công tử

[kəwŋ͡m˧˧ tɨ˧˩]

[kəwŋ͡m˧˧ tɨ˧˨]

[kəwŋ͡m˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 公子, composed of 公 (“duke”) and 子 (“child; son”), Literary Chinese 公子 (gōngzǐ).

(Chinese fiction, polite) you, young gentleman


mutantkind

"Dr. Bocklin believes he's discovered what amounts to an on/off switch for human mutation, and current events lead me to believe that his discovery will have the direst consequences for mutantkind."

1997, Eluki Bes Shahar, Smoke and Mirrors, →ISBN:

With the members of their race slowly dying out and no new mutants being born, mutantkind was on the brink of extinction.

2011, Mike Carey, Craig Kyle, Chris Yost, X-Men: Second Coming, Marvel Entertainment, →ISBN:

After all, doesn't Magneto just want to protect mutantkind, and isn't Ra's Al Ghul just trying to save the planet? Lex Luthor is just a frustrated humanist, and if he troubles himself to remember the names of his janitor's kids, he can't be all bad, [...]

2011, Ben Dyer, Supervillains and Philosophy: Sometimes, Evil is its Own Reward, →ISBN:

(chiefly fiction) Mutants, collectively; the race of mutants.


shipgirl

shipgirls (plural)
ship girl (alternative)
ship-girl (alternative)

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(Japanese fiction) A female fictional humanoid character featuring design elements of a ship, such as anchors, naval guns or torpedo tubes; usually a namesake moe anthropomorphization of a real life warship.

艦娘 /舰娘

female character with ship characteristics


slaapzand

(fiction) the sleepy sand thrown in people's eyes by the Sandman


sleepy sand

(fiction) The sand or dust that the Sandman throws in people's eyes.


ngọc nữ

[ŋawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ nɨ˦ˀ˥]

[ŋawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ nɨ˧˨]

[ŋawk͡p̚˨˩˨ nɨ˨˩˦]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 玉女, composed of 玉 (“gem”) and 女 (“female person”), from Literary Chinese 玉女 (yùnǚ, “beautiful girl”). Doublet of Ngọc Nữ.

der

Phụ nữ mê hoặc người nhất không phải là ngọc nữ thuần khiết, cũng không phải người phụ nữ trưởng thành xinh đẹp, mà là quá trình từ ngọc nữ trở thành người phụ nữ trưởng thành trong tay anh.

2015 December 25, “Chương 36: Nụ cười nghiêng thành [Chapter 36: Earth-Shaking Smile]”, in Tuyệt sắc khuynh thành [Absolute Earth-Shaking Beauty]:

The most alluring women are neither pure maidens nor beautiful mature women, but the transition from maiden to mature in your arms.

(uncommon, Chinese fiction) a beautiful girl or woman


tại hạ

[taːj˧˨ʔ haː˧˨ʔ]

[taːj˨˩ʔ haː˨˩ʔ]

[taːj˨˩˨ haː˨˩˨]

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diaño

diaños (plural)
deño (alternative)
diallo (alternative)
dianllo (alternative)

Attested since circa 1536. From Old Galician-Portuguese diabo, earlier diaboo, displacing the collateral forms diabre, diabro and diablo; from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin diabolus (“devil”) (probably borrowed as a semi-learned term), itself from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “slanderer”).

(religion, fiction) devil; demon; fiend (creature from Hell)


松風

(Japanese fiction) Matsukaze, the eponymous character of the Noh play by Kan'ami Kiyotsugu


Zevenslaper

Zevenslapers (plural)
zevenslaper (alternative archaic)

Univerbation of zeven slapers (“seven sleepers”).

(Christianity, fiction, chiefly in the plural) one of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus


Vliegende Hollander

(fiction) Flying Dutchman (ghost ship; sometimes the clipper's captain)


đại trượng phu

[ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˨ʔ fu˧˧]

[ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ ʈɨəŋ˨˩ʔ fʊw˧˧]

[ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ ʈɨəŋ˨˩˨ fʊw˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 大丈夫, composed of 大 (“great”) and 丈夫 (“he-man”).

vi-etym-sino

nam tử hán đại trượng phu

nam nhi đại trượng phu, đầu đội trời, chân đạp đất

a great man who carries the sky with his feet firm on the ground

c. 300 BCE, Mencius; 1975 Vietnamese translation by Nguyễn Hiến Lê; English translation by A. Charles Muller
Ở cái chỗ rộng rãi trong thiên hạ [...], đứng ở chỗ chính đáng trong thiên hạ [...], noi theo con đường lớn trong thiên hạ [...]; hễ đắc chí thì cùng với dân mà hành đạo, bất đắc chí thì riêng mình hành đạo; cảnh phú quí chẳng làm cho mình phóng túng, bậy bạ; cảnh bần tiện chẳng làm cho mình đổi tiết tháo; uy quyền, võ lực không khuất phục được mình, như vậy là bậc đại trượng phu.

If you dwell in the great house of the world, are established in your correct position in the world, walk the great Path of the world; if you attain your ambitions for office, and then share your goodness with the people—or, not attaining your ambitions for office and walking alone on your own Path; if wealth and honor do not dissipate you, poverty and low status do not make you move from your principles; authority and might do not distort you: Then you can be called a “great man.”

(archaic, Chinese fiction) a virtuous, ambitious, admirable man


zevenmijlslaars

nl-noun

zevenmijlslaars f (plural zevenmijlslaarzen)

Compound of zeven (“seven”) + mijl (“Dutch mile, league (5 to 6 km)”) + -s- + laars (“boot”).

compound

(fiction, folklore) a seven-league boot (boot in fairy tales allowing the wearer to quickly walk large distances)


quả nhân

[kwaː˧˩ ɲən˧˧]

[kwaː˧˨ ɲəŋ˧˧]

[waː˨˩˦ ɲəŋ˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 寡人, composed of 寡 (“lonesome”) and 人 (“person”).

vi-etym-sino

late 4th century BCE, Zuozhuan; 2020, Vietnamese translation by Huỳnh Chương Hưng

Prithee, serve Yuyi as he'll rule the altars and the state, then I, though dead, will have no regret.

Xin ông phụng sự Dữ Di làm chủ xã tắc, quả nhân có chết cũng chẳng hối hận gì

late 4th century BCE, Mencius; Vietnamese translation by Nguyễn Hiến Lê; English translation by A.C. Muller
Như quả nhân đây có thể bảo hộ dân chúng được chăng?

“Is someone like me capable of taking care of the people?”

(Chinese fiction, humble, by an East Asian monarch) I/me


các hạ

[kaːk̚˧˦ haː˧˨ʔ]

[kaːk̚˦˧˥ haː˨˩ʔ]

[kaːk̚˦˥ haː˨˩˨]

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balaço

(fiction) bludger, a fictional ball in Quidditch, a wizarding sport in the Harry Potter universe


douzeper

douzepers (plural)
douzepeer (alternative)
doucepere (alternative)
douzepere (alternative)

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From Middle English dosse per, dousse-per (“one of Charlemagne’s twelve peers or paladins; one of the twelve great peers of France at later times; a famous knight or noble”) [and other forms], treated as a singular form of dosse pers, dousse pers [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman, Middle French douse pers, douze pers [and other forms], and Old French douze pers, doze pers, duze pers (“Charlemagne’s twelve peers; twelve great peers of France at later times”) [and other forms] (also in the singular forms doze per, duze per, and in Anglo-Norman and Middle French written with a Roman numeral as XII pers), from doze, douze (“twelve”) (modern French douze) + pers (plural of per (“peer”); modern French pair). Doze is derived from Latin duodecim (“twelve”), from duo (“two”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”)) + decem (“ten”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”)); per is derived from Latin pār (“equal; like”).

ref

From Marion Florence Lansing (1910) “The Battle of Ronceval”, in Page, Esquire, and Knight: A Book of Chivalry (The Open Road Library of Juvenile Literature), Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Ginn and Company, →OCLC, section I (Of the Council of Charlemagne), page 104.

nb...

(Late Middle English) doseper, (Middle English) dose-per, dosi-per, dosse-per, dous-per, doþþeper, doze-per, dozepiere, dozze-per, duche-per, duge-per, duse-per, dus-per, dusse per, duze-per, duzsi-per, duzze-per, (Early Middle English) duzeper

dosiperes, dosipers, dosiperus, dosseperes, dosseperez, dosze-peres, dosȝe perys, douseperes, dousepers, douspiers, douspyers, dousse pers, doussepyers, doussypers, dousȝepeeris, douȝ piers, dozepeers, dozepers, doȝze pers, doþþeperen, doþþe peres, doþþepers, ducheperes, duchepers, dugeperes, dugepers, duȝperis, duseperis, dusperes, duspers, dusseperes, dussepers, dusse-pers, dussiperes, dusze pers, duzepers, duze pers, duzsipiers, duzze peers, duzze peres

Also kynge Charlemayne kynge of Fraunce / With his dyssypers Rowland and Olyuer / With all the resydue of his alyaunce / That in all armes so noble were / On goddys ennemyes brake many a spere / Causynge them to flee to theyr grete vylony / Hardynes was cause that they had vyctory

[1504?], Stephyn Hawys [i.e., Stephen Hawes], chapter VII, in […] The Example of Vertu, [London]: [Wynkyn de Worde], →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-05-06, signature cc.vi, verso:

Also King Charlemagne, king of France / With his douzepers Roland and Oliver / With all the residue of his alliance / That in all arms so noble were / On God’s enemies broke many a spear / Causing them to flee to their great villany / Hardiness was cause that they had victory

[T]hou art one of the Douze peers already, and fate has forestalled our intended promotion. Yet rise up, sweet Sir Oliver Thatchpate, Knight of the honourable order of the Pumpkin—Rise up, in the name of Nonsense, and begone about thine own concerns, in the devil’s name.

1828 May 15, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in Chronicles of the Canongate. Second Series. […] (The Fair Maid of Perth), volume II, Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC, page 127:

Ferumbras, despising Oliver’s youthful appearance, tries to frighten him[…]; asks him to describe Charles [i.e., Charlemagne] and the douzeperes[…]; and enquires his name[…]. Oliver declaring himself to be a poor knight, Ferumbras derides him, and bids him return and send Roland, or another of the douzeperes[…].

1879, “Sketch of the Story of ‘Sir Ferumbras’”, in Sidney J[ohn Hervon] Herrtage, editor, Sir Ferumbras. Edited from the Unique Paper Ms. about 1380 A.D. in the Bodleian Library (Ashmole Ms. 33) (The English Charlemagne Romances; part I; Extra Series; XXXIV), London: Published for the Early English Text Society, by Trübner & Co., […], →OCLC, page xxix:

Cortine, Corteyne, or Cortayn was the name given to the sword of Ogier, one of the celebrated Douzeperes of Charlemagne.

1883, [Robert Hunter], “*cūr-têin, *cūr-tā′-na”, in The Encyclopædic Dictionary: A New and Original Work of Reference to All the Words in the English Language, […], volume II, part II, London, Paris: Cassell, Petter, Galpin, & Co. […], →OCLC, page 625, column 1:

The knights of the Round Table and the douzepers were closely associated by virtue of the juxtaposition of Arthur and Charlemagne in the Nine Worthies.

1962, “Notes”, in D[erek] A[lbert] Pearsall, editor, The Floure and the Leafe and The Assembly of Ladies (Old and Middle English Texts Series), Manchester: Manchester University Press, published 1980, →ISBN, page 149:

Roland defiantly accepts the post of danger; the douzepers and other knights join him. Ganelon leads the van of the army as it starts again toward France. The Saracens prepare for battle.

1967, J[onathan] Burke Seyers, editor, A Manual of the Writings in Middle English, 1050–1500. […], New Haven, Conn.: Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, →OCLC, page 95:

[In The Song of Roland] Ganelon makes his self-interest more obvious by nominating himself to command the van, yet Roland accepts the charge eagerly without mentioning his stepfather, fear of whose treason is so widespread that no other douzeper will volunteer for the mission.

1987, W[illiam] R[aymond] J[ohnston] Barron, “The Matter of France”, in David Carroll, Michael Wheeler, editors, English Medieval Romance (Longman Literature in English Series), Harlow, Essex: Longman, →ISBN, page 90:

(historical fiction) One of the legendary “twelve peers” or renowned warriors of Charlemagne, the Emperor of the Romans from 800 to 814.

doze per

one of the twelve peers or renowned warriors of Charlemagne — see also paladin


伝奇

ja:伝奇 ja:伝奇小説


わらわ

warawa (romanization)
warafa (romanization)
わらは (hiragana historical)

[β̞a̠ɾa̠β̞a̠]

From 童(わらわ) (warawa, “child; young servant”). Compare 僕(ぼく) (boku, “I; me”, literally “manservant”). Attested from Late Middle Japanese (中世, c. 12th century).

ja-r

(Can we date this quote?), 尾田栄一郎, ONE PIECE [One Piece]:

そうよ わらわが 美しいから!!!

(Can we date this quote?), 艦隊これくしょん [Kantai Collection], spoken by 初春, scene: 母港・詳細:

ふむ。わらわをそうして慕うとよいぞ。

Fumu. Warawa o sōshite shitau to yoi zo.

