Dictionary

animutation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• (General-American) audio
• /ˌænɪmjuˈteɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• ăn'-ĭ-myo͞o-tāʹ-shən
• /ˌænəmjuˈteɪʃən/ (General-American)

Etymology

Blend of ani(mation) + mutation.

Meanings

1. (Internet, uncountable) A form of Internet-based computer animation characterized by unpredictable montages of pop culture images set to music; (countable) an instance of this.
   • "Potter Puppet Pals: The Mysterious Ticking Noise" was created by Neil Stephen Cicierega, an American comedian, filmmaker, and musician. He is also the creator of a genre of Flash animation known as animutation. 2011, Greg Jarboe, “Month 2: Create Content Worth Sharing”, in YouTube and Video Marketing: An Hour a Day, 2nd edition, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, →ISBN:
   • It's no fun to watch animutations when the music doesn't even line up! I think this is a performance issue; […] 2003 October 29, Greg Courville, “Flash Player”, in alt.linux (Usenet):
   • Think you’re cool sayin’ “All Your Base”? / Get that Xiao Xiao outta my face / You gotta be kidding me with that crap / Animutation’s where it’s at 2003 April 5, Neil Cicierega, “Hyakugojyuuichi 2003”, in Clown Circus, performed by Lemon Demon:
   • Animutation is satire, irony, and social criticism packed into one. 2009, Marcel Danesi, “I-power: Pop Culture in the Age of the Internet”, in X-rated! The Power of Mythic Symbolism in Popular Culture, New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, →DOI, →ISBN, page 109:

Forms

Translations (3)

fr animutation (form of Internet-based computer animation characterized by unpredictable montages of pop culture images set to music; an instance of this) · fi animutation (form of Internet-based computer animation characterized by unpredictable montages of pop culture images set to music; an instance of this) · pl animutacja (form of Internet-based computer animation characterized by unpredictable montages of pop culture images set to music; an instance of this)