feelien.
/ˈfiːli/, U.S. /ˈfili/ Chiefly Science Fiction.
A (hypothetical) motion picture augmented by tactile effects which are felt by the viewer. Chiefly in plural (frequently with the): the screening of such pictures; such pictures as a type of entertainment. Cf. movie n., talkie n.Originally in, and later frequently with reference to, the works of Aldous Huxley.
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romantic comedy1748
epic1785
pre-release1871
foreign film1899
frivol1903
dramedy1905
film loop1906
first run1910
detective film1911
colour film1912
news film1912
topical1912
cinemicrograph1913
scenic1913
sport1913
newsreel1914
serial1914
sex comedy1915
war picture1915
telefilm1919
comic1920
true crime1923
art house1925
quickie1926
turkey1927
two-reeler1928
smellie1929
disaster film1930
musical1930
feelie1931
sticky1934
action comedy1936
quota quickie1936
re-release1936
screwball comedy1937
telemovie1937
pickup1939
video film1939
actioner1940
space opera1941
telepic1944
biopic1947
kinescope1949
TV movie1949
pièce noire1951
pièce rose1951
deepie1953
misterioso1953
film noir1956
policier1956
psychodrama1956
free film1958
prequel1958
co-production1959
glossy1960
sexploiter1960
sci-fier1961
tie-in1962
chanchada1963
romcom1963
wuxia1963
chick flick1964
showreel1964
mockumentary1965
sword-and-sandal1965
schlockbuster1966
mondo1967
peplum1968
thriller1968
whydunit1968
schlocker1969
buddy-buddy movie1972
buddy-buddy film1974
buddy film1974
science-fictioner1974
screwball1974
buddy movie1975
slasher movie1975
swashbuckler1975
filmi1976
triptych1976
autobiopic1977
Britcom1977
kidflick1977
noir1977
bodice-ripper1979
chopsocky1981
date movie1983
kaiju eiga1984
screener1986
neo-noir1987
indie1990
bromance2001
hack-and-slash2002
mumblecore2005
dark fantasy2007
hack-and-slay2007
gorefest2012
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1931 A. Huxley Music at Night ii. 123 The theatres in which the egalitarians will enjoy the talkies, tasties, smellies, and feelies.
1932 A. Huxley Brave New World xi. 197 Take hold of those metal knobs on the arms of your chair... Otherwise you won't get any of the feely effects.
1953 J. E. Gunn in Space Sci. Fiction Mar. 12/1 Imagine that. No video or trideo. No jet-races or feelies. What do people do with their time in a place like this?
1964 Discovery Oct. 22/1 We shall certainly need to be most cautious if techniques develop—to colour, three dimensions, or even to the ‘smellies’ and ‘feelies’.
1993 New Yorker 17 May 105/1 When the holograms acquire tactile capability, they fulfill Aldous Huxley's ‘Brave New World’ vision of ‘feelies’.
2011 S. Stanton Bloodlight Chrons.: Retribution ii. 22 ‘I'm looking for sex,’ she said... ‘Vidi, feelie, or text?’ ‘Uh, feelie.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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