Clerks - Vocabulary Title Cards

Vocabulary Title Cards

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Various title cards are used throughout the film (after the title card for the film's title itself, "Clerks", with the exception of Dante). Though none of the vocabulary terms are defined in the film, the enhanced trivia track on the "Clerks X DVD" defines them as they appear.

On DVD and LaserDisc, the film is split into 18 scenes. Each scene is titled by a corresponding title card with the first being "Dante/Opening Credits" and the last being "End Credits".

  1. Dante/Opening Credits
  2. Vilification - An act of making cruel and insulting statements about a person
  3. Jay and Silent Bob
  4. Randal
  5. Syntax - The arrangement of something in a methodical manner
  6. Vagary - An erratic or peculiar modification, act or thought
  7. Purgation - An act of getting rid of something disagreeable, flawed or unsatisfactory
  8. Malaise - An all-around feeling of illness or bad health without any exact cause
  9. Harbinger - A person or thing that predicts the future
  10. Perspicacity - The intensity of judgment or observation
  11. Paradigm - A typical example of something
  12. Whimsy - A thought that has no apparent explanation to exist
  13. Quandary - A condition of doubt or uncertainty as to what to do in a certain situation
  14. Lamentation - An act or expression of sadness or distress
  15. Juxtaposition - An act of comparing two things, especially in a way that suggests connection between them or to distinguish them
  16. Catharsis - An event or sensation of spiritual cleansing brought on by a powerful emotional experience
  17. Denouement - The part of the ending in which all questions are answered and everything is cleared up
  18. End Credits

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