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| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | regeneration n. (1978) | in the British television series Doctor Who: the process by which a Time Lord transforms themself into a new physical form, esp. after an experience that would otherwise be fatal; (also) a particular manifestation of a Time Lord |
| 1978 | skiffy n. (1978) | = sci-fi n. |
| 1978 | technothriller n. (1978) | a thriller which employs science fictional technology or gadgetry |
| 1978 | transhuman n. (1978) | a person who has gained abilities (as through genetic engineering or cybernetic augmentation) sufficiently advanced that they are regarded as a different species |
| 1978 | urban fantasy n. (1978) | a genre of fantasy that uses a city as its primary setting; a work in this genre |
| 1979 | beanstalk n. (1979) | = space elevator n. |
| 1979 | Betelgeusean n. 2 (1979) | the language of Betelgeuseans |
| 1979 | coreward adj. (1979) | toward the center of the galaxy |
| 1979 | filk singer n. (1979) | one who sings filk songs |
| 1979 | generation starship n. (1979) | = generation ship n. |
| 1979 | gynoid n. (1979) | a robot having female or feminine characteristics; = robotrix n. |
| 1979 | military science fiction n. (1979) | a subgenre of science fiction that focuses on the military and warfare, esp. when the setting is outer space or other worlds |
| 1979 | SF/F/H n. (1979) | abbreviation for science fiction, fantasy, and horror |
| 1979 | xenocidal adj. (1979) | of, pertaining to, or involving xenocide n. |
| 1980 | carbonite n. (1980) | a carbon-based material in which a person can be cryogenically preserved |
| 1980 | replicant n. 1 (1980) | an artificial being in the form of a human or other creature; an android |
| 1980 | uplift v. (1980) | to transform a non-sentient species into a sentient species, esp. by genetic engineering |
| 1980 | uplift n. (1980) | the making of a sentient species from a non-sentient one, esp. by genetic engineering |
| 1980 | uplifting n. (1980) | = uplift n. |
| 1980 | xenopsychologist n. (1980) | an expert in xenopsychology n. |
| 1981 | big dumb object n. (1981) | a large, mysterious, alien-made artifact encountered in space or on another world |
| 1981 | Clarke belt n. (1981) | the ring-shaped region around the Earth containing all possible geostationary orbits |
| 1981 | doppel n. (1981) | a duplicate version of a person, as a clone, a virtual-reality representation, a shapeshifter, etc. |
| 1981 | filker n. (1981) | one who sings filk songs; a filk singer n. |
| 1981 | flux capacitor n. (1981) | in the film Back to the Future and its sequels: the core component of the time machine made of a DeLorean automobile |
| 1981 | Jedi mind trick n. (1981) | in the fictional universe of the Star Wars franchise: a telepathic technique of psychological manipulation used by the Jedi |
| 1981 | jump engine n. (1981) | = jump drive n. |
| 1981 | SF/F n. (1981) | science fiction and fantasy, regarded as a single broad genre |
| 1981 | skin job n. 2 (1981) | a robot that has skin; (spec.) an android that cannot easily be distinguished from a human |