DictionaryDecimator's definitions

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

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

White Room Syndrome

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"

by DictionaryDecimator July 7, 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

Zeppo

A character who is part of the main cast but often sidelined and given little to do.

"The dog was the Zeppo of the show, but hey, you can't blame the writer, a use for a guard dog left in it's kernel all day except for once in two weeks has almost no part in a family time traveling to stop Titanic sinking"

by DictionaryDecimator July 7, 2024

Whump

1.Stories where characters go through (a) physical or (b) emotional pain or distress.
2. A muffled dull thud sound
3. Make a whump sound
4. Strike someone/Something with a whump

1. "(a) The hero went through so much whump, I felt bruises in my body reading it"
"(b) The hero went through so much whump, I emptied the whole tissue box, and I only 5 pages!"
2. "I was sleeping in class after eating until my stomach full, and I woke up to a heavy whump sound"
3. "Ron threw a snowball into the air which whumped into my window"
4. "The teacher whumped me in my spine for saying 9+10 was 21"

by DictionaryDecimator July 7, 2024

Weaksauce Weakness

A trivial or ridiculous flaw/weakness that significantly impacts a powerful character.

"The villain was unstoppable until some 5 year old learning craft threw glitter at him. Turns out, glitter was his weaksauce weakness."

by DictionaryDecimator July 7, 2024