2014, “狂宴絶美シャングリラ”, in Ceui (lyrics), パンドラ・コード〜希望篇〜, performed by Ceui:

わらわは エル・ドラドの王女

(modern fiction, women's speech) I; me (used by haughty women of the highest classes of society); usually accompanied by archaic speech styles


bá tánh

[ʔɓaː˧˦ tajŋ̟˧˦]

[ʔɓaː˨˩˦ tɛɲ˦˧˥]

[ʔɓaː˦˥ tan˦˥]

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 百姓, composed of 百 (“hundred”) and 姓 (“family name”), with the Southern reading of both characters.

vi-etym-sino

(Chinese fiction) the commoners; the common folk; the citizens


mẫu hậu

[məw˦ˀ˥ həw˧˨ʔ]

[məw˧˨ həw˨˩ʔ]

[məw˨˩˦ həw˨˩˨]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 母后, composed of 母 (“mother”) and 后 (“empress consort”), from Chinese 母后 (mǔhòu).

(Chinese fiction, by an empress consort's child) you, my mother the empress


bổn

Sino-Vietnamese word from 本; this was originally the common form and later the Southern form. Doublet of vốn and bản, the Northern form.
bổn phận and bổn cũ soạn lại are the sole cases where this morpheme fully preserves its literary status in modern Vietnamese dialects, while other usages are considered "humorous" or "odd".

bổn cô nương

bổn công tử

bổn quan

bổn vương

(Chinese fiction, sometimes used ironically in real life) I/me, a respectable...


soft reboot

(television, film, fiction) A reboot of a series etc. in which continuity is retained with the previous material.


主人公補正

ja-noun

主(しゅ)人(じん)公(こう)補(ほ)正(せい) • (shujinkōhosei)

主人公補正 (canonical)
shujinkōhosei (romanization)

[ɕɨʑĩŋko̞ːho̞se̞ː]

主人公(しゅじんこう) (shujinkō) + 補正(ほせい) (hosei).

ja-compound

(fiction) unusual luck or abilities given to the protagonist as plot devices (e.g. a hero can always survive enemy attacks because he can not be removed from the story); plot armour


hikayat

ms-noun

hikayat (Jawi spelling حکايت, plural hikayat-hikayat)

> Indonesian: hikayat (inherited)

Borrowed from Classical Persian حکایت (hikāyat), from Arabic حِكَايَة (ḥikāya, “story”).

bor+

(mythology, fiction) saga (a long, ancient tale (or series of tales) written in prose)


warwagon

"You mean you won't come with us in the warwagon?" "You don't have a warwagon. You don't even have a pocket knife. You have light meters around your neck that would feed one of those guys and all his relatives for a year. I wouldn't go back in that barrio in a tank."

1980, Danny Lyon, The paper negative, Bleak Beauty Books, page 28:

When he went back inside the warwagon, the audio monitors were quivering with the ghostly echoes of automobile engines firing up and voices raised in excited exchanges. The video recorders clicked on a moment later.

2014, Don Pendleton, Savage Fire, Open Road Media, →ISBN:

Stiffly the old general climbed the steps to the upper deck of the warwagon, his knees having grown stiff in the chill air flowing over the deck. His suit of armour still felt too heavy on him, even though it was mostly decorative, splendidly so, […]

2015, Col Buchanan, The Black Dream, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:

armored personnel carrier
armored personnel carrier

(fiction, uncommon) A combat vehicle similar to an armored personnel carrier.


淫紋

(Japanese fiction, pornography, neologism) a stylized uterus-shaped mark on a woman's pubis, representative of supernatural sexual debauchery; "crotch tattoo"; "pubic tattoo"; "womb tattoo"


俺TUEEE

俺TUEEE (canonical)
ore tsuē (romanization)

[o̞ɾe̞ t͡sɨe̞ː]

Literally, “I am so powerful!”
TUEEE is romaji for つえぇ (tsuē), colloquial emphatic form of 強(つよ)い (tsuyoi).

(fiction) Mary Sue (without a gender connotation); a genre of fiction characterized by absurdly competent or perfect protagonists


Bokononism

Coined by American writer Kurt Vonnegut in his novel Cat's Cradle in 1963. Named after the religion's alleged founder, Bokonon + -ism.

[>We show singles exactly how to find their True Soulmate! And we show Couples how to determine if they have found their True Soulmate!]
How tough can it be to know once you've found the right one? As long as you're not somewhere that has made Bokononism illegal, couldn't you just put your feet together?

1997 March 13, the tree by the river, “Re: Still looking for your Soulmate? We can help!”, in soc.singles (Usenet):

Because there isn't any, and I can't think of any possible reason that there need be any. Thus I have assumed that there is no god. The difference is that since there *can be* no evidence of it, I must admit that I can not really know the answer. In my case, that is grounds for agnosticism (or Bokononism really). In the case of many others, faith takes over.

2000 May 8, m. brazeau, “Re: help me refute a theist”, in sci.skeptic (Usenet):

Whatever wackadoodle philosophy you might be embracing today – frutarianism or Bokononism – is cool as long as it doesn’t hurt those around you, right? ¶ Refusing to immunize puts the rest of us at risk. And unless there is sound science and the guidance of a good doctor, it’s a pretty bogus way to hedge a bet in that game of parenting roulette.

2015 January 26, Petula Dvorak, “Parents who refuse to vaccinate their children are putting others at risk”, in The Washington Post:

(fiction, religion) In Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle, a religion secretly practiced by the people of San Lorenzo, the supreme religious act of which consists of any two worshippers rubbing the bare soles of their feet together to inspire spiritual connection.


kabedon

From Japanese 壁ドン (kabedon), from 壁 (kabe, “wall”) + ドン (don, onomatopoeia for a pounding noise).

Pulling a kabedon will freak her out, so don't get pushy...

2016, Kina Kobayashi, translated by Jenny McKeon, Nameless Asterism, volume 3:

Kabedon only works if you're both into each other.

2017, Kei Sasuga, translated by Adam Hirsch, Domestic Girlfriend, volume 13, unnumbered page:

We were presently in an empty classroom during lunch break, and she had me trapped in a truly magnificent kabedon.

2021, Teren Mikami, translated by TNFWIBYLU Translation Team, There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless..., volume 5, unnumbered page:

Do girls really get excited over kabedons?

2021, Kana Nakatsuki, translated by Andria McKnight, Don't Tempt Me, VP!, volume 3, unnumbered page:

(chiefly Japanese fiction) The act of placing one hand on a wall or other vertical surface while leaning close to another (usually shorter) person whose back is against the wall/surface.


điện hạ

[ʔɗiən˧˨ʔ haː˧˨ʔ]

[ʔɗiəŋ˨˩ʔ haː˨˩ʔ]

[ʔɗiəŋ˨˩˨ haː˨˩˨]

(historical or Chinese fiction) Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness


tech noir

en-noun

tech noir (countable and uncountable, plural tech noirs)

tech noirs (plural)
tech-noir (alternative)

Blend of tech (“technology”) + film noir. From the close association of high tech with sci-fi. Folk etymology suggests this was coined by director James Cameron, when he named the dance club in the 1984 film The Terminator "Tech-Noir", and the fandom and critics labelled similar IP properties as "tech noir".

blend

(uncountable, fiction, by extension) A genre of fiction, thematically like that of the film genre.


postapocalyptisch

Borrowed from English postapocalyptic. Equivalent to post- + apocalyptisch.

De film gaat over huidkanker bij zombies in een postapocalyptische Costa del Sol.

The film is about skin cancer among zombies in a postapocalyptic Costa del Sol.

(fiction) postapocalyptic (after a future cataclysm)


めすおち

めすおち (canonical)
メスおち (canonical)
mesu-ochi (romanization)

From 雌(めす) (mesu, “female animal; vulgar: female person”) + 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

(Japanese fiction, vulgar) sluttification or sissyfication


werelioness

A fact her mortal-purist father discouraged having disclosed was that the great monster-hunting Van Helsings had werelionesses for both a great- grandmother and a great-aunt. This ancestry Jane took great pride in.

2005, Minda Webber, The Reluctant Miss Van Helsing, →ISBN:

Rue was pretty certain Miss Sekhmet would rather keep her identity as a werelioness secret. It was all very well to reveal weremonkeys to the British government but werecats was taking things too far.

2015, Gail Carriger, Prudence, Orbit, →ISBN:

A lanky werelioness with black, spiky hair—and two semiautomatic pistols in holsters that formed an X on her chest— sprawled in a chair outside the door. Ari raised an eyebrow, but the sight wasn't entirely unexpected.

2015, Ally Shields, Eternal Fires, Etopia Press, →ISBN:

(fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between lioness and human form.


weremonkey

For quotations using this term, see Citations:weremonkey.

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


ロリババア

ja-noun

ロリババア or ロリばばあ • (roribabā)

ロリババア (canonical)
ロリばばあ (canonical)
roribabā (romanization)

(slang, fiction) old woman (or supernaturally aged female being) with the body of a loli


たねつけ

→ Mandarin: 種付 /种付

(slang, fiction, pornography) fucking a woman with the debasing objective of impregnating


白月光

q

→ English: white moonlight (calque) (used in English translations of Chinese serial novels)

/paɪ̯³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/paɪ̯³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Eileen Chang
Red Rose, White Rose (Eileen Chang)
Story of Yanxi Palace

Originating from 床前明月光 (“moonlight in front of the bed”) in reference to the character 白玫瑰 (literally “White Rose”) written by 張愛玲 (“Eileen Chang”) in her 1944 novella 紅玫瑰與白玫瑰 (“Red Rose, White Rose”). Popularized by the 2018 TV series 延禧攻略 (“Story of Yanxi Palace”)

He had a love relationship in college, and that girl became the white moonlight he never forgets.

Tā dàxué tán le yīcì liàn'ài, nàge nǚshēng chéngle tā niànniànbùwàng de báiyuèguāng.

他大學談了一次戀愛，那個女生成了他念念不忘的白月光。

他大学谈了一次恋爱，那个女生成了他念念不忘的白月光。

She is the first love he never forgets, is his white moonlight, is his unforgettable faith.

Tā shì tā niànniànbùwàng de chūliàn, shì tā de báiyuèguāng, shì tā yīshēng nánwàng de xìnyǎng.

她是他念念不忘的初戀，是他的白月光，是他一生難忘的信仰。

她是他念念不忘的初恋，是他的白月光，是他一生难忘的信仰。

(Internet fiction) A cherished memory of the first blush of love, pure and unsullied by reality


murder mystery

en-noun

murder mystery (plural murder mysteries)

(fiction) A subgenre of crime fiction in which characters must investigate and solve a murder.


サブキャラクター

[sa̠bɯ̟kʲa̠ɾa̠kɯ̟ta̠ː]


メインキャラクター

[me̞ːŋʲ kʲa̠ɾa̠kɯ̟ta̠ː]


katmens

Compound of kat (“cat, feline”) + mens (“human, person”).

compound

(rare, fiction) a catperson, fictitious creature combining human and feline properties


cách cách

[kat̚˦˧˥ kat̚˦˧˥]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 格格, Mandarin 格格 (gége), from Manchu ᡤᡝᡤᡝ (gege).

(Chinese fiction) the title of a Manchu Qing princess


アナザー

ja-noun

アナザー • (anazā)

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from another.

pseudo-loan

ja:外伝#アナザーストーリー


yêu tinh

[ʔiəw˧˧ tïŋ˧˧]

[ʔiw˧˧ tɨn˧˧]

[ʔiw˧˧ tɨn˧˧]


詐屍

/ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

(chiefly fiction, of a corpse) to become animate; to move spontaneously


Houyhnhnm

Coined by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels as a humorous, onomatopoeic play on the sound made by horses.

I retain in my Mind the Lectures and Example of my noble Maſter and the other illuſtrious Houyhnhnms of whom I had ſo long the Honour to be an humble Hearer.

1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Veracity. His Design in Publishing this Work. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), pages 340–341:

"The Squire says you know a good deal about horses, so I suppose you understand the Houyhnhnm language? I'm learning it, and it is very nice," laughed Miss Celia, as Chevalita gave a little whinny and snuffled her nose into Ben's pocket.

1878, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 7, in Under the Lilacs:

”The moment he called me his ‘gentle and reasonable Houyhnhnm,’” an archivist notes, “I should have known that the man was deranged.”

1995 February 19, Marilyn Stasio, “What to Read: Crime”, in New York Times, retrieved 2021-03-03:

Certainly the philosopher was not a pessimistic luncheon companion. He […] loped off in the direction of the London Library, leaving me with an impression of twinkling eyes, laughter lines (he whinnies like a donnish Houyhnhnm), and a sensibility genuinely focused on what will happen in the next five minutes - or five years - albeit one steeped in knowledge of the past.

