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

Citations in the Category Entertainment

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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woodie n. At the moment, I was committed to Lightning Racer, a gorgeous, spaghetti-framed dueling woodie (that’s coaster-speak for a wooden coaster) that lifts you high above the lush landscape of Hersheypark. [English Entertainment Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 11, 2008)

woody n. The majority of local darts players prefer the American game, often called “baseball” or “woody.” Players throw wooden darts at a wooden board, taking turns shooting at spots one through nine to rack up to the largest score. [English Entertainment Pastimes & Hobbies Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2006)

worked adj. At this point it is unsure if this is real or “worked” (a professional wrestling term meaning “scripted”) but all early indicators point to this event being a real life situation. [English Entertainment Jargon] [full cite] (Dec. 10, 2007)

Z-buffer n. Catmull invented texture mapping (the way to make digital surfaces “pour” over objects), the Z-buffer (an algorithm that tracks the virtual distance between pixels and a viewer, now standard in most personal computers and games), and the Catmull-Rom spline (another algorithm that creates curves along multiple points, producing irregular motion that mimics the way living things really move). [Entertainment Media] [full cite] (May. 28, 2004)

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