sramana

sramanas (plural)
sraman (alternative)
Sramana (alternative)
śramaṇa (alternative)
Śramaṇa (alternative)
śramana (alternative)
Śramana (alternative)
shraman (alternative)
shramana (alternative)
Shramana (alternative)

A misannotated form of Sanskrit श्रमण (śramaṇa). Doublet of samana and shaman in some contexts.

(religion, inexact, sometimes proscribed) Synonym of samana (“Indian ascetic, particularly in Hindu and Jain contexts”).


Eighth Route Army

(historical, military) a group army under the command of the Chinese Communist Party that fought the Japanese military and its puppet armies in both conventional and guerrilla warfare during the Second Sino-Japanese War.


yangire

A common character in chiefly Japanese fiction. It's essentially a yandere without romantic motivations for their acts of violence.


Bushophile

Eventually, the Bush platters will go to the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Texas, where planners hope to build a sophisticated multimedia system that will allow Bushophiles to see correspondence, polls, press reports and video clips on computer workstations.

1993 January 25, Mitch Betts, “Bush Presidential Library first to employ high tech”, in Computerworld, volume 27, number 4, →ISSN, page 22:

So to bash Bush, for being the fool he is, is America bashing? What a crock! You Bushophiles don't give a shize about true democracy, or freedom of speech.

2002 September 24, eric davis, “Re: "Bush Squandered World Good Will after 9-11"”, in alt.prophecies.nostradamus (Usenet):

(US politics, informal) A fan or supporter of George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) or George W. Bush (born 1946), former presidents of the United States.


Marveldom

1965, Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #11 (letters section), Marvel Comics
As for Kirby-Stone, you've come up with what is by far the finest team in Marveldom in the past year or two.

The domain of Marvel Comics, including the set of all works and people related with the company.


Xiden

Blend of Xi + Biden, in reference to Xi Jinping (born 1953), the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.

I keep waiting for ONE of my left-leaning facebook buddies to say what a good job Xiden is doing.

2021 July 29, Jason Burke, “Re: Two Puddles Of Blood In Dealey Plaza?”, in alt.conspiracy.jfk (Usenet):

Not content with being #3 on the Chinese Wuhan Virus state list, the wreckless hypocrite woke folks of Massachusetts are holding posh dinner parties and spreading the virus like crazy, classic democrats like those governors and Xiden that were caught secretly not wearing masks.

2021 August 9, iceber...@gmail.com, “OT Cases in Massachusetts going through the roof again!”, in rec.sport.tennis (Usenet):

Trump was famously on the verge of banning it when Xiden rode in and gave a reprieve.

2022 October 4, JeSSe, “Chink spyware app has Hook$ into Bolshevik power structure”, in uk.current-events.terrorism (Usenet):

(US politics, derogatory) Joe Biden (born 1942), the 46th president of the United States, viewed as a pawn or tool of China.


Bushophilia

Bushophilia is reaching a new peak among the ranks of the demented, the sexually depraved and the paranoid. The GOP is selling pictures of the usurper running panicked and scared for his life after 9/11for $150 a pop.

2002 May 16, William PF, “Photos of W running scared after 9/11 are going for $150 a piece”, in soc.culture.usa (Usenet):

That said, for many fresh-faced men there was one love that dared speak its name. The exhibition hall was a temple of Bushophilia, from photographs of his inauguration for $175 to cups, hats, badges, key-rings and “Pray for him” T-shirts.

2003 February 8, “Guys and dolls: Conservatives, off their leash, are a frightening bunch”, in The Economist, volume 366, number 8310:

That’s why all the hypocrisy surrounding George H.W. Bush’s death thrilled me. I didn’t fall for the weaponization of Bushophilia to bash Trump and implicitly say, “Hey, I’m fair-minded, I could abide by Reagan or the Bushes – but this guy’s beyond the pale.”

2018 December 11, Gil Troy, “The constructive hypocrisy when eulogizing Bush was OK”, in The Jerusalem Post:

(US politics, informal) The love or admiration of George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) or George W. Bush (born 1946), former presidents of the United States.


Bregret

en-noun

Bregret (countable and uncountable, plural Bregrets)

The anxiety – dubbed “Bregret” – emerged as the value of the pound tumbled and markets crashed, while [some felt] betrayed by Nigel Farage’s admission that a Vote Leave poster pledging to spend millions of pounds supposedly given to the EU on the NHS was a “mistake”.

2016 June 25, Lizzie Dearden, “Anger over 'Bregret' as Leave voters say they thought UK would stay in EU”, in The Independent:

Yet polling shows no ‘Bregret’ – a YouGov survey earlier this week showed 52% of voters think leaving was right and 48% wrong, mirroring the referendum result.

2016 August 10, Matthew Holehouse, “Is the ignorant Leave voter just a comforting myth?”, in The Telegraph:

Brexit may be in the history books, but “Bregret,” as the British newspapers have called it, is back in the air.

2022 November 22, Mark Landler, “Buffeted by Economic Woes, U.K. Starts to Look at Brexit With ‘Bregret’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

A creeping sense of Bregret is taking hold in Britain. A majority of Brits now say that the vote for Britain leaving the EU was a mistake.

2022 December 23, Matthew Goodwin, “Brexit regrets? Britain has a few”, in The Spectator:

Three years on from Brexit, all UK voters are left with is a bitter taste of Bregret [title]

2023 January 31, Polly Toynbee, “Three years on from Brexit, all UK voters are left with is a bitter taste of Bregret”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(neologism) Regret about Brexit (or voting in favour of Brexit).


Putinophile

It's not clear if the job ad is a hoax, a publicity stunt, or a genuine appeal to the young Putinophile with an eye for fashion statements and espionage.

2016 August 30, Nick Miller, “Time to add some glamour to Russian espionage, unusual Raketa watch ad hints”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:

(politics, informal) A fan or supporter of Vladimir Putin (born 1952), Russian politician who has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999.


Putinophilia

“Ukraine attacks Russia!” was the surreal headline on a report in the 22 February edition of Informer, Serbia’s biggest-selling tabloid. That headline was not a one off, it was an expression of the Putinophilia that has been strong in Serbia for years.

2022 October 28, Tomislav Marković, “The cult of Putin in Serbia reflects a nation that has still not dealt with its past”, in The Guardian:

(politics, informal) The love or admiration of Vladimir Putin (born 1952), Russian politician who has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999.


Class M

Originally from the TV series Star Trek.

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


-con

Modeled after lolicon; ultimately from clipping of complex (“abnormal mental condition”).

clip

(chiefly anime and manga) Forming terms for abnormal sexual attractions.


ROTS

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

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

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


jewel in the Liberal crown

(Australian politics, historical) Victoria, a state of Australia.


jewel in the Liberal crown

en-noun

jewel in the Liberal crown (plural jewels in the Liberal crown)

(Australian politics) Any state where the Liberal Party has a large supporter base (currently used to refer to Queensland and Tasmania).


teal independent

teal independent (plural teal independents)

Such politicians generally used the colour teal, interpreted by some journalists as a blend of the green of the environmental movement and the blue of the Liberal Party.

(Australian politics) An independent politician who espouses environmentally and socially progressive but economically conservative ideas, especially in the context of a group of independent candidates who ran in the 2022 federal election.


Putinomania

Putinomania gradually became an element of Russian life. New textbooks were introduced in the schools of Saint Petersburg, Putin’s hometown, that described the childhood of Uttle Volodya Putin. That meant something to people who had learned to read with books about the childhood of litde Volodya Ulyanov (Lenin).

2005, “The Moment of Truth”, in Lilia Shevtsova, translated by Antonina W. Bouis, Putin's Russia, Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, →ISBN, page 123:

The Putin cult is most visible in his native St. Petersburg. The city is in the vanguard of Putinomania. One local sculptor is preparing a bronze bust. […] The pompous celebrations in 2003 marking the 300th anniversaiy of the founding of the city threw oil on the flames of Putinomania.

2005, Boris Lanin, “Putin and Culture”, in Dale R. Herspring, editor, Putin's Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain, 2nd edition, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, →ISBN, page 77:

Putinomania was stoked throughout the country, as state-owned media pictured Putin daily, meeting national and regional leaders and making an unprecedented number of foreign trips. Russia was once again a player on the international stage, to be respected and taken into account.

2014, Karen Dawisha, “The Founding of the Putin System”, in Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 310:

(politics) The fervent admiration of Vladimir Putin (born 1952), Russian politician who has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999.


Fort Sumter

A fort off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. The American Civil War started there on April 12, 1861.


Gang of Eight

If the President were to inform the Gang of Eight that he signed a covert action finding to overthrow the government of Canada, he would be required to tell others at least something about the finding.

2010 September 28, Marc Ambinder, “A Step Forward for Oversight of Intelligence”, in The Atlantic:

(US politics, informal) A set of eight leaders within the United States Congress who are briefed on classified intelligence matters by the executive branch.

First Washington had the Gang of Six, six senators seeking a bipartisan agreement on reducing the nation's debt. Now there's the Gang of Eight, eight senators seeking an agreement on dodging looming end-of-year spending cuts and tax increases.

2012 November 14, Sophie Quinton, “Michael Bennet: Debt Deal Depends on Boehner-Obama Agreement”, in The Atlantic:

(US politics, informal) A set of eight leaders within the United States Congress for fiscal matters.


Gang of Six

First Washington had the Gang of Six, six senators seeking a bipartisan agreement on reducing the nation's debt.

(US politics, informal) Various bipartisan groups in the United States Senate working on health care, fiscal policy, and immigration.


white-blue-white flag

white-blue-white flag (plural white-blue-white flags)

Thousands of Russians marched through Prague on Saturday, waving the white-blue-white flag that has become a symbol of protests against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

2022 March 26, “Thousands of Russians in Prague Protest against War in Ukraine”, in Asharq Alawsat, English edition, London:

“I love this idea,” Ponomarev said, pointing to the white-blue-white flag that forms the channel’s live studio backdrop. It is the Russian tricolour “minus the red blood”, he said.

2022 June 7, Luke Harding, “Russian-language Ukrainian TV channel aims to topple Putin”, in The Guardian, page 20:

NHK World noted that the protesters held up signs saying "No war" and other messages. They also waved white-blue-white flags, which have become a symbol of opposition to Russia's invasion.

2023 January 22, “Russians living in Japan protest against Putin administration”, in BBC Monitoring Newsfile (wire feed):

(R) The patches with a white-blue-white flag and the logo of the Free Russia Legion are seen during a briefing in northern Ukraine, not far from the Russian border, on May 24, 2023.

2023 May 26, Asami Terajima, “Belgorod incursion: Meet the anti-Kremlin militia behind the attack inside Russia”, in The Kyiv Independent, image caption:

(neologism) A symbol of opposition to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine that has been used by Russian anti-war protester, as well as a symbol of opposition to the current government of Russia, by several personal internet accounts.


Makar Sankranti

Makar Sankranti (plural Makar Sankrantis)

Borrowed from Hindi मकर संक्रांति (makar saṅkrānti).

