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sasha_feather) wrote2009-09-27 05:01 pm
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New awesome words
Two words that should clearly enter common usage:
1. Textravert (n) (coined by
badgerbag): a person (like me) who is more inclined to extraversion in textual format.
2. Dollhouse (v) (coined by takumashii:
To make excuses for the failings of a serial entertainment in the hope that those failings are going to be undercut any moment now, because they're just too stupid to continue as presented.
Usage example:
"I thought the last episode of Glee was kind of bad, but I'm Dollhousing it for at least a couple more episodes."
ION I am still extremely tired, and I promise to call the doctor tomorrow.
1. Textravert (n) (coined by
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2. Dollhouse (v) (coined by takumashii:
To make excuses for the failings of a serial entertainment in the hope that those failings are going to be undercut any moment now, because they're just too stupid to continue as presented.
Usage example:
"I thought the last episode of Glee was kind of bad, but I'm Dollhousing it for at least a couple more episodes."
ION I am still extremely tired, and I promise to call the doctor tomorrow.
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the amount of use I will be able to get out of this word is incalculable. And that in itself makes me kinda sad.
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And Glee is very up and down for me; I like the musical numbers and when the non-white/straight/able bodied kids in Glee get a chance to do something, I like their characters too, but the show overall is not smart or subversive enough with its "ironic" characters or satire, so it often ends up being offensive or perpetuating stereotypes that (I think?) it's trying to address.
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In terms of CSI, I was Dollhousing it after all my favorite characters left or died. Then I quit watching for a while. Now I'm Jorja Foxing it, because they brought her back, i.e., watching a show because of a cheap ploy they used to get viewers back, that I recognize is a cheap ploy, but I'm watching anyhow, no matter how bad it is. Or perhaps if we go by character, it would be Sara Sidle-ing it.
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There's a review that states this really well at Strange Horizons (http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/09/two_views_dollh-comments.shtml)
(scroll down to the 2nd one, by Gianduja Kiss)
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Maybe Whedon is trying to find a new way to tell stories, but I liked the similarities of theme and character archetypes in the Buffyverse, Firefly and Astonishing X-Men. If he went back to that kind of storytelling, I wouldn't mind. They weren't perfect stories, but I don't think they're as problematic from the get-go as Dollhouse (or Dr. Horrible, for that matter, which I think was a bit of a mess in how it ended up perpetuating some of the problems it was attempting to highlight and maybe subvert).
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I love Leverage! It's great.