What does "time warp" mean?

A hypothetical discontinuity in the flow of time that would uncausally move events from one time period to another.

What is a synonym for "time warp"?

Common synonyms include: temporal anomaly, temporal distortion, time slip.

noun, verb

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Noun

1
A hypothetical discontinuity in the flow of time that would uncausally move events from one time period to another.
"But as the reports on the Bild investigation suggest, the company’s workplace culture may be stuck in a time warp."
2
A line dance popularized by the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in which the dancers take a jump to the left, a step to the right, put their hands on their hips, bend their knees, thrust their pelvises, spin in a circle, jump forward and back, and wiggle.
3
Acceleration of in-game time relative to real-world time.

Verb

"But as the reports on the Bild investigation suggest, the company’s workplace culture may be stuck in a time warp."