonder how long before Luke was born did the Jedicide begin. I'm guessing about 30 years before ANH, because I believe Anakin was about 25 when that all happened, since Vader was 50 in ESB (according to my ESB trading cards).

1997 March 2, JEDI AL, “Re: Han didn't believe in the Force?”, in rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc (Usenet), message-ID <19970302233500.SAA22306@ladder02.news.aol.com>:

> Also, Obi-Wan tells Luke that Vader helped the Emporer^([sic]) hunt down and kill the Jedi Knights.
[…]
But we only have Obi-Wan's word about the Jedicide. And we know how trustworthy *that* is!

2000 November 28, SpammersDie, “Re: CD-Copy”, in alt.games.thief-dark-project (Usenet), message-ID <K1zA5.2855$7I4.160528@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>:

(rare, fandom slang, Star Wars) The killing of Jedi.


Disneyverse

(fandom slang) The fictional universe of Disney films, TV series, comics, video games, etc.


Disney parent

(informal) A non-custodial parent who eludes disciplinary responsibilities over their children and pampers them with treats or gifts.


couch gag

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A visual joke at the end of the opening credits of a Simpsons episode, during which the Simpson family settles down to watch television.


Mickey Mouse plant

en-noun

Mickey Mouse plant (plural Mickey Mouse plants)

Any of several plants in the genus Ochna which have large, black fruits that look like the ears on an upside-down Mickey Mouse cap.


mumbly Joe

From “Treehouse of Horror VII”, an episode of The Simpsons. In it, Homer Simpson uses the term to refer to real-life politician and then–US presidential candidate Bob Dole.

"Except, um... there's this election next week, so after that, it might not be him anymore. It might be what's-his-name, uh... Mumbly Joe, uh... I saw him on TV the other... uh... Bob Dole!"

1996 October 27, David S. Cohen, Dan Greaney, Ken Keeler, “Treehouse of Horror VII”, in The Simpsons, season 8, episode 1 (television show), spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta), via Fox:

"For instance, Phoenix’s infamous interview with David Letterman, which first introduced a wide audience to Phoenix’s mumbly Joe would-be rap star character, has now been revealed to be a joke that even Letterman himself was in on."

2010 September 20, Sean O'Neal, “Yes, David Letterman knew that Joaquin Phoenix was not really a crazy rapper”, in AV News, archived from the original on 2019-11-20:

"Maybe it’s because this version of Hex is a real mumbly Joe (even when he’s yelling), but I did think it was hard to follow what he told Sara about his past."

2016 November 18, Dylan Todd, Matt Wilson, “‘LEGENDS OF TOMORROW’ POST-SHOW RECAP: SEASON 2, EPISODE 6: ‘OUTLAW COUNTRY’”, in Comics Alliance:

(slang, humorous) Someone who mumbles and is difficult to understand when speaking.

Bob Dole
Homer Simpson
The Simpsons
Treehouse of Horror VII


Jediist

en-adj

Jediist (comparative more Jediist, superlative most Jediist)

more Jediist (comparative)
most Jediist (superlative)


スター・ウォーズ

ja-pos

スター・ウォーズ • (Sutā Wōzu)

[sɨta̠ː β̞o̞ːzɨ]


Miushi Miki

Blend of miush (“mousie”) + English Mickey Mouse.


Revenge of the Sixth

Blend of Revenge of the Sith + sixth.
From the name of the Star Wars movie Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, and a day of the month of similar sound to "Sith".

Revenge of the Fifth
Revenge of the Fifth

(Star Wars fandom slang) The Sixth of May (May 6). The third Star Wars Day, the second day after Revenge of the Fifth (May 5). Sometimes used to celebrate the Dark Side, when May 4 is used to celebrate the Jedi.

en:Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith


Revenge of the Fifth

Blend of Revenge of the Sith + fifth.
From the name of the Star Wars movie Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and a day of the month most similar sounding to "Sith".

