Definitions
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- proper noun informal The
jargon associated with the film-making industry inHollywood .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I think it was probably the first time many of the Dsiney personal were introduced to true 'Hollywoodese' in such a public forum.
Who knows what Fantasia means, anyway? Steve Hulett 2006
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Fans of the old show might like the film... but then again, maybe not, since it's a "reboot" Hollywoodese for "retcon" and pisses all over the original continuity.
STAR TREK grrm 2009
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In transposing Claude Sautet's 1970 French movie "The Things of Life" -- a film about the banality and allure of bourgeois comforts -- into Hollywoodese, director Rydell and screenwriters David Rayfiel and Marshall Brickman seem uncertain of their own point of view.
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The characterization of the prim Mr. Lane as the ultimate savior translates very well into Hollywoodese.
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The characterization of the prim Mr. Lane as the ultimate savior translates very well into Hollywoodese.
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A problem in translation from French to Hollywoodese.
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A problem in translation from French to Hollywoodese.
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A problem in translation from French to Hollywoodese.
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A problem in translation from French to Hollywoodese.
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Translated from Hollywoodese to English, this means, “I may get stuck working with some of these people somewhere along the road and I don’t want to offend anyone by saying this was a dumb idea.”
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