2014 January 28, Will Self, “John Gray: Forget everything you know”, in Independent, retrieved 2021-03-03:

(fiction) One of a fictional race of exceptionally civilized creatures, who look exactly like horses, inhabiting the same land as the brutish Yahoos.


wishing cap

(fiction) A hat or cap that magically lets the wearer's wishes come true


strympa

is-noun

strympa f (genitive singular strympu, nominative plural strympur)

strympu (genitive singular)
strympur (nominative plural)
strympa (indefinite nominative singular)
strympan (definite nominative singular)
strympur (indefinite nominative plural)
strympurnar (definite nominative plural)
strympu (accusative indefinite singular)
strympuna (accusative definite singular)
strympur (accusative indefinite plural)
strympurnar (accusative definite plural)
strympu (dative indefinite singular)
strympunni (dative definite singular)
strympum (dative indefinite plural)
strympunum (dative definite plural)
strympu (genitive indefinite singular)
strympunnar (definite genitive singular)
strympa (genitive indefinite plural)
strympna (genitive indefinite plural)
strympanna (definite genitive plural)
strympnanna (definite genitive plural)


Trimalchio

(fiction) A wealthy freedman in the 1st century CE Roman work of fiction Satyricon.


bảo bối

[ʔɓaːw˧˩ ʔɓoj˧˦]

[ʔɓaːw˧˨ ʔɓoj˨˩˦]

[ʔɓaːw˨˩˦ ʔɓoj˦˥]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 寶貝 (“precious shell”), from Chinese 寶貝 /宝贝 (bǎobèi). See also Chinese 神奇寶貝 /神奇宝贝 (Thần kì Bảo bối, “Pokémon”, literally “Magical Babies”).

cog

Tôn Ngộ Không thẳng tay tước lấy bảo bối "gậy như ý" từ Đông Hải Long Vương.

Sun Wukong straight up took the magical weapon known as the "Compliant Staff" from the Dragon King of the East Sea.

Harry Potter và bảo bối tử thần

Đôrêmon/Doraemon dùng bảo bối thần kì để giúp Nôbita.

Doraemon uses his gadgets to help Nobita.

(fiction) a magical artifact, relic, device, tool, instrument or weapon


にんにん

にんにん (canonical)
ニンニン (canonical)
ninnin (romanization)

(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: 人々.)

ja-see

(fiction) Onomatopoeia for the actions and movement of a ninja.


cao cường

[kaːw˧˧ kɨəŋ˨˩]

[kaːw˧˧ kɨəŋ˦˩]

[kaːw˧˧ kɨəŋ˨˩]

(chiefly martial arts and fiction) advanced; expert; masterful


メスイキ

From 雌(めす) (mesu) + イき (iki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb イく.”).

ja-compound

(Japanese fiction, pornography) orgasm of a sissified or male-to-female genderswapped person


plot armor

(colloquial, fiction, sometimes derogatory) A plot device wherein a fictional character or other entity repeatedly and inexplicably avoids harm or misfortune, due to their importance to the work's continued plot; the property of being prone to deus ex machina.


猫目

(fiction, art) (human's) eye with a shape evocative of a cat's eye, large and almond-shaped


竿役

From 竿(さお) (sao, “pole”) + 役(やく) (yaku, “role”).

2012 August 9, 安田峰俊, “「口では嫌がっても体は正直だな…」中国駐大阪総領事館がぶち込んだ“18禁トンデモ発言”の真相”, in 文春オンライン:

陵辱モノ18禁ゲームの竿役みたいなセリフ

ryōjoku-mono jūhachi-kin gēmu no saoyaku mitai na serifu

line that sounds like something a dude in an X-rated rape fantasy hentai game would say

(Japanese fiction, pornography) the one who fucks other characters


chúa tể

[t͡ɕuə˧˦ te˧˩]

[t͡ɕuə˨˩˦ tej˧˨]

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 主宰 (“dominator; ruler”, SV: chủ tể).

der

SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">chủ tể</i>

vi-etym-sino

Chúa tể của những chiếc nhẫn


princess carry

en-noun

princess carry (plural princess carries)

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Calque of Japanese お姫様だっこ (“o-hime-sama dakko”).

calque

Elize was being held in a princess carry, and while she found that embarrassing, now wasn't really the time to complain.

2020, Yukiya Murasaki, Altina the Sword Princess: Volume 4, J-Novel Club, →ISBN:

“A princess carry?” “Yeah, well, how do I describe it? I put my arm under your knees and behind your back and carry you.

2021, Tsunehiko Watanabe, The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 4, J-Novel Club, →ISBN:

“Oh! W-With a princess carry, then? Also known as a bridal carry?”

2019, Supana Onikage, Lazy Dungeon Master: Volume 7, J-Novel Club, →ISBN:

year unknown, Justin Miller, World Keeper: Advent, Justin Miller
So, I scooped her up in my arms in a... yes... in a princess carry, and jumped out the window ...

She noticed that Flora's complexion was off, but she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable at the novel sight of Rio holding Flora in a princess carry.

2020, Yuri Kitayama, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles Volume 8, J-Novel Club, →ISBN:


princess carry

en-verb

princess carry (third-person singular simple present princess carries, present participle princess carrying, simple past and past participle princess carried)

princess carries (present singular third-person)
princess carrying (participle present)
princess carried (participle past)
princess carried (past)

Naturally, he was going to princess carry her back.

2017, Ryo Shirakome, Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Volume 2, J-Novel Club, →ISBN:

(Japanese fiction) To carry another person in a bridal carry.


パトラッシュ

もう疲れたよパトラッシュ

(fiction) the dog character Patrasche from A Dog of Flanders


hồ lô

Sino-Vietnamese word from 葫蘆 (“calabash”).

vi-etym-sino

Bảy anh em hồ lô

Ta thường thấy bên cạnh ông Thọ luôn treo một bình hồ lô lớn vì vậy hồ lô được coi là đồ vật tượng trưng cho sức khỏe và sự trường thọ.

Lord Longevity is always seen with a big calabash bottle, which is why these things are considered objects of good health and longevity.

(chiefly Chinese fiction or occult, feng shui) a bottle that resembles the figure 8, used to store magical potions or rice alcohol


まじょっこ

From 魔女(まじょ) (majo, “witch”) + っ子(こ) (-kko).

魔法少女

魔法少女 まほうしょうじょ


どくりんご

どくりんご (canonical)
どくリンゴ (canonical)
doku-ringo (romanization)

[do̞kɯ̟ɾʲĩŋɡo̞]

From 毒(どく) (doku) + 林檎(りんご) (ringo). Of the western fairy tale of “Snow White” (白雪姫(しらゆきひめ) (Shirayukihime)).


суперсила

uk-noun

суперси́ла<>

суперси́ла • (supersýla) f inan (genitive суперси́ли, nominative plural суперси́ли, genitive plural суперси́л)

суперси́ла (canonical)
supersýla (romanization)
суперси́ли (genitive)
суперси́ли (nominative plural)
суперси́л (genitive plural)
суперси́ла (nominative singular)
суперси́ли (nominative plural)
суперси́ли (genitive singular)
суперси́л (genitive plural)
суперси́лі (dative singular)
суперси́лам (dative plural)
суперси́лу (accusative singular)
суперси́ли (accusative plural)
суперси́лою (instrumental singular)
суперси́лами (instrumental plural)
суперси́лі (locative singular)
суперси́лах (locative plural)
суперси́ло (singular vocative)
суперси́ли (plural vocative)

uk-ndecl

суперси́ла<>

From су́пер- (súper-, “super”) + си́ла (sýla, “power”).

af

(fiction) a superpower (ability by a character).


わからせる

[β̞a̠ka̠ɾa̠se̞ɾɯ̟]

teach someone a lesson
teach someone a lesson

(fiction, pornography, vulgar) to "teach someone a lesson" via rough rape


メスガキ

→ English: mesugaki

→ Chinese: 雌小鬼 (cí xiǎoguǐ) (calque)

→ Korean: 메스가키 (meseugaki)

From 雌(めす) (mesu, “female (animal)”) + 餓鬼(がき) (gaki, “brat”).

ja-compound

(fiction, pornography, vulgar) slutty brat girl; young (or young-looking) girl who likes to sexually tease her superiors


trepamuros

es-noun

trepamuros m or f by sense (plural trepamuros)

Verb-object compound, composed of trepa (“to climb”) + muros (“walls”).


花吐き病

花吐き病 (canonical)
hanahaki-byō (romanization)

→ English: hanahaki, hanahaki disease

From 花(はな) (hana) + 吐(は)き (haki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 吐(は)く (haku).”) + 病(びょう) (byō). An invention of Matsuda Naoko (松田奈緒子) for her manga Hanahaki Otome (『花吐き乙女』).

ja-compound

(fiction) Hanahaki, an illness affecting those consumed by unrequited love that manifests as the coughing up of flowers, which clears up upon reciprocation. A fictional illness, it has found popularity among both Japanese and foreign online fanfic (especially) artists and authors for its poetic quality.


hanahaki

From Japanese 花吐き病 (hanahaki-byō), from 花 (hana, “flower”) + 吐く (haku, “to vomit”). An invention of Matsuda Naoko (松田奈緒子) for her manga Hanahaki Otome (『花吐き乙女』).

The cascading emotions are
giving me hanahaki tonight, they're
beautiful but it's suffocating.

2019, Unzila Iftikhar, Before Your Eyes - Despite It All, You Still Rise, page 9:

It is familiar. In that most everyone is familiar with a coffee shop and thus understands the AU’s basic premise on sight. Unlike, say, Hanahaki fics.

2020, Katharine Elizabeth McCain, "Today Your Barista Is: Genre Characteristics in The Coffee Shop Alternate Universe", dissertation submitted to Ohio State University, page 27

However, to a hanahaki patient, it's probably far more terrifying for them to have the surgery to cure their feelings than the disease.

2020, Ivy Wong, "The Cure for Hanahaki", English Literary Magazine (St. Paul's Co-Educational College, Hong Kong), page 22

(chiefly Japanese fiction) A fictional illness in which a person bearing an unrequited love coughs up flower petals until they die or their feelings are reciprocated. The disease can also be cured by a surgical procedure that removes the flowers, but this will result in them losing their feelings of affection and all memories of the person they loved.


thê tử

[tʰe˧˧ tɨ˧˩]

[tʰej˧˧ tɨ˧˨]

[tʰej˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 妻子, composed of 妻 (“wife”) and 子 (“person; offspring”).

vi-etym-sino

Đến cuối cùng, giây phút trước khi nhắm mắt xuôi tay, Wang Eun vẫn cố gắng vươn tay về phía thê tử.

In the end, moments before death, Wang Eun still tried to reach a hand out toward his wife.


燈神

/tɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵/

/tɐŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/

/tɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵/

/tɐŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/


スポ根

→ English: spokon

(fiction) depicting the fiery spirit of sports; spokon


Schatzkammer

de-noun

Schatzkammer f (genitive Schatzkammer, plural Schatzkammern)

Schatzkammer (genitive)
Schatzkammern (plural)
Schatzkammer (nominative singular)
Schatzkammern (definite nominative plural)
Schatzkammer (genitive singular)
Schatzkammern (definite genitive plural)
Schatzkammer (dative singular)
Schatzkammern (dative definite plural)
Schatzkammer (accusative singular)
Schatzkammern (accusative definite plural)

(especially fiction) treasure chamber, treasury


mating bite

“When the mating bites are exchanged, the two souls link. Then the werewolf can live as long as his vampire mate.”

2017, Cynthia Eden, Forbidden Bite, unnumbered page:

Once mated with another character, characters have the option of performing the “mating bite,” which irreversibly bonds the lovers to one another.

2019, Tessa Barone, "Just Go Find Yourself a Nice Alpha: Gender and Consent in Supernatural Fandom's Alpha/Beta/Omega Universe", thesis submitted to Oregon State University, page 10

He sucked a hickey along the side of Ash's throat, right where his mating bite would soon go.

2021, Marcy Jacks, Mating for Convenience, page 36:

(fiction) In speculative erotica, a bite given by one person to another to form a permanent bond, typically leaving a scar or mark.


mating mark

Especially not after seeing a mating mark on Wilder's shoulder.

2017, Rosa Swan, My Mate's Mark, unnumbered page:

As romance novels often end with a marriage, ABO fics will often end with the mating mark.

He wore no mating mark on his neck, but he often referred to us as his “pack.”

2019, Kallie Traylor, Divided We Fall, unnumbered page:

(fiction) In speculative erotica, a scar or mark on a person's body signifying their permanent bond to another, typically the result of a bite.


claiming mark

But all I could do, all I wanted to do, was hold her tight against my chest and breathe in the scent of our union and the blood trickling from her new claiming mark.

2019, Nora Ash, Ragnarök Rising, unnumbered page:

He knew that I enjoyed discipline as much as I enjoyed feeling the nip of his teeth over the claiming mark.

2020, L. V. Lane, Omega Awakening, unnumbered page:

Once I give her my claiming mark, Roderick can't do anything to me.

2021, Vivian Murdoch, Dark Revolution, unnumbered page:


claiming bite

“The neck, the chest, I've heard of men with claiming bites on their ass or thighs.”

2015, Ellis Leigh, Claiming Their Forever, unnumbered page:

In the full glow of the moon, I could just make out the dark bruise of my claiming bite on her neck.

2017, Steffanie Holmes, Wedding the Wolf, unnumbered page:

They wore matching wedding bands instead of claiming bites.

