The science fiction writer/visionary Arthur C. Clarke outlined satellite-linked global communications with a short paper in Wireless World, Oct. 1945; detailed with science facts & sketches, it largely went un-noticed for decades.
Futurese: A-o
- Acoustic Archaeology
- Investigation & study of ancient sites relating to rhythm & resonance. Most recent uncovered sites include: Orchestra Hall Chicago (1904) Avery Fisher NY (1962) & Carnegie (pre-1900).
- Acoustic Ecology
- The study of & preservation of soundscapes as an important concept to the creation of livable communities & for protection of cultural traditions.
- Acousticology
- The study of sound in relation to location, materials & technologies of recording, reproduction & performance.
- A-field
- Stands for the Akashic field, the cosmic medium in which all information (reality) is created & shared. "The jolly ol' jello mind of Zeus!" the physicist quipped upon discovery.
- Cell-telling
- Word performance for healing living tissue.
- cipher
- A spoken language vocoder/translator program.
- Faunalyrixs
- Literature written & performed by animals. Also human lit translated to animal language (translated through a cipher-loaded mic called a "faunafilter" for critter's enjoyment).
- holla
- Archaic meaning "goodbye, later", now means "Praise, so glad, hurray!"
- Hyper-story
- Literary genre begun in the 1990's, web-based, utilizing user choices of characters or text or user collaboration in writing to shape the direction of the story. Evolved into performance genre to incorporate video, audio & virtual theatre formats.
- infrasonic
- "Silent" sound, though it does have frequencies (under 20 Hz) & can result in Helmholtz resonance in certain settings at certain decibels (audible hums & thrums).
- mincer
- Someone who won't tell the whole story, also someone who interrupts.
- MUS-pod
- Next model up from US-pod, the Meta-Ultrascripter was designed to hear ghost performers. No longer available to the public (side effects).
- noise
- (From ancient history) an auditory imbalance of human to nature. Eradicated after the World Acoustic Volume Evaluation Act of 2075 (WAVE 2.75) that outlined steps to re-tune the world environment as "a perfectly EQ-ed global auditorium, holla, as if we were building the grandest, live show Hall the people have ever stepped on. " (See definition for "stepped on").
Futurese: p-Z
- Pharmalect
- Word performance available in elixir & gel cap form, speaks directly to the anatomy conducting waves like through water.
- phono-centrism
- Primarily concerned with how words sound & using words, rhythm & tone that say exactly what you mean.
- propheting
- Getting rich by collecting truths. A common greeting: "You prophetin'?"
- RoboBeat
- Robot word performance made popular in year 3008, resurrects an ancient Af-Am spoken word/music genre called Rap.
- SETIspeak
- A phono-centric genre & spoken word movement of 3000 & beyond, invented by artist colony called The Winkles out of New Mexico.
- slam-gaming
- Playing competitive performance game resembling Slam of the 1980's with other users via net, judges chosen by site visitors watching by podcast.
- sonofusion
- Energy created by vibration from sound making fossil fuels obsolete.
- sonoluminescence
- Light created from sound. Replaced old-style "electric" light.
- Spoken Word
- More commonly used pre-3000 for OT, "ohh-tee", Oral Tradition.
- SpokenOak
- Longest running website on the history & culture of Spoken Word, began in 2006, founded by ancient wurdur, philosopher, historian Zoa Smith.
- stepped on
- Common expression meaning "danced to".
- tuned
- Feeling fine, operating perfectly, healthy.
- Ultrascript
- Same as Faunalyrix only includes plants & minerals.
- US-pod
- Pronounced "Uhh-s pawd". Modeled after old-fashioned i-pod, the Ultrascript-pod is a small, portable device for hearing ultrascript performance (word/sounds of plants & minerals).
- Virtual Theatre
- 1) TV technology popular with masses by 2025, replacing old flat-screens, total visual/auditory (sometimes tactile & olfactory) experience. 2) Some performance artists work exclusively in this venue which is a real, stage-style replica of a theatre & built to provide virtual experience in place of old-style sets/lights/effects.
- Whut vib?
- (pronounced WHUH fip) It's a greeting like "How are ya?"
- (the) Winkles
- Members of spoken word colony (founded in NM) committed to performing for aliens, originally called Van Winkles, from the old American folktale, shortened to Winkles after a few decades of spaceflight tour.
