writing turn-on

writing styles, tropes, sentence structure, etc. that you especially enjoy seeing while reading any literary material

Friend: So what do you look for in fic?
Me: Well, one of my writing turn-ons is good characterization. I love that in a good fic.

by KitkatVantas April 19, 2014

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Circle Turn

When you cant find the word for round-about

Uber driver: where is your house?

Me: Go straight through the circle turn then it’s on the left.

Uber: the round-about?

Me: Its the same

by SmashleyDrunkle April 23, 2021

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turn of the decade

when a decade starts, and another one comes to an end.

Related to "turn of the century"

At the turn of the decade, the 2010s came to an end and the 2020s lay ahead, open for the revival of the culture of the 1920s.

by Put you are Name here January 13, 2020

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Wave turn

A wave turn is a roller coaster element in which the track starts with a banking around of around 60 degrees, it then banks to 90 degrees and then goes in to a sideways airtime hill, before banking back to around 60 degrees. This element is called a wave turn due to it's wave-like shape and it is not featured on the Bolliger&Mabillard hyper coaster, known as Mako at SeaWorld Orlando in Orlando, Florida.

Mako doesn't have a wave turn.

by Magicul August 03, 2023

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Investigative Turn

The act of making a choice that leads one to a place they didn't expect. Frequently associated with driving, similar to "getting lost", but without the negative connotation.

We would have been here sooner, but Nicky made an investigative turn.

by lapetitemere August 10, 2011

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