Lori's New Trek Vocabulary
B'D OUT When a regular character is relegated strictly to the episode's B plot. For example, Avery Brooks might say "Oh, I was so totally B'd out in 'Heart of Stone.'"BABBLENABLER (contributed by Tracy Hemenover) The character who asks "What is that?" or similar questions so that another character can give a detailed technobabble explanation.
CRUSHING The syndrome in which a character's hair changes color seemingly from week to week. Named for the character in which it was first observed, but such characters as Worf, Troi, Kira, Odo, Bashir, and Chakotay are also victims of crushing.
DAILIFACE Those anonymous crewmembers who just look vaguely familiar because they seem to be in every crowd scene but are never named.
DEUS EX ABSENTIA When a character is mysteriously left behind or sent away because he or she would be able to solve the problem in a cold minute, i.e. Odo in "One Little Ship." Counselor Troi is the most conspicious beneficiary of this device.
GEORDIED (contributed by Tracy Hemenover) When a seemingly perfectly desirable crewmember inexplicably has difficulty starting or maintaining romantic relationships with the opposite sex. Example: Bashir has been geordied.
ICBM The first episode in which any given shipper couple exhibit any romantic potential, so named for the fanfic fallout that immediately follows it. For example, "The Naked Now," "Necessary Evil," "Resolutions."
ICONOPLOTTING The invention of a pointless religious/political/societal oddity of some species or another in order to further a plot or create a conflict.
INVINCICHARACTER There's one in every cast...someone who is impervious to things that affect everyone else so he or she is still around to save the day when the rest of the crew are incapacitated. Data, Odo, HoloDoc, Seven of Nine.
LOOPY When the dialogue looks just a tad out of synch because someone was in too much of a rush doing their ADR.
MISCELLASIAN An unnamed Asian walk-on, clearly there to provide ethnic diversity. Applies to any ethnic group you want, i.e. Miscellafrican, etc.
NOGLEDGE (contributed by Kap Pirich) Knowledge that is mysteriously and suddenly acquired, often enabling said character to catapult from buffoon to expert in record time. Named for the most grievous offender, Nog...who went from petty thief to valued Starfleet ensign in a mere six years.
PISCOPOED When a guest star is shoehorned needlessly into an episode to provide a ratings boost or to humor the guest star. Stephen Hawking was piscopoed into Descent.
RE-DROBING When articles of Trek wardrobe show up later in totally different circumstances...for example, some hooker's dress from "Unification" later showed up on Troi in "Man of the People," and Ishara Yar's blue jumpsuit from "Legacy" was seen later, with a skirt attached, in "His Way."
REDSHIRTED When some poor schmuck of an extra bites it.
SCRABBLE PLANET Some planet we've never heard of and never will again whose name was apparently gotten from a random jumble of letters that sorta sound like a word. Applies to species, too.
SHATNERIAN The school of acting involving big drawn out dramatic pauses, strange arm motions and excessive emoting. We love our Avery, but he can get a bit Shatnerian at times.
SHIP DROPPING When some Starfleet vessel is named after a current event so that we all know that the Federation remembers its roots...the Tijanamen, for example.
SLASHED When two same-sex characters are placed in an intimate setting, be it platonic or not. For example, Paris and Kim were slashed big time in "The Chute."
TEMPODUMMY (contributed by Tracy Hemenover) Any normally intelligent and competent character who misses an obvious clue, does something stupid, or fails to do something smart, just so the plotline can continue. Example: Odo was a tempodummy in "Vortex" (when he was running through a shaking cavern, and stopped to watch a rock fall on his head and knock him silly).
TEMPOWHIZ (contributed by Tracy Hemenover) A character who has previously shown no interest, knowledge or ability in a particular field, yet becomes an expert in it for the space of one episode. Example: Sisko was a tempowhiz in 21st-century Earth history in"Past Tense I and II"; Worf and Odo were engineering tempowhizes in "A Fistful of Datas" and "Heart of Stone" respectively.
TWIN PARADOX Two unrelated characters who bear a mysterious resemblance to each other, such as Dr. Selar and K'Ehylar, Admiral Jeroc and Dr. Mora, Dr. Leah Brahms and Commander Bentene.
WINNBAG (contributed by Tracy Hemenover) When a Kai or Vedek is full of it, and everybody knows it but acts polite anyway.
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