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Mort Walker of ''[[Beetle Bailey]]'' and ''[[Hi and Lois]]'' fame is also credited with creating a bunch of nonsense words for the shorthand symbols used in [[Newspaper Comics]]. In 1980 he released a book called ''The Lexicon of Comicana'' that listed and defined all of these terms. Many of the terms were adopted by other cartoonists, and even incorporated into cartooning how-to books, although those of us outside the industry (or just preferring to not sound crazy) will usually still use expressions like "dust clouds" and "motion lines".
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'''Briffits:''' Clouds of dust that trail behind fast-moving characters, linger in the spot where a character suddenly dashed out of frame, or appear in clumps when objects or characters collide. Car exhaust can serve as a more realistic version of this.
'''[[Speed Stripes|Hites]]:''' Horizontal lines that trail behind fast-moving characters to indicate motion. Usually come in pairs. A variation is up-hites, which are vertical and appear above a falling object or character.
'''Vites:''' Vertical lines placed on bodies of ice to indicate reflectiveness. Often placed directly under a character and filled with whatever color the character is. Not to be confused with up-hites.
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Breathed also coined the term '''Bulble''' for the good ol' [[Idea Bulb]] and noted that '''Stars''' indicate [[Editorial Synaesthesia|severe pain.]]
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