Dothrakian

en-adj

Dothrakian (comparative more Dothrakian, superlative most Dothrakian)

more Dothrakian (comparative)
most Dothrakian (superlative)

Walking on foot from Drogon’s lair in the mountains, she [Daenerys] is surrounded by Dothrakian warriors, and her fate remains to be seen.

2016, Rikke Schubart, “Woman With Dragons: Daenerys, Pride, and Postfeminist Possibilities”, in Anne Gjelsvik, Rikke Schubart, editors, Women of Ice and Fire: Gender, Game of Thrones, and Multiple Media Engagements, New York, N.Y.; London: Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, “Dragons” section, page 122:

Claire sipped a latte made by a barista with a nose ring and Dothrakian eyeliner.

2023, Ward Larsen, “A Pin-Pulled Grenade”, in Deep Fake, New York, N.Y.: Forge, →ISBN:

Note here the use of weasel words (‘could be’ and ‘can be’) and the reference to some apparently known but unspecified generic subjects (‘some markets’, ‘many read’); the Dothrakian ‘it is known’, for aficionados of Game of Thrones.

2024, Gibson Burrell, Ronald Hartz, David Harvie, Geoff Lightfoot, Simon Lilley, and friends, “Leading to Mediocrity; or, Knowing Your Place in Academia”, in Shaping for Mediocrity: The Cancellation of Critical Thinking at Our Universities, London: Zero Books, →ISBN, “Managerial blah and the ‘regime of truth’” section:

(rare, fiction) Relating to or characteristic of the Dothraki, a nomadic people in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire.


nhà ngươi

[ɲaː˨˩ ŋɨəj˧˧]

[ɲaː˦˩ ŋɨj˧˧]

[ɲaː˨˩ ŋɨj˧˧]

(typically men's speech, distant, self-elevating or topic-marking when used in historical texts, now chiefly fiction) thou, thee

typically men's speech; distant; self-elevating or topic-marking when used in historical texts; typically men's speech; distant; self-elevating or topic-marking when used in historical texts


Adinídíín Neitinígíí

adinídíín (“light”) + neitin (“he is carrying it around (a pole, a stick)”) + -ígíí (nominalizer), “he who is carrying a light stick”.


danmei

From Mandarin 耽美 (dānměi, “indulging beauty”).

Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, danmei has also been influenced by Euro-American slash fictions. During this time, an extensive range of danmei works in various forms, including original fictions, fan fictions, manga, animations, audio series and TV dramas, has been created, consumed and circulated on the internet.

2021, Liang Ge, “Problematizing heteronormativity: Performativity, resignification and A/B/O fiction in Chinese danmei literature”, in East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, volume 7, number 2, →DOI, page 242:

Breaking Through the Clouds is a police series as well as a danmei manhua, so it's a great option for anyone who wants a romantic story with an uncommon duo and the thrilling quality of a procedural series like Criminal Minds or CSI.

2025 January 12, Chelsea Steele, Mayra Garcia, Jahanvi Shah, & Maria Remizova, “30 Must-Read Boys' Love Manhua For BL Fans”, in CBR, archived from the original on 2025-01-14:

(fiction) A genre of Chinese fiction depicting romantic relationships between male characters.


спин-офф

ru-noun+

спин-о́фф • (spin-óff) m inan (genitive спин-о́ффа, nominative plural спин-о́ффы, genitive plural спин-о́ффов)

спин-о́фф (canonical)
spin-óff (romanization)
спин-о́ффа (genitive)
спин-о́ффы (nominative plural)
спин-о́ффов (genitive plural)
спин-о́фф (nominative singular)
спин-о́ффы (nominative plural)
спин-о́ффа (genitive singular)
спин-о́ффов (genitive plural)
спин-о́ффу (dative singular)
спин-о́ффам (dative plural)
спин-о́фф (accusative singular)
спин-о́ффы (accusative plural)
спин-о́ффом (instrumental singular)
спин-о́ффами (instrumental plural)
спин-о́ффе (prepositional singular)
спин-о́ффах (plural prepositional)

(fiction) spin-off (fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect)


werehare

werehares (plural)
were-hare (alternative)

“‘Oh my,’ cried the first camper. ‘Now I understand you completely. You've turned into a werehare!’

1993, M. C. Varley, Adventures in Wonderland: A Wonderland Howl-Oween, illustrated edition, Disney Press, →ISBN, page 26:

Like all the children in the neighborhood, A____ and Z____ had grown up hearing strange stories about the Were-Hare, the monster rabbit who allegedly haunted the woods behind their street. According to legend, the Were-Hare had teeth of gold, so long they reached below his chin. Anybody bitten by the Were-Hare went mad—and believed for the rest of his life he was a rodent in human form. On the other hand, anybody who managed to extract one of the Were-Hare's teeth would have good luck for as long as he could keep the tooth.

2013 April 2, Pseudonymous Bosch, Write This Book: A Do-It-Yourself Mystery, illustrated edition, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, →ISBN:

"Maybe it wasn't the Seeing Hare at all, maybe it was a person in hare form. A were-hare. Look, I don't know!"

2015 June 9, Lev Grossman, The Magicians Trilogy Books 1-3: The Magicians; The Magician King; The Magicians Land, Penguin, →ISBN:

If he hadn't know better, he'd have thought she was a werehare, something that lived to nibble grass and hide. Not the infuriated creature who had nearly killed a werewolf in his prime.

2020 March 31, MaryJanice Davidson, “Chapter 3”, in Bears Behaving Badly, volume 1, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN:

(fiction) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a hare.


精靈文

ㄐㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ

ㄐㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/

(fiction, literally) elvish writing system


reality bender

(comics, fiction, science fiction) A fictional character or entity with the ability to manipulate or alter the fundamental laws and structures of reality, defying the natural order and existing rules.


reality warper

(comics, fiction, science fiction) A fictional character or concept possessing the ability to manipulate and alter reality itself, often bending the laws of physics and existence to their will.


メカバレ

→ English: mechabare

From メカ (meka) + ばれ (bare, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb ばれる.).

ja-compound

(art, fiction) exposure of an android's machinery


trùm cuối

[ʈʊm˨˩ kuj˦˥]

trùm (“leader, ringleader, magnate”) + cuối (“final”)

com

(by extension, fiction, informal) main antagonist


yaoi hole

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(Japanese fiction, slang) In Japanese homoerotic fiction, a supposed male sexual organ distinct from the penis and anus, derived from anatomical error in early illustrations.


yaoi hand

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(Japanese fiction, slang, in the plural) A large hand of a man or boy, associated with the Japanese homoerotic fiction genre of yaoi.


光堕ち

光堕ち (canonical)
hikariochi (romanization)

From 光(ひかり) (hikari, “light”) + 堕(お)ち (ochi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 堕(お)ちる (ochiru).”).

ja-compound

(fiction) becoming part of the lightside, a villain turning good


barazoku

From Japanese 薔薇族 (barazoku, literally “rose tribe”), referencing the gay men's magazine Barazoku, which was the first of its kind published in Japan, itself named after a post-World War II term for gay men.


NLEA

(Philippines, law enforcement, fiction) Acronym of National Law Enforcement Agency, a law enforcement agency that is commonly mentioned in the Philippine soap operas known as teleseryes.


(fandom slang, chiefly Japanese fiction, leetspeak) Censored spelling of loli.


weeping angel

weeping angels (plural)
Weeping Angel (alternative)

From the name of the Weeping Angels in the Dr. Who franchise.

(fiction) A being that can only move when not being watched by a person, usually depicted as a statue or other humanoid inanimate object.