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ArsThaumaturgis Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: I've been dreaming of True Love's Kiss
#6251: Jun 18th 2021 at 11:14:47 AM

Does anyone have a good term for the ability to create and manifest organic material—-skin, muscles, bones, nerves, hair, etc—-from nothing?

Perhaps something like "<X> Manifestation", where "<X>" is something like "Flesh", "Anatomic", "Biological", "Organic", etc.?

Edited by ArsThaumaturgis on Jun 18th 2021 at 8:15:22 PM

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Nukeli Since: Aug, 2018
#6252: Jun 18th 2021 at 2:48:49 PM

Name ideas for a minor character who's Welsh nationalist super, who uses the Welsh wyvern as a motif and speaks of independence from Britain?note 

She is not a straight-up terrorist or anything, though. It's mostly just fight-picking, public condemnation of things, one-person protesting, beating up criminals, insulting the government to it's face, etc.

The obvious thing would be a reference to the wyvern, but i can't come up with anything interesting about it. It'd propably also make sense for it to be in welsh (if not Translation Convention), but i don't speak any.

~*bleh*~
TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#6253: Jun 18th 2021 at 9:49:06 PM

[up]The "Welsh Rooster" (Look at a rooster and look at a wyvern. The only difference, is that the latter have no feathers.)

And what powers he got, no clue.

But then again, the moniker doesn't have to do with anything about the powers.

In fact, it might be a neat trick of misdirection to keep said powers unknown to the enemy.

Or "Ceiliog" for short.

Edited by TitanJump on Jun 18th 2021 at 7:13:06 PM

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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#6254: Jun 18th 2021 at 9:57:45 PM

Rhiannon?

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Florien The They who said it from statistically, slightly right behind you. Since: Aug, 2019
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#6255: Jun 20th 2021 at 11:10:51 PM

Well, a lot of Welsh nationalists like Saint David's Cross (yellow on black) as well as Y Ddraig Goch. (Notably, not a wyvern except in the archaic sense, as it's four legged and two winged.)

Also, seeing as she's a Plaid Cymru-voting (except when there's an even more pro-independence option) presumably north-western Wales person, she'd probably theme some part of herself around Owain Glyndŵr. She might portray herself as Owain returned to free Wales. (Owain had a wyvern in the modern sense as his crest, but it was gold, not red.)

So obviously, Y Ddraig Goch (The Red Dragon, the one on the flag) is a clear choice. But also something like Dychwelyd Glyndŵr (The Return of Glyndŵr), or Y Ddraig Aur (The Gold Dragon, for Glyndŵr's crest) could work. Alternately, if she's a particularly religious nationalist, she might reference Saint David, though I can't think of a good way to do that.

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#6256: Jun 21st 2021 at 12:50:57 AM

What would be a derogatory name for a teddy bear wearing sailor uniform?

Context: The main character is a naval cadet who also played in US Naval Academy's football team. In a Army-Navy Game, he leads Navy team to a victory and becomes a MVP. Then he uses teddy bears as a part of victory ceremony (basically, Navy teddy bear blows up Army teddy bear with a miniature cannon), which really pisses off the army cadets.

And from the next year and on, teddy bear wearing navy uniform becomes a punching bag within the US Military Academy, like being used for target practices and such. So naturally, they should've given it a really derogatory, mean-spirited name for it.

The one I got so far is literally just "Navy Bear" but that doesn't quite do the wonder.

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#6258: Jun 24th 2021 at 12:06:33 PM

Trying to come up with a name for “living curse”. As in, a curse is placed on a person or location, then that curse becomes a thinking entity bent on the undoing of the person or place (and frequently everyone nearby as well).

You say I am loved, when I don’t feel a thing. You say I am strong, when I think I am weak. You say I am held, when I am falling short.
ArsThaumaturgis Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: I've been dreaming of True Love's Kiss
#6259: Jun 24th 2021 at 1:43:24 PM

[up] Are you looking for a name for the type of curse, or for an individual curse-entity?

[edit] For the former, perhaps something involving the word "nemesis"? After all, the original holder of that name was a deity of retribution, I believe.

Edited by ArsThaumaturgis on Jun 24th 2021 at 10:45:22 AM

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Novis from To the Moon's song. Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
#6260: Jun 24th 2021 at 2:39:13 PM

[up] A type rather than an individual, and that’s a good idea, thanks.

