User:Studio 126/Protologisms/playscale

English

Etymology

Originally coined for dollhouses and accessories meant to accommodate popular toy figures Barbie, GI Joe and later similarly-scaled figures; that is, to facilitate their "play." As such it is inherently coed and generally taken to imply civilian and, by extension, the civilian agora¹, i.e. cross-genre. As this hobby has grown to be a base scale in amateur dioramas, the term no longer presumes an intent of "playability."

Adjective

playscale (not comparable)

1. Of 1:6 scale, especially of dolls, dollhouses and dioramas.