Some potential names:
A)The Innermouth, as the adam's apple is protruding cartilage around the larynx (voice box), hence the name "Innermouth".
B)Throatjut, throatsack, necksack, throatbunch, neckbulge, throatbulge, etc.
C)Collarstone
You know, a thesaurus can work wonders.
edited 20th May '11 10:38:53 AM by Pyroninja42
"Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person that doesn't get it."I like the sound of "collarstone." What thesaurus are you looking in that has synonyms for "Adam's apple?"
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~MadrugadaI need a name for my villains. They're an interdimensional Hive Mind that can forcibly assimilate you into becoming one of them.
The worst, though, was the head. It was nothing more than a human skull, the teeth filed to sharp points, coated in the corrosive black liquid. Two deep red orbs of light sat nestled in it's open eye sockets.
In an attempt to avert The Main Characters Do Everything I'm thinking of splitting one of my characters into 2 people. I'm having a little trouble naming one of the resulting characters. Everyone goes by nicknames or code names. The original character ran nearly everything at home base. Of the new characters Pandora is in charge of all media: the library , music and video collections, and the radio station etc. Leaving the other character in charge of supplies : organizing and distributing what the scavengers bring in, and making sure everyone has what they need to do their jobs (from food to weapons).
Basically what is a good name for a hyper female character in charge of supplies.
edited 23rd May '11 11:36:57 AM by HistoryMaker
I don't know if you've read I, Robot, but all of the robots in there have one- or two-letter acronyms and then nicknames derived from them, like QT getting called Cutie and DV for Dave. You could try that.
Scepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom. - Clarence Darrow![]()
: How about Pomona? It's cute, it's catchy, and it's got a bit of Genius Bonus attached to it.
: What does the AI do? Or is it just a generic AI?
@Freeair: It monitors things at a laboratory (ie, keeps an eye on the experiments and any analysis that's going on, and also serves as the brains behind the security system) and controls the laboratory robots when necessary. It is also considerably less murderous then a certain other science orientated AI and nowhere near as impressive 'in person'.
How about "M.O.N.A.?" Let others figure out what the anagram stands for. :P
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugadamc - the revolution bits make me think of suggesting thematically appropriate months from the French Republican Calendar...
ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NORegarding my previous couple of posts, I've managed to come up with a few options but would appreciate some help in deciding which one to go with. They're all acronyms but I won't say want for since a) it's not that important, and b) I'd be typing for ages since there's quite a few of them.
Hey guys, I found this
interesting thing. Might be worth poking around if you're writing American/English characters.
Oh nevermind, looks like you have to register to see the rest of the site. Have a consolation link
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edited 28th May '11 9:32:39 PM by melloncollie

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Semi-strongly (there is a character in one story named after something related to Islam, but the word itself is not confined to it in terms of origin), but part of my worldbuilding process is to eliminate words that are confined to Earthly places, persons, lore, and events. Things I've killed include "sandwich," "china," "foot" (as a system of measurement) and "Samaritan." A few things I've let stay on the same grounds as the character's name, such as "stoic" and "cynic," on the grounds that they came to have those words in other ways, and a different character's name, under Early-Installment Weirdness Grandfather Clause.
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada