plot-twisty

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From plot twist +‎ -y.

Adjective[edit]

plot-twisty (comparative more plot-twisty, superlative most plot-twisty)

  1. (rare) Relating to or characteristic of a plot twist.
    • 2016 January 5, Seth Colter Walls, “Les Pêcheurs de Perles review – inconsistently ravishing”, in The Guardian[1]:
      It can start to feel like Woolcock is on the the[sic] verge of making Les Pêcheurs de Perles feel contemporary, and profound. But in the end, she doesn’t have a trick up her sleeve that can fix the jagged, plot-twisty ending (long judged implausible, even by operatic standards).