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मकर संक्रांति

A Hindu harvest festival, usually observed in 15 January, marking the first day of the Sun's transit into Capricorn.


QAnoner

Several hundred QAnoners set up camp along the Tampa Riverwalk on Jan. 11 to hear from the celebrities of their fringe conspiracy theory. "It's amazing to see the growth," said Jeffrey Pedersen, better known as "The Matrixxx." [image caption]

2020 January 16, Claire McNeill, “QAnon conspiracy theorists find kinship on the Tampa Riverwalk”, in Tampa Bay Times:

Dunking on fools may feel good, but humiliating QAnoners risks driving them further down the rabbit hole. And you should care because you might have a QAnon believer among your friends or family — and on Nov. 3, it’s possible several will be elected to Congress.

2020 October 26, Kirby Ferguson, “What Do We Do About Q?”, in The New York Times:

(US politics) A supporter of the QAnon movement; one who believes in the QAnon conspiracy theory.


Demonrat

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

From demon + rat, to sound like Democrat.

They develop far-fetched explanations for critiques of the president: The Mueller probe, for instance, must actually be a cover-up to buy time for a Trump-Mueller tag-team effort to bring down villainous, pedophile “Demonrats.”

(US politics, Internet slang, derogatory) A Democrat.


Ekalavya

Transliteration of Sanskrit एकलव्य (ekalavya).

translit

a character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.


JustinFlation

(Canada, politics, derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Justinflation.


Soulsborne

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

SoulsBorne (alternative)
soulsborne (alternative)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Soulsborne

en-noun

Soulsborne (countable and uncountable, plural Soulsbornes)

Soulsbornes (plural)
SoulsBorne (alternative)
soulsborne (alternative)

Because FromSoftware's Demon's Souls is the granddaddy of the soulsborne genre, and one of the PlayStation 3's overlooked classics.

2020 October, “Have Your Say: Demon's Soul”, in PlayStation Official Magazine, page 27:

“Blasphemous” is a masterfully crafted game that would entice hardcore fans of Soulsborne and Metroidvania games.

2022, Gabrielle Cabello Torres, "From The International: Video Games From Different Cultures", Mace & Crown (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA), Spring 2022, page 36

The Soulsborne formula has been imitated countless times but mastered by few apart from FromSoftware, the original pioneers.

2022 December 29, Cameron Rasmusson, “Elden Ring recaptures magic of video game discovery”, in Reader, page 17:

(fandom slang, video games, uncountable) A video game subgenre influenced by this series, characterized by high difficulty, trial-and-error progression, esoteric enemy movesets, environmental storytelling, and complex lore.

Do you have room for another Soulsborne in your life?

2018, "Team Ninja's Nioh 2 is back for more", PlayStation Official Magazine (UK), August 2018, page 11 (image caption)

Diagrammatics allows us to properly think about how something like a “soulsborne” can be created: It is a set of mechanics, modes of storytelling, and player expectations that branch out and proliferate from the original object.

2020, Cameron Kunzelman, "How we deal with dark souls: The aesthetic category as a method", in Hybrid Play: Crossing Boundaries in Game Design, Players Identities and Play Spaces (eds. Adriana de Souza e Silva & Ragan Glover-Rijkse), unnumbered page

Lee confirms it offers the challenge of a soulsborne but with a greater level of flexibility in how you approach that challenge.

2020 December, “Godfall”, in PlayStation Official Magazine, UK, page 56:

(fandom slang, video games, countable) An individual game of this genre.


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).


nakige

Borrowed from Japanese 泣きゲー (nakige, “crying game”), a combination of なき (naki, “crying”) and ゲー (gē), a shortening of ゲーム (gēmu, “game”), itself from English game.

Nakige are known for their sense of melancholy. Take 2001's Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (The Eternity You Desire), for example, which was released by eroge label âge, a division of ACID. Soon after high school student Takayuki Narumi falls for his classmate Haruka Suzumiya, she goes into a coma after a car accident. Depressed and shocked, Takayuki develops post-traumatic stress disorder and becomes involved with Haruka's best friend, Mitsuki. "To put it simply, a nakige brings players to tears as they read the in-game text," says [ACID CEO Hirohiko] Yoshida.

2010, Brian Ashcroft, Shoko Ueda, Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential: How Teenage Girls Made a Nation Cool, page 154:

The medium is dominated by nakige, the crying genre, much like how superheroes dominate comics and sitcoms television.

2011 November 10, Alex Mui, “Visual Novels: Unrecognized Narrative Art”, in The Johns Hopkins News-Letter, Johns Hopkins University, page B5:

Utsuge, on the other hand, stands for pretty much the opposite of nakige, aiming to be as depressing an experience as possible.

2019, Robert Ciesla, Game Development with Ren'Py: Introduction to Visual Novel Games Using Ren'Py, TyranoBuilder, and Twine, page 90:

A Japanese visual novel of a genre characterized by melodramatic plots intended to move the player to tears.


utsuge

Borrowed from Japanese 鬱ゲー (utsuge, “depressing game”), a combination of 鬱 (utsu, “melancholy, gloom”) and ゲー (gē), a shortening of ゲーム (gēmu, “game”), itself from English game.

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The related genre “utsuge” (“depressing game”), unlike “nakige”, does not typically achieve a happy ending.

2019, Ema Bícová, "Visual Novel and Its Translation", thesis submitted to Palacký University Olomouc, pages 12-13

Nitroplus, the company behind Saya no uta, specializes in utsuge containing body horror, gore, rape, and depression—in short, as scholar Clarisse Thorn puts it, games that are “not ‘fun’ in the way most people think about ‘fun,’ that’s for sure.”

2020, Ana Matilde Sousa, "She's Not Your Waifu; She's an Eldritch Abomination: Saya no uta and Queer Antisociality in Japanese Visual Novels", Mechademia, Volume 13, Number 1, Fall 2020

A Japanese visual novel genre characterized by tragic plots and pervasively bleak tones.


nukige

Borrowed from Japanese 抜(ぬ)きゲー (nukigē), a combination of 抜(ぬ)く (nuku, “to jerk off”, literally “to extract”) and ゲー (gē), a shortening of ゲーム (gēmu, “game”), itself from English game.

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Eroge is a hugely popular genre of visual novel both from established producers and fan circles, and can be further divided into smaller categories such as nukige (抜きゲ) or ‘jack-off game’, referring to a game that is intended to provide easy access to sex scenes or other erotic material to facilitate masturbation.

2016, Matthew R. Bird, "Eustia of the Tarnished Wings: The Visual Novel in Translation", thesis submitted to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, page 17

As well as the effect of loosening content restrictions, the key point here is that Japanese videogame regulation is fractured by platform multiplicity. Small publishers producing games such as dating sims, visual novels, and ‘nukige’ (masturbation games) cohere to self-regulate, and more serious sexual content is confined to the PC market, dominated by adult consumers.

2019, Catherine Driscoll & Liam Grealy, "In the name of the nation: Media classification, globalisation, and exceptionalism", International Journal of Cultural Studies, Volume 22, Issue 3, May 2009 (link)

Unlike nukige, visual novels that focus primarily on sexual interactions between characters, the focus of eroge is on the story, including more romantic or emotional relationships.

2022, William Schrage, "Hiding Hobbies and Saving Social Lives: About the Representation of Otaku Struggles in Ore no imōto ga konnani kawaii wake ga nai", Mechademia, Volume 14, Number 2, Spring 2022

(video games) A Japanese visual novel genre featuring sexually explicit content for the sole purpose of masturbation or sexual gratification.


Persephatta

From Ancient Greek Περσεφάττα (Persephátta).

(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Persephone


Persephassa

From Ancient Greek Περσεφάσσα (Persephássa).


instant loss 2koma

en-noun

instant loss 2koma (plural instant loss 2komas)

Partial calque of Japanese 即堕ち2コマ (soku-ochi ni-koma, “instant fall 2-panel”).

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The cereal spitting guy was the original instant loss 2koma

2022 August 17, TripleKyun, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-11-17:

A two-panel comic depicting a character who displays smugness or overconfidence in the first panel, only to be defeated or humiliated in the second.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:instant loss 2koma.

A pornographic variant of this type of comic, in which the losing character is sexually dominated in the second panel.


Philoctetean

en-adj

Philoctetean (comparative more Philoctetean, superlative most Philoctetean)

more Philoctetean (comparative)
most Philoctetean (superlative)

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to Philoctetes (Ancient Greek: Φιλοκτήτης), a famed archer who participated in the Trojan War.


Arethuse

(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Arethusa


avidya

avidja (alternative)
avijja (alternative)

Borrowed from Sanskrit अविद्या (avidyā).

(Buddhism, Hinduism) Ignorance or delusion.


Minyas

(Greek mythology) The founder of Orchomenus, Boeotia, and ancestor of the Minyans.


Medusan

Medusan (comparative more Medusan, superlative most Medusan)

more Medusan (comparative)
most Medusan (superlative)
Medusaean (alternative)
Medusean (alternative)

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to Medusa.


telesterion

From Ancient Greek τελεστήριον (telestḗrion, “initiation hall”), from τελείω (teleíō, “to initiate”).

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Central among them is what, to avoid controversy, it is convenient to call the telesterion: a building designed to accommodate the faithful inside, and thus unique among the forms of Greek sacred architecture.

2005, Robert Parker, Polytheism and Society at Athens, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 351:

With each successive telesterion, the structure grew in size and capacity, an expansion that indicates the growing and continued popularity of the cult […]

2016, Margaret M. Miles, A Companion to Greek Architecture, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 183:

A building used to celebrate sacred rites in Ancient Greece.


Glup Shitto

From a September 2020 post by Tumblr user gomjabbar lampooning hardcore Star Wars fans and Star Wars character names: "every time a new Star War^([sic]) movie or show is announced all the fans are like 'OMG Glup Shitto is back 😭😭😭'". The name Shitto was presumably constructed from shit + -o, referring to the supposed poor quality of such characters.

When it works well, Mank feels like the inheritance and renovation of a range of craft competencies and attentions. And when it does not work well, it is the classical Hollywood nerd’s version of Glup Shitto. “OMG Ben Hecht is back!” Sometimes it does both at once.

2021 May 9, J. D. Connor, “Put Some 'Mank' on It”, in Los Angeles Review of Books:

'The Book of Boba Fett' is a good example of this joke containing a few grains of truth. Boba Fett was, after all, the original Glup Shitto. He turned up in all of maybe three major scenes in 'The Empire Strikes Back' and 'Return of the Jedi', died by accident, and was written off in the movies.

2022 June 1, Brian Lloyd, “This week's 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' sees the return of a familiar helmet”, in Entertainment.ie:

I also questioned what characters might show up in this series, and while we haven’t seen a true Glup Shitto yet, we do get a reference to Quinlan Vos, a Jedi from the “Star Wars” novels who then appeared in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”

2022, Brandon Raglow, "Review | Episode three of ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ brings the Jedi master face to face with a certain former Padawan", The Pitt News (University of Pittsburgh), 8 June 2022

(Star Wars fandom slang, vulgar, derogatory) Any minor Star Wars character or one who features primarily in Extended Universe media unknown to casual fans.

