animutation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of animation + mutation
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: ăn'-ĭ-myo͞o-tāʹ-shən, IPA(key): /ˌæn.ɪ.mju.ˈteɪ.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: an‧i‧mu‧ta‧tion
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
[edit]animutation (countable and uncountable, plural animutations)
- (Internet) A form of Web-based computer animation characterized by unpredictable montages of pop culture images set to music.
- 2003 April 5, Neil Cicierega (lyrics and music), “Hyakugojyuuichi 2003”, in Clown Circus[1], performed by Lemon Demon:
- Think you're cool sayin' "All Your Base"? / Get that Xiao Xiao outta my face / You gotta be kidding me with that crap / Animutation's where it's at
- 2003, Greg Courville, “Flash Player”, in alt.linux (Usenet):
- It's no fun to watch animutations when the music doesn't even line up! I think this is a performance issue […]
- 2009, Marcel Danesi, X-rated!: the power of mythic symbolism in popular culture, page 109:
- Animutation is satire, irony, and social criticism […]
- 2011, Greg Jarboe, YouTube and Video Marketing: An Hour a Day:
- He is also the creator of a genre of Flash animation known as animutation.