DictionaryDecimator's definitions

Heinleinian

Referring to the works of Robert A. Heinlein, or particularly his style of integrating scientific and technical detail into his stories.

"His writing was so Heinleinian, by page ten I knew how to build a spaceship from a toaster and some duct tape."

by DictionaryDecimator July 6, 2024

Time Skip

In movies or stories, a 'Time Skip' is a narrative device where the story jumps through time

"The last chapter had a ten-year time skip, and suddenly everyone was having kids, mortgages and unpaid water taxes"

by DictionaryDecimator July 7, 2024

Villain Decay

When a once-scary villain becomes less threatening over time.

"By the third season, the main antagonist had suffered such villain decay, he was less scary than a wet sponge."

by DictionaryDecimator July 6, 2024

Chekov's Gun

The principle that every element introduced in a story should be necessary and used later.

"When it was said in Chapter one that Timmy's hamster used to only eat the tail fur of the Namaqua chameleon found in Southwestern areas of Namib desert. I knew it was Chekov's gun waiting to go off"

by DictionaryDecimator July 6, 2024

Heel-Face Turn

When a character who was previously an antagonist becomes a protagonist.

The villain's heel-face turn was so sudden, one minute he was plotting world domination, the next he was baking cookies for orphans."

by DictionaryDecimator July 6, 2024

Canon Sue

A character in fan fiction (typically the author themselves) who is inserted into an existing universe and is unrealistically perfect. A fan-fiction version of Mary Sue: A term for a character who is unrealistically perfect without any flaws in (original) novels (Male of Mary Sue: Gary Stu)

"When she wrote herself into Harry Potter as the best witch ever, becoming the headmistress of Hogwarts while being a student, defeating Voldemort with itching powder and a single sponge, she created a canon sue."

by DictionaryDecimator July 6, 2024

Anti-schmimagtanimonstralequedepestrikilovoquiertuhghskiqiqiconologianism

The ideology that states pillows should be manufactured without a cold side

"The essay was full of mistakes, but not as much as the Anti-schmimagtanimonstralequedepestrikilovoquiertuhghskiqiqiconologianism manifesto"

by DictionaryDecimator July 6, 2024