scientifilm

noun

scientifilm

noun

Etymology Blend of scientifiction + film.

1

Lifestyle Dated, Slang A motion picture in the genre of science fiction.

You will forgive me if the scientifilm-ending to ‘Mystery of the -/-’ seemed obvious to me before completing the story, being a Scientificinemologist by profession.1935 October, Forrest J Ackerman, “Scientifilm News”, in Wonder Stories, volume 7, number 5, page 637:

Related terms: scientibook, scienticomic

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