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Following is a list of proposed protologisms, with brief definitions. Feel free to add additional suggested words for others to consider, but please do not add articles for them. That being the case most links to these words should remain red. Humorous additions are fine as long as they fill an expressive gap. Please see Wiktionary:Protologisms for more detailed guidelines.

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• Aaaaabuse: The act of trying to use unusual naming conventions to get your entry placed ahead of everyone else's. Cf. the George Lopez episode where Angie states that she had her wedding planning business put in the phonebook as Aaaaangie's Wedding Planning. "I knew I'd get more business if I came before Triple A Weddings!"
• @buse: the use of non-alphabetic characters preceding the alphabet in ASCII encoding so as to assure oneself the leading position in a list sorted by ASCII character values. (@ precedes A in ASCII encoding.)
• a: The fear of short words, not to be confused with hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, the fear of long words.
• aa: - Bad, poor, less than expected. (Compare "pahoehoe.") Pronounced "ah-ah," with a break in the middle. From the Hawaiian word for a lava flow creating jagged, rough terrain. — e.g., "How was the movie?" "Aa; I don't need to see that again." | "You know, the skiing was great, but the rest of the vacation was just aa." In German this is also used as a synonym for "poo".
• aaa: - Prefix, a way to get in the front of the phonebook. — e.g., AAA Storage brings you the best in storage capabilities. AAuto paint and body, just south of AAA storage (consi

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British TV comedy sketch show (1994–2014)

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The Fast Show, also known as Brilliant in the United States, is a BBC comedy sketch show that ran on BBC 2 from 1994 to 1997, with specials in 2000 and 2014. The show's central performers were Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Mark Williams, John Thomson, Arabella Weir and Caroline Aherne. Other significant cast members included Felix Dexter, Paul Shearer, Rhys Thomas, Jeff Harding, Maria McErlane, Eryl Maynard, Colin McFarlane and Donna Ewin.

Loosely structured and reliant on character sketches, running gags and many catchphrases, its fast-paced "blackout" style set it apart from traditional sketch series because of the number and relative brevity of its sketches; a typical half-hour TV sketch comedy of the period might have consisted of nine or ten major items, with contrived situations and extended setups, whereas the premiere episode featured 27 sketches in 30 minutes, with some items lasting less than ten seconds and none running longer than three minutes. Its style and presentation influenced many later series such as Little Britain and The Catherine Tate Show.

The show was released on VHS, DVD and audio CD. Some of its characters, such as Ted and Ralph and Swiss Toni, have had their own spin-off programmes. It also produced two national tours, the first in 1998, with the cast of the BBC surrealist comedy quiz show Shooting Star