2021, Tanya Chris, Omega Revealed, unnumbered page:


Santa Paws

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No no not Santa Paws! Bean O'brien. Everyone deserves a second chance maybe he was just being a poophead cuz he need a hug Bessa Phaneuf. You a bad troll...!! Mattie Bissmeyer. He's a very norty Troll. But i don't like to see anyone cry ...

year unknown, Josephine Tuckfield, Saving Santa Paws, Lulu.com

It turned out that Snowy was upset because at Christmas all the animals are left out and he wants to be SANTA PAWS. Well, Ithought what a great idea this was and went back into the room and said to Snowy, “What a kind dog you are ...

2009, Buckham Derek, Santa's Christmas Story Book, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 24:

Duke happily trotted to the main stand Where Santa Paws sat, all dressed in red and looking very grand. The mall was filled with Christmas delight; Mistletoe, holly and Santa were a welcoming sight. Duke happily trotted to the main ...

2011, Blossom Albuquerque, Dashing Duke and His Dodgy Adventures, Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, →ISBN, page 28:

"Santa Paws is always willing to hear Christmas wishes." He winkedat Eva as Savannah buried her head under Eva's arm. "Aww, don't be afraid, sweetie. He won't bite." "Unless you're a cookie." Adam struggled to get the Santa cookie he'd ...

2014, Meda White, Christmas Give: A Holiday Novella, Meda White, →ISBN:

Another True Story About Best Friends...and Siblings Too! Brittni Vega. plate of cookies and a glass of milk. I don't mean to ruin the . . . I am almost twelve in dog years. I stopped believing in Santa Paws a few months ago.

2015, Brittni Vega, Harlow & Indiana (and Reese): Another True Story About Best Friends...and Siblings Too!, Penguin, →ISBN:

Santa Paws knows Santa Claus, because he was his first and favourite pet. Santa Claus loved Santa Paws so much, that every Christmas, Santa Claus would take Santa Paws with him in his sleigh. Santa Paws would look at the beautiful night ...

2017, Hanna L. Farha, Santa Paws, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:

When Belle opened her eyes , she saw Santa Paws. " I got your letter , Belle , " chuckled Santa Paws. " I have to say, when I was a young pup, I also made some mistakes. Look at me now! I grew up just fine!

2020, Sara J J Gunkel, Dear Santa Paws, Page Publishing Inc, →ISBN, page 13:

(humorous, fiction) An equivalent to Santa Claus as an anthropomorphic dog or cat.


vim vitae

From Latin vim (“energy, force, power, strength”) + vita (“life”).

der

(fiction, fantasy, supernatural, paranormal) life force

supernatural; paranormal; supernatural; paranormal


Rip Van Winkle

From The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent by Washington Irving (1819).

That is, it makes a lot of sense to see Biden’s problems getting his plans across the finish line as being caused by the Rip Van Winkle caucus, Democrats who checked out intellectually a couple of decades ago and haven’t caught up with America as it now is.

2021 September 27, Paul Krugman, “Biden Versus the Rip Van Winkle Caucus”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

The characters do seem Rip Van Winkle-like, as they stumble upon and blink in amazement at very unsurprising things. “Wow! Instagram? Podcasts?” marvels Miranda at some of Carrie’s latest endeavors, as if these were edgy new enterprises.

2022 January 5, Rhonda Garelick, “Middle Age Doesn’t Happen ‘Just Like That’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

A Tory Rip Van Winkle waking from decades of sleep to look round that cabinet table now would be aghast.

2022 January 13, Polly Toynbee, “Finally the Tory papers have caught on that Johnson is a liar – what kept them?”, in The Guardian:

(fiction, US) A Dutch-American villager who falls asleep for 20 years and wakes up to a changed world, having missed the American Revolution; (by extension) someone or something stuck in the past.


叙述トリック

叙述トリック (canonical)
jojutsu torikku (romanization)

[d͡ʑo̞ʑɨt͡sɨ to̞ɾʲik̚kɯ̟]

(fiction) misleading narrative related to a later plot twist


Dämonenjäger

de-noun

Dämonenjäger m (strong, genitive Dämonenjägers, plural Dämonenjäger, feminine Dämonenjägerin)

Dämonenjägers (genitive)
Dämonenjäger (plural)
Dämonenjägerin (feminine)
Dämonenjäger (nominative singular)
Dämonenjäger (definite nominative plural)
Dämonenjägers (genitive singular)
Dämonenjäger (definite genitive plural)
Dämonenjäger (dative singular)
Dämonenjägern (dative definite plural)
Dämonenjäger (accusative singular)
Dämonenjäger (accusative definite plural)


siscon

en-noun

siscon (countable and uncountable, plural siscons)

Borrowed from Japanese シスコン (shisukon), from シスターコンプレックス (shisutā konpurekkusu, “sister complex”), itself borrowed from English sister complex. By surface analysis, sis (“sister”) + -con (“abnormal sexual attraction”).

ja-r

シスター コンプレックス

surf

What's up with Da Capo? Siscon and lolicon in episode 1, a catgirl later -- is the target market fetishists?

2003 July 17, Galen Musbach, “The Summer of Our Discontent”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

Heck, it's not too hard to find incest themes in non-H these days. Bro/Siscon relationships date back even before the seminal "Revolutionar [sic] Girl Utena", and still crop up in today's harem styled shows like "Sister Princess", and the still hilarious "Majikano".

2006 March 26, Abraham Evangelista, “Re:Protecting the Children at anime cons”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

Perhaps you're wondering about what '80s anime would have thought of the siscon aspect. It likely wouldn't have been permitted as such a central concept on an anime TV show […] but the siscon theme was the focus of a relatively popular 1980s OAV series named for its main character, Ami.

2015 July 7, Tsukasa Fushimi, edited by Jemiah Jefferson, Oreimo: Kuroneko Volume 2, →ISBN, page 163:

“Imouto sae Ireba Ii” - Adaptation of a light novel with a strong siscon slant.

2017 September 19, Dave Baranyi, “Fall 2017 New Anime Try--Out List”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

(Japanese fiction, uncountable) Strong attachment or attraction to one's own sister.

(Japanese fiction, countable) A person with such an attachment or attraction.


Zombieapokalypse

de-noun

Zombieapokalypse f (genitive Zombieapokalypse, plural Zombieapokalypsen)

Zombieapokalypse (genitive)
Zombieapokalypsen (plural)
Zombieapokalypse (nominative singular)
Zombieapokalypsen (definite nominative plural)
Zombieapokalypse (genitive singular)
Zombieapokalypsen (definite genitive plural)
Zombieapokalypse (dative singular)
Zombieapokalypsen (dative definite plural)
Zombieapokalypse (accusative singular)
Zombieapokalypsen (accusative definite plural)


Zombiekalypse

Zombiekalypse f (genitive Zombiekalypse, plural Zombiekalypsen)

Zombiekalypse (genitive)
Zombiekalypsen (plural)
Zombiekalypse (nominative singular)
Zombiekalypsen (definite nominative plural)
Zombiekalypse (genitive singular)
Zombiekalypsen (definite genitive plural)
Zombiekalypse (dative singular)
Zombiekalypsen (dative definite plural)
Zombiekalypse (accusative singular)
Zombiekalypsen (accusative definite plural)


ojousama

(Japanese, usually fiction) A rich girl.


技名

技名 (canonical)
gimei (romanization)
ぎめい (hiragana historical)

技名を叫ぶ

to shout out the name of one's technique


マジカルステッキ

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

pseudo-loan

(fiction, fantasy) magical girl's magic wand, typical design including an emblem at the tip and adornments like wings or ribbons


如意棒

ja-pos

如(にょ)意(い)棒(ぼう) • (Nyoibō) ^(←にょいばう (Nyoibau)?)

如意棒 (canonical)
Nyoibō (romanization)
Nyoibau (romanization)
にょいばう (hiragana historical)

Literary Chinese 如意棒 (literally “As-You-Wish Staff”)

der

(fiction, weaponry) the Ruyibang (Sun Wukong's weapon that can change size at will)


lục lâm

[lʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ ləm˧˧]

[lʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ ləm˧˧]

[lʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨ ləm˧˧]

Tổ tiên của hai người các vị là Quách Thịnh và Dương Tái Hưng vốn đều là hảo hán lục lâm, về sau mới quy thuận triều đình, ra sức cho Đại Tống.

2005 [1957–1959], chapter 1, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Nhà xuất bản Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Kim Dung [Jin Yong]:

Your forefathers Guō Shèng and Yáng Zàixīng were once outlaws and brigands before they submitted to the imperial court and started working for the Song dynasty.

(Chinese fiction) outlaws living in the forest, brigand


ツン期

[t͡sɨ̃ŋʲkʲi]

Coordinate term: デレ期 (dere-ki)

(slang, fiction) cold period of tsundere


bình thời

[ʔɓïŋ˨˩ tʰəːj˨˩]

[ʔɓɨn˦˩ tʰəːj˦˩]

[ʔɓɨn˨˩ tʰəːj˨˩]

[…] trong lúc ác đấu lại bắn theo thói quen lúc bình thời, quên mất số tên có hạn, mới giật mình biết tên đã hết, vội quay ngựa cúi người nhặt tên rơi dưới đất.

2005 [1957–1959], chapter 3, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Nhà xuất bản Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Kim Dung [Jin Yong]:

[…] during the fierce fighting, his shooting fell back to peacetime habits and he forgot his supply of arrow was limited; after a moment of surprise that his arrows had run out, he hurriedly turned his horse and bowed down to pick up fallen arrows.

(literary, chiefly Chinese fiction) peacetime


ác đấu

[ʔaːk̚˧˦ ʔɗəw˧˦]

[ʔaːk̚˦˧˥ ʔɗəw˨˩˦]

[ʔaːk̚˦˥ ʔɗəw˦˥]

[…] trong lúc ác đấu lại bắn theo thói quen lúc bình thời quên mất số tên có hạn, mới giật mình biết tên đã hết, vội quay ngựa cúi người nhặt tên rơi dưới đất.

(literary, uncommon, chiefly fiction) to fight fiercely


ジェダイ

Borrowed from English Jedi, said to be adapted from Japanese 時代劇 (jidaigeki, “period drama”).

(religion, fiction) Jedi (follower of Jediism)


魔法陣

[ma̠ho̞ːʑĩɴ]

(Japanese fiction, fantasy) magic circle


bách tính

[ʔɓajk̟̚˧˦ tïŋ˧˦]

[ʔɓat̚˦˧˥ tɨn˦˧˥]

[ʔɓat̚˦˥ tɨn˦˥]

LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-bách tính.wav

Sino-Vietnamese word from 百姓, with the Northern reading of both characters.

Gặp loạn tỏ lòng thương bách tính;
Lên thuyền gạt lệ cảm ba quân.

1909 [14th century], Luo Guanzhong, chapter 41, in Phan Kế Bính, transl., Romance of the Three Kingdoms, translation of original in Chinese:

In the chaos, your love for the common people clearly shone;
Wiping away your tears, ye boarded the boat; the three armies were emotionally touched.

Hoàng đế làm hại bách tính chịu khổ, lấy một ít vàng bạc mà y lấy được của bách tính cũng chẳng phải là trộm cắp gì.

The emperor harms the common people; taking some of the treasures he took from the common people isn't stealing at all.

(Chinese fiction) common people, masses, ordinary citizens, general population


マーダーミステリー

ja-noun

マーダーミステリー • (mādā misuterī)


奸角

/kaːn⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³/

/kaːn⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³/


阿嘿顏

/ˀä⁵⁵ xeɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/

/ˀä⁵⁵ xeɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/

From Japanese アヘ顔(がお) (ahegao), from アヘアヘ (aheahe, “panting”) + 顔(かお) (kao, “face”).

(Japanese fiction) ahegao (an exaggerated facial expression consisting of flushed cheeks, rolled-back eyes, and the tongue hanging out, intended to depict a person having an orgasm)


デスゲーム

[de̞sɨ ɡe̞ːmɯ̟]


バトルロイヤル

[ba̠to̞ɾɯ̟ ɾo̞ija̠ɾɯ̟]


nương tử

[nɨəŋ˧˧ tɨ˧˩]

[nɨəŋ˧˧ tɨ˧˨]

[nɨəŋ˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦]

Tiểu nhân lớn mật, nhận bừa là chồng của nương tử, xin nương tử đừng để lộ hình tích.

I've been so audacious as to claim to be your husband; please don't give away your identity.

(literary, chiefly Chinese fiction) young lady


ma vương

[maː˧˧ vɨəŋ˧˧]

[maː˧˧ vɨəŋ˧˧]

[maː˧˧ vɨəŋ˧˧]

[maː˧˧ jɨəŋ˧˧]

(Buddhism or modern Japanese fiction) devil king


quan nhân

[kwaːn˧˧ ɲən˧˧]

[kwaːŋ˧˧ ɲəŋ˧˧]

[waːŋ˧˧ ɲəŋ˧˧]

Quan nhân lúc sinh tiền là bậc anh hùng hào kiệt, y ở dưới cửu tuyền thấy thế biết đâu không nhắm mắt được?

Your husband was, when he still lived, a hero; now he is in the netherworld, will he find rest if he knows this?


địch nhân

[ʔɗïk̟̚˧˨ʔ ɲən˧˧]

[ʔɗɨt̚˨˩ʔ ɲəŋ˧˧]

[ʔɗɨt̚˨˩˨ ɲəŋ˧˧]

Té ra Nhị ca nói chuyện với mình mà nãy giờ vẫn không lơi lỏng việc giám sát địch nhân.

