animutation
English edit
Etymology edit
Blend of animation + mutation
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: ăn'-ĭ-myo͞o-tāʹ-shən, IPA(key): /ˌæn.ɪ.mju.ˈteɪ.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: an‧i‧mu‧ta‧tion
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun edit
animutation (countable and uncountable, plural animutations)
- (Internet) A form of Web-based computer animation characterized by unpredictable montages of pop culture images set to music.
- 2003, Greg Courville, “Flash Player”, in alt.linux (Usenet):
- It's no fun to watch animutations when the music doesn't even line up! I think this is a performance issue […]
- 2009, Marcel Danesi, X-rated!: the power of mythic symbolism in popular culture, page 109:
- Animutation is satire, irony, and social criticism […]
- 2011, Greg Jarboe, YouTube and Video Marketing: An Hour a Day:
- He is also the creator of a genre of Flash animation known as animutation.