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hand waved

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FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: TV Tropes and FandomCLUSTER: trope_vocabulary

Said of a story problem, plot hole or odd detail that the work brushes aside with a quick, superficial explanation or none at all, instead of explaining it properly.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""How the heroes survived the fall was hand waved in one line of dialogue.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionary defines handwave as a glib statement or explanation that glosses over important details, and as a verb meaning to explain something superficially. Fan-wiki mirrors of TV Tropes use Hand Wave for flimsy in-story explanations of backstory, retcons or technobabble. No dated first use of the fandom sense found.

FIRST SEEN

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PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2000s-2020s fandom

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

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