2005 [1957–1959], chapter 4, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Nhà xuất bản Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Kim Dung [Jin Yong]:

Apparently Second Brother, even though he spoke to us, even now still does not relax his observation of the enemy.


đạo chích

[ʔɗaːw˧˨ʔ t͡ɕïk̟̚˧˦]

[ʔɗaːw˨˩ʔ t͡ɕɨt̚˦˧˥]

[ʔɗaːw˨˩˨ cɨt̚˦˥]

Generic derivative from proper noun Đạo Chích "Robber Zhi", a legendary or fictional villain in ancient Chinese literature (e.g. Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Records of the Grand Historian, etc.)

“Siêu trộm hào hoa”, “Hoàng tử đạo chích”, “Robin Hood của giới tội phạm”, đó là những mỹ danh được dành tặng cho một trong những nhân vật tiếng tăm nhất của dòng văn học trinh thám phiêu lưu nước Pháp: Arsène Lupin.

"Arsène Lupin - Siêu trộm hào hoa - Những cuộc phiêu lưu kỳ lạ - ‘Mô Tả’ (Arsène Lupin - The Gallant Master Burglar - His Strange Adventures - ‘Description’)", NXB Văn Học (Literature Publishing House)

“Gallant Master Burglar”, “Prince of Thieves / Princely Thief”, “Robin Hood of the Criminal World”, those are the laudatory epithets dedicated to one of the most famous characters in the detective and adventure genres of French literature: Arsène Lupin.

Records of the Grand Historian
Xunzi (book)
Zhuangzi (book)


main character syndrome

Main Character Syndrome (alternative)
main-character syndrome (alternative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-main charcater syndrome.wav

NPC

dismissing other people as alleged NPCs has near-synonymic force here

Furthermore,
Goku is still the main character of the series, and thus by the rules
of the main character syndrome, no one on the same side of the main
character shall surpass the main character, and the main character will
always (eventually) save the day.

1996 June 5, Dr. Briefs, “[DBGT] Pans potental.”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

en:type of weakness of character development in fiction-writing

(fiction) The phenomenon of the protagonist of a show or movie receiving unrealistic special treatment from the worldbuilders.


tiểu tử

[tiəw˧˩ tɨ˧˩]

[tiw˨˩˦ tɨ˨˩˦]

Nhan Liệt càng tức giận, nghĩ thầm: "Gã tiểu tử này giỏi thật, cậu ấy không phải nói móc mình thì gì?"

2005 [1957–1959], chapter 2, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Nhà xuất bản Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Kim Dung [Jin Yong]:

Yán Liè grew even angrier and thought, "This guy has balls, no way he was not speaking caustically about me."


đơn đao

[ʔɗəːn˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˧]

[ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˧]

[ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˧]

Qua khoảng nửa giờ, bên ngoài chợt có tiếng người huyên náo, hơn mười tên nha dịch cầm thương sắt đơn đao sấn vào hậu viện rung lục lạc leng keng quát tháo ầm ĩ:[…]

After about half an hour there was suddenly some tumult outside; a dozen bailiffs wielding spears and backswords rushed into the rear courtyard with a lot of noise and shouting, […]

(Chinese fiction, martial arts) one backsword (sword with one sharp edge)


song đao

[sawŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˧]

[ʂawŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˧]

[sɔŋ˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˧]

[ʂawŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˧]

[sawŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˧]

LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-song đao.wav

Mã Thanh Hùng loạng choạng một cái ngã về phía sau, hai hán tử sau lưng y song đao cùng chém xuống.

2005 [1957–1959], chapter 13, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Nhà xuất bản Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Kim Dung [Jin Yong]:

Mǎ Qīngxióng staggered and fell backwards; the two guys behind his back simultaneously slashed with both their backswords.

(Chinese fiction, martial arts) two backsword (sword with one sharp edge), one in each hand


hán tử

[haːn˧˦ tɨ˧˩]

[haːŋ˦˧˥ tɨ˧˨]

[haːŋ˦˥ tɨ˨˩˦]


ti chức

[ti˧˧ t͡ɕɨk̚˧˦]

[tɪj˧˧ t͡ɕɨk̚˦˧˥]

[tɪj˧˧ cɨk̚˦˥]

Bọn ty chức không biết đại nhân quang lâm, không kịp ra đón từ xa, xin đại nhân tha tội.

We didn't know Your Highness was about to grace us with your presence and didn't therefore go out to greet you; I beg Your Highness's forgiveness.


quang lâm

[kwaːŋ˧˧ ləm˧˧]

[kwaːŋ˧˧ ləm˧˧]

[waːŋ˧˧ ləm˧˧]

(Chinese fiction, honorific) to come, to arrive


phim truyện

[fim˧˧ ʈwiəŋ˨˩ʔ]

[fim˧˧ ʈ⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˨˩˨]

LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-phim truyện.wav

(fiction, television, film) a fiction live action TV show or film


giả tưởng

[zaː˧˩ tɨəŋ˧˩]

[jaː˧˨ tɨəŋ˧˨]

[jaː˨˩˦ tɨəŋ˨˩˦]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 假想 (“imagination”).

vi-etym-sino

khoa học giả tưởng


任意門

/ʐən⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹ mən³⁵/

/ʐən⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹ mən³⁵/

(countable, fiction) anywhere door (door that allows people to go anywhere instantly) (Classifier: 扇 m)


悪堕ち

From 悪(あく) (aku) + 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).).


sharktopus

en-noun

sharktopus (plural sharktopuses or sharktopi)

sharktopuses (plural)
sharktopi (plural)

Blend of shark + octopus, from being a half-shark/half-cephalopod sea monster

(US, fiction) Synonym of lusca; a shark-headed creature with tentacles; a Bahamian folkloric sea monster recast in U.S. pop culture pulp fiction


fujobait

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

From fujo (“a female fan of yaoi or slash fiction”) + bait.

compound

thoughts watching yuri on ice: this is the most incredible fujobait and i am biting down on this bait so fucking hard

2016 October 10, med 👽 AX J9 (@daikonhime), Twitter:

anime companies at their board meetings trying to decide which sport to base their fujobait anime series next [screenshot of the sport selection menu from Wii Sports Resort]

2021 March 26, Chara (@hunipyons), Twitter:

Friendly reminder that in 2019 the Chinese government commissioned a fujobait anime about Karl Marx

2022 January 27, Lindsey (@lindsey_batdorf), Twitter:

(Japanese fiction, fandom slang) An anime, manga, or other piece of media created to appeal to fujoshi.


bất cốc

[ʔɓət̚˧˦ kəwk͡p̚˧˦]

[ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ kəwk͡p̚˦˧˥]

[ʔɓək̚˦˥ kəwk͡p̚˦˥]

Late 4th century BCE, Zuozhuan; 1995 Vietnamese translation by Phan Kỳ Nam; 2016, English translation by Durrant, Li, & Schaberg

If you, the noble son, were to return to the domain of Jin, how would you repay me, the deficient one?

Nếu công tử trở vế nước Tấn thì sẽ báo đáp bất cốc như thế nào?

(obsolete, Chinese fiction, humble, by an East Asian monarch) I/me


gian hùng

[zaːn˧˧ hʊwŋ͡m˨˩]

[jaːŋ˧˧ hʊwŋ͡m˦˩]

[jaːŋ˧˧ hʊwŋ͡m˨˩]

14th century, Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 1; 1909 Vietnamese translation by Phan Kế Bính
- Anh là năng thần của đời trị và gian hùng của đời loạn.
- You are a capable minister in peace and a wily hero in chaos.

(literary or Chinese fiction) an intelligent person who is capable of using cunning and deceit


BuWeaps

BUWEAPS (alternative)
Buweaps (alternative)

(fiction) Abbreviation of bureau of weapons found in fictional military organizations.


Orc

(slang, fiction, derogatory) Alternative form of orc (monstrous warrior in fantasy; Russian soldier)


cao danh quý tính

[kaːw˧˧ zajŋ̟˧˧ kwi˧˦ tïŋ˧˦]

[kaːw˧˧ jɛɲ˧˧ kwɪj˨˩˦ tɨn˦˧˥]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 高名 (“exalted name”) and 貴姓 (“noble surname”).

vi-etym-sino

Lệnh Hồ Xung hỏi: – Các hạ là ai? Xin cho biết cao danh quý tính để tiện bẩm báo với sư trưởng tệ phái.

2016, Chapter 51, in Vũ Đức Sao Biển, Trần Hải Linh, & Lê Thị Anh Đào, transl., Tiếu ngạo giang hồ (The Smiling Proud Wanderer), translation of 笑傲江湖 by Jin Yong (Kim Dung)

Linghu Chong asked: Who are ye? Please let me know your names and surnames so that I can inform our humble school's headmaster.


trăm họ

[t͡ɕam˧˧ hɔ˧˨ʔ]

[ʈam˧˧ hɔ˨˩ʔ]

[ʈam˧˧ hɔ˨˩˨]

LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-trăm họ.wav

trăm (“hundred”) + họ (“family name”), calque of Chinese 百姓 (bách tính, bá tánh).

calque

1527, Nguyễn Văn Thái, Imperial Edict written on behalf of Lê Cung Hoàng; quoted in 1759, Lê Quý Đôn, Đại Việt thông sử (Thorough Historical Records of Great Việt); 1973, Vietnamese translation by Lê Mạnh Liêu
Vậy nay Thái sư An quốc vương Mạc Đăng Dung, là người tư chất thông minh, đủ tài văn võ bên(,) ngoài đánh dẹp, bốn phương đều phục, bên trong trị nước, trăm họ yên vui, công đức rất lớn lao, trời người đều qui phụ.
Now the Grand Master – the Prince who-Calms-the-Nation Mạc Đăng Dung – is a man substantially intelligent, fully talented in terms of civil and military matters. He fought and suppressed (enemies) outsides, from the four directions everyone submits (to him); insides, he governs well the nation, the common people enjoy peace and bliss. His merits and virtue are so great that both Heaven and Humanity turn towards him.

(archaic or Chinese fiction) common people, masses, ordinary citizens, general population


elseworld

From else + world. From being a world that is elsewhere from the regular world. Genericization of the trademark ElseWorlds, created by DC Comics.

parallel dimension
parallel dimension#English

alternate universe
alternate universe#English

(fiction) A fictional setting that is a modification of the common multi-author shared-world setting used in standard stories. A parallel dimension alternate universe setting.


やみおち

yamiochi (romanization)
yamioti (romanization)
やみおち (hiragana historical)

From 闇(やみ) (yami, “darkness”) + 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 dark side


anhanguera

/ɐ̃.ɲɐ̃ˈɡwɛ.ɾɐ/

[ɐ̃.j̃ɐ̃ˈɡwɛ.ɾɐ]

/ɐ̃.ɲɐ̃ˈɡwɛ.ɾɐ/

[ɐ̃.j̃ɐ̃ˈɡwɛ.ɾɐ]

/ɐ.ɲɐ̃ˈɡwɛ.ɾa/

(Brazil, religion, fiction) the devil; Satan


brouzouf

Coined as the in-game currency of the 2011 video game E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy.


屍變

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/

(chiefly fiction, of a corpse) to become animate; to move spontaneously


Halbelb

de-noun

Halbelb m (weak, genitive Halbelben, plural Halbelben)

Halbelben (genitive)
Halbelben (plural)
Halbelb (nominative singular)
Halbelben (definite nominative plural)
Halbelben (genitive singular)
Halbelben (definite genitive plural)
Halbelben (dative singular)
Halbelben (dative definite plural)
Halbelben (accusative singular)
Halbelben (accusative definite plural)


Waldelb

Waldelb m (weak, genitive Waldelben, plural Waldelben)

Waldelben (genitive)
Waldelben (plural)
Waldelb (nominative singular)
Waldelben (definite nominative plural)
Waldelben (genitive singular)
Waldelben (definite genitive plural)
Waldelben (dative singular)
Waldelben (dative definite plural)
Waldelben (accusative singular)
Waldelben (accusative definite plural)


Lichtelb

Lichtelb m (weak, genitive Lichtelben, plural Lichtelben)

Lichtelben (genitive)
Lichtelben (plural)
Lichtelb (nominative singular)
Lichtelben (definite nominative plural)
Lichtelben (genitive singular)
Lichtelben (definite genitive plural)
Lichtelben (dative singular)
Lichtelben (dative definite plural)
Lichtelben (accusative singular)
Lichtelben (accusative definite plural)


Grauelb

Grauelb m (weak, genitive Grauelben, plural Grauelben)

Grauelben (genitive)
Grauelben (plural)
Grauelb (nominative singular)
Grauelben (definite nominative plural)
Grauelben (genitive singular)
Grauelben (definite genitive plural)
Grauelben (dative singular)
Grauelben (dative definite plural)
Grauelben (accusative singular)
Grauelben (accusative definite plural)

/ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌɛlp/


Elbenjungfrau

Elbenjungfrau f (genitive Elbenjungfrau, plural Elbenjungfrauen)

Elbenjungfrau (genitive)
Elbenjungfrauen (plural)
Elbenjungfrau (nominative singular)
Elbenjungfrauen (definite nominative plural)
Elbenjungfrau (genitive singular)
Elbenjungfrauen (definite genitive plural)
Elbenjungfrau (dative singular)
Elbenjungfrauen (dative definite plural)
Elbenjungfrau (accusative singular)
Elbenjungfrauen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈɛlbənˌjʊŋfʁaʊ̯/

[ˈɛlbn̩ˌjʊŋfʁaʊ̯]


Grünelb

Grünelb m (weak, genitive Grünelben, plural Grünelben)

Grünelben (genitive)
Grünelben (plural)
Grünelb (nominative singular)
Grünelben (definite nominative plural)
Grünelben (genitive singular)
Grünelben (definite genitive plural)
Grünelben (dative singular)
Grünelben (dative definite plural)
Grünelben (accusative singular)
Grünelben (accusative definite plural)

/ˈɡʁyːnˌɛlp/


Dunkelelb

Dunkelelb m (weak, genitive Dunkelelben, plural Dunkelelben)

Dunkelelben (genitive)
Dunkelelben (plural)
Dunkelelb (nominative singular)
Dunkelelben (definite nominative plural)
Dunkelelben (genitive singular)
Dunkelelben (definite genitive plural)
Dunkelelben (dative singular)
Dunkelelben (dative definite plural)
Dunkelelben (accusative singular)
Dunkelelben (accusative definite plural)


đại hiệp

[ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ hiəp̚˧˨ʔ]

[ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ hiəp̚˨˩ʔ]

[ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ hip̚˨˩˨]

Kha đại hiệp, nếu bạn của ngươi bất hạnh gặp nạn, vợ góa bị người ta khinh khi hà hiếp thì ngươi có cứu không?

