A basement demon is a common yet vague term for the "Demons" or monsters that hunt you in the basement or a dark area or room after you turned off the lights in that area. Basically, it is a fear of something hunting you in the dark which makes people run for their lives after switching of the lights.
Related: Nyctophobia
Related: Nyctophobia
"Bro I had a near escape from the basement demon yesterday"
"me too"
"what's a basement demon?"
"Did you spawn in the world as an adult or do you seriously not know what it means"
"me too"
"what's a basement demon?"
"Did you spawn in the world as an adult or do you seriously not know what it means"
by DictionaryDecimator July 01, 2024
"The last chapter had a ten-year time skip, and suddenly everyone was having kids, mortgages and unpaid water taxes"
by DictionaryDecimator July 07, 2024
"By the third season, the main antagonist had suffered such villain decay, he was less scary than a wet sponge."
by DictionaryDecimator July 06, 2024
A sudden, favorable resolution of events in a story; a term coined by J.R.R. Tolkien to describe a "good catastrophe" that brings a happy ending.
"Just when all hope seemed lost, the hero’s pet hamster activated the hidden self-destruct button on the villain’s base. Eucatastrophe for the win!"
by DictionaryDecimator July 06, 2024
the quality of being clear or transparent. It can be used in various contexts:
Physical Clarity: In a literal sense, pellucidity describes something that allows light to pass through, like clear water or a transparent material.
Figurative Clarity: In a metaphorical or abstract sense, pellucidity refers to the clarity and ease of understanding in language, thought, or expression. For example, a pellucid explanation or writing is one that is easy to understand and free of ambiguity.
Physical Clarity: In a literal sense, pellucidity describes something that allows light to pass through, like clear water or a transparent material.
Figurative Clarity: In a metaphorical or abstract sense, pellucidity refers to the clarity and ease of understanding in language, thought, or expression. For example, a pellucid explanation or writing is one that is easy to understand and free of ambiguity.
Boss: Your cubicles are now installed with pellucidity, so I can know which one of you keeps taking the "67 signs you are married to Chewbacca in a parallel universe quiz"
4 year old kid: ABCs are too hard to understand, but if it was taught with skibidi toilet videos I could understand it with pellucidity
13 year old: How do you know that word? And it's subway surfers gameplay for me for pellucidity
Stereotypical middle-aged man: ...It's stock market for me
4 year old kid: ABCs are too hard to understand, but if it was taught with skibidi toilet videos I could understand it with pellucidity
13 year old: How do you know that word? And it's subway surfers gameplay for me for pellucidity
Stereotypical middle-aged man: ...It's stock market for me
by DictionaryDecimator July 01, 2024
A lack of any detailed description in stories, novels or plays that leaves the setting vague and undefined.
Mortimer: "The novel's first chapter had such White Room Syndrome, I didn't know if Jim was in a store looking for a DVD of the Emoji Movie signed by Obama or voyaging through space for it"
(The above example is exaggerated for humor/humour)
Mortimer: " 'She ran inside the beautiful room, and waved to her friend in the room' This lacks any description about the room or her friend, therefore it has what we writers and readers call, White Room Syndrome"
(The above example is exaggerated for humor/humour)
Mortimer: " 'She ran inside the beautiful room, and waved to her friend in the room' This lacks any description about the room or her friend, therefore it has what we writers and readers call, White Room Syndrome"
by DictionaryDecimator July 07, 2024
A dialogue technique where characters tell each other information they already know, but they audience don't, for solely the audience's benefit. It is a writer slang.
"As you know, Bob, we're on a spaceship hurtling towards the sun and if we don’t fix the hyperdrive in five minutes, we'll be dead. But let's talk about our high school years."
by DictionaryDecimator July 06, 2024