Scrimblo Bimblo

hypothetical nostalgic video game or cartoon character


SOIA

Security of Information Act
w:Security of Information Act

(Canadian politics, law) Initialism of Security of Information Act.


Telephus

From Ancient Greek Τήλεφος (Tḗlephos, literally “far-shining”).

(Greek mythology) The son of Heracles and Auge; he was adopted by Teuthras, the king of Mysia, in Asia Minor, whom he succeeded as king, and was both wounded and later healed by Achilles.


Attis

A Greek and Phrygian god, the consort of Cybele.


Thamyris

(Greek mythology) A Thracian singer who challenged the Nine Muses to a competition and lost.


Thamyras

(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Thamyris


tridrachma

tridrachmas (plural)
tridrachm (alternative)

An Ancient Greek silver coin worth three drachmas.


Tritogeneia

(Greek mythology) An epithet of the goddess Athena, of uncertain meaning, but possibly "Triton-born", "triple-born", or "third-born".


Tritonia

(Greek mythology) An epithet of the goddess Athena.


anti-Reylo

When Star Wars: The Force Awakens came out, the fandom found itself dividing across one really hard, bright line: the Reylos and the anti-Reylos.

2017 December 15, Ani Bundel, “More Than The Force Connects Kylo Ren & Rey In 'The Last Jedi' & It's Intense”, in Elite Daily:

Anti-Reylos read the pairing's on-screen encounters as rape, and they point out the age difference and potential familial relationship.

2018, Kristina Busse, “Afterword: Fannish Affect and Its Aftermath”, in Rebecca Williams, editor, Everybody Hurts: Transitions, Endings, and Resurrections in Fan Cultures, page 217:

This also means that there are significant clashes between Reylo shippers and anti-Reylos.

2019, Lauren Rouse, "The fan fiction reading guide: the use of multimedia and comments as close reading tools", thesis submitted to DePaul University, page 96

(fandom slang) An opponent of the ship of Rey and Kylo Ren from Star Wars (Reylo).


Kobayashi Maru

From the fictional Kobayashi Maru test, first introduced in the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, a training exercise in which Starfleet cadets face an intentionally unwinnable scenario as a test of character. The test involves the rescue of an eponymous vessel, named by Star Trek II screenwriter Jack B. Sowards after his neighbours, from the Japanese family name Kobayashi and maru (a suffix of Japanese ship names).

Christmas is the Kobayashi Maru of holidays. It is unwinnable.

2010, April Winchell, Regretsy: Where DIY Meets WTF, page 121:

Martin said, “Gwen, do you understand that there’s no right answer to that? You've asked me the Kobayashi Maru of questions. There’s no possible way to answer that won't make you mad.”

2015, Scott Meyer, An Unwelcome Quest, page 265:

“You might not be able to win,” I said. “It may be the Kobayashi Maru of seating arrangements.”

2016, Hillary Manton Lodge, Together at the Table, page 81:

(informal) A scenario with no positive or favourable outcome; a no-win situation.

Jack B. Sowards
Kobayashi Maru
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Starfleet


Hyperborean

Alternative letter-case form of hyperborean


akshauhini

Borrowed from Sanskrit अक्षौहिणी (akṣauhiṇī).

bor+

(Hinduism, mythology) an army consisting of ten anikinis, or 21,870 elephants, 21,870 chariots, 65,610 horses, and 109,350 foot


Reaganagram

Blend of Reagan + anagram, after the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911–2004).

I would like to thank the net for ... connecting me to Mike Morton of Dartmouth, who ... happens to have a collection of the best "Reaganagrams" around!

1984 April 24, James A. Woods, “The holoalphabetic "Jocks vend, fix, quartz BMW glyph."”, in net.puzzle (Usenet):

Several readers were inspired to construct Reaganagrams of their own. John Henrick felt NO, DARLINGS, NO ERA LAW was a "magnificent specimen destined to surpass all others ever"[.]

1984 August, “Colloquy”, in Word Ways, page 146:

[Pleased, Dmitri Borgmann pointed] out that ... insane Anglo warlord [was] a human-generated Reaganagram.

1986 October, Scot Morris, “Wordplay”, in Omni, page 183:

Some may prefer the Reaganagram 'insane Anglo warlord'.

1997 January 11, Ucalegon, “Richard Nixon anagram?”, in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet):

(obsolete, rare) An anagram of the name Ronald Wilson Reagan.


Zethus

(Greek mythology) The husband of the nymph Thebe


USDS

It's significant that the first leader of the USDS was an SRE. The unit already had in its DNA a deep commitment to user-centered service design, through its initial inspiration by the UK's Government Digital Service and the Code for America team working on food stamps in California.

2017, Tim O'Reilly, WTF?: What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us, Random House, →ISBN:

United States Digital Service
w:United States Digital Service

(US politics) Initialism of United States Digital Service.


Sburbventure

Blend of Sburb + adventure, in reference to the fanventure genre based on comics in the MS Paint Adventures multiverse and the supernatural video game Sburb that appears in Homestuck, one of the MS Paint Adventures comics

(fandom slang) A fanventure in the style of Homestuck where the characters are players of the supernatural video game Sburb.


Archegetes

(Greek mythology) Leader or founder; an epithet of the god Apollo.


aumakua

(Hawaiian mythology) In Hawaiian mythology, a personal or family god that originated as a deified ancestor, and which takes on physical forms such as animals to watch over descendants.


tino rangatiratanga

Borrowed from Maori tino rangatiratanga.

(New Zealand, Maori) self-determination; absolute sovereignty (of the Maori people)


majokko

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 魔女っ子 (majokko), composed of 魔女 (“witch”) + っ子 (“person having a certain quality”, also diminutive suffix).
This term is sometimes also glossed in English as “little witch”, the word 子 (ko) meaning “child” or “small”.

affix

The viewer is normally treated to the transformation from the point of view of the majokko herself - the other people around her basically would see a "flash of light" and (poof!) she's changed.

1999 July 13, Animeg3282, “The magical girl thread”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):


Jamaica coalition

en-noun

Jamaica coalition (plural Jamaica coalitions)

Calque of German Jamaika-Koalition. The symbolic colors of the three parties correspond to the colors of the flag of Jamaica: black for the CDU, yellow for the FDP, and green for the Greens.

Actually, the most likely government, a so-called Jamaica coalition of chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats with the FDP and Greens, could bring some good news for the eurozone.

2017 September 29, Guntram Wolff, “A Jamaican Germany is good for Europe”, in Financial Times:

Despite pressure on the CDU’s Armin Laschet to relinquish his claim to a place in government after the party returned its historically worst ever result, he is forging ahead in his attempts to woo both the Greens and the pro-business FDP to form a CDU-led Jamaica coalition, so-called due to yellow, black and green colours of the three parties matching those of Jamaica’s flag.

2021 October 5, Kate Connolly, “Germany’s Greens and CDU report ‘constructive’ coalition talks”, in The Guardian:

(German politics) A German governing coalition among the parties of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Free Democratic Party (FDP), and the Greens.

Alliance 90/The Greens
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Free Democratic Party (Germany)
flag of Jamaica


oprichnik

(historical) A member of the bodyguard corps established by Tsar Ivan the Terrible to govern a division of Russia from 1565 to 1572.


Confederado

A Confederate expatriate who fled the southern United States for Brazil during Reconstruction; or a descendant of such a person.


Sangh

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
w:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

(India, Indian politics, Hindutva) Ellipsis of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.


Gorgoneion

From Ancient Greek γοργόνειον (gorgóneion), neuter of γοργόνειος (gorgóneios, “pertaining to a gorgon”).
The moon was named after the pendant, because of its association with the Greek goddess Athena (and thus with her Roman equivalent, Minerva).

2000, Extract from [1840, Lewis, Donaldson (translators)], K. O. Müller, Introduction to A Scientific Study of Mythology, Burton Feldman, Robert D. Richardson (editors), The Rise of Modern Mythology, 1680-1860, Indiana University Press, page 419,
On returning home, he turns Polydectes and his people to stone, and then gives the Gorgoneion to his protectress Athena, who fixes it upon her shield.

(Greek mythology) The head of the gorgon Medusa.

(Greek mythology) A pendant, worn by the goddess Athena, which features an image of Medusa's head.


NYSD

electoral district
electoral district#English

New York State Senate
w:en:New York State Senate

State of New York
State of New York#English

(US politics) Initialism of New York State senate district.; An electoral district in the New York State Senate, for the state senate of the State of New York.


(Malaysia, politics) Abbreviation of race, religion, royalty (“referring to the Malay race, Islam, and the monarchy of Malaysia, three sensitive topics in the country”).


Marvelophile

A true Marvelophile can recall even the most obscure Marvel superhero, tell what issue that superhero made its debut in, and deliver a kind of thumbnail biography, including some observation on the character's peculiarities and frailties.

1978 October 10, Bill Marvel, “His web of fantasy has captured the public”, in The Tampa Times, volume 86, number 211, page 4-A:


trekky

en-adj

trekky (comparative more trekky, superlative most trekky)

more trekky (comparative)
most trekky (superlative)

But our genes are mutable, and like the mutant hamster, we could still be attuned to another planet by a trekky travel clock.

1990 May 15, Hospital Practice, page 130:

DO NOT wear a trekky looking Bluetooth earpiece, unless you are strutting through a Star Trek convention.

2009, Kirtsy Takes a Bow: A Celebration of Women’s Favorites Online, Houston, Tex.: Bright Sky Press, →ISBN, page 120:

With barely any religion in Star Trek (exceptions are made for fraudulent religion) there is also no hint of mystery. Everything in the trekky world can be understood.

2015, Guy Collins, Faithful Doubt: The Wisdom of Uncertainty, ISD LLC, →ISBN:

A Trekky-style transporter is unlikely to exist in our lifetimes, if ever, but it’s clear that popular culture has an influence on the direction of scientific experimentation (and vice versa!).

2016, Lliana Bird, Jack Lewis, The Mice Who Sing for Sex, Sphere, →ISBN, page 292:

When online, we encounter writing systems and heroic fantasies that come from the past but also from the future, as Snowden describes the trekky fantasy of the NSA chief.

2019, Tarek El-Ariss, Leaks, Hacks, and Scandals: Arab Culture in the Digital Age, Princeton, N.J., Oxford: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 178:

A trekky appearance, I’ve seen those movies and Jupiter Rising, no doubt have jet boots, […]

2021, Paul Stansby, The Dimension Hopper & the Outer Space Guys:

Well, I thought the trekky look of a communicator that you whack to activate was kind of a cool idea.

2022, Curtis Wilbur, Tides of Air: An Inferno-Earth Series Novel, →ISBN:


Pokémon-esque

Pokémon-esque or Pokémon-esque (comparative more Pokémon-esque, superlative most Pokémon-esque)

Pokémon-esque (canonical)
more Pokémon-esque (comparative)
most Pokémon-esque (superlative)
Pokémonesque (alternative)

Haddock’s online project, titled “Screenshots”(whitelead.com/jrh/screenshots), uses the poppy, Pokémon-esque style of kiddie computer games to re-create some of the most incendiary scenes in recent memory (the Columbine killers in the cafeteria, the Rodney King beating, Elián and the feds).

