Movies Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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hyphenate n. Writers are free to negotiate for higher pay, and people who produce or co-produce—called “hyphenates” in industry parlance—earn more. [English Entertainment Movies Television Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 1, 2007)

indiewood n. Seeking features, shorts, documentaries, experimental films and animation that defy and transcend the “indiewood” mainstream. [English Entertainment Movies] [full cite] (Jul. 17, 2006)

Kanglish n. After Hinglish, it’s now time for Kanglish films. And a filmmaker in the city has chosen to launch a film where the dialogues are a blend of Kannada and English which is how most of Bangalore speaks, anyway. [English India Entertainment Movies] [full cite] (Apr. 11, 2006)

kick flick n. By the late 1970s, the Kentucky had established a reputation for attracting a rough crowd for its repertoire of horror movies and “kick flicks.” [English Entertainment Movies] [full cite] (Mar. 28, 2006)

Kollywood n. Now, Kollywood (the Tamil film industry as it is known) has decided to take things into their own hands. [English India Entertainment Movies Nickname] [full cite] (Mar. 5, 2007)

lay pipe v. phr. In the first draft of every script ever written, especially the bad ones, there’s a character we writers call Sam the Explainer.…He’s the guy-gal-straight-gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgendered guy who stops the show dead in its tracks in order to explain just what exactly the hell is going on. …Among screenwriters, the Argyle-McClane scene is the ne plus ultra of explanation—what we sometimes refer to as “laying pipe.” Here’s a sample of Argyle’s Samitudinosity. [English Movies Jargon] [full cite] (Apr. 14, 2007)

leather and feather epic n. According to Montgomery, the joke in the native community is that every movie that comes out about Native Americans features roles that are, well, rather predictable. In other words, they might as well be pulled from a decades-old history textbook. “They refer to them as “leather and feather’ epics where they get to grunt and groan,” Montgomery said with a laugh in a recent phone interview. [English Entertainment Movies Native American] [full cite] (Nov. 30, 2006)

lunch packet actor n. I started off as what was known as a “lunch packet” actor—in rolls that you would hardly notice. In fact I can’t still find myself in my first film Kristhu Charithaya where I played one of Jesus’ disciples; I just flit past the screen. [English Sri Lanka Movies] [full cite] (Apr. 30, 2007)

matchmoving n. Gabel, 38, worked on what is called “matchmoving,” a precision process to embed computer animation into the live-action footage. “It has to be seamless and move as one object,” Gabel said. “If it’s not exact, it will leap out. It’s amazing how little the room for error.” [English Movies Technology Jargon] [full cite] (Jul. 27, 2006)

MFN n. Whether some of these films deserve funds is another matter. Some are getting made even though there’s no aud for them—MFNs, or movies for nobody, in the Hollywood argot—and they may not, in fact, ever be seen by anyone other than the filmmakers. [English Entertainment Movies Acronym] [full cite] (Jun. 9, 2007)

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