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The Pantomime Factor 

The Pantomime Factor is a device used by writers of film and TV dramas that has the audience shouting at the screen, when what the hero or heroine is about to do, defies imagination and logic.
An example of The Pantomime Factor.

The heroine on a dark night walks alone into her unlit house which clearly has had a forced entry and fails to see a figure lurking in the dark as they stumble about, never even thinking about turning on a light.
More impressionable observers will be shouting; "Look out behind you!" and similar warnings at the screen, but of course to no avail.
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1. To act out in a very over the top way.

2. A truly mad old English tradition still performed today of rampant cross dressing and Carry On style humour performed on stage primarily for kids.

Extremely popular at Christmas and always traditionally contains the phrase 'It's behind you!' no matter what the production. Also the place where z-list celebs earn their keep.

Completely hatstand! All Americans should catch one when in Blighty, as it will pop their heads!
1. God this is getting to be a right pantomime.

2. I wonder which long forgotten reality TV show 'celebrity' will be the pantomime dame in our production of Cinderella?
Pantomime by ..WiL May 27, 2005
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A British form of comic theatre for a family audience. Typically features a number of stock characters, such as the dame, an exagerrated female character played by a man in drag; and the principal boy, usually the title character, played by a woman.

Pantomimes, also known as pantos, are usually based on classic fairy tales or children's stories, such as Snow White, Cinderella, Dick Whittington and Jack and the Beanstalk.

The audience is expected to get involved, by shouting "He's behind you", "Oh, no it isn't", "Oh, yes it is", etc, or booing and hissing the main villian.
Did you know Ian McKellen is staring in a pantomime this year?
pantomime by Bronzefinger September 23, 2006
communication only by gestures or facial expressions, no words.
You can see several people use pantomime in other foreign countries.
pantomime by jerseywonton February 29, 2004

panomies 

The guy who has an appetite for sex and is not afraid to satisfy it. While doing so, he becomes a legend and widely known as "the man who gives pleasure to the women".
Wow, look at that panomies! I bet he just had a night of some serious lovemaking!
panomies by joggier April 30, 2011
a wicked good song by the rock group Incubus, which poetically speaks of fantasies and showing emotion with gestures! yay!
"in my fantasy/you look good intwined/in my hair and skin and spit and sweat and spilled red wine"
pantomime by me June 16, 2004
Pantomime pan-toe-myme.

The sexual act of covering a recipient's entire facial region with human ejaculate, so much so that the face resembles that of the commonplace thespian 'pantomime' actor.

After being pantomimed, one often explore the action of pantomiming themselves with the limb searching of invisible objects (such as, but not limited to, glass cases of emotion, walls, ladders, etc.).
I watched a porno where that kid got totally pantomimed.

I want to pantomime the shit out of Megan Fox.

I was looking up at him eagerly... and then he pantomimed me.

My girlfriend is a slut... she totally wants me to pantomime her.
pantomime by Pantomoneous February 3, 2010