While old-school fans might believe that the whole Armada setting manages to desecrate our fond childhood memories of the original series by changing virtually everything (‘Megatron, a tank? That’s rubbish!’), Transformers turns this negative into a pretty convincing positive thanks to those damn Minicons – the small and almost Pokémon[-]esque robots that seem to be so important to today’s transforming machine.

2004, “Transformers”, in GamesTM, →ISSN, page 084:

Cards, collected around the map, are used to send Pokémon-esque monsters into battle.

2007 June, “Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales”, in Edge, page 92:

Fantastical beasties from authentic Celtic lore serve as Pokémon'''-esque companions on the duo’s intertwining quest, so the monster-wrangling is both addicting and educational here.

2007 December, A. Fitch, “Folklore”, in Electronic Gaming Monthly, number 222, page 110:

Did you know that the world is absolutely teeming with tiny monsters that are invisible to the naked eye? Oh, it’s totally true. Fortunately, a Sony scientist recently discovered that the PSP camera can detect these Pokémon-esque creatures just fine.

2009 September, PlayStation: The Official Magazine, page 48:

Ari played a Pokémon-esque character in our musical performance.

2016, Aaron Feinstein, “We Don’t Want to Fit in: A Reflection on the Revolutionary Inclusive Theater Practices of The Miracle Project and Actionplay for Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum”, in Peter Smagorinsky, editor, Creativity and Community among Autism-Spectrum Youth: Creating Positive Social Updrafts through Play and Performance (Palgrave Studies In Play, Performance, Learning, and Development), Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 140:

Their take on the way Techodes work reminds of a Pokémon'''-esque feel to a mecha-centered story.

2018, Chris Stuckmann, Anime Impact: The Movies and Shows That Changed the World of Japanese Animation, Mango Publishing, →ISBN:

It was a business success the likes of which Nintendo had never dreamed—not at first, anyway—but it was also something more: a truly Pokémon'''-esque moment, in which Japan the nation evolved into Japan the fantasy superpower.

2020, Matt Alt, Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World, New York, N.Y.: Crown, published 2021, →ISBN, page 226:

In Japan, it had to settle for the silver medal, with the top spot occupied by a Yu-Gi-Oh! game, one that used Pokémon'''-esque tactics to propel its record breaking to boot.

2022, Daniel Dockery, Monster Kids: How Pokémon Taught a Generation to Catch Them All, Running Press, →ISBN:

If you put a million hungry ants in a glass cube with one human, who’s more likely to walk out alive? —Eric Bowman / Everyone always assumes that if you put two animals together like this, they’ll battle to the death, which is a very Pokémon-esque view of biology.

2022, Randall Munroe, What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, Riverhead Books, →ISBN, pages 135–136:

Resembling or characteristic of the Pokémon franchise or the creatures featured in it.


Star Warsian

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

more Star Warsian (comparative)
most Star Warsian (superlative)
Star Wars-ian (alternative)
Star-Warsian (alternative)

Basking in the afterglow of a virtually quintupled effects budget, and fearing that their gargantuan TV-movie script would ultimately just seem puny on the silver screen, Roddenberry and company began revising that script, puffing and packing it with long, loving exteriors of the Enterprise, dramatic space walks, and decidedly Star Wars'''ian visuals.

1994, William Shatner, Chris Kreski, Star Trek Movie Memories, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 63:

Which leads to another fault in the game, namely that if I can’t even remember the names of the damn characters, I certainly don’t particularly care about them. Another Star Warsian faux pas, since part of the beauty of the Star Wars universe and the star players therein is that you really root for the heroes and despise the bad guys.

2002 May, John Davison, “Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter”, in Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, number 56, page 103, column 3:

Kate Winslet is no longer topless in Titanic, bloody bullet wounds disappear in The Matrix, and swords, reminiscent of biblical ploughshares, have been beat into Star Warsian light beams in The Princess Bride.

2003, John Fischer, Finding God Where You Least Expect Him, Eugene, Ore.: Harvest House, →ISBN, page 93:

You can superimpose your Star Warsian title across any background, including stills and video clips from the videos that you took; […]

2007, Carl Plumer, Hollywood Special Effects with Adobe® Premiere® Elements 3, Peachpit Press, →ISBN, page 43:

We are connected to something larger than ourselves, be that God, Gaia, Brahma-Atman, or a Star Warsian force accessible through Yoda.

2008, Timothy L. Fort, Prophets, Profits, and Peace: The Positive Role of Business in Promoting Religious Tolerance, New Haven, Conn., London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 26:

The Tempest is Shakespeare’s biggest play, like a Star Warsian epic as I watched the actors on stage I could see the character of Prospero having been used as the template of Lucas’ Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader.

2009, Tyler Richard Ragan, The Bard’s Spirit: Shakespeare’s Social Gospel, Bookstand Publishing, →ISBN:

And by ‘On The Horizon’, we mean spatially, as Disney is keeping its new Star Wars app in the US for now. But were it here, or were you there, you’d be enjoying the ability to upload selfies into Star Warsian scenarios, and to have your local weather translated onto well-known galactic locales.

Resembling or characteristic of the Star Wars franchise.


Darth Vader-esque

Darth Vader-esque (comparative more Darth Vader-esque, superlative most Darth Vader-esque)

more Darth Vader-esque (comparative)
most Darth Vader-esque (superlative)
Darth Vader–esque (alternative)
Darth Vaderesque (alternative)

Full of low-angle crotch shots and ominous Darth Vader-esque music, these gross distortions of gay and lesbian life (though mostly it’s gay men’s lives that are depicted) have been making the rounds in Congress and among the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

1993 July 2–8, Liz Galst, “Right-wing crotch shots”, in The Boston Phoenix, page 2, column 3:

Her big mission is to recover the precious Blue Star (a glowing rock in a box), which leads to a Western shoot-out, a space-age motorcycle gang, and an unamusing Darth Vader-esque villain.

1995 October, Steven Puchalski, “Can these sci-fi videos show us the Woman of the Future?”, in Sci Fi Entertainment, page 36:

Its self-billing as a multimedia sound-and-light show makes it sound grander than it actually is: wax figures are used to depict the hysteria, a Darth Vader-esque voice is used to narrate the show, and thanks to the museums circular seating arrangement, there are significant portions of the performance where you can’t actually see what’s happening.

2008, Sarah Hull, The Rough Guide to Boston, New York, N.Y., London, Delhi: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 237:

Resembling or characteristic of the fictional character Darth Vader.


Darth Vaderian

Darth Vaderian (comparative more Darth Vaderian, superlative most Darth Vaderian)

more Darth Vaderian (comparative)
most Darth Vaderian (superlative)

(What the heck is this “gun lobby” anyway? Am I it or is it some sort of Darth Vaderian conspiracy that manipulates the minds of innocent legislators?)

1989 February 13, Kevin Harris, “Odd correlation”, in The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Wash., page B2, column 5:

Though crowded and dwarfed by Darth Vaderian upstarts such as the Equitable Life Building across from it, the 17-story Candler Building on Peachtree remains alone in its 1904 stylishness.

1990 March 11, Bud Collins, “The changing winds of Atlanta”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 237, number 70, page A3, column 3:

Now that the “wall” has become a souvenir to be mounted on a plaque or picture frame and the lien between good guys and the “Evil Empire” with all its Darth Vaderian images is becoming more of a blur, there is evidence that those out there who live to protest something, anything, are getting desperate.

1990 August 12, Tom Barberi, “Barberi!”, in The Salt Lake Tribune, volume 240, number 120, Salt Lake City, Utah, page 2B, column 2:

His [Oliver Stone’s] acceptance speech on September 17 concluded with the following lines: […] How can we possibly win against the overwhelming force of this government of the future, this Darth Vaderian empire?

1995, James Riordan, Stone: The Controversies, Excesses, and Exploits of a Radical Filmmaker, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion, →ISBN, pages 246–247:

They spring up only after you have clicked the right-hand button on your mouse, a secret that is revealed by a message to that effect several seconds after you have been left staring at this Darth Vaderian screen.

1998 September 3, John J. Fried, “Forgetting to back up data? FileSitter automatically does it for you”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 170th year, number 95, page F2, column 4:

And therein lies a very troubling reality about the Orwellian — perhaps even Darth Vaderian — measures increasingly employed by marketers of today’s mega-media products.

1999 May 1, Katherine Monk, “Empire of hype”, in The Vancouver Sun, page E1, column 3:

To be sure, there will also be flops aplenty — misguided, mismarketed or simply amiss movies that would have tanked whether Phantom Menace was casting its Darth Vaderian shadow across the land.

1999 May 9, Steven Rea, “Curse of the ‘Phantom’”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 170th year, number 343, page F5, column 4:

If even America has difficulties managing the world, none of the four even think about becoming a Darth Vaderian-style world empire.

1999 December 19, Franz Schurmann, “Peace hangs by a thread”, in The Fresno Bee, page G1:

Peter Edmund Haydu assaying triple roles, some of which employ his marvelous Darth Vaderian bass.

2003 April 30, Sandy MacDonald, “‘Man of La Mancha’ is lavish but lacking”, in The Boston Globe, volume 263, number 120, page C3, column 4:

It seems like this is the moment, me covered in ice cream and my own guts, that Sanders is going to confront me with Darth Vaderian news.

2009, Michael Czyzniejewski, Elephants in Our Bedroom, Dzanc Books, →ISBN, page 186:

His heavy breathing fell to a Darth Vaderian murmur.

2017, Scott Kenemore, Zombie-in-Chief: Eater of the Free World, Gollancz, published 2020, →ISBN:

Thus don’t name your band Boozie Tromwellium & the Darth Vaderian Cosmonauts.

2021, Steve Marcone, Dave Philp, Managing Your Band: A Guide to Artist Management, 7th edition, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 104:


Superman-esque

Superman-esque (comparative more Superman-esque, superlative most Superman-esque)

more Superman-esque (comparative)
most Superman-esque (superlative)
Supermanesque (alternative)

Wagner stands at a height (more like an altitude) of 6’4" with a Superman-esque stature.

1993 July 29, Joy Catania, “Broadway Star Calls Verona Home”, in Verona-Cedar Grove Times, volume 47, number 30, page 1:

What Arrington did was use a Superman-esque flying leap to soar over and between the left guard and center and stop Illini running back Elmer Hickman for no gain on fourth-and-inches at the Penn State 31-yard line.

1999, Penn State Football 1999 Media Guide, page 86:

Heroism, as I always understood it, was always one masculine, life-saving, Superman-esque act, but my definition had been broadened.

2012, David Hale Sylvester, Traveling at the Speed of Life, →ISBN, page 296:

She had the weirdest urge to reach up and brush back the whorl of Superman-esque hair that had fallen over his brow.

2015, Julie Ann Walker, Hell or High Water, →ISBN, page 298:

It took Superman-esque skill not to let my bare feet touch down on the public restroom tile as I produced flip-flops from my miracle purse and hid away those conservative flats.

