TFTG

From TF (“transformation”) + TG (“transgender”).

af

(pornography) A transformation sequence where a character turns into another gender.


gaslight romance

en-noun

gaslight romance (countable and uncountable, plural gaslight romances)

(literature) A subgenre of fantasy and historical fiction that combines Gothic elements with a Victorian or Edwardian setting.


Arceism

Beyond those holidays, Arceism should be celebrated by one's own interpretation.

Arceus is ironically worshipped within the Pokémon community, as in the Facebook Page “Arceism” naming a fictional religion centered around it [6].

2023, Suraj Sood, “The Augmented Cognition of Religion and Spirituality in Media”, in Augmented Cognition:

In mainstream Arceism, Arceus is regarded as the creator of all Pokemon, Ghost-types included.

2024 November 28, ElSquibbonator, Reddit:

new religious movement
new religious movement

(fandom slang, video games, anime, manga) A parody religion or new religious movement based on the Pokémon franchise, centered on the veneration of Arceus, a creator deity in the canon of the series.


TTSL

(radio) Initialism of total time spent listening.


tally light

(television) A light on a video camera indicating that it is actively filming.


VBI

(television) Initialism of vertical blanking interval.


ANR

(broadcasting) Initialism of audio news release.


AQH

(broadcasting) Initialism of average quarter-hour.


VNR

(broadcasting) Initialism of video news release.


five-and-under

(broadcasting) Of a role or part: involving no more than five spoken lines (and thus earning less money than others).


clear-channel

(US, radio) Of or relating to those AM radio stations having the highest level of protection from interference from other stations, particularly from nighttime skywave signals.


sports gathering

(broadcasting) The collection of information related to sporting events.


cable puller

(television) An employee responsible for the management and setup of cables.


barker channel

(television) A television channel consisting of only sales promotion and advertising, usually marketing various features of the service carrying the channel.


XLS

(television) Initialism of extra-long shot.


live on tape

(television) Produced like a live broadcast (in one take with little or no editing), but recorded to be broadcast later.


flipover

(television) A screen wipe effect resembling the turning of the page of a book.


news wheel

The demands of filling a news wheel don't leave much time for anything else. The differences between radio and television also dictate what kind of information the producer wants to use.

2005, Brad Schultz, Broadcast News Producing, page 127:

So we're competing with a somewhat different product — news programming as opposed to news wheels.

2023, Johnston Carla Brooks, Winning the Global TV News Game:

(broadcasting) A news broadcast that is regularly repeated with the latest updates.


shot box

The zoom lenses on many studio cameras have shot boxes that can electronically memorize several preselected zoom speed and focal length settings.

1996, Ron Whittaker, Video Field Production, page 107:

(film, television) A video camera attachment for controlling and storing lens settings.


run of station

(broadcasting, advertising) The broadcaster's freedom to run a given advertisement at any time in the schedule.


xvideo

Compound of X (“obscene, adult, pornographic”, adjective) + video. The website sense is derived from a notional singular form of XVideos, a pornographic video-sharing website, itself named after the first etymological root and coined in 2007 by the website creator Stephane Michael Pacaud.

compound+

(pornography, Internet slang, generally uncommon) A pornographic video or film; a porno.

(pornography, Internet slang, rare) Alternative form of XVideo (“a pornographic video uploaded to XVideos”).


locus amoenus

Learned borrowing from Latin locus amoenus (“pleasant place”).

lbor

(literature, poetry) A literary motif of an idealised place of safety or comfort, typically comprising a meadow, trees (for shade) and water; sometimes evoking connotations of Eden or Elysium.


pinkface

From pink + face, by analogy with blackface.

(informal, film, television) The use of a straight actor to play an LGBT role or character.


pirate radio station

en-noun

pirate radio station (plural pirate radio stations)

(radio) An illegal radio station that broadcasts without a license.


underground people

The inhabitants of Rügen believe in three kinds of Dwarfs, or underground people, the White, the Brown, and the Black, so named from the colour of their several habiliments.

1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 281:

Gross superstition still prevails in most parts of Nordland, particularly regarding the underground people.

1872 November 14, Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the Country, San Francisco, page 425, column 1:

(folklore) Any of the fairy folk, trolls, dwarfs, or other supernatural beings, that primarily live underground.


heroic epic

(literature) A long poem that recounts the story of a hero's adventures and deeds, and is usually written in an elevated style.


ectoblaster

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


monster boy

Gender inversion of monster girl, which is a calque of Japanese モンスター娘 (monsutā musume).

calque

(anime and manga) A fictional male character who shares visual traits with a monster.

hirviöpoika

fictional male character with monster traits


monster girl

Calque of Japanese モンスター娘 (monsutā musume).

(anime and manga) A fictional female character who shares visual traits with a monster.

monster meisje

fictional female character with monster traits


fill light

(film, television, photography, theater) A light that may be used to reduce the contrast of a scene to match the dynamic range of the recording media and capture the amount of detail typically seen by eye in average conditions.


repulsor ray

Tony Stark makes you feel
He’s a cool exec with a heart of steel.
As Iron Man, all jets ablaze,
He’s fighting and smiting with repulsor rays!
Amazing armor! That’s Iron Man!
A blazing power! That’s Iron Man!

1966, “Iron Man (theme song)”, Jacques Urbont (lyrics) (The Marvel Super Heroes (television series)):

(science fiction) An energetic ray that pushes away or repels objects.