slipstreamy

English

Etymology

From slipstream +‎ -y.

Adjective

slipstreamy (comparative more slipstreamy, superlative most slipstreamy)

1. Resembling a slipstream.
   • 2012, Melanie Schnell, While the Sun Is Above Us, Calgary, A.B.: Freehand Books, →ISBN, page 21:

     Right after Mom left us, she asked me to write her letters. Her voice crackling over the phone, she asked me to write down "all the slipstreamy thoughts from the pocket of my soul" and send them to her.

2. Resembling slipstream fiction ("a genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries").
   • 2007 July, Paul Di Filippo, “On Books”, in Asimov's Science Fiction, volume 31, number 27, Norwalk, C.T.: Dell Magazines, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 137:

     The other zine, run by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link, radiates a determinedly "postmodern," slipstreamy vibe. Two poles of the fantasy spectrum, right?

Synonyms

• slipstreamish

 

References

• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “slipstreamy, adj.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.