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"Black Panther" Lingo

Fri Feb 09 09:41:28 EST 2018
By Vocabulary.com (NY)Visual Thesaurus Moderator
Marvel's Black Panther movie is the first blockbuster film to center on a black superhero. Here are some terms relating to T’Challa, a character who’s literally comic book royalty.

Here's the full article: The Royal Lexicon of The Black Panther
clandestine
When Black Panther arrives in theaters on Feb. 16, comics fans will be familiar with the clandestine African nation of Wakanda, a world they’ve been visiting in books for decades.
cultural
“Black Panther” is a stunning visual and cultural achievement that takes superhero cinema where it’s never gone before by not being afraid to embrace its blackness. Washington Post (Feb 12, 2018)
deity
T’Challa isn’t just a political leader: he’s a religious leader too. As the Pope is to Catholics, the Black Panther is to Wakandans, though T’Challa is better in a fight. Wakandans worship a deity named Bast, also known as the Panther God. Deity is synonymous with god.
The Marvel Universe has more deities than a religious studies course, what with Asgardian gods, Greek gods, the Celestials, the Phoenix Force, the Beyonder, Bast, and who knows what else might be out there in the cosmos.
enhanced
Anything that’s enhanced has been increased: if you have enhanced agility, you’re more agile than before. Think of athletes busted for taking performance-enhancing drugs which boost skills but break rules. Fortunately, superheroes don’t have to abide by the laws of the NFL or NBA.
The Black Panther isn’t just a guy with a cool costume and some sweet martial arts moves: he has enhanced speed and strength.
guardian
The Black Panther is the guardian of Wakanda.
hero
But Black Panther matters more, because he is our best chance for people of every color to see a black hero.
kingdom
Directed by Creed's Ryan Coogler, it is set in the mythical country of Wakanda: a hidden African kingdom with incredible technological power, due to its reserves of the world's most useful precious metal.
meteorite
Some superheroes and villains have gained powers through crashed space rocks called meteorites, but not the Black Panther. Still, a meteorite—a small meteor—did help him out. A meteorite was the source of the vibranium that helped make Wakanda so wealthy and advanced. Before a meteorite lands, you might see it as a shooting star.
A meteorite was the source of the vibranium that helped make Wakanda so wealthy and advanced.
monarch
A monarchy is a government ruled by a king or queen, who is the monarch. T’Challa is the monarch of fictional African nation Wakanda. Other Marvel Comics monarchs aren’t as heroic and noble as T’Challa, such as Dr. Doom and Namor the Sub-Mariner.
T’Challa is the monarch of fictional African nation Wakanda, and he came by his kingdom the same way nearly all monarchs do: through their family.
myth
A jolt of a movie, “Black Panther” creates wonder with great flair and feeling partly through something Hollywood rarely dreams of anymore: myth. - New York Times (Feb 6, 2018)
precious
Directed by Creed's Ryan Coogler, it is set in the mythical country of Wakanda: a hidden African kingdom with incredible technological power, due to its reserves of the world's most useful precious metal.
protagonist
The issue sold well and by the 1970s Black Panther was a protagonist in his own comic book.
secluded
In Civil War<.i>, which introduced the Black Panther, Wakanda seems to be a known country. But in the comic, people didn’t know about this fantastically advanced nation for a long time. That’s because Wakanda was secluded: hidden from the world, allowing it to develop at its own pace, which was faster than everyone else. If you decided to go into hiding, you could say you went into seclusion.
Wakanda was a secluded country: hidden from the world, allowing it to develop at its own pace, which was faster than everyone else.
squadron
With help from a female special-forces squadron, he protects his isolated, wealthy and technologically advanced kingdom from threats, including a villain played by Michael B. Jordan.
substance
A substance is some sort of distinctive material that’s a solid: you can’t call a liquid or gas a substance. Vibranium is the main ingredient in one of the most famous comic book weapons, Captain America’s shield. You can also use substance metaphorically to mean the meat or gist of a topic.
Wakanda is known for being a futuristic wonderland and the only source of vibranium—a rare, powerful substance.
technology
Technology is the application of science to all sorts of stuff, resulting in everything from surgery-performing robots to fidget spinners.
Partly because of vibranium, Wakanda is a place of amazing technology: far beyond the rest of Earth in the Marvel Universe — or this universe for that matter.
tribal
In the comics, T’Challa had to defeat champions from other tribes for the honor and responsibility of being the Black Panther.
Wakanda is not only a monarchy, it’s a tribal society, meaning it’s made up groups of indigenous people.
vengeful
A few scenes later, a recently orphaned and vengeful T’Challa, swapping his bespoke blue suit for a full-body bulletproof one, reappears as a new Marvel movie superhero. - New York Times (Feb 6, 2018)
villain
With help from a female special-forces squadron, he protects his isolated, wealthy and technologically advanced kingdom from threats, including a villain played by Michael B. Jordan.
weapon
Vibranium is the main ingredient in one of the most famous comic book weapons, Captain America’s shield.

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