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.
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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.
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.
timeskip by The Almighty Pez February 21, 2007
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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?
yogurt: Hey guys! Do you know who candice is!
Srakroin: Not again!
top hat dude#: Who is candice?
Yogurt post timeskip 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
Timeslap by lastofadyingbreed December 19, 2008
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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.
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