2015, Nina Mansfield, Swimming Alone, Fire and Ice, →ISBN, page 9:

Resembling or characteristic of Superman.


Supermannish

Supermannish (comparative more Supermannish, superlative most Supermannish)

more Supermannish (comparative)
most Supermannish (superlative)
Superman-ish (alternative)

This verdict was, in untechnical language, an effective reproof for “Supermannish” methods of financiering.

1908 January 19, ““Superman” in Business”, in New-York Tribune, volume LXVII, number 22,344, New York, N.Y., page 8, column 2:

The only important positive ideas for which he stands are the Supermannish idea of the duty of every man to be himself to the utmost, and a generous democratic idea of freedom, in accordance with which every self-respecting man and woman should be given the opportunity to work out his or her own destiny fully, unhampered by the tyrannies of caste, prestige, sentimental traditions, false codes, and effete moral obligations.

1913, R[olfe] A[rnold] Scott-James, Personality in Literature, London: Martin Secker […]:

The two chief characters are rather “Supermannish,” and that demands super-actors; […]

1913 September 6, “Les Deux Forces. A Play in Four Acts by P.-J. Jouve. […]”, in The Academy and Literature, volume LXXXV, number 2157, London: Publishing Office, […], page 301, column 2:

Search where we will, we find nothing Supermannish in such victories.

1918, William Roscoe Thayer, The Collapse of Superman, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, page 21:

Bugs, in Supermannish guise, goes forth to battle with a man who hates rabbits, and defeats him.

1943 April 21, The Exhibitor, New York State edition, Philadelphia, Pa., page 1252, column 3:

Though I can see now that the hero of my first novel was too Supermannish, and just went from one success to another until I couldn’t think of any more ‘worlds for him to conquer.’

1949, Erick Berry [pen name; Evangel Allena Champlin Best], Forty-Seven Keys, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, page 121:

With actual clips of front line action interspersed periodically, the staged battle scenes seem even more contrived by comparison and some Supermannish feats unreeled by the Yank soldier-players only heighten the artificiality.

1951 March 26, Barn, “'A Yank in Korea' Mediocre Programmer with Gimmick”, in Film Bulletin, volume 19, number 7, page 10:

Satisfied with him as an actor, Alex believed that with the right make-up, the blond, blue-eyed Redford would look “Supermannish” enough to carry the part off.

1978, David Michael Petrou, The Making of Superman: The Movie, Warner Books, →ISBN, pages 35–36:

When he and his Cincinnati Bengal playmates were done with the AFC’s best defense, that of the New York-New Jersey Jets, he had done Supermannish damage — 30 carries, 139 yards and two TDs — as the Bengals won, 36-19.

1988 October 10, Gary Nuhn, “Bengals put Jets, ghosts of ’87 to rest”, in Dayton Daily News, volume 112, number 31, Dayton, Ohio, page 1-B:

Everything about the Superman story reads like a parable of G.I.s on the move—the special child, the corrupt older (Lost) Lex Luthor, the rocklike manliness and Formica-like blandness, the unvarying success of Supermannish strength used for community good.

1991, William Strauss, Neil Howe, Generations: The History of America’s Future, 1584 to 2069, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 263:

The Gulf War, the plight of the Kurds, the weekend at Kennebunkport, the Group of Seven conference, the flight to Moscow when the barricades were still in place, the blunt talking to the old men of China on human rights, the veto on sending troops into the Balkan quagmire of Yugoslavia — all combine to provide an image of Major as a political Clark Kent encircling the globe with Supermannish energy.

1991 October 6, Brian Dunning, “When will Major make his move?”, in The Kansas City Star, page J-1, column 2:

The few times Celeste was surprised by a fist or a glandular goon, her Supermannish strength came to her rescue.

1994, Rachel Simon, The Magic Touch, Viking, →ISBN, page 168:

Yet, as the book’s subtitle ‘Enigmas and Guesses’ suggests, Muir’s Supermannish determination is in part very clever bluster.

2000, Robert Crawford, “MacDiarmid in Montrose”, in Alex Davis, Lee M[argaret] Jenkins, editors, Locations of Literary Modernism: Region and Nation in British and American Modernist Poetry, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, part one (Obstinate Isles: The Anglo-Celtic Archipelago), page 36:

“It was going to take a Superman-type effort for us to get a victory,” Miller said. “I was feeling Supermannish.”

2000 April 30, Greg Beacham, “Miller sparks second-half rally”, in Journal and Courier, volume 82, number 121, Lafayette-West Lafayette, Ind., page C1:

Before his turn, George lays aside his glasses with a vaguely Supermannish gesture of resolution and grit.

2003, David Lipsky, Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, pages 254–255:

Edward Mehok offers a catalogue of prototypical Supermannish feats performed by Christian saints in “St. Clark of Krypton,” in Dooley and Engle, Superman at Fifty!, 123-29.

2009, Sue Taylor, Mark Newport: Superheroes In Action, Cranbrook Art Museum, →ISBN, page 17:

Resembling or characteristic of a Superman or specifically DC Comics’ Superman.


Avatard

This Friday not only has the long-awaited Avatar episode/movie "Secret of the Fire Nation," but also the broadcast premiere of "Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo." Considering TT:TiT will re-air Saturday, people that are both Avatards and Titards won't have to make the Tough Decision. Either way, looks to be a Good Friday!

2006 September 14, Antonio E. Gonzalez, “Friday: Avatar *and* Teen Titans!”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

And for the Avatards out there, some possible spoilers from the panel: […] (boy and girl on the left re-enacting script of Mai and Zuko's first kiss explored only in the Avatar comics, but with the boy=Mai and girl=Zuko just for fun)

2007 December 8, S.t.A.n.L.e.E, “Re: Anime Convention Schedule - December 2007”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

I think I'm finally satisfied with this fic. Let's share it with other Avatards and see what *they* think.

2008 December 18, CD Covington 🐀 (@exaggerated), Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-04-18:

Last month, with the unveiling of the film’s principal cast, the fans’ worst fears were realized, prompting self-proclaimed “Avatards”—chief among them ‘toon titans Yang and Kim—to launch a protest that’s generated torrents of both support and criticism. […] In short, these casting decisions ring false to the show’s spirit; the very spirit that has transfixed millions of young fans and brought legions of Avatards together into a passionate community.

2009 January 29, Jeff Yang, “'Avatar' an Asian thing- why isn't the cast?”, in SFGate, archived from the original on 2012-11-02; quoted in ““Avatar” an Asian Thing—Why Isn’t the Cast?”, in Ken White, Race, the Hollywood Way: Current Trends, Pearson Learning Solutions, 2015, →ISBN, pages 245–246:

The love Avatards have for this minor character is baffling.

2013 September 22, Mitchel Clow, “SeptBender: The best ‘The Legend of Korra’ minor characters (GIFs)”, in Hypable, archived from the original on 2018-01-31:

(fandom slang) A fan of the Avatar: The Last Airbender multimedia franchise.


Govian

Govian (comparative more Govian, superlative most Govian)

more Govian (comparative)
most Govian (superlative)

Polly Toynbee is spot on in her excoriation of Govian Gradgrindery. The inevitable marginalisation of the supposedly "soft" arts subjects in the state sector is a scandal.

2013 November 7, Ian Barge, “Children must learn to question, not simply obey”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(UK politics) Relating to British politician Michael Gove (1967–).


Phony Stark

Blend of phony (“fraudulent or fake”) + Tony Stark, referencing the fictional business magnate, inventor, and playboy from the Marvel franchise.

blend

so, yeah, five years on and people on Twitter just kinda endured the Nazis, but now Phony Stark might just tank the whole thing anyway.

2022 November 10, Muhammad (@muhammad@mastodon.social), Mastodon:

Phony Stark seems to want to drive Twitter off a cliff for whatever reason.

2023 February 6, Simon Zerafa (@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange), Mastodon:

I'm not mad at anything Phony Stark does to Twitter. I am mad (or at least dumbfounded) at respectable professionals still using that service, though.

2023 April 5, Leon Cowle (@leoncowle@hachyderm.io), Mastodon:

“As always,” Elon patronised, “please try to stay as close to the truth as possible, even for stuff you don’t like.” Likewise, Phony Stark. Likewise.

2023 October 10, Marina Hyde, “Look at the horror of the Israel-Hamas war, then at Elon Musk’s X site. It’s clear he’s not fit to run it”, in The Guardian:

(derogatory) A nickname for South African-born tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.


tribune of the plebs

en-noun

tribune of the plebs (plural tribunes of the plebs)

(Ancient Rome) The first office of the Roman state that was open to the plebeians, with the power to convene and preside over the Concilium Plebis (people's assembly); to summon the senate; to propose legislation; to intervene on behalf of plebeians in legal matters and to veto the actions of the consuls and other magistrates.


Darth Vaderish

en-adj

Darth Vaderish (comparative more Darth Vaderish, superlative most Darth Vaderish)

more Darth Vaderish (comparative)
most Darth Vaderish (superlative)
Darth Vader-ish (alternative)
Darth Vader–ish (alternative)
Darth-Vaderish (alternative)

From the Darth Vaderish heavy breathing that opens this show to the whooping and ooga-booga caveman gibberish, whistling chimes, and seductive African percussion, Levine’s score is a trash compacter powered by pure silliness.

1983 May 24, David Edelstein, “Man out to lunch”, in The Boston Phoenix, section three, page 3, column 4:

In our actual practice in daily life and thought, though, we are all fuzzies, even we economists, however glinty and Darth Vaderish we think we are made by mastery of the identification problem and the Kuhn-Tucker conditions.

1985, Donald N. McCloskey, The Rhetoric of Economics, The University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 51:

I had just opened the rear door when out the corner of my eye I began to get an inkling maybe somebody had figured where Cifelli had an office as a very Darth Vaderish black-windowed sedan slid into view, the windows slowly lowering.

1991, Stan Cutler, The Face on the Cutting Room Floor, Signet, published 1993, →ISBN, page 14:

Resembling or characteristic of Darth Vader.


trambiyo

An old monetary unit of Kutch, worth half a dokda.


Chrysaor

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χρυσάωρ (Khrusáōr).

Pegasus alone issues from the neck of the winged and decapitated Medusa,ᵇ or Chrysaor and Pegasus at the same moment.ᶜ

1855, Archaeologia, or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, Volume 36, Society of Antiquaries of London, page 59:

Medusa embraces a winged horse and a youth who have been identified as her sons, Pegasus and Chrysaor. This interpretation is problematic because it involves a temporal impossibility:⁷⁶ the inversion of time sequence. The myth, which is as early as Hesiod (Theogony, 270–82), states clearly that Pegasus was born after Medusa was decapitated.

2002, Nannó Marinatos, The Goddess and the Warrior, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 65:

An innovation comes with Chrysaor, an enigmatic figure who appears in myth in multiple forms: the most famous is the offspring of Medusa and the progenitor of various monsters, including Geryon,³⁴ making Chrysaor hardly a heroic figure.

