movielore

English

Alternative forms
  • movie-lore, movie lore

Etymology

From movie +‎ lore.

Noun

movielore (uncountable)

  1. (film) The knowledge, study, history, or culture relating to movies and filmmaking; filmlore.
    • 1986, Films in Review:
      Whether you intend to captivate your friends with your cinematic erudition or baffle your acquaintances by displaying your PhD. in movielore, this is the book to buy for hours of enchanting entertainment.
    • 1994, Wayne Wilson, Sexuality in the Land of Oz:
      Or, as the movielore surrounding a manly male like John Wayne commands, "A man's gotta do (pause) what a man's gotta do."
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