Arts & Literature Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Entries in the Category Arts & Literature

Art, painting, sculpture, literature, books, writing, criticism, etc. You can also see citations assigned to this category.

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bunhead n. a ballet dancer. (posted Dec. 1, 2006) [full entry…]

colorway n. a color scheme in which a pattern or style (of fabric, apparel, furnishings, wallpaper, etc.) is available. (posted Dec. 3, 2004) [full entry…]

fanon n. the body of widely accepted fan-created embellishments of a fictional universe, storyline, or character. (posted Feb. 22, 2006) [full entry…]

flarf n. a style of poetry in which poems are formed by a collage of quasi-random, serendipitously found words and phrases; poems or a poem in the style. (posted Mar. 13, 2006) [full entry…]

hypersigil n. a creative work that via the medium of its artificial universe changes its creator, its observers, the real world, or other things. (posted Dec. 20, 2004) [full entry…]

king v. among graffiti artists, to (pervasively) paint one’s name or symbol (throughout an area); to own an area through tagging or bombing. (posted Nov. 10, 2004) [full entry…]

multi-hyphenate n. a person who has (or is known for having) several main occupations. Also attrib. (posted Jan. 26, 2006) [full entry…]

parergon n. a secondary, derivative, unnecessary, or supplemental occupation, ornament, or (creative) work. (posted Apr. 25, 2004) [full entry…]

retcon v. to retroactively revise (a plot, storyline, character, event, history, etc.), usu. by reinterpreting past events, or by theorizing how the present would be different if past events had not happened or had happened differently. (posted May. 11, 2004) [full entry…]

scanlation n. the translation of digitally scanned pages (of manga, a style of Japanese comic book, cartoon, and graphic novel); the translated works themselves. (posted Jun. 16, 2004) [full entry…]

vomit draft n. the first rough version of a piece of writing. (posted Nov. 1, 2006) [full entry…]

ziatype n. a photo-printing process that uses palladium and platinum and does not require developer fluid. (posted May. 26, 2005) [full entry…]

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