2010, Lee E. Patterson, Kinship Myth in Ancient Greece, University of Texas Press, page 120:

(Greek mythology) A son of Poseidon and Medusa and brother of the winged horse Pegasus, often depicted as a young man, who sprang along with Pegasus from the blood of the decapitated Medusa.


Scexit

Blend of Scotland + exit, by analogy with Brexit.

As Brexit becomes a settled fact of life, it will still be a cause of remainer grievance. But it could also fuel reluctance to go through the same trauma all over again as “Scexit”. […] The message that Scexit would be even worse than Brexit can still be delivered, just not by Johnson himself.

2021 February 9, Rafael Behr, “Sturgeon and Johnson have made Scottish independence seem inevitable. It isn't”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) The (possible) act of Scotland becoming independent from the United Kingdom.


First Contact Day

en-noun

First Contact Day (plural First Contact Days)

first contact + day.
From the fictional instance of official first contact in the Star Trek fictional universe for Earth, occurring in the 1996 film First Contact on 5 April 2063. Taken by Trekkies as a day to celebrate Star Trek.

(fandom slang) April 5th, an annual occasion to celebrate Star Trek.

en:First Contact Day
en:Star Trek: First Contact

Back to the Future Day (21 October 2015)


Philomel

Above the antique mantel was displayed / As though a window gave upon the sylvan scene / The change of Philomel, by the barbarous king / So rudely forced; […]

1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part II. A Game of Chess.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, page 19:

(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Philomela


Calydonian Boar

(Greek mythology) A giant boar, who was sent by the goddess Artemis to ravage the area of Calydon.


Calydonian Hunt

(Greek mythology) The Calydonian boar hunt: the process of hunting the Calydonian Boar.


Second Republic

韓國第二共和國 /韩国第二共和国

political regime of South Korea, 1960-1961

Coordinate term: Second Empire

(historical) The second in a series of republic governments of a country or nation:

Ellipsis of French Second Republic. (1848–1852), established after the February Revolution of 1848.

French Second Republic
w:French Second Republic

French Second Republic

Ellipsis of Second Spanish Republic. (1931–1939).

Second Spanish Republic
w:Second Spanish Republic

法蘭西第二共和國 /法兰西第二共和国

political regime of France since 1848-1852

Ellipsis of Second Republic of Korea. (1960–1961).

Second Republic of Korea
w:Second Republic of Korea


Fourth Republic

French Fourth Republic
w:French Fourth Republic

(historical) Ellipsis of French Fourth Republic (“1946–1958, from the adoption of the constitution to the Algerian crisis of 1958”).

French Fourth Republic

Fourth Republic of Korea
w:Fourth Republic of Korea

(historical) Ellipsis of Fourth Republic of Korea (“political regime of South Korea under the authoritarian Yushin Constitution from 1972 to 1981”).

法蘭西第四共和國 /法兰西第四共和国

political regime of France since 1946-1958

韓國第四共和國 /韩国第四共和国

political regime of South Korea, 1972-1981


First Republic

法蘭西第一共和國 /法兰西第一共和国

political regime of France since 1792-1804

French First Republic
w:French First Republic

(historical) Ellipsis of French First Republic. (from the French Revolution to the First Empire, 1792–1804)

French First Republic

First Republic of Korea
w:First Republic of Korea

(historical) Ellipsis of First Republic of Korea (“political regime under Syngman Rhee of South Korea from 1948 to 1960”).

韓國第一共和國 /韩国第一共和国

political regime of South Korea, 1948-1960


Sixth Republic

But perhaps the biggest reason a Sixth Republic may not be imminent is that in the current fractured state of French politics, there is no majority for it among MPs – even if it makes parliament stronger.

2023 May 6, Jon Henley, “Vive la révolution! But is France ready to establish a Sixth Republic?”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

A hypothetical successor to France's current Fifth Republic.

Sixth Republic of Korea
w:Sixth Republic of Korea

Ellipsis of Sixth Republic of Korea (“political regime of South Korea since 1987”).

韓國第六共和國 /韩国第六共和国

political regime of South Korea, 1987-present


walking dead

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

The term I've typically seen used for the latter is "walking dead" -- meaning you can still wander around, but no progress can be made, and therefore you have effectively lost the game -- ie "died" -- and just don't know it.

2005 March 4, M. Damian Dollahite, “Re: Boundlessness & IF”, in rec.arts.int-fiction (Usenet):

There are numerous ways to instantly get killed, as well as walking dead situations, which were practically banned across all other adventure games when this game was released in 1996.

2018 October 3, Kurt Kalata, “Dragon Lore II: Heart of the Dragon Man”, in Hardcore Gaming 101:

[I]t’s inevitable that we’d have some walking dead scenarios. Regretfully, I hit one. [...] I left my Boysenberry computer at my house when I headed off to the airport. [...] I [...] jumped into a cannibal-infested jungle before discovering that I lose immediately if I parachute in without the computer.

2021 February 23, Joe Pranevich, “Missed Classic: Bureaucracy - Won! And Final Rating”, in The Adventurers Guild:

(video games) Corresponding to an unwinnable game state, where the player can still act in the game world but victory is impossible.


Klingonian

en-adj

Klingonian (comparative more Klingonian, superlative most Klingonian)

more Klingonian (comparative)
most Klingonian (superlative)

Anyway, German has the highest percentage of foreign literature in translation (taking over the lead from Russian), and although Canadian authors have indeed at high reputation among readers, US-American and British books (as well as French, Swedish, Israeli and Klingonian ones) also get a fair chance at the German reading public’s interest.

2000, Ellipse, Université de Sherbrooke, page 42:

‘Manga’. No matter how Klingonian this sounds to you, it has been a worldwidely-known word since 1990.

2005, The Broken Mirror: Portrait of the Self, Langgeng Gallery, page 115:

As an example, if we need to create a Klingonian locale file based on English language, we have to open a shell to create the new file in this way: / # cp share/locale/eng-GB.ini / share/locale/kln-KL.ini

2009, Francesco Fullone, Francesco Trucchia, eZ Publish 4: Enterprise Web Sites Step-by-Step, Packt Publishing, →ISBN:

As was the case with his father, words from Bobby Junior’s mouth appeared to be spoken in some far-removed Klingonian dialect.

2018, Jeff Pearlman, “Title Dreams”, in Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 94:

“Don’t you remember me? I’m the passenger in the taxi which almost knocked you down last night,” Laura addressed her in what she liked to call “Scandinavian”, a concoction of Swedish and Danish, that is, she had learned to get by with in most Scandinavian countries except Finland, of course. Helle’s face lit up with an expression of recognition. She groped in her coat pocket and pulled out Laura’s “Klingonian” address. Laura nodded.

2019, Paul Werner, The Last Voyage of the Yankee Seas, TWENTYSIX, →ISBN, page 59:

Yet, somehow, today there is a quasi-official Klingon language institute, people who speak Klingon almost exclusively, and alleged cases of persons who want to raise their children in Klingon-speaking households. (Ludlow 2006: 162–3) […] Klingon may fictionally have begun its existence among fictional extra-terrestrials, and actual households may communicate in an actual language that has all the characteristic Klingonian flair, but that is nevertheless not Klingon.

2020, Stefano Predelli, “Cat’s Cradle: Peripheral Importations”, in Fictional Discourse: A Radical Fictionalist Semantics, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, section 5 (Fictional Languages), pages 82–83:

Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Klingon language.


mindmeld

en-verb

mindmeld (third-person singular simple present mindmelds, present participle mindmelding, simple past and past participle mindmelded)

mindmelds (present singular third-person)
mindmelding (participle present)
mindmelded (participle past)
mindmelded (past)
mind-meld (alternative)

Compound of mind + meld, originally from the Star Trek franchise.

Besides, the old Social Bandit has been soft on Wasps since the moonshot, when he mindmelded with the astronauts.

1993, Norman Mailer, “The Trouble With Harry”, in John Leonard, editor, The Last Innocent White Man in America, and Other Writings, New York, N.Y.: The New Press, →ISBN, page 189:

We are now deep into jury selection, eight days in court huddled at the table with our jury consultant, trying to mindmeld with strangers whose names have been churned out from computerized voter lists and drivers' license records at DMV.

2005, Steve Martini, Double Tap, Coalville, Leicestershire: Charnwood, published 2006, →ISBN, page 295:

That didn't happen with [Adam] Franklin, who was probably too distracted in 2008 by his underrated band's reunion, as well as his brilliant solo effort Bolts of Melody, to take over the wheel of Magnetic Morning. Instead, the two UK musicians mindmelded and found a middle ground, which sounds very cool indeed.

2008 October 12, Scott Thill, “Swervedriver and Interpol's Magnetic Morning Dawns”, in Wired, San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-08:

(colloquial) To form a mind meld; to create a deep connection with someone, as though combining into a single mind.


JCS

Joint Chiefs of Staff
w:Joint Chiefs of Staff

(US politics) Initialism of Joint Chiefs of Staff.


Four Hundred

(Ancient Greece) A short-lived oligarchy that replaced the democratic government of ancient Athens following the Athenian coup of 411 BCE.


Gold Democrat

(US politics, historical) A member or supporter of the National Democratic Party (United States).


PJO

Percy Jackson & the Olympians
w:Percy Jackson & the Olympians

Initialism of Percy Jackson & the Olympians.


wilamowitzianus

Named after the German classicist Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff.

(poetry, Ancient Rome) a meter consisting of two choriambs, used in Attic tragedy and in Roman comedy, used by Plautus and Terence.

Metres of Roman comedy#Wilamowitzianus
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff


order paper

(Commonwealth) the daily agenda of a Westminster system legislature


Corporation

In one respect at least the Corporation acts as the superior body: it imposes on the House of Commons a figure called the remembrancer: an official lobbyist who sits behind the Speaker's chair and ensures that, whatever our elected representatives might think, the City's rights and privileges are protected.

2011 October 31, George Monbiot, “The medieval, unaccountable Corporation of London is ripe for protest”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

City of London Corporation
City of London Corporation#English

(UK politics) Ellipsis of City of London Corporation.


Sunakian

en-adj

Sunakian (comparative more Sunakian, superlative most Sunakian)

more Sunakian (comparative)
most Sunakian (superlative)

If Sunak is highly regarded by his colleagues, he does not have a dedicated group of supporters in Parliament: there is no Sunakian equivalent of the Portillistas, the Brownites, or the Friends of Dave.

2020, Michael Ashcroft, Going for Broke: The Rise of Rishi Sunak, London: Biteback Publishing, →ISBN, page unknown:

With the markets duly placated by Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement, some senior Tories even began to worry that Sunakian stability and fiscal orthodoxy would be too boring a platform on which to face Labour at the next election.

2022 December 7, “The Guardian view on Sunak and the strikes: misreading the mood of the nation”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) Of or pertaining to Rishi Sunak (born 1980), British Conservative politician and Prime Minister from 2022 to 2024.


Portillista

Yet despite that pedigree, he describes himself as "essentially a Portillista" – liberal on social affairs, centre-right on economics.

