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Hollywoodese: A Second Language

When glancing through "Variety" for the first time, it's easy to get lost. That's because this industry is self-absorbed enough to have created its own vocabulary. See if you are entertainment-saavy enough to understand the following expressions (Call it my Hollywood Trades Obstacle Course). Look at this small glossary of terms, below:

LAFFER: A comedy show that makes you laff.

TALKER: Talk show.

TUNER: Musical. “Canned Tuner” would be a cancelled musical, not fish product.

PIC: Picture or movie. When plural, use "PIX", as taking the time to spell "PICS" would be inefficient.

PREEM: Premiere. Preemie Preem: Premiering a film about premature babies.

NOM: Nomination

MOUSE HOUSE: Disney. Isn't that cute?

PAR: Paramount (TV or Studio). Except in golf.

U: Universal. The laziest nickname so far.

LION: MGM

FROG: WB

PEACOCK: NBC

EYE: CBS... see the pattern?

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