Chivalrous Kē, if a friend of yours meets with mishap and his widow is scorned and tyrannised, do you save her?


trợ thủ

[t͡ɕəː˧˨ʔ tʰu˧˩]

[ʈəː˨˩ʔ tʰʊw˧˨]

[ʈəː˨˩˨ tʰʊw˨˩˦]

trợ thủ đắc lực


phim chưởng

[fim˧˧ t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˩]

[fim˧˧ t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˨]

[fim˧˧ cɨəŋ˨˩˦]

phim (“cinematic TV show or film”) + chưởng (“palming martial arts move”).

com

(informal, fiction, television, film) a wuxia TV show or film, especially one where the palming move, especially the magical "qi-manipulating" variety, is used a lot


power level

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

Miku's power level skyrockets up to 15,000 during the big battle in episode 31.

Nappa: Vegeta, what does the scouter say about his power level? / Vegeta: It's over 9,000!

1997 April 19, Hiroshi Toda, “The Return of Goku”, in Minoru Okazaki, director, Dragon Ball Z, episode 21, (English dubbing of Japanese original):

(fandom slang, especially Japanese fiction) A symbolic and often arbitrary unit of measurement representing strength and fighting ability.


slave of the lamp

en-noun

slave of the lamp (plural slaves of the lamp)

In the eyes of Gorgias "the word" was a despot who could do anything, but like a slave of the lamp it would be at the service of those who took his courses.

1971, W. K. C. Guthrie, The Sophists, page 25:

(fiction) A genie who is imprisoned in a lamp, as in the tale of Aladdin.


Borduria

Hergé
King Ottokar's Sceptre
Le Temps
Outlook (Indian magazine)

From French Bordurie, from bordure (“border”). Coined by Hergé in 1939 for King Ottokar's Sceptre.

Graustark, Ruritania, Borduria, Syldavia and a score of imaginary kingdoms, usurped by tyrants and sundered by fights for the throne, leap into mind: plots, treachery, imprisoned heirs and palace factions abound and, along with them, fiendish monocled swordsmen, queens in lonely towers, toppling ranges, deep forests, plains full of half-wild horses, wandering tribes of Gypsies who steal children out of castles and dye them...

1977, Patrick Leigh Fermor, A Time of Gifts, 1st edition, New York Review Books, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2022-11-13:

The play will be set in Borduria, the fictional state originally created in Hergé's Tintin that resembles a 1970s eastern European state.

2014 June 19, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, “Decaying east London tower block to house 12-hour Macbeth production”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2022-05-19:

He made up two fictional countries, Borduria and Syldavia, and the struggles between the two were actually a satire on the expansionist policies of Nazi Germany.

2017 May 22, Utkarsh Srivastava, “A Tintin Mystery: Why Hergé's comics continue to fascinate, 88 years after their debut”, in Firstpost, archived from the original on 2022-01-29:

Hardly any of the cars in the Tintin comics are exotic, while a few of them — like the stretch black limousine driven in a convoy in Tapiocapolis in the final, complete adventure Tintin and the Picaros and the open-topped roadster used to rescue Professor Calculus from the prison fortress of Bakhine in Borduria — are an imaginary combination of real cars.

2022 September 3, Srinivas Krishnan, “The automotive adventures of Tintin”, in Mumbai Mirror, archived from the original on 2022-11-10:

Borduria and Syldavia, both fictional Balkan countries appearing in the Adventures of Tintin graphic novel, also merit a mention as places used to highlight the stereotypes about the southeastern parts of the continent.

2022 November 4, Aleksandar Brezar, “What is Listenbourg? Why is it going viral on Twitter? Why did the meme become so big in Europe?”, in Euronews, archived from the original on 2022-11-07:

The reporter’s future adventures took him far and wide - even to outer space - and to a handful of fictionalised countries including Balkan states Borduria and Syldavia and the South American countries of San Theodoros, São Rico and Nuevo Rico.

2017 7, The Newsroom, “When Tintin the intrepid fictional reporter came to Scotland”, in The Scotsman (Journal), archived from the original on 2022-11-10:

But the name of Grand Fenwick doesn't occur in any history book, or show up in any atlas, unless it also maps Ruritania, Syldavia, Borduria, Oz or even Shangri-La.

2016 September 18, Vikas Datta, “The small nation which beat the superpowers, global capitalism”, in The News Minute, archived from the original on 2022-11-13:

(fiction) An imaginary country located in the Balkans and enemy of Syldavia, in the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin.


Syldavia

From French Syldavie. Blend of Transylvanie + Moldavie. Coined by Hergé in 1939 for King Ottokar's Sceptre.

Tintin and his loyal hound Snowy find themselves trying to thwart a plot by spies to overthrow the king of Syldavia, a fictional Balkan land.

2020 June 25, Lifestyle Desk, “Tintin cover that mocked Hitler’s Germany to go under hammer”, in The Indian Express, archived from the original on 2020-06-26:

(fiction) An imaginary country located in the Balkans and enemy of Borduria, in the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin.


farmer's daughter

farmer's daughter (plural farmers' daughters)

The Midwest farmer's daughters really make you feel alright / And the Northern girls with the way they kiss / They keep their boyfriends warm at night

1965, “California Girls”, in Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), performed by the Beach Boys:

This does not mean that her radical reformulation of the whore persona is entirely absent in this text – it is, for instance, in The Genuine History that Salisbury monopolizes the Prince of Wales and his two aristocratic friends by frankly declaring herself a whore (quote above), while her two colleagues are dismissed because they resort to conventional representations of female ruin, such as milliners and farmer's daughters, which deny or obscure their status as prostitutes.

2015 October 6, Lena Olsson, “5 ‘A first-rate whore’: Prostitution and empowerment in the early eighteenth century”, in Ann Lewis, Markman Ellis, editors, Prostitution and Eighteenth-Century Culture, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:

(fiction) A stock character or stereotype of a desirable but naïve young woman who is the daughter of a farmer.


попаданец

ru-noun+

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

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

попа́сть (popástʹ) + -а́нец (-ánec)

af

попа́сть (popástʹ) + -а́нец (-ánec)


monstership

Does your Monstership desire more smelly socks?


Truck-kun

What if I was walking across the street when I was summoned, only to be dropped back in front of a speeding truck. Lots of dodgy stories start with Truck-kun, and I don't want mine to end with it.

2022, Dean Henegar, “The Summoned Life”, in Legendary LitRPG: An All Genres LitRPG Anthology, unnumbered page:

While Truck-kun does cause one form of ending—the character is dead in their original world—it's an integral part of the main character's transportation to a new world, one where they can explore, learn, and grow.

2022, Natasha Yglesias, Anime Tarot Deck and Guidebook: Explore the Archetypes, Symbolism, and Magic in Anime, page 29:

So I figure I might as well chuck a "Truck-kun" into my own story too! Gotta get in while the getting's good!!

2023, Shizuki Fujisawa, translated by Cerridwyn Graffham, The Transcendent One-Sided Love of Yoshida the Catch, volume 3, unnumbered page:

(chiefly Japanese fiction, fandom slang, humorous) In the isekai genre, a truck that sets off the plot by hitting the protagonist, transporting them into the fantastical setting (typically by killing them in the real world).


Lilliput

John Hardesty Bland (1971) Forests of Lilliput The Realm of Mosses and Lichens: “(book title)”

(fiction) An imaginary island populated by tiny people, in the book Gulliver's Travels.


queercoded

en-adj

queercoded (comparative more queercoded, superlative most queercoded)

more queercoded (comparative)
most queercoded (superlative)

(fiction, slang) Portrayed in a way that suggests or implies LGBTQ+ identities or characteristics, without explicitly stating so; Hinting that something (a character, a relationship, a situation) is LGBTQ+.


吃書

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/

(fiction, fandom slang) to create a plot hole; to retcon existing canon


رانجھا

ur-prop

ران٘جھا • (rāñjhā) m or f by sense (Hindi spelling रांझा or राँझा)

ران٘جھا (canonical)
rāñjhā (romanization)
रांझा (Hindi)
राँझा (Hindi)
رانجھَہ (alternative)

/ɾɑːn.d͡ʒʱɑː/

Borrowed from Punjabi ਰਾਂਝਾ (rāñjhā) / ران٘جھا (rāṉjhā).

a surname, Ranjha, from Punjabi, of Ranjha usage

(fiction) Ranjha (the hero of the folk tragedy Heer Ranjha.)


majestrix

(fiction) A title granted to a female ruler.


nghiệt chủng

[ŋiət̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˩]

[ŋiək̚˨˩ʔ t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˨]

[ŋiək̚˨˩˨ cʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 孽 and 種.
Apparently influenced by/modelled after nghiệp chủng (業種), another word found chiefly in religious or fictional contexts.

(literary, chiefly Chinese fiction, derogatory) abomination; freak


データキャラ

(fiction) (the character archetype of) a nerd who regularly uses a data-based analytic approach to problems


لیلی

لَیلیٰ • (lailā) f (Hindi spelling लैला)

لَیلیٰ (canonical)
lailā (romanization)
लैला (Hindi)

Etymology tree
Proto-Semitic *laylay-
Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā)bor.
Classical Persian لَیلیٰ (laylā)bor.
Urdu لَیلیٰ (lailā)
Borrowed from Classical Persian لَیلیٰ (laylā), from Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi لیلیٰ (lyly /lailā/).

etymon

لَیلیٰ

ref

“لیلی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

a female given name, Layla or Laila, equivalent to English Leila

(fiction) Layla al-Aamiriya (the heroine of the romance Layla and Majnun.)


Gargantua

(fiction) A giant with a very large appetite in François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel.


speculative erotica

Speculative fiction
speculative fiction#English

(fiction) Speculative fiction with erotic themes.


ダイイングメッセージ

ja-noun

ダイ.イング メッセージ

[da̠iĩŋɡɯ̟ me̞sːe̞ːʑi]

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


Plastuś

Plastuś (nominative singular)
Plastusia (genitive singular)
Plastusiowi (dative singular)
Plastusia (accusative singular)
Plastusiem (instrumental singular)
Plastusiu (locative singular)
Plastusiu (singular vocative)

(fiction) Plastuś (fictional character made from plasticine)


Aristopia

From Ancient Greek ἄριστος (áristos) + Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos).

af

(fiction) A name for a fictional utopia.


furface

Look, kid ... forget about what ol' fur face there said about alien abduction. I suspect you were sleepwalking. Have you ever done that before?

2005 August 19, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):

(fiction, comics, fantasy) A term of address used for any animal with fur, ranging from playful mocking to utmost derision.


thần y

[tʰən˨˩ ʔi˧˧]

[tʰəŋ˦˩ ʔɪj˧˧]

[tʰəŋ˨˩ ʔɪj˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 神醫, composed of 神 (“godly”) and 醫 (“physician”).

vi-etym-sino

(chiefly fiction) a doctor or physician who is claimed to be able to cure almost all illnesses


thopter

Another ’thopter glided in over the cliff wall above Hawat. He drew in a sharp breath as he saw it—a big troop-carrier. It flew with the slow, spread-wing heaviness of a full load like a giant bird coming to its nest.

1965, Frank Herbert, Dune, New York: Ace Books, →OCLC, page 225:

I'm sending down five more dropships, combat EMVs, and a thopter gunship.

1997 September 7, Dan Simmons, The Rise of Endymion, New York: Bantam, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 363:

Flowstone Thopter gets +1/-1 and gains flying until end of turn.