2001 October 3, Matthew Tempest, “New Labour's power-dressed future”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) A political supporter of Michael Portillo (born 1953), British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative politician.


DeSantisian

DeSantisian (comparative more DeSantisian, superlative most DeSantisian)

more DeSantisian (comparative)
most DeSantisian (superlative)

It was all very Trumpian. Or, perhaps it is more accurate to say, very DeSantisian. Because this governor was on a mission. If Trump decided to bid for the presidency again in 2024, the word was, DeSantis wanted to be his running mate.

2022, John Nichols, “Ron DeSantis’s Imperial Overreach”, in Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers: Accountability for Those Who Caused the Crisis, London: Verso, →ISBN, page 165:

In a thread responding to her friend’s tweet, by the way, Mandel echoed DeSantisian politics, suggesting that those who disagreed with her might be groomers.

2023 March 15, Philip Bump, “A viral moment reinforces the hollowness of ‘woke’ as an attack”, in The Washington Post:

Marge exclaims that David is a masterpiece. 'It's filth! It graphically portrays parts of the human body which, practical as they may be, are evil,' replies one of the DeSantisian sisters.

2023 April 8, Atanu Biswas, “How Michelangelo’s David continues to scandalise many”, in The Economic Times:

(US politics) Of or pertaining to Ron DeSantis (born 1978), American politician.


Bajrangbali

Borrowed from Hindi बजरंगबली (bajraṅgablī).


paragade

(fandom slang, video games) A play style in the Mass Effect series in which options from both the paragon and renegade orientations are selected about equally.


Disneyphobia

Harriette Hunt of Port St. Lucie traced her Disneyphobia back through the years. “I’ve never liked Disney,” Harriette Hunt explained.

1982 September 26, Ray Washington, “And then there are those who haven’t been to Disney World”, in The News Tribune, Fort Pierce, Fla./Port St. Lucie, Fla., page B13:

Add to these the writers who’ve seen their prices drop and their work “managed” beyond recognition, the directors who have been stripped of their autonomy, the agents who have been left sitting alone at the negotiating table, and the long list of litigants who’ve felt the heat of Disney’s legendarily voracious legal team, and you have a fairly large population of Disneyphobes. Last spring, the conclusion to a pair of brutal alley fights with the Muppets and Peggy Lee moved Disneyphobia from the back tables at Mortons into the mainstream of public opinion.

1991 November, Peter J. Boyer, “Katzenberg’s seven-year itch: Showtown superstition has it that Jeffrey Katzenberg’s winning streak at Disney is over, but the studio boss is determined to beat the odds”, in Vanity Fair, page 146, column 3:

Comments one French writer bemused by the outbreak of Disneyphobia: “We’ve never really forgiven the Americans for liberating us.”

1992 April 8, Alex Beam, “Eek! A mouse!”, in The Boston Globe, volume 241, number 99, page 19:

Strange affliction, Disneyphobia — and not very flattering. The dark pronouncements about Disney’s purchase of ABC contain an element of condescension; Disney’s products have widespread appeal, making them easy targets for snobs. The company also enjoys considerable success, which attracts the enmity of liberals who resent winners because winners have no need for liberalism’s pet virtue: compassion.

1995 August 11, “The Disneyphobes”, in Richmond Times-Dispatch, 145th year, number 223, Richmond, Va., page A14:

The issues of control and corporatism in community development that Beardsley raises deserve serious debate with less pop Disneyphobia and a little more historical professional perspective.

The 12-cartoon, 90-minute program, beginning Friday at the Cinema Village (22 E. 12th St., 212-924-3363, Manhattan), includes some truly outrageous racial stereotypes, sexist imagery, xenophobia and even Disney[-]phobia: “Coal Black and the Sebben Dwarfs” a parody of “Snow White,” has some terrific animation but is rampant with racist cliches.

1997 March 12, John Anderson, “When That Outwageous Bunny Was Bad”, in Newsday, volume 57, number 191, page B11:

One explanation for the strength of this Disneyphobia is that the vast majority of film critics do not like movies that are not obviously difficult and complicated. […] A more general reason for Disneyphobia is that the middle class seems naturally inclined to the Stoic error that enjoyment is incompatible with edification.

1999 October 26, Matthew d’Ancona, “Disney as the New Shakespeare”, in Ottawa Citizen, page A16:

Times Square, Disneyphobia, HegeMickey, The Ricky Principle, and the downside of the entertainment economy: it’s fun-dumb-mental

2001 December, Morris B. Holbrook, Marketing Theory, volume 1, page 139:

I had all but made peace with my Disneyphobia until one day last week while wandering through Target hunting a bath mat. […] a hoss of a woman screeched into her cell phone, rattling the lamps in the light fixture aisle. […] “[…] we thought we’d run on down to Disney for a few days.[…]” […] She had uttered the worst word possible: Disney. I fear it like a child scared of spooks under a bed. We have lucked out in the Disney department, thanks to the fact that Myrtle Beach, S.C., has Lazy Rivers and plenty of stucco’d and plastic wonders to entertain the children. […] Even in my in-laws do Disney every other year or so, and they’re almost 100. How come they can withstand 11 hours of driving that boring old highway fighting traffic, then checking into a crowded motel packed with obnoxious parents and hacking children?

2004 December 8, Susan Reinhardt, “Facing my fear: Doing Disney with the crowds”, in Asbury Park Press, page 18:

The entire experience was more overwhelming than a case of Disney-phobia. I’d just as soon hit four theme parks than ever return to a high school football game where rivals are playing and the teens are out en masse.

2005 August 30, Susan Reinhardt, “Football game injected me with a dose of culture shock and an eye full of hoochie-coochie”, in Asheville Citizen-Times, page D1:

Jon Harrison copes with Disneyphobia

But now I think I’ve found a particularly disturbing and personally resonant reason for my Disneyphobia. About ten minutes into Frozen, there’s a crucial and decidedly dark plot twist, when Anna and Elsa’s parents, the king and queen of Arendelle, board a sailing ship. In a startlingly graphic ten-second sequence, the ship is caught in a violent storm, overwhelmed by towering waves and dragged under. Small wonder she doesn’t want ‘to sink to the bottom of the water’. Who can blame her? Curse you, Mickey Mouse.

2018, Jonathan Gornall, How to Build a Boat: A Father, His Daughter, and the Unsailed Sea, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN:


Disneyphilia

All the other shoppers were mousepeople, too, each one a nightmarish assemblage of disparate organs, the hideous creation of some demented vivisectionist, some latter-day Dr. Moreau with Disneyphilia and a sharp scalpel.

1987 July, Vance Aandahl, “Deathmatch In Disneyland”, in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 73, number 1 (whole 434), →ISSN, page 149, column 1:

Arlene and Irwin Isaacs, psychotherapists from Fort Lauderdale, gush with Disneyphilia. “We believe that Walt Disney was a visionary person who had certain spiritual revelations of how the world should be, and we’d love to live in the middle of it.”

1995 December 10, “Celebration — it’s a small town, after all”, in The Sacramento Bee, volume 278, section “Forum”, page 6:

Brazil: Disneyphilia is so rampant that the Magic Kingdom issued etiquette kits to Orlando-bound Brazilians.

1996 December 30/1997 January 6, “Globoculture Creep: From Beijing to Rio, from São Paolo to Shiraz, American pop style finds a home away from home”, in Newsweek, volume CXXIX, number 1, page 72:

Among them were folks who made a point of not identifying as Disneyphiles, and who vocally berated those who were infantilized as “Disney nuts” or mindwashed “Disnoids.” Predictably, it was among the most highly educated and professional residents that the scorn for Disneyphilia was most pronounced.

1999, Andrew Ross, “Our Much-Rumored Life”, in The Celebration Chronicles: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Property Values in Disney’s New Town, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 110:

Finally, it would be no fun working on a book like this if I couldn’t share my Disneyphilia with my wife, Alice, and daughter, Jessie.

2000, Leonard Maltin, The Disney Films, Disney Editions, →ISBN:

Different selections from Dress Shop, created by Disney Parks Merchandise, match the level of Disneyphilia of the customers.

2017 April 28, Dewayne Bevil, “Dress Shop makes snazzy Disney duds”, in Orlando Sentinel, page D8:


Disneybounder

Disneybounders (plural)
DisneyBounder (alternative)

A Disneybounder might wear a yellow skirt, blue top, red bow and apple pin as a quiet shout-out to Snow White or go all-green with a feathered fedora to represent Peter Pan.

2015 May 18, Dewayne Bevil, “Disney fans display devotion”, in Sun Sentinel, volume 56, number 23, page 3B:

In time, Disneybounders began wearing their costume-related dress to work and social occasions beyond the theme parks.

2019, Therèsa M. Winge, Costuming Cosplay: Dressing the Imagination, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

When a Disneybounder designs an outfit, they decide which elements are most important to that character and the Disneybounder’s representation of it on the Disney stage.

2022, Rebecca Rowe, “To Act Like a Kid or Not to Act Like a Kid: Disneybounding in the Parks”, in Sabrina Mittermeier, editor, Fan Phenomena: Disney, Intellect, →ISBN, part 2 (The Disney Theme Parks and Their Fans):

As a Disneybounder myself, my best advice is to have fun with it. That might sound cliché, but it’s true. Don’t stress about not looking like a carbon copy of your favorite character or princess.

2023 March 1, Casey Clark, “Disneybounding lets you dress up as your favorite Disney characters”, in The Daily Journal, volume 149, number 51, page 5B:

(fandom slang) One who incorporates The Walt Disney Company–themed elements in their fashion.


Disneybound

en-noun

Disneybound (countable and uncountable, plural Disneybounds)

Disneybounds (plural)
DisneyBound (alternative)

Coined by Leslie Kalbfleisch (a.k.a. Leslie Kay) in 2011 with her Tumblr blog called DisneyBound, from Disney + -bound. Kay described the context: “It was a travel site. My best friend and I were heading to Disney World, and we had been planning that trip since we were young … I was using this blog as a way to channel my excitement because we were literally Disney-bound. So I started doing these outfits, which is something that I always did when I was a little kid … I could dress up in these clothes without it actually being a costume.”

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Leslie Kalbfleisch (<abbr title="also known as">a.k.a.</abbr> Leslie Kay)

When showing off a Disneybound outfit online, it’s good form to link to where others can buy those clothes.

2017, Zoe Fraade-Blanar, Aaron M. Glazer, Superfandom: How Our Obsessions Are Changing What We Buy and Who We Are, Profile Books, →ISBN:

Disneybound has an even stronger impact when it’s seen on a pair or group, [Leo] Camacho said. […] The objective of Disneybound is to extract the essence of the character’s outfit and convey it subtly. […] Ultimately, “Disneybound is all about individuality,” she [Leslie Kay] said, and what she wants is for people to take the idea and use it to express their personal style, whether it’s punk, goth, sporty, vintage or preppy.

