Barbenheimer

Proper noun

Barbenheimer

1. (humorous, informal, neologism) The simultaneous theatrical release on July 21, 2023 of two blockbuster films of contrasting genres: Barbie, a fantasy comedy about the eponymous fashion doll, and Oppenheimer, a biographical thriller about physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project.
   • Though unions with workers in digital media or with companies that offer online shopping have invoked the idea of a digital picket line, the actors’ and writers’ unions have not called on consumers to stop watching television and movies on streaming services or to cancel their “Barbenheimer”...2023 July 19, Claire Moses, “Can I Watch ‘Barbenheimer’ Despite the Hollywood Strikes?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
   • So it was with mixed feelings that I purchased a movie ticket and saw Barbie in the theater, one of the many audience members who chose to see Barbie first during the “Barbenheimer” opening weekend.2024 August, Claire Elise Katz, “Introduction”, in In a Barbie World: Barbie as Narrative, Symbol, and Cipher, 1st edition, Oxford; New York: Routledge, published 2025, archived from the original on...