time warp



time warp

A stoppage in the passage of time; also, a distortion of time whereby an event or person could hypothetically move from one era to another. For example, Nothing in their lives has changed since the sixties; they're in a time warp, or Having a seventy-year-old actress portray a teenager-that was some time warp! This term originated in science fiction, where it signifies "a supernatural movement from one era to another," and came to be used more loosely. [c. 1950]
See also: time, warp

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
&Thorn;ÓRdÍS-Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
FÁBia-Portuguese
CariKER-ee, KAR-eeEnglish
Arlineahr-LEENEnglish
ChristaKRIS-tah (German), KRIS-tə (English)German, Danish, English
AronAH-rawn (Polish), AH-ron (Croatian)Polish, Croatian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic