timeskip

English

Etymology

time +‎ skip, cf. Japanese 時とばし (toki tobashi)

Noun

timeskip (plural timeskips)

1. (fandom slang) An instance of fast-forwarding a substantial amount of time, such as years or decades, as a narrative device in a story, quickly aging characters and developing events.
   • 2016, Derek Padula, Dragon Ball Culture Volume 5: Demons, Derek Padula, →ISBN, page 8:

     Akira Toriyama uses a timeskip to rejoin us with Gokū and friends in Dragon Ball Chapter 113, three years after Gokū leaves Uranai Baba's Palace for his global trek.

2. Any case of something jumping ahead in time.
   • 2001 January 1, Aake Kinnunen, “Nomad 2 MG memory glitch?”, in creative.products.nomad‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Now I got one "Corrupted"-file which I erased and the next song had a timeskip. Player just informed me "Skip" and jumped some 10-15 seconds forwards.