2000 February 14, “Flowstone Thopter”, in Magic: The Gathering, Nemesis, Wizards of the Coast:

(fiction) Synonym of ornithopter (“birdlike aircraft”).


zombiak

zombiak (nominative singular)
zombiaki (nominative plural)
zombiaka (genitive singular)
zombiaków (genitive plural)
zombiakowi (dative singular)
zombiakom (dative plural)
zombiaka (accusative singular)
zombiaki (accusative plural)
zombiakiem (instrumental singular)
zombiakami (instrumental plural)
zombiaku (locative singular)
zombiakach (locative plural)
zombiaku (singular vocative)
zombiaki (plural vocative)

From zombi(e) + -ak. Compare Russian зомбяк (zombjak).

(colloquial, fiction) zombie (deceased person who becomes reanimate to attack the living)


brocon

en-noun

brocon (countable and uncountable, plural brocons)

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Borrowed from Japanese ブラコン (burakon), from ブラザーコンプレックス (burazā konpurekkusu), itself borrowed from English brother complex. By surface analysis, bro (“brother”) + -con (“abnormal sexual attraction”).

ja-r

ブラザー コンプレックス

surf

Heck, it's not too hard to find incest themes in non-H these days. Bro/Siscon relationships date back even before the seminal "Revolutionar [sic] Girl Utena", and still crop up in today's harem styled shows like "Sister Princess", and the still hilarious "Majikano".

2006 March 26, Abraham Evangelista, “Re:Protecting the Children at anime cons”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

(Japanese fiction, uncountable) Strong attachment or attraction to one's own brother.

(Japanese fiction, countable) A person with such an attachment or attraction.


dũng sĩ

[zʊwŋ͡m˦ˀ˥ si˦ˀ˥]

[jʊwŋ͡m˧˨ ʂɪj˧˨]

[jʊwŋ͡m˧˨ sɪj˧˨]

[jʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦ ʂɪj˨˩˦]

[jʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦ sɪj˨˩˦]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 勇士, composed of 勇 (“brave”) and 士 (“militaryman”).

vi-etym-sino

Khi xưa Alibaba như vầng trăng sáng chiếu trên trần gian.
Alibaba.
Hôm nay Alibaba như chàng dũng sĩ hát bao lời ca.
Alibaba.

c. 1985, “Alibaba”, Lê Quốc Thắng (lyrics), Los Garcia (music)performed by The Singers of the Children's House of Hồ Chí Minh City, published 1997:

Long ago, Alibaba was like the bright moon that lit up the world.
Alibaba.
Nowadays, Alibaba is like a valiant knight who sings many a song.
Alibaba.


લયલા

Etymology tree
Proto-Semitic *laylay-
Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā)bor.
Classical Persian لَیلیٰ (laylā)bor.
Gujarati લયલા (layalā)
Borrowed from Classical Persian لَیلیٰ (laylā), from Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā).

etymon

a female given name, Layla, equivalent to English Leila


taikamatto

taikamatto (nominative singular)
taikamatot (nominative plural)
taikamatto (accusative nominative singular)
taikamatot (accusative nominative plural)
taikamaton (accusative genitive singular)
taikamatot (accusative genitive plural)
taikamaton (genitive singular)
taikamattojen (genitive plural)
taikamattoa (partitive singular)
taikamattoja (partitive plural)
taikamatossa (inessive singular)
taikamatoissa (inessive plural)
taikamatosta (elative singular)
taikamatoista (elative plural)
taikamattoon (illative singular)
taikamattoihin (illative plural)
taikamatolla (adessive singular)
taikamatoilla (adessive plural)
taikamatolta (ablative singular)
taikamatoilta (ablative plural)
taikamatolle (allative singular)
taikamatoille (allative plural)
taikamattona (essive singular)
taikamattoina (essive plural)
taikamatoksi (singular translative)
taikamatoiksi (plural translative)
taikamatotta (abessive singular)
taikamatoitta (abessive plural)
taikamatoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
taikamattoni (nominative singular)
taikamattoni (nominative plural)
taikamattoni (accusative nominative singular)
taikamattoni (accusative nominative plural)
taikamattoni (accusative genitive singular)
taikamattoni (accusative genitive plural)
taikamattoni (genitive singular)
taikamattojeni (genitive plural)
taikamattoani (partitive singular)
taikamattojani (partitive plural)
taikamatossani (inessive singular)
taikamatoissani (inessive plural)
taikamatostani (elative singular)
taikamatoistani (elative plural)
taikamattooni (illative singular)
taikamattoihini (illative plural)
taikamatollani (adessive singular)
taikamatoillani (adessive plural)
taikamatoltani (ablative singular)
taikamatoiltani (ablative plural)
taikamatolleni (allative singular)
taikamatoilleni (allative plural)
taikamattonani (essive singular)
taikamattoinani (essive plural)
taikamatokseni (singular translative)
taikamatoikseni (plural translative)
taikamatottani (abessive singular)
taikamatoittani (abessive plural)
taikamattoineni (comitative plural)
taikamattosi (nominative singular)
taikamattosi (nominative plural)
taikamattosi (accusative nominative singular)
taikamattosi (accusative nominative plural)
taikamattosi (accusative genitive singular)
taikamattosi (accusative genitive plural)
taikamattosi (genitive singular)
taikamattojesi (genitive plural)
taikamattoasi (partitive singular)
taikamattojasi (partitive plural)
taikamatossasi (inessive singular)
taikamatoissasi (inessive plural)
taikamatostasi (elative singular)
taikamatoistasi (elative plural)
taikamattoosi (illative singular)
taikamattoihisi (illative plural)
taikamatollasi (adessive singular)
taikamatoillasi (adessive plural)
taikamatoltasi (ablative singular)
taikamatoiltasi (ablative plural)
taikamatollesi (allative singular)
taikamatoillesi (allative plural)
taikamattonasi (essive singular)
taikamattoinasi (essive plural)
taikamatoksesi (singular translative)
taikamatoiksesi (plural translative)
taikamatottasi (abessive singular)
taikamatoittasi (abessive plural)
taikamattoinesi (comitative plural)
taikamattomme (nominative singular)
taikamattomme (nominative plural)
taikamattomme (accusative nominative singular)
taikamattomme (accusative nominative plural)
taikamattomme (accusative genitive singular)
taikamattomme (accusative genitive plural)
taikamattomme (genitive singular)
taikamattojemme (genitive plural)
taikamattoamme (partitive singular)
taikamattojamme (partitive plural)
taikamatossamme (inessive singular)
taikamatoissamme (inessive plural)
taikamatostamme (elative singular)
taikamatoistamme (elative plural)
taikamattoomme (illative singular)
taikamattoihimme (illative plural)
taikamatollamme (adessive singular)
taikamatoillamme (adessive plural)
taikamatoltamme (ablative singular)
taikamatoiltamme (ablative plural)
taikamatollemme (allative singular)
taikamatoillemme (allative plural)
taikamattonamme (essive singular)
taikamattoinamme (essive plural)
taikamatoksemme (singular translative)
taikamatoiksemme (plural translative)
taikamatottamme (abessive singular)
taikamatoittamme (abessive plural)
taikamattoinemme (comitative plural)
taikamattonne (nominative singular)
taikamattonne (nominative plural)
taikamattonne (accusative nominative singular)
taikamattonne (accusative nominative plural)
taikamattonne (accusative genitive singular)
taikamattonne (accusative genitive plural)
taikamattonne (genitive singular)
taikamattojenne (genitive plural)
taikamattoanne (partitive singular)
taikamattojanne (partitive plural)
taikamatossanne (inessive singular)
taikamatoissanne (inessive plural)
taikamatostanne (elative singular)
taikamatoistanne (elative plural)
taikamattoonne (illative singular)
taikamattoihinne (illative plural)
taikamatollanne (adessive singular)
taikamatoillanne (adessive plural)
taikamatoltanne (ablative singular)
taikamatoiltanne (ablative plural)
taikamatollenne (allative singular)
taikamatoillenne (allative plural)
taikamattonanne (essive singular)
taikamattoinanne (essive plural)
taikamatoksenne (singular translative)
taikamatoiksenne (plural translative)
taikamatottanne (abessive singular)
taikamatoittanne (abessive plural)
taikamattoinenne (comitative plural)
taikamattonsa (nominative singular)
taikamattonsa (nominative plural)
taikamattonsa (accusative nominative singular)
taikamattonsa (accusative nominative plural)
taikamattonsa (accusative genitive singular)
taikamattonsa (accusative genitive plural)
taikamattonsa (genitive singular)
taikamattojensa (genitive plural)
taikamattoaan (partitive singular)
taikamattoansa (partitive singular)
taikamattojaan (partitive plural)
taikamattojansa (partitive plural)
taikamatossaan (inessive singular)
taikamatossansa (inessive singular)
taikamatoissaan (inessive plural)
taikamatoissansa (inessive plural)
taikamatostaan (elative singular)
taikamatostansa (elative singular)
taikamatoistaan (elative plural)
taikamatoistansa (elative plural)
taikamattoonsa (illative singular)
taikamattoihinsa (illative plural)
taikamatollaan (adessive singular)
taikamatollansa (adessive singular)
taikamatoillaan (adessive plural)
taikamatoillansa (adessive plural)
taikamatoltaan (ablative singular)
taikamatoltansa (ablative singular)
taikamatoiltaan (ablative plural)
taikamatoiltansa (ablative plural)
taikamatolleen (allative singular)
taikamatollensa (allative singular)
taikamatoilleen (allative plural)
taikamatoillensa (allative plural)
taikamattonaan (essive singular)
taikamattonansa (essive singular)
taikamattoinaan (essive plural)
taikamattoinansa (essive plural)
taikamatokseen (singular translative)
taikamatoksensa (singular translative)
taikamatoikseen (plural translative)
taikamatoiksensa (plural translative)
taikamatottaan (abessive singular)
taikamatottansa (abessive singular)
taikamatoittaan (abessive plural)
taikamatoittansa (abessive plural)
taikamattoineen (comitative plural)
taikamattoinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈt̪ɑ̝i̯kɑ̝ˌmɑ̝t̪ːo̞]

taika- + matto, calque of English magic carpet

(fiction) magic carpet, flying carpet (carpet capable of acting as means of transport)


オスガキ

From 雄(おす) (osu, “male (animal)”) + 餓鬼(がき) (gaki, “brat”).

ja-compound

(fiction, pornography, vulgar) slutty brat boy; a young (or young-looking) boy who likes to sexually tease his superiors


đồ đệ

[ʔɗo˨˩ ʔɗe˧˨ʔ]

[ʔɗow˦˩ ʔɗej˨˩ʔ]

[ʔɗow˨˩ ʔɗej˨˩˨]

Sau khi ông Thích-Ca mất, học trò là Ma-kha-ca-diệp hội hết đồ đệ ở thành Vương-sá cả thảy năm trăm người, đó là lần thứ nhất Phật-giáo hội tụ.

1915, Phan Kế Bính, Việt Nam phong tục [Vietnamese customs]:

After Śākyamuni passed away, his disciple Mahākāśyapa gathered all the disciples in Rājagṛha, totaling 500 people; thus was the First Buddhist council.

(now chiefly Chinese fiction, otherwise historical) disciple


latający dywan

latający dywan (nominative singular)
latające dywany (nominative plural)
latającego dywanu (genitive singular)
latających dywanów (genitive plural)
latającemu dywanowi (dative singular)
latającym dywanom (dative plural)
latający dywan (accusative singular)
latające dywany (accusative plural)
latającym dywanem (instrumental singular)
latającymi dywanami (instrumental plural)
latającym dywanie (locative singular)
latających dywanach (locative plural)
latający dywanie (singular vocative)
latające dywany (plural vocative)

(aviation, fantasy, fiction) flying carpet, magic carpet (carpet capable of magical flight)


thủ cấp

[tʰu˧˩ kəp̚˧˦]

[tʰʊw˧˨ kəp̚˦˧˥]

[tʰʊw˨˩˦ kəp̚˦˥]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 首級, composed of 首 (“head”) and 級 (“rank; severed head”), from the practice of promoting warriors for the heads of enemies they have cut off according to Qin law.

vi-etym-sino

Những bức ảnh khác do YPG thu được ghi lại cảnh các vụ chặt đầu và một nhóm chiến binh thánh chiến đang dùng thủ cấp các nạn nhân làm bóng để đá.

2014 October 20, “Chiến binh IS dùng thủ cấp để đá bóng [IS Warriors Play Football with Human Heads]”, in Người Lao động [The Workers]:

Other photos by YPG capture decapitations and a group of holy warriors who used severed heads as footballs.

(historical, literary, fiction) a severed head


plate mail

Of mail there are two forts, viz. chain and plate mail. Chain mail is formed by a number of iron rings, each ring having four others inserted into it; the whole exhibiting a kind of net-work, with circular meshes, every ring[…]

1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature:

Crusaders all wear light plate mail or a chain mail and plate mail mix.

2010 November 21, Joseph Barresi, Gods of Arator Volume 1 the Gods of Life, midnightrise, →ISBN, page 71:

The first armor, flexible chain mail with gambesons (a quilted garment worn under the mail), was far more effective than the later plate mail. To be effective against arrows, plate mail had to be so heavy as to render its use[…]

2011, Vic Hurley, Arrows Against Steel: The History of the Bow and how it Forever Changed Warfare, Cerberus Books, →ISBN, page 25:

[…] however, his legs are completely covered by plate mail. This combination of chain and plate mail, similar to that which we noted already in the Wenceslas Bible, appears in a number of cases here[…]

2014 May 5, Eduard Wagner, Zoroslava Drobná, Jan Durdík, Medieval Costume, Armour and Weapons, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 30:

(academically obsolete, now fiction, fantasy) Brigandine.


chiến đội

[t͡ɕiən˧˦ ʔɗoj˧˨ʔ]

[t͡ɕiəŋ˦˧˥ ʔɗoj˨˩ʔ]

[ciəŋ˦˥ ʔɗoj˨˩˨]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 戰隊, composed of 戰 (“fight, battle”) and 隊 (“team”), from Japanese 戦隊 (sentai). Derived from Super Sentai.

