chronovore

Derived from Greek "chronos" (time) + Latin "vore" (eating). Any of a variety of time-consuming and potentially addictive toys, games or activities. Especially apt for computer games and web surfing.

"I was going to go to bed at 10, but World of Warcraft is such a chronovore, I was up until 3 a.m."

by Edwarq July 26, 2008

chronovore

a monster of some sort that turns up in a million sci-fi b-movies.

cheap sci-fi b-movies with dialogue such as:

'my god it's a chronovore' or
'run! its a chronovore' or even
'aargh! the chronovore has got me, save yourselves!'

by H Roddan January 3, 2006

chronosome

chronosome n (Greek khronos, time + Greek soma, body; cf. chromosome) Ð a unit of historical heredity, in contrast with a chromosome as a unit of biological heredity; a mental code of a historical period that is transmitted to next generations through styles, traditions and unconscious influences ("cultural air").

The chronosomes of the early 20th c. avant-garde have reached the generation of the 1960s and shaped its political views and artistic styles.

Nabokov's novel "Invitation to a Beheading" bears many Kafka's chronosomes, even if the author claims to have never read Kafka.

by Mikhail Epstein November 13, 2003

Coronavore

A person who hoards goods during an infectious pandemic; see also covidiot.

The China Syndrome; Wuhanic Plague; Kung Flu

hey Dude, don't be such a coronavore hoarding up all that beef and chicken !

by Urban Coweboy March 24, 2020

chroncore

Crusty, old, moldy dog feces that's at least 9 days old that still has a bad stench to it.

Your Ex boyfriend is the worst chroncore ever, he is such a scrub. Man you smell like chroncore take a shower. Smells like some nasty chroncore in there. Check your shoes I smell chroncore. Go shower you chroncore smelling mother fucker.

by BitchPuddingCME November 15, 2016

chocovore

one who devours chocolate chip cookies with abandon

The chocovore husband ate the cookies so quickly that he wondered why the cookie sheet was empty.

by cSuziQ January 14, 2010

Chronotereletion

Chronotereletion is the process of which a thing, such as a word, idea, event, etc., is forgotten through time. It also is the process of which a thing is forgotten through the use of force or repression.

As whatever could be used as an example is forgotten, it's not quite simple to provide a specific example. A more generalized example would be in the novel 1984, where the history of the society is often changed into falsehoods by the government, thus leaving the real history left behind and forgotten. That would be a good example of both of the definitions of chronotereletion.

by Student Who Did His Assignment February 21, 2014