New Entries (since site relaunch)
Date added | Word | Definition |
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2023-01-20 | space bum n. (1938) | a spacer who wanders aimlessly; a vagrant in space; (also) a spacer who is regarded as contemptible |
2023-01-05 | Cerean adj. (1883) | of or relating to the dwarf planet Ceres or its inhabitants |
2023-01-05 | Cerean n. (1883) | a native or inhabitant of the dwarf planet Ceres |
2023-01-03 | conapt n. (1964) | an apartment in a condominium |
2022-12-29 | space field n. 2 (1939) | a place esp. on the surface of a planet where spacecraft can take off and land; = spaceport n. |
2022-12-29 | space field n. 1 (1931) | a field of energy |
2022-12-22 | Tau Cetan adj. (1959) | of or relating to the Tau Ceti star system or its inhabitants |
2022-12-22 | Tau Cetan n. (1931) | a native or inhabitant of the Tau Ceti star system; (also) the language of Tau Cetans |
2022-12-13 | Earthean adj. (1882) | = Earthian adj. |
2022-12-13 | Earthean n. (1882) | = Earthian n. 1 |
2022-12-13 | Terrene adj. 1 (1929) | = Terran adj. |
2022-12-13 | Terrene n. (1929) | = Terran n. 1 |
2022-12-01 | de Campian adj. (1941) | of, relating to, or characteristic of the writing of L. Sprague de Camp |
2022-11-29 | fangirl v. (2003) | esp. of a girl or woman: to exhibit extreme devotion (to) or excitement (about); to act like a fangirl n. |
2022-11-29 | fan v. (1941) | to participate in fandom; cf. slightly earlier fanning n. |
2022-11-16 | gafiate n. (1956) | a person who has quit fandom; one who has gafiated |
2022-11-16 | gafia n. 2 (1950) | the state of having quit fandom (cf. earlier gafia n. 1); cf. gafiation n. |
2022-11-16 | gafia n. 1 (1940) | participation in fandom |
2022-11-11 | pew n. (1971) | (used to represent the sound of a weapon, esp. a beam weapon) |
2022-11-01 | time crime n. (1955) | a violation of time travel laws, esp. an illegal attempt to change the past; such violations collectively; cf. time police n. |
2022-10-18 | problem story n. (1941) | a story concerned primarily with the resolution of a (technical) problem |
2022-10-06 | thought screen n. (1931) | = thought shield n. |
2022-10-06 | thought shield n. (1931) | a mental barrier that prevents oneโs thoughts from being read by a telepath; = mind shield n. |
2022-10-06 | thought wave n. (1849) | a thought emanating from one's mind, esp. a telepathic emanation; a thought or thoughts travelling on a hypothetical medium of thought transfer |
2022-09-30 | planetquake n. (1887) | seismic activity on the surface of a planet, especially one other than Earth |
2022-09-30 | moonquake n. (1847) | seismic activity on the surface of the Moon or (broadly) of any moon |
2022-09-30 | marsquake n. (1912) | seismic activity on the surface of Mars |
2022-09-27 | telescanner n. (1938) | a scanner, esp. one used for remote visual examination |
2022-09-22 | plastiskin n. (1949) | synthetic skin |
2022-09-20 | planet v. (1945) | to land on or arrive at a planet; hence planeted adj. |
2022-09-16 | Martianess n. (1898) | a female Martian |
2022-09-16 | supervillainess n. (1970) | a woman who uses superpowers or superscience for malevolent purposes; a female supervillain n. |
2022-09-16 | superheroine n. (1960) | a woman who uses superpowers or superscience for benevolent purposes; a female superhero n. |
2022-09-12 | inhuman n. (1926) | a nonhuman being; cf. alien n. |
2022-09-07 | supervillain n. (1917) | a person who uses superpowers or superscience for malevolent purposes |
2022-09-01 | time opera n. (1953) | a subgenre of science fiction featuring adventure-driven, extravagantly dramatic plots based on time travel; a work in this genre |
2022-08-30 | neurolink n. (1990) | a technologically based communication connection between a (human) brain and a computer system; a device providing such a connection; cf. jack in v. |
2022-08-25 | mind-controlling adj. (1929) | of a device or a being: having the ability to control a personโs thoughts or actions; (also) of or relating to mind control n. |
2022-08-25 | mind-controlled adj. (1938) | of a device or a being: controlled by another personโs thoughts |
2022-08-23 | telepathize v. (1894) | = telepath v. |
2022-08-23 | mind-control v. (1970) | to use mind control on (a person); to control or influence (a person) telepathically |
2022-08-11 | Callistonian adj. (1930) | = Callistan adj. |
2022-08-11 | Callistonian n. (1930) | = Callistan n. 1 |
2022-07-27 | men in black n. (1956) | dark-clothed men of unknown identity or origin, who supposedly visit those who have encountered a UFO or alien in order to prevent them from publicizing their experience |
2022-07-20 | beamer n. (1945) | a device (esp. a weapon) that emits a beam of energy |
2022-07-12 | teleview n. (1905) | a device or system for displaying video |
2022-07-05 | planet-hopping adj. (1946) | that planet-hops; of or relating to planet-hopping n. |
2022-07-05 | planet-hopping n. (1945) | the action of making (short) trips from one planet to another |
2022-07-05 | planet-hop v. (1953) | to travel from one planet to another, esp. in short trips; cf. slightly earlier planet-hopper n. 1 |
2022-07-05 | planet hop n. (1948) | a (short) trip made from one planet to another |