Preshadowing
A line in a book/mobie/tv show that references something that has already occured in said piece. Opposite of foreshadowing.
Preshadowing by Patrick Kiernan April 15, 2009
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Preshadowing
Something in a feature film that is said, gesticulated, or implied that either directly or indirectly references a preceding event.
There was Preshadowing at the end of the PC commercial, the pre-teen with the irritating voice announced, "I'm a PC," while that was already deduced whilst he purchased the cheap laptop.
Preshadowing by ScottTheRobot April 17, 2009
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A Booger In The Nose Of Progress
"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."
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"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
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"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
A Booger In The Nose Of Progress by Rok'n'rol Wannabe October 19, 2006
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fogey
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)