Meanings
- derogatorynot comparableslangusuallylifestyleNew, especially used of remakes seen as a travesty or pale imitation of the original.
The script, by Reitman and Gil Kenan (the two having previously collaborated on the nü-Ghostbusters movies) takes problems that Lorne Michaels would face over the course of the first season […]
2024 October 24, “'Saturday Night' Makes Me Envy The Boomers Again”, in The Content Report, archived from the original on 10 Dec 20242 more examples
Simultaneously, his thoughts could be inverted as a positive assessment of the successful format Nü Who showrunners have applied to encode more than one original Time Lord: counterpointing the characterization of successive Doctors to keep audiences intrigued with the ongoing evolution of the show.
2016 October 21, Tom Powers, Gender and the Quest in British Science Fiction Television: An Analysis of Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Red Dwarf and Torchwood, McFarland, →ISBN, page 77I’ve always found accusations that I hate Star Trek weird, since I make my love of Trek clear enough every time I write one of these reviews. Every time I watch a nü-Trek episode that I’m fortunate enough to do as part of my day job, I hope that I can genuinely talk about it with a sense of love.
2023 April 13, Daniel Cooper, “‘Star Trek: Picard’ turns a corner and jumps on the rollercoaster”, in Engadget, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2023
Origin
Likely back-formation from nü-metal; originally an alteration of nu with heavy metal umlaut.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
nü. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/n%C3%BC
“nü.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/n%C3%BC. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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