New Entries (since site relaunch)
| Date added | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | sellsword n. (1918) | chiefly in or with reference to fantasy literature: a mercenary; a hired soldier |
| 2026-07-01 | low fantasy n. (1973) | a subgenre of fantasy set in our primary world; fantasy in which magical or supernatural elements appear in an otherwise normal world |
| 2026-06-18 | spacegirl n. (1933) | a female space traveller, esp. one who is young; (also) a (young) female or feminine person or being from another planet; cf. spacewoman n. |
| 2026-06-03 | comset n. (1950) | a (usu. small, personal) communication device; cf. commlink n. |
| 2026-05-21 | BDO n. (1993) | = big dumb object n. |
| 2026-05-14 | Miskatonic adj. (1941) | = Lovecraftian adj.; of or relating to the works of H. P. Lovecraft and his school, or (broadly) to horror in general |
| 2026-05-07 | faneditor n. (1941) | = faned n. |
| 2026-05-07 | faned n. (1941) | an editor of a fanzine; cf. slightly later faneditor n. |
| 2026-04-16 | time-slip v. (1974) | (trans.) to transport through time via a time-slip; (intrans.) to travel through time via a time-slip; (broadly) = time travel v. |
| 2026-04-09 | Akira slide n. (2009) | (a depiction of) an act of sliding a motorcycle to a stop perpendicular to the direction of travel |
| 2026-03-31 | Mercutian n. 2 (1922) | the language of Mercutians |
| 2026-03-31 | Mercutian adj. (1908) | of or relating to the planet Mercury; = Mercurian |
| 2026-03-31 | Mercutian n. 1 (1910) | a native or inhabitant of Mercury; = Mercurian |
| 2026-03-27 | croggling adj. (1956) | astonishing; baffling; bewildering |
| 2026-03-19 | craft n. (1900) | = spacecraft n. |
| 2026-03-10 | stimtab n. (1971) | = stim pill n. |
| 2026-03-10 | stim pill n. (1950) | a pill containing a chemical stimulant (stim n.) |
| 2026-03-10 | stim n. (1950) | a (chemical) stimulant; something containing a stimulant; see also stim pill, stimtab |
| 2026-03-04 | dieselpunk n. 2 (2010) | a fan of, or character in, dieselpunk n. 1 |
| 2026-03-04 | dieselpunk n. 1 (2001) | a subgenre of science fiction featuring diesel-powered technology characteristic of the early to mid 20th century, typically having a pessimistic viewpoint; a retro-futuristic style based on this; cf. steampunk n. 2 |
| 2026-02-05 | Arcturan adj. (1866) | of or relating to the Arcturus system or its inhabitants |
| 2026-02-05 | Arcturan n. 2 (1941) | the language of Arcturans |
| 2026-02-05 | Arcturan n. 1 (1891) | a native or inhabitant of the Arcturus system |
| 2026-01-30 | bemmy n. (1947) | = BEM n. |
| 2026-01-27 | Capellan n. 2 (1950) | the language of Capellans |
| 2026-01-27 | Capellan adj. (1947) | of or relating to the Capella system or its inhabitants |
| 2026-01-27 | Capellan n. 1 (1929) | a native or inhabitant of the Capella system |
| 2026-01-20 | Uranian n. 2 (1941) | the language of Uranians |
| 2026-01-15 | Denebian n. 2 (1946) | the language of Denebians |
| 2026-01-15 | Denebian adj. (1942) | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Deneb system or its inhabitants |
| 2026-01-15 | Denebian n. 1 (1942) | a native or inhabitant of the Deneb system |
| 2026-01-08 | space legs n. (1936) | the ability to move oneβs body skillfully in low gravity and to avoid spacesickness n. |
| 2025-12-17 | solarpunk n. (2008) | a literary, artistic, and political movement that advocates an egalitarian society in which humans utilize sustainable energy sources |
| 2025-12-11 | Raygun Gothic n. (1981) | a retrofuturistic aesthetic and architectural style associated with mid-20th century design |
| 2025-10-30 | newfen n. (1945) | plural of newfan n. |
| 2025-10-30 | newfan n. (1945) | a fan new to fandom, or to science fiction in general |
| 2025-10-16 | Encyclopedia Galactica n. (1942) | any of various reference works that aim to include all knowledge in a galaxy |
| 2025-10-09 | retro-futurist adj. (1981) | = retro-futuristic adj. |
| 2025-10-09 | retro-futuristic adj. (1983) | having both retro and futuristic elements; of or resembling a style or aesthetic considered futuristic in an earlier era |
| 2025-10-09 | retro-futurism n. (1988) | (the use of) a style or aesthetic considered futuristic in an earlier era, typically having both retro and futuristic elements |
| 2025-10-02 | medbed n. (1987) | a bed equipped with technology providing medical monitoring, diagnosis, or treatment |
| 2025-09-17 | Mercurian n. 2 (1914) | the language of Mercurians |
| 2025-08-25 | usuform adj. (1943) | of a robot: designed strictly for functional purposes, rather than having an anthropomorphic form |
| 2025-08-11 | clanker n. (1958) | = robot n. |
| 2025-08-08 | terrestrial adj. (1873) | of or characteristic of Earth or its natives or inhabitants (in contrast with other (inhabited) bodies) |
| 2025-07-24 | metahuman adj. (1972) | being or relating to superpowers; being a metahuman n. |
| 2025-07-24 | metahuman n. (1978) | a person or being with superpowers; (also) a nonhuman being that resembles a human; a humanoid |
| 2025-07-16 | interspace adj. (1928) | of, in, or through that part of space that is far away from planets or stars; = deep-space adj. |