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

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Entertainment, the music biz, Hollywood, actors, movies, recreation, games and gaming, amusements, or anything purchased as a form of casual diversion. You can also see entries assigned to this category.

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urst n. Most TV shows, after all, try to string out the sexual tension as long as possible. There’s even a term for this, “urst,” as in lust plus unfulfilled urges. [ Class Acronym Language English Subject Entertainment] [full cite] (Nov. 13, 2005)

v-film n. Shimizu debuted in 2000 with two shot-on-video, released-to-video features (“V-films,” in Japanese parlance) called Ju-on (starring Kill Bill’s Chiaki Kuriyama) and Ju-on 2. [English Japan Entertainment] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2004)

Van Dyke n. “a Van Dyke”: leaving a scene, usually a party scene, early and then starting the next scene with a phone conversation which elaborates and expands the previous scene while also introducing new information. A nice bit of shorthand. From, of course, the Dick Van Dyke show. You’d leave the party scene at the point of, say, Laura downing her third drink and Rob realizing she was out of control. You’d then come back to Rob on the phone the next day, talking to Buddy: “Yes. Yes, all of them. And a pony! What? The producer I’m trying to impress was there? Why didn’t you tell me!” [English Entertainment Jargon] [full cite] (Apr. 19, 2005)

vent n. Professional “vents,” as they call themselves, worry who will pick up their wisecracking dummies and vocal sleight of hand when they retire or die. [English Entertainment] [full cite] (Jun. 22, 2004)

version v. The version is the lingua franca of all dance music. To “version,” in Jamaican parlance, is to reuse the same basic backing track with a new vocal and/or song on top. [English Jamaica Entertainment Music] [full cite] (Jul. 11, 2004)

viewser n. Now, the technology is so advanced and changing, even the industry word for a person who watches TV has changed, Heizman says. It used to be “viewer.” The new word is “viewser.” Today’s viewser doesn’t necessarily watch TV. He might click to the station’s Web site, instead. [English Entertainment Media Technology Television Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 26, 2006)

viewser n. The display device for the data broadcast service would typically be the television receiver connected to a set-top box of some sort and destined for a target group of viewer/users (or as Gary Arlen, of Arlen Communications prefers, viewsers). That would put the traditional television service and the enhanced broadcast service in the same user environment, on the same platform. [English Entertainment Media Online Technology Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 27, 2006)

viewser n. The idea that the “viewer” is truly participating is somewhat misleading at this stage of devlopment and some interactive film makers believe a term like “viewser” (from “viewer” and “computer user") would be more appropriate because the state of the art is more to do with combining features of both films and computer games. [English Entertainment Media Online Technology Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 27, 2006)

vineyard seating n. The 2400-seat auditorium, home of the Halle Orchestra, is designed to combine the acoustic advantages of the standard “shoebox” and terraced “vineyard” seating arrangements. [United Kingdom Architecture Entertainment] [full cite] (Aug. 11, 2004)

vineyard seating n. There’s also talk that the ASO will ask for a “vineyard seating” hall, where the audience can sit behind and to the sides of the stage on shallow terraces—a cozier arrangement for the audience, but a trickier job for the acoustician. [Architecture Entertainment] [full cite] (Aug. 11, 2004)

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