Edited by Novis on Jun 24th 2021 at 3:39:27 AM

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#6261: Jun 25th 2021 at 1:34:43 PM

What's a naming convention I can use to describe a general Time Period? I find myself cringing on using Age of X.

MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
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#6262: Jun 25th 2021 at 1:42:35 PM

Try a variant of "Anno Domini"?

ArsThaumaturgis Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: I've been dreaming of True Love's Kiss
#6263: Jun 25th 2021 at 2:03:41 PM

[up][up] Hmm... What sort of setting is this applied to?

As a few suggestions:

A dramatic fantasy work might use "the days of X"—e.g. "Those were the days of Kalakorn the Conquerer; black days, full of suffering."

A sci-fi work might use "epoch"—e.g. "It was the epoch of the Star Empire, when any person could have their wants—as long as they could pay, could stomach, the price."

Indeed, "epoch" might work for a particularly far-reaching non-sci-fi work, too—e.g. "That battle won the war. Everything was different then, everything was new. A new epoch: the Epoch of the Armistice."

Edited by ArsThaumaturgis on Jun 25th 2021 at 11:03:57 AM

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SkyHavenPath13 Half Hope and Half Des-bear from Original Eden Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#6264: Jun 25th 2021 at 5:53:04 PM

eh, not quite.

For example, an age of peace between gods and men I would call the Eirinitheon. Coming from the Greek Words of Eirini which means peace, and theon which means god. Peace of Gods. It would be designated as a Golden Age.

TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#6265: Jun 25th 2021 at 7:41:40 PM

[up] Just to make sure.

You are looking for a word similar to the ones used to describe time-periods back when the dinosaurs where alive, right?

ArsThaumaturgis Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: I've been dreaming of True Love's Kiss
#6266: Jun 26th 2021 at 12:27:02 AM

[up][up] So, are you looking for some word, X, that would fit in such phrases as "X of Eirinitheon"? Do I have that correct?

If so, then, given that "Age" is out, perhaps "Era"? Or even just "Time"—"It was the Time of Eirinitheon"?

If none of those, could you give an impression of the sort of feeling that you're going for in this word?

Edited by ArsThaumaturgis on Jun 26th 2021 at 9:27:13 PM

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#6269: Jun 28th 2021 at 6:41:06 PM

[up] He isn't named Rogers. He basically represents what America is, instead of what normal people wish it was (meaning that he's a zealous "much rights" nationalist, racist, queerphobic, sexist, War Hawk, etc).

~*bleh*~
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#6270: Jun 28th 2021 at 6:44:58 PM

What is a good name for a chemical compound whose chemical formula is CBrClIF?

Edited by AdeptGaderius on Jun 28th 2021 at 6:45:15 AM

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#6271: Jun 28th 2021 at 6:46:56 PM

[up][up]Mate, America is both of those things, and with a lot more nuance. You're just describing another Eagleland stereotype. Make your character what you want, but it's best to avoid just saying the entire country is that much of a trash fire. ROCEJ and all that, mmkay?

Anyway, try something like Flag Lad, Uncle Sam, 'Murica Man, etc.

[up] Hmmm...'Fraid I can't help with this one.

Edited by WarJay77 on Jun 28th 2021 at 9:48:29 AM

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MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
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#6272: Jun 28th 2021 at 7:05:40 PM

[up][up][up] I'd go for "Patriot" myself, as that is a term co-oped by nationalists and the far right in American contexts IMO. It also has the bonus of the character implicitly committing the No True Scotsman fallacy.

[up] Ditto, at the very least you [Adept] would have to explain what the individual atoms are.

Edited by MorningStar1337 on Jun 28th 2021 at 7:07:14 AM

AdeptGaderius Otaku from the Anime World Since: Nov, 2018 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#6273: Jun 28th 2021 at 7:20:56 PM

[up]

C: Carbon F: Fluorine Cl:Chlorine Br: Bromine I: Iodine

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#6274: Jun 28th 2021 at 7:22:20 PM

Maybe something like Carbodine? Since everything but Carbon ends in _ine. And I'm not very creative. tongue

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MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
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#6275: Jun 28th 2021 at 7:31:02 PM

[up][up] I think this might help. But to start how about something like Flurobrominecarbon Diodine?

Edited by MorningStar1337 on Jun 28th 2021 at 7:36:32 AM


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