shadow realm
Realm of darkness
Shadow realm is internet and gaming slang for a place of banishment or defeat—being sent to the shadow realm means being utterly destroyed, eliminated, or shut down.
The term originated from the English dub of *Yu-Gi-Oh!*, where characters losing duels were euphemistically "sent to the shadow realm" rather than killed.
It now applies broadly: That comeback sent him straight to the shadow realm, One more loss and this team is going to the shadow realm.
- darknessTotal absence of light
- dark dimensionLightless supernatural realm
- voidWithout legal effect
- underworldRealm of the departed
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
limbo · in between · purgatory · banish · card game · netherworld · spirit world · oblivion · exile · phantom · specter · twilight · dimension · portal · trapped · souls · eternal · eternal damnation
- afterlifeheaven, hell, paradise, purgatory, limbo
- Eerie Placeshaunted house, haunted mansion, haunted castle, ghost town, catacombs
- fantasy locationsenchanted forest, dragon lair, floating islands, castle, wizard tower
- Fantasy RealmsNarnia, Middle-earth, Hogwarts, Oz, Neverland
- imaginary worldsdreamland, fairyland, wonderland, dream world, fantasy land
- Mythic RealmsAsgard, Avalon, Elysium, Hades, Valhalla
shadow realmheaven
Sky or bliss
paradise · heavenly realm · divine realm · Elysium · Valhalla
shadow, realm, shadows, shadowy, shadowed, shadowing, overshadow, overshadows, overshadowed