2015 November 18, Lisa Liddane, “Can’t dress up at Disneyland? Streetwear meets Disney in ‘Disneybound’ style”, in The Orange County Register, archived from the original on 2017-05-04:

In addition, one of the more formal ways that Cosplayers extend the Cosplay experiences in everyday life is by practicing Disneybound, […] Disneybound Bambi is accomplished by wearing light brown clothing and a scarf with white dots, […] In addition to the sartorial practice of Disneybound, there is Princessing and Princing, which range from dressing and performing as princesses and princess to wearing portions of costumes or clothes color blocked similar to a princess or prince characters. […] Cosplayers participate in Disneybound and Princessing/Princing because it allows them to share their love of their favorite characters beyond the fandom too.

(fandom slang, uncountable) The practice of Disneybounding; incorporating The Walt Disney Company–themed elements in one’s fashion.


Bouphonia

The annual sacrifice of an ox and mock trial of the slaughterer at the ancient Athenian Dipolieia.


VPOTUS

(US politics) Acronym of Vice President of the United States.


yazidiat

Borrowed from Urdu یزیدیت (yazīdiyat), Named after Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, the second ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate who is considered the killer of Imam al-Husayn at Karbala'.

named-after

Soon after his tweet, Pakistan Peoples Party General Secretary Farhatullah Babar replied: “Religion is best kept out of politics.” Babar urged him to join hands against different manifestations of Yazidiat^([sic]).

2022 August 7, “PTI to reveal next plan of action on 13th”, in The Express Tribune:

(Pakistani politics) tyranny, oppression


Trump train

(US politics, informal) Political support for Donald Trump.


Necessitas

(Roman mythology, Orphic theology) The personification of absolute necessity; Ananke.


Teflon Don

From teflon (“able to easily shrug off or deflect criticism or blame”) + Don (diminutive of Donald), for Trump’s supposed ability to dodge legal matters.

Former President Trump – long deemed Teflon Don for his ability to dodge legal matters – is facing a series of serious criminal charges brought by the Justice Department, which unsealed a 37-count indictment on Friday related to his handling of classified documents.

2023 June 10, “Trump faces biggest challenge yet to 'Teflon Don' persona”, in The Hill:


Disneylandification

Thus it becomes inevitable that the border to kitsch and ‘Disneylandification’ will be crossed, quite often even under the formally correct surveillance of the authorities.

2010, Susanne Oberheu, Michael Wadenpohl, Cappadocia: A Travel Guide Through the Land of Fairychimneys and Rock Castles, →ISBN, page 26:

If it is the case elsewhere that the tourist industry has ‘touristified’ urban centres that already existed, subjecting them to a process of Disneylandification, Las Vegas is a tourist city created from scratch in the middle of the Mojave Desert, designed purely for the function of drawing in and accommodating tourists.

2021, Marco D'Eramo, The World in a Selfie: An Inquiry into the Tourist Age, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 127:

Residents distance themselves from the Disneylandification of the city

2022, Zara Pinto-Coelho, Helena Pires, editors, The City of the Senses, the Senses in the City, UMinho Editora, →ISBN, page 116:

(informal) The process of making or turning into something resembling Disneyland; homogenization and commercialization, especially in tourism.


victicrat

victicrats (plural)
victocrat (alternative)

Does this country have a race problem or are we all held hostage to a "victicrat" mentality?

2000, Larry Elder, The Ten Things You Can't Say in America, page 4:

(US politics) One who espouses a victim mentality, especially believing that every negative situation in their life is brought about due to their race.


Hopey McChange

From hope + -y + Mc- + change, in reference to Obama's political campaigning; see Barack Obama "Hope" poster and compare hopeium.

Is that why Hopey McChange had a beer with Biden, that professor and that cop?

2010 November 11, theget, “o/t - Is George W Bush a Racist?”, in alt.tv.law-and-order (Usenet):

First it was "my father served in WWII", now an enormous error in mixing up the dead with the living Medal of Honor Recipients. How do you suppose the magic President Hopey McChange, with the mind of a computer can make all these errors?

2011 June 26, Sorbo, “AP Goes All Orwell in Covering Obama Apology for MOH Gaffe It Originally Ignored”, in soc.retirement (Usenet):

But Hopey McChange just asked for more money to give to people who are below water.

2012 February 8, theget, “OT The Good Example”, in alt.tv.law-and-order (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory) A nickname for former US president Barack Obama.


Russian world

Calque of Russian ру́сский мир (rússkij mir).

calque

ру́сский мир

The community of Russia as its own world; the Russosphere.


tsuchigumo

(Japanese mythology) A member of a race of spider-like yokai.


CGDCT

cute girls doing cute things
cute girls doing cute things#English

(anime) Initialism of cute girls doing cute things.


Voice

(Australian politics) The Indigenous Voice to Parliament proposal


Kadyrovite

From Kadyrov + -ite, a calque of Russian кадыровец (kadyrovec), from Кадыров (Kadyrov) + -ец (-ec, “person associated with”).

suffix

"We are well aware of the special operation that was to take place directly by the Kadyrovites to eliminate our president. And I can say that we have received information from the FSB, who today do not want to take part in this bloody war," Danilov said. "And thanks to this, the Kadyrov elite group was destroyed, which came here to eliminate our president."

2022 March 2, Brigid Kennedy, “Ukraine reportedly foiled a Zelensky assassination plot after a tipoff from Russian authorities”, in The Week:

Most of the Russian servicemen sitting in and atop 34 armed personnel carriers that rolled into Bucha on February 27 were ethnic Chechens, according to Ukrainian military leaders and government officials. Bearded and burly, clad in brand new, perfectly fitting uniforms and toting assault rifles, they hoped to whiz through the leafy suburb northwest of Kyiv to enter the Ukrainian capital on the war’s third day. They are known as “Kadyrovtsy” or “Kadyrovites” after their leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnya’s pro-Kremlin strongman, and their reputation preceded them.

[2022 August 18, Mansur Mirovalev, “The real role of pro-Russian Chechens in Ukraine”, in Al Jazeera:

"The claimed return of Chechen forces to offensive operations would break Kadyrovites from a nearly yearlong hiatus from participating in high-intensity combat operations," the ISW wrote, noting Kadyrov's troops "have been largely operating in the rear after participating in the battles for Mariupol, Severodonetsk, and Lysychansk.

2023 June 1, David Brennan, “Why Chechens Can't Replace Wagner in Ukraine”, in Newsweek:

A member of the 141st Special Motorized Regiment, or any other formation subordinate to Ramzan Kadyrov.

This state of affairs is not going to last forever. Interests will diverge, and when they do Kadyrov and the Kadyrovites will be in an unenviable position. It is difficult to imagine anywhere on the planet where they will be able to find refuge.

2011, Anna Politkovskaya, translated by Arch Tait, Is Journalism Worth Dying For?: Final Dispatches, Melville House, →ISBN:

Politkovskaya was taken back to see him again the next morning, and found him with a Kadyrovite in a black T-shirt who snarled at her: 'You should have been shot back in Moscow, in the street, the way they do it in Moscow.'

2013, Angus Roxburgh, The Strongman: Vladimir Putin and the Struggle for Russia, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

Any other supporter of or a person close to Ramzan Kadyrov or his father, Akhmad Kadyrov.


Kadyrovite

Ruslan Kutaev is evidence of this: not only was the elderly man sentenced to four years in prison (later commuted to two months), but he was tortured and his family threatened. This seems to be the price of viewing the world in other than Kadyrovite terms.

2018, Dominic Rubin, Russia's Muslim Heartlands: Islam in the Putin Era, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 207:

Kadyrovite Chechens, and not Dudaevite Chechens, such as Osmaev, were convicted as the assassins (and this was a clear victory for the FSB), but the "chain leading upwards" was capped at a rather low level (and this was a victory for Putin).

2019, John B. Dunlop, The February 2015 Assassination of Boris Nemtsov and the Flawed Trial of his Alleged Killers, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 59:

Supporting or pertaining to the Kadyrovs or their ideas.


Cobra

Boris Johnson was accused on Saturday of being “missing in action” after failing to attend a Cobra meeting to discuss the national heatwave emergency following predictions that thousands could die in the coming days.

2022 July 16, Mark Townsend, James Tapper, “Johnson skips emergency Cobra meeting as experts warn thousands may die in UK heatwave”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

In the UK, a Cobra security meeting was called and in Estonia, which neighbours Russia, the prime minister, Kaja Kallas, said there was strengthened security on the border.

2023 June 24, Pjotr Sauer, Andrew Roth, “Putin accuses Wagner chief of treason and vows to ‘neutralise’ uprising”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(UK politics) Alternative letter-case form of COBRA


Presumably the mindwipe process is unstable in suspended animation, so they didn't want to bother until they were ready to bring the bizarros up to active use. And any lingering imperfections in the duplicator can explain "out of character" incidents on the part of the SW6ers.

1992 August 5, David VanDomelen, “LSH clones speculation }->”, in rec.arts.comics.misc (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A member of Batch SW6, a group of time-displaced duplicates of the early Legion of Super-Heroes in the DC Comics Universe.


Xfic

en-noun

Xfic (countable and uncountable, plural Xfics)

I have just completed an Xfic, and would like to post it to get some feedback. The story is in 9 parts, with some parts up to 2000 words. Is 2000 words acceptible^([sic]) for a posting length, or should I break the longer parts into smaller lengths for posting?

1997 February 26, Sean, “posting length query”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

(countable, fandom slang) A fanfic based on The X-Files television series.


simulpub

en-verb

simulpub (third-person singular simple present simulpubs, present participle simulpubbing, simple past and past participle simulpubbed)

simulpubs (present singular third-person)
simulpubbing (participle present)
simulpubbed (participle past)
simulpubbed (past)

Probably a blend of simulcast + publish.

To simultaneously publish manga in multiple markets.


SNCC

SNCC’s move toward pursuing more radical ideals actually began in 1966 when the group spoke out against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

2013, Michael V. Uschan, James Foreman and SNCC, Greenhaven Publishing, →ISBN, page 90:

w:Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

(US politics, historical) Initialism of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.


Orkxit

Blend of Orkney + exit. Modelled after Brexit, Grexit, Quexit, etc.

You've heard of Brexit, maybe even Scexit - now the UK might have to prepare for Orkxit. ¶ The Orkney Islands, which lie 20 miles north of the Scottish mainland, have voted to explore "alternative governance" which could include leaving the UK and returning to its Scandic roots with Norway.

2023 July 4, Gina Davidson, “Orkney votes to explore ways to leave UK”, in LBC:

This matters because after the tragicomedies of Brexit and Grexit, the world has been enjoying the spectacle of “Orkxit”. This month it was suggested that the Orkney Islands might like to secede from Britain and become a self-governing territory of Norway.

2023 July 13, “Why the Orkney Islands are considering joining Norway”, in The Economist:

There’s a move in the islands to secede from Britain and join Norway or even Denmark — an Orkxit to follow Brexit.

2023 July 21, “Dinner Party Intel: Gray Lady blows the final whistle”, in Financial Mail:

(UK politics, neologism) The potential transfer of the Orkney Islands from the United Kingdom and Scotland to Norway, reversing its annexation by Scotland in 1472.


Svarga

Swerga (alternative)
Swergas (alternative)

(Hinduism) The celestial abode of the devas.