(fiction) squadron (of superheroes), sentai


death game

Japanese: デスゲーム

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(fiction) A subgenre of battle royal in which the winner is the only person, team or faction that survives, outlasting all others; a game of survival.


octarine

See octa-, -ine. Coined by author Terry Pratchett for his Discworld series.

[…] colors like octarine, the eighth color, an elusive spectral mix that's hard to describe and impossible to perceive. That's the thing about color. Try describing a rainbow or a sunset to a blind person or ask a synesthete[…]

2010 January 14, Peter Morville, Jeffery Callender, Search Patterns: Design for Discovery, "O'Reilly Media, Inc.", →ISBN, page 13:

Back in ScienceFictionaLand, octarine is the color of magic, an animating force in the Diseworld series by Terry Pratchett. A fluorescent, greenish-yellow purple, octarine can only be detected by wizards and cats.

2013 September 17, Jude Stewart, ROY G. BIV: An Exceedingly Surprising Book About Color, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 129:

Another way of looking at the magical character customization option [in which players choose their color] is that it allows players to find their own octarine, the color of their own magical self in Peter Carroll's vision of things. Octarine is a fictitious eighth color of magic invented by Terry Prachett in his novel The Colour of Magic and later used by occultist Peter Carroll in Liber Kaos to describe the color of a magician's rebellious, mischievous sorcerous self[…]

2014 April 22, Jeff Howard, Game Magic: A Designer's Guide to Magic Systems in Theory and Practice, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 177:

Octarine, the color of magic, glows from your finished pages.

2017 April 25, Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett's Discworld Coloring Book, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 3:

The eight types of magic can be attributed to the seven classical planets, plus Uranus for octarine. […] Following Prachett's hypothesis (and many a useful thing is said in jest), the eighth color of the spectrum, which is the magician's personal perception of the color of magic, may be called octarine. […]

2023 July 3, Peter J. Carroll, Liber Kaos: Chaos Magic for the Pandaemonaeon (Revised and Expanded Edition), Weiser Books, →ISBN, page 87:

(chiefly fiction) The color of magic, a notional extra color distinct from the colors of the rainbow / normal visible light spectrum, which is said (chiefly in certain fiction but also by some occultists) to be visible to users of magic.


phiêu lưu kí

Sino-Vietnamese word from 漂流 (“adventure”) and 記 (“record”).

Dế Mèn phiêu lưu kí

Phiêu lưu ký của Thuyền trưởng Quần lót

(fiction, used in book titles) a book about the adventures and exploits of the titular character


hành thích

[hajŋ̟˨˩ tʰïk̟̚˧˦]

[hɛɲ˦˩ tʰɨt̚˦˧˥]

[han˨˩ tʰɨt̚˦˥]


Thỏ

From thỏ, and from the Telex input of English Thor, where the r adds a hook above Tho by default, and the r key must be double-tapped otherwise.

(fiction) the stock name for an anthropomorphic rabbit or hare


dị giới

[zi˧˨ʔ zəːj˧˦]

[jɪj˨˩ʔ jəːj˨˩˦]

[jɪj˨˩˨ jəːj˦˥]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 異 (“different”) and 界 (“world”), clipping of dị thế giới.

(neologism, manga, anime, Chinese fiction) an isekai


dị thế giới

[zi˧˨ʔ tʰe˧˦ zəːj˧˦]

[jɪj˨˩ʔ tʰej˨˩˦ jəːj˨˩˦]

[jɪj˨˩˨ tʰej˦˥ jəːj˦˥]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 異世界, composed of 異 (“different”) and 世界 (“world”), from Japanese 異世界 (isekai).

(manga, anime, Chinese fiction) synonym of dị giới (“an isekai”)


reverse isekai

en-noun

reverse isekai (countable and uncountable, plural reverse isekai or reverse isekais)

reverse isekai (plural)
reverse isekais (plural)

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid is a reverse-isekai show? That's actually a really cool concept

2017 January 22, @alltsun_nodere, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-18:

Thinking intensely about the reverse isekai story that lives rent free in my head where a depressed writer gives up on her novel and the protagonist and the villain lose their powers so they find a way to travel to the author's world to make her finish her book

2020 December 29, @OccultasHQ, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-04-10:

The anime is a “cute girls doing cute things” spin on the reverse isekai subgenre and follows a group of two angels and two demons sent to Earth, particularly Gabriel, who arrives on Earth in search of knowledge.

2023 October 18, Maham Arsalan, “10 Best Reverse Isekai Anime to Watch Right Now”, in Comic Book Resources:CBR, archived from the original on 2024-04-10:

Quite a number of reverse isekai anime start with a human summoning a being from another world, usually to ask for some assistance. So, in terms of premise, Dropkick On My Devil! is about as predictable as they come; however, the show is anything but typical.

2024 February 13, Mark Sammut, “Best Reverse Isekai Anime Of All Time, Ranked”, in Game Rant, archived from the original on 2024-04-10:

One of the biggest hits of the Winter 2024 anime season was Solo Leveling, a show that took the reverse-isekai formula and gave it a dark twist.

2024 April 5, Trent Cannon, “Solo Leveling season 2 release date: Crunchyroll set to Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadows when it airs - but when?”, in Popverse, archived from the original on 2024-04-10:

(Japanese fiction, uncountable) A subgenre of isekai where people from a fantasy or fictional world are transported into modern-day Earth, rather than the other way around.


nghĩa phụ

[ŋiə˦ˀ˥ fu˧˨ʔ]

[ŋiə˧˨ fʊw˨˩ʔ]

[ŋiə˨˩˦ fʊw˨˩˨]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 義父, composed of 義 (“adoptive”) and 父 (“father”).


object head

(fiction) The head of a subject which is an object.

(fiction, metonymic) A fictional character, typically humanoid or anthropomorphic, with an object for a head.


異形頭

ja-noun

異(い)形(ぎょう)頭(あたま) or 異(い)形(けい)頭(あたま) or 異(い)形(ぎょう)頭(とう) • (igyō-atama or ikei-atama or igyō-tō)

異形頭 (canonical)
異形頭 (canonical)
異形頭 (canonical)
igyō-atama (romanization)
ikei-atama (romanization)
igyō-tō (romanization)

[iɡʲo̞ːto̞ː]


shujaa mkuu

sw-noun

shujaa mkuu class V (plural mashujaa wakuu class VI)

shujaa mkuu class V (canonical)
mashujaa wakuu class VI (plural)


아헤가오

[a̠ɦe̞ɡa̠o̞]

From Japanese アヘ顔(がお) (ahegao), from アヘアヘ (aheahe, “panting”) + 顔(かお) (kao, “face”).

사진 속 강유주는 방바닥에 앉아 초점 흐린 눈으로 위를 쳐다보며 혀를 길게 내밀고 있었다. 일명 아헤가오 표정.

2023, 벼랑끝 [byeorangkkeut], 독심술로 승진합니다 5권 [doksimsullo seungjinhamnida 5gwon], 문피아 [munpia], →ISBN, unnumbered page:

In the picture, Kang Yu-ju was sitting on the floor of the room, looking up with blurred focus eyes and sticking long out her tongue. Aka ahegao facial expression.

(Japanese fiction) ahegao (an exaggerated facial expression consisting of flushed cheeks, rolled-back eyes, and the tongue hanging out, intended to depict a person having an orgasm)


mind break

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(fiction, chiefly pornography) Dramatic loss of rational thought after excessive sexual abuse.


slow-burn

en-adj

slow-burn (comparative more slow-burn, superlative most slow-burn)

more slow-burn (comparative)
most slow-burn (superlative)

Clarke and Lexa's slow-burn romance—and the fan fiction that Vi devoured about it —led to her joining Tumblr and starting to write her own fanfic.

2018, Jessica Spotswood, The Last Summer of the Garrett Girls, unnumbered page:

Since most respondents who prefer slow-burn fics are on the asexual spectrum, this is not surprising, as they are less likely to desire sexual experiences with others in general.

2018, Lindsay Mixer, "'And Then They Boned': An Analysis Of Fanfiction And Its Influence On Sexual Development", thesis submitted Humboldt State University, page 48

Slow burn fics, for instance, can go as far as having seventy thousand words before the character pairing even interacts.

2020, Shania O'Brien, "The horny POV: Evolution of modern fanfiction", Honi Soit (University of Sydney), Week 5, Semester 5 (2020), page 18

(idiomatic) Emerging or unfolding slowly or gradually.

(fiction, fandom slang, of a romantic relationship) Developing slowly over the course of the story.


Oldspeak

From old + speak, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Standard English
Standard English#English


puppygirl

puppygirls (plural)
puppy girl (alternative)
puppy-girl (alternative)

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(Japanese fiction) A female fictional character who has a dog's ears, tail, or other canine characteristics on an otherwise humanoid body.


iyashikei

Borrowed from Japanese 癒(いや)し系(けい) (iyashikei).

(Japanese fiction) A genre of slice of life fiction, portraying characters living out peaceful lives in calming environments, intended to have a healing effect on the audience.


ахэгао

ru-noun

ахэга́о • (axɛgáo) n inan (indeclinable)

ахэга́о (canonical)
axɛgáo (romanization)


foxboy

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(fiction) A male fictional character who has a fox's ears, tail, or other fox-like characteristics on an otherwise humanoid body.


foxgirl

/ˈfɔksˌɡɜːl/

/ˈfɔksˌɡɜɹl/

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(fiction) A female fictional character who has a fox's ears, tail, or other fox-like characteristics on an otherwise humanoid body.


Celestial City

In reference to the spires of the churches.

[…]I once was, as I thought, fair for the Cœleſtial City, and had then even joy at the thoughts that I ſhould get thither.

1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page 29:

(fiction) Heaven in the allegory The Pilgrim's Progress.


inumimi

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From Japanese 犬(いぬ)耳(みみ) (inumimi), from 犬(いぬ) (inu, “dog”) + 耳(みみ) (mimi, “ear”).

(Japanese fiction) A humanoid fictional character who possesses dog ears and/or tail.


pintu ke mana saja

id-noun

pintu ke mana saja (plural pintu-pintu ke mana saja)

(fiction) anywhere door (door that allows people to go anywhere instantly)


ectoblaster

ectoblasters (plural)
ecto-blaster (alternative)

From ecto- + blaster, likely originally coined to describe the "proton packs" and "neutrona wands" in the movie Ghostbusters (1984).

A scaly hand grabbed Gloom's ecto-blaster and pulled it from its holster. A second ugly Ghoul examined the weapon closely.

2010, Andrew Newbound, Ghoul Strike!, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 174:

[…] whether he's a prize bare-knuckle fighter who'll beat me to paste then chew off my nose, whether he's an ex-Nazi sympathiser with a secret Thule Society ectoblaster instead of a cock[…]

2011 July 21, Simon Spurrier, Contract, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

We could use Holtzmann's ecto-blaster thingies right about now.

2017 July 11, Kevin Hearne, Besieged: Book Nine: Stories from The Iron Druid Chronicles, Del Rey, →ISBN:

(fantasy fiction) A fictional energy weapon designed to destroy or capture ghosts.


変身者

変身者 (canonical)
henshinsha (romanization)

[hẽ̞ɰ̃ɕĩɰ̃ɕa̠]


biến thân

[ʔɓiən˧˦ tʰən˧˧]

[ʔɓiəŋ˦˧˥ tʰəŋ˧˧]

[ʔɓiəŋ˦˥ tʰəŋ˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 變身, composed of 變 (“change”) and 身 (“body”), Japanese 変身 (henshin, “transformation; shapeshifting”).


biến thân

[ʔɓiən˧˦ tʰən˧˧]

[ʔɓiəŋ˦˧˥ tʰəŋ˧˧]

[ʔɓiəŋ˦˥ tʰəŋ˧˧]


tửu quán

[tɨw˧˨ kwaːŋ˦˧˥]

[tɨw˨˩˦ waːŋ˦˥]


Dothrakian

Daenerys Targaryen’s nickname evolves from the Dothrakian word for woman, which is “yasi.”

2015 November 12, Tiffany Chen, “'Game of Thrones' David J. Peterson discusses the Invention of Language”, in The Wellesley News:

Both are great fans of fictional constructed languages like Dothrakian from “Game of Thrones” or Klingon from “Star Trek.”

2019 May 6, Edwin J. Viera, “Cornell grad students create language for Captain Marvel”, in Ithaca News:

He hoped they knew one of the three languages he'd learned. Russian, his mother tongue, English immersion to ensure him fully fluent, and Dothrakian because he liked the guttural sound of it.

2021, Eve Langlais, Taming a Bear, unnumbered page:

(rare, fiction, nonstandard) Synonym of Dothraki (language).