Timeslip

In a novel or a film, when the action or hero is suddenly transported to another period in history, their past or their future; when two or more stories are told concurrently, but each one is set in a different period of time.

Timeslip occurs in novels such as 'The Historian' and 'The Swan Thieves' by Maria Kostova; 'Holes' by Louis Sacher; 'A Study in Scarlet' by Arthur Conan Doyle; but not 'The Time Traveller's Wife' or "The Time Machine" which are novels about time travel.

by Judithea June 18, 2011

timeskip

An intentional gap in time used to advance a story without filler material. It is commonly used in film, novels, television and video games, to mark the passage without the intervening events being explained in any great detail, or merely in passing.

Timeskips can be as short as a few hours or bridge entire years' worth of happenings. It can also work in retrograde, though this is not as common.

Go watch a movie. Any time the screen wipes from a daytime scene to a nighttime scene in the same area counts as a timeskip.

by The Almighty Pez February 21, 2007

timeslicer

Timeslicer is such an amazing editor. That's it.

i love timeslicer

by kylies bestie May 6, 2021

Yogurt post timeskip

Yogurt but not racist. Still from a third world country called Bulgaria and doesn't know English. Asks who candice is every two minutes.

K1: I like Yogurt post timeskip!
yogurt: Hey guys! Do you know who candice is!
Srakroin: Not again!
top hat dude#: Who is candice?

by Yogurt2237 July 3, 2021

Timeslap

Slightly similar to a pimp slap a time slap sends you back to a certain decade depending on the strength an style

I will timeslap you back to 1960 if you dont watch it (then waking up at a hippie rave)

by lastofadyingbreed December 19, 2008

timeskip

going to sleep not when youre tired, but just to progress time forward. usually due to depression

Welp I'm bored, I'm just going to timeskip so it'll be tomorrow already.

by FazeJesus July 26, 2021

Timeslap

A timeslap is a kind of shock that you get when you realize that an event you thought was more recent was in fact a number of years ago. Time has passed so quickly you get a timeslap.

Remember when we went to Japan? That was five years ago.
No way, it couldn't be that long ago. What a Timeslap!

by wordchix March 17, 2024