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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#6226: Jun 14th 2021 at 7:32:26 PM

[up]... Besides the reference to the Italian/Spanish numeral 1, what does the acronym stand for? "Universal Network Overseer"?

Edited by MarqFJA on Jun 14th 2021 at 5:32:56 PM

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MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
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#6227: Jun 14th 2021 at 7:32:41 PM

@Marq There several routes this could take.

The first would be a god(dess) of Justice such as Dike, or those associated with Law (like Athena).

The second would be referencing the panopticon to highlight its omnipresence and omniscience

the third would be an ironic one, either referencing known criminals (Edward Snowden), or anti-authoritarian activists or thinkers (Colin Ward)

the forth would be to reference conquerors (Alexander of Macedon, Napoleon) or Dictators (Napoleon again, Julius Caesar) which highlights how much control the AI "God" has over the internet analoge.

My final route for suggestion would be a reference to the Gnostic interpretation of God, as such names such as "Demiurge", "Yadabaloth" or "Sophia" would be apt (the last one is more of an ironic one as she is , AFAIK, the "true" god in gnosticism).

Edited by MorningStar1337 on Jun 14th 2021 at 7:36:09 AM

TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#6228: Jun 14th 2021 at 8:02:05 PM

[up][up] It can stand for whatever you wish for it to stand for.

As long it is called "U.N.O" or "UNO" when talked about.

AdeptGaderius Otaku from the Anime World Since: Nov, 2018 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#6229: Jun 15th 2021 at 5:15:18 AM

I need a term for a vengeful ghost of an infanticide victim that seeks rebirth while slaying anyone who are complicit of its murder.

MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
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#6230: Jun 15th 2021 at 6:19:44 AM

[up] Is it as a character or as a concept?

If the latter, might I suggest, "unborn" as a play on "undead"? How about "tiyanak"?

Edited by MorningStar1337 on Jun 15th 2021 at 6:20:29 AM

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TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#6232: Jun 15th 2021 at 7:20:36 AM

[up][up][up] "Remembryo"

A made-up term but hey, not all ghosts have to be based on something.

This creature haunts people's dreams (hence the "REM-" part of its name) and kills them there by giving them brain tumors in the shape of an embryo (which shows up on x-rays when taken)

If you can't find anything already made, make something new up.

eagleoftheninth Shop all day, greed is free from a dreamed portrait, imperfect Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#6233: Jun 15th 2021 at 7:38:00 AM

Yeah, this is a pretty common concept across Southeast Asian folklores. The tiyanak is also known as the tuyul in Indonesia and Malaysia and the kuman thong in Thailand.

If you've played The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, you'd also be pretty familiar with the "botchling" (poroniec) of Slavic mythology, which isn't a result of infanticide, but rather an improperly-buried stillborn fetus. All that said, though, what kind of name are you looking for? Are you looking for a sci-fi one like what TitanJump suggested, or something more culturally specific?

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AdeptGaderius Otaku from the Anime World Since: Nov, 2018 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#6234: Jun 15th 2021 at 3:31:36 PM

[up] It's more generalized, not bound to any culture or sci-fi.

ArsThaumaturgis Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: I've been dreaming of True Love's Kiss
#6235: Jun 15th 2021 at 3:54:52 PM

Hmm... Perhaps something euphemistic in the local language?

For example, a similar class of spirit in at least one Scandinavian culture (I think that it was) was called an "utburd", which I believe translates as "that which is taken outside". (i.e. A child abandoned to the elements, I presume.)

See here for a bit more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myling

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#6236: Jun 15th 2021 at 9:27:41 PM

An Unchild?

This could also be a pun, since "unchild" as a verb means to kill someeone's child.

@erazor0707: "Unbirth" already means... something else.

Edited by Wheezy on Jun 15th 2021 at 12:31:03 PM

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#6238: Jun 16th 2021 at 8:11:36 AM

"It's a fetish that only exists on the internet" probably tells you more than you need to know.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#6239: Jun 16th 2021 at 8:19:34 AM

Just don't look it up, you'll regret it.

Some things on the Internet are not meant for the human mind to experience...

MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
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#6240: Jun 16th 2021 at 8:23:34 AM

you can never be surprised by the depths of human depravity you can find on the internet.

To rerail the topic back. A hypothetical, What would the name "Leraje of House Fail-naught" make you think of?

erazor0707 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#6242: Jun 16th 2021 at 8:57:15 AM

[up][up] Tristan.

... Despacito.

And the Three Stooges.

Edited by TitanJump on Jun 16th 2021 at 5:57:32 PM

ArsThaumaturgis Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: I've been dreaming of True Love's Kiss
#6243: Jun 16th 2021 at 9:36:47 AM

[up][up][up] "House Failnaught" sounds fairly grandiose—it seems either like a boast waiting to be falsified or an indicator of epic deeds.

"Leraje" I'm not familiar with as a name, and indeed, I don't have a solid guess as to its pronunciation, and so I don't have a strong impression of it.

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MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
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#6244: Jun 16th 2021 at 10:22:17 AM

Again its more of a hypothetical, a more for fun thing. and the first name is a reference to a goetic demon of the same name.

Edited by MorningStar1337 on Jun 16th 2021 at 10:23:11 AM

Swordofknowledge Spreading literacy with book and blade from I like it here... Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#6245: Jun 18th 2021 at 7:28:33 AM

Does anyone have a good term for the ability to create and manifest organic material—-skin, muscles, bones, nerves, hair, etc—-from nothing? I want to name this power Call Flesh, but that is already taken and given to a similar power in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter books.

To give some context, if it helps, this is a name for what the werewolves in my story do when they transform, since all that extra organic mass seemingly comes from nothing.

Edited by Swordofknowledge on Jun 18th 2021 at 10:30:28 AM

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TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#6246: Jun 18th 2021 at 8:50:59 AM

[up]

"Overplay""

or

"Overdo""

Either work.

Edited by TitanJump on Jun 18th 2021 at 5:51:41 PM

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#6247: Jun 18th 2021 at 10:08:06 AM

"Pluripotency": the ability of stem cells to develop into any of the three germ layers. A little fantasy elbow grease and it will work.

TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#6248: Jun 18th 2021 at 10:11:04 AM

[up] I think he wants something in layman terms or "simple english" that can be understood by anyone without a degree in biology.

Swordofknowledge Spreading literacy with book and blade from I like it here... Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#6249: Jun 18th 2021 at 10:27:25 AM

[up] @ Titan Jump and Synchrondicity :

Overplay sounds good or maybe Overlay since that would I guess go along with the visual aspect of the transformation (a body building itself out of nothing, first bones, then muscle/nerves and so on until the entire wolf is present where the human once was). Is that what you meant by Overplay?

Pluripotency sounds weirdly like something one would find in a Harry Potter book. It's a good name, and I may use it for a non-werewolf aspect of the story. Heck, a scientist studying vampire cells under a microscope could toss it out there in regard to how they magically repair damage when in contact with human blood.

Edited by Swordofknowledge on Jun 18th 2021 at 1:27:45 PM

Fear is a tyrant and a despot, more terrible than the rack, more potent than the snake. — Edgar Walllace
TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#6250: Jun 18th 2021 at 10:32:19 AM

Overplay is basically "making something out of nothing" in an argument, like, ever had those dumb fights over absolutely nothing or the tiniest things?

That's what it is.

In this case, it would be literal.

You got your own name for it as well from that, that's good.


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