(Star Wars fandom slang) The Fifth of May (May 5). The second Star Wars Day, the day after May the Fourth (May 4). Sometimes used to celebrate the Dark Side, when May 4 is used to celebrate the Jedi.


May the Fourth

(Star Wars fandom slang) Star Wars Day (May 4); the day fans celebrate Star Wars.


say the quiet part loud

en-verb

say the quiet part loud (third-person singular simple present says the quiet part loud, present participle saying the quiet part loud, simple past and past participle said the quiet part loud)

says the quiet part loud (present singular third-person)
saying the quiet part loud (participle present)
said the quiet part loud (participle past)
said the quiet part loud (past)

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Used by Krusty the Clown in the 1995 episode "A Star Is Burns" of the American animated TV series The Simpsons, as "I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet."

“Just what are you trying to say here, Miss Parker?”
“That you’re a jingoistic idiot.” Yeah, I said the quiet part loud. I blame the pain meds. But there‘s no way I was letting this metal-heavy moron lecture me about my duty to my country, without giving me the chance to make up my own mind.

2012, Dana Fredsti, Plague Town: An Ashley Parker Novel, Titan Books, chapt. 9

Santorum says that it’s not about contraception, it’s about any type of medical treatment. Which...seems to me like he’s saying the quiet part loud again! But yes, the Blunt Amendment would give any employer the right to withhold any type of medical care for any reason.

2012 March 4, Jason Linkins, “TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads”, in The Huffington Post:

Donald Trump is not subtle. While normal political language functions through implication and indirection, Mr. Trump luxuriates in saying the quiet part loud. But in doing so, Mr. Trump exposes what drives the politics of the movement he commands.

2018 March 17, Chris Hayes, “Chris Hayes: What ‘Law and Order’ Means to Trump”, in The New York Times:

“When you’re a star, they let you do it,” the president, Epstein’s sometime associate, infamously bragged, once again saying, with stunning efficiency, the quiet part loud.

2019 July 9, Megan Garber, “When Jeffrey Epstein Joked About Sex Abuse”, in The Atlantic:

The popular Twitter meme that originated from reporter Jared Sexton after Donald Trump Jr. tweeted out his Trump Tower meeting email exchanges has come to encapsulate the Trump era — a rare moment in our political history in which saying the quiet part out loud is a routine line of defense.

2019 October 3, Nicole Lafond, “Trump Keeps Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud — Ostensibly To Protect Himself”, in Talking Points Memo:

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression said that Ms. Steinbach had said the quiet part out loud, to chilling effect.

2023 April 9, Vimal Patel, “Stanford Law School’s Dean Takes a Stand for Free Speech. Will It Work?”, in The New York Times, New York City, retrieved 2023-04-09:

(idiomatic) To publicly express a sentiment which one is expected to keep to oneself; to reveal an ulterior motive.

A Star Is Burns
Krusty the Clown
The Simpsons


Flanderisation

en-noun

Flanderisation (countable and uncountable, plural Flanderisations)

From Flanders + -isation, see Flanderization.

Prime realises Swoop must be under some sort of external control as he's at heart a loyal Autobot (over the years Flanderisation will make the Dinobots more and more maverick) and does the one thing that he knows will so enrage his mind controlled colleague that Swoop will fight off the influence. He gives him a direct order.

2015, Stuart Webb, “The Icarus Theory”, in Transformation: A Personal Journey through the British Transformers Comic, volumes 1 (1984–1987), [S.l.]: Solar Pool, →ISBN, page 129, column 1:

A sympathetic wrestling savant, Eugene became, through a process of rapid Flanderisation (the process in fiction of a character being consumed by their identifiable trait, named after The Simpsons’ Ned Flanders), in Cornette’s words, “a fucking retard”.

2017, Michael Sidgwick, “A Box of Fluffy Ducks”, in Development Hell: The NXT Story, U.K.: WhatCulture.com, →ISBN, page 101:

(British spelling) Alternative spelling of Flanderization