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text creep

text creep noun: the process by which a work of art (e.g. a video game) becomes overly full of text or writing, e.g. to exposit lore about the work.

Noun

text creep (uncountable)

  1. The process by which a work of art (e.g. a video game) becomes overly full of text or writing, e.g. to exposit lore about the work.
    • Welp, people did warn me that text creep was par for the course for HoYoverse games, but I was still surprised.

Forms of text creep

alternative formtextcreep

Origin of text creep

Compound of text + creep.

Questions about text creep

What does text creep mean?
Text creep means the process by which a work of art (e.g. a video game) becomes overly full of text or writing, e.g. to exposit lore about the work.
What part of speech is text creep?
Text creep is a noun.

Words near text creep in the dictionary

  1. text adventures
  2. text book
  3. text books
  4. text box
  5. text boxes
  6. text creep
  7. text door neighbour
  8. text door neighbours
  9. text editor
  10. text editors
  11. text file

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