Time-warp
noun
1.
a hypothetical eccentricity in the progress of time that would allow movement back and forth between eras or that would permit the passage of time to be suspended.
noun
1.
any distortion of space-time
2.
a hypothetical distortion of time in which people and events from one age can be imagined to exist in another age
3.
(informal) an illusion in which time appears to stand still: he is living in a time warp
timer
A stoppage in the passage of time; also, a distortion of time whereby an event or person could hypothetically move from one era to another. For example, Nothing in their lives has changed since the sixties; they’re in a time warp, or Having a seventy-year-old actress portray a teenager—that was some time warp! This term originated in science fiction, where it signifies “a supernatural movement from one era to another,” and came to be used more loosely. [ c. 1950 ]
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adverb with regard to time; pertaining to time
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- Timeworn
adjective 1. worn or impaired by time. 2. showing the effects of age or antiquity; antiquated: timeworn farming methods. 3. commonplace; trite; hackneyed: a timeworn excuse. adjective 1. showing the adverse effects of overlong use or of old age 2. hackneyed; trite