diagetic

As told or recounted rather than shown. Derived from diagesis, a style of fiction. In diagesis, a narrator tells a story. It has stood in contrast with mimesis -- in which you are shown rather than told -- since Aristotelean times.

When Jack Johnson sings about the diagetic world, he is talking about the world you are told about, and complaining that you can't accept the narrative that you hear.

Alternately, one can think of the Director's cut of Blade Runner as more mimetic, forcing you to put things together, while the one that was put in theatres with the voice overs to fill in the gaps as a more diagetic presentation.

This word is probably a bit uppity for this place, but it doesn't appear in the dictionary, and two incorrect definitions have already been given.

You can't believe everything you hear

The DIAGETIC world is so unclear

So baby close your ears

On the news tonight

by monadologist April 25, 2011

new dialectic

the new (and current) reality which consciously (and unconsciously) dominates our language, thoughts and reasons for being in this post-modern, 21st century, third millennium world.

new dialectic in washington, d.c. : politics is show business for ugly people.
new dialectic in hollywood : show business is politics for beautiful people.

by Virgin Suicides June 18, 2017

Dialectic

The kind of logic that reasons from commonly accepted opinions to probable conclusions. It is distinguished from Analytic, which reasons from true and primary premises.

Dialectic is the generic name of the logic that governs the Socratic Method.

by Suhcnele February 23, 2011

dianetics

The pseudoscience invented by L. Ron Hubbard and used to give a thin veneer of plausability to Scientology. Dianetics claims to be "the modern science of mental health" but in reality is little more than ridiculous claims with no or fraudulent evidence to back them up. The basic principle of Dianetics is that by "auditing", which is like talking to someone, but much more expensive, you can be freed of your "reactive mind", the area of your mind that, according to Scientology, is out to make you fail at life. The concept of a reactive mind is of course completely false and was only invented to convince people that all their problems in life could be attributed to a single source which could only be cured by Scientology. As if that wasn't enough bullshit for one day, Dianetics and Scientology also claim to be able to cure you of other things besides your reactive mind, such as toxins, drug residues and radiation stored in your body, although any sort of reliable medical evidence that their methods work in any way at all is sadly lacking.

According to L. Ron Hubbard, taking huge doses of niacin can flush radiation and sunburn out of your body. He "discovered" this when he noticed that when people took large quantities of niacin, they experienced a red flush in areas where they had previously been sunburnt. If they regularly took niacin, the flush would lessen and lessen until eventually it stopped altogether. Hubbard concluded that the flush was radiation leaving the body, and that it stopped because all the radiation had been flushed out. Funnily enough, if you ask a medical professional, he'll tell you that a known side-effect of niacin overdoses is that they cause the cells in the body to release histamine, and that histamine can cause a strange red flush. He'll also tell you that when you're sunburnt, your capillaries - the tiny blood vessels in your skin become damaged, that when they heal they heal into a different structure than undamaged capillaries, and that in the event of a histamine release caused by overdoses of niacin, the red flush would look much different in areas with these damaged capillaries. Strange coincidence, eh?

by Underscore January 25, 2004

Diabetic Rage

Rage and / or extremely foul mood caused by blood sugar problems. Diabetic highs can also come from blood sugar but, sadly enough, diabetic rages are more common.

Kevin went crazy and flipped over a pool table in a fit of Diabetic rage- his blood sugars were through the roof.

by DrumMan44 October 5, 2007

Diabetic

Some of the most awesome group of people in the world. They are all crazy cool and shoot up everyday and get lowww.
People try to break their pancreas' to be like us. To bad only a diabetic really knows how to break another persons pancreas...we have super pancreatically invincible powers too.

p.s we are NOT type 2 diabtes..we dont get FATTY
and WE EAT ALL THE SUGAR WE WANT BITCHESSS!
and please....dont give us "sugar free candy" IT STILL HAS CARBS...which is what REALLY MATTERS...plus that stuff tastes gross.

D4L!
SHOOT UP!

"yo look at those G diabetics! They're shooting up right in the middle of class!"

by Diana Dz May 21, 2008

dianetics

A crazy pseudo science, but also...Jack Black sees you walkin but all he can think about is, DIANETICS, your butt cheeks is warm.

Dianetics junior much better than krishna
dianetics junior much better indeed

by whey face February 21, 2004