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Nukeli Since: Aug, 2018
#9576: Dec 31st 2024 at 10:28:19 AM

Which name sounds better to you; Theodor Hauer, Albrecht Hauer, or Bernhard Hauer?

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TMH-Sir-Iron-Vomit The clown of STEEL from Ichnusa Since: Mar, 2024
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#9577: Dec 31st 2024 at 10:48:05 AM

If you're asking my preferences, maybe Theodor.
For what character, may I ask?

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#9578: Dec 31st 2024 at 11:04:09 AM

[up][up] If the "h" was dropped, I'd prefer Bernard Hauer, though I'll admit I don't know enough about the German language to tell if that affected the pronunciation meaningfully. To be clear, I'm pronouncing Bernhard something like "Burn-Hard".

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Nukeli Since: Aug, 2018
#9579: Dec 31st 2024 at 11:49:02 AM

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I think that would be the english or french version of the name.

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#9580: Jan 2nd 2025 at 2:48:06 PM

The Department of Arcane Affairs (DAA) is an agency in my Urban Fantasy setting that’s essentially a mix of the BPRD and Ghostbusters. They tend to have more freelance/independent mages than full-timers working for them (aka, the main characters of my setting).

Having trouble coming up with a nickname for their equivalent of the Q Division. Odds are, they’ve got an official name, like “Special Division (insert numbers and letters here)”, but most folks know them more by their nickname.

Edited by Starbug on Jan 2nd 2025 at 5:48:36 AM

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Codae Since: Aug, 2022
#9581: Jan 2nd 2025 at 3:04:08 PM

It'd be quite plausible for people to refer to that division by the location of its headquarters, which might be a mansion that someone unrelated to the DAA originally built and gave a nice name like "Fair Lane" or "Clover Lawn".

MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
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#9582: Jan 6th 2025 at 1:03:56 PM

Alright, for a spinoff I'm writing I had an idea for a family where the breadwinner is a monster (a la Breaking Bad. The fact that the crimes complicate the family life included) and am looking for names

The monster would be a werewolf and his family would have a sheep-life wife and children that are either. I already decided on "Wallace Franzese" for the monster (after Michael Franzese, a real like one whose life echoced that of The Micheal of the Godfather, as well as Walter White) but I'm looking for ideas for names for the wife and kids. Preferably italian or french if possible.

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#9583: Jan 6th 2025 at 3:15:29 PM

[up][up][up] Maybe the Spook Works, like Lockheed Martin's [1] Skunk Works in real life?

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AdeptGaderius Otaku from the Anime World Since: Nov, 2018 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#9584: Jan 6th 2025 at 9:06:23 PM

What would be a good name for a video game magazine catered to a young adult female audience?

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#9585: Jan 7th 2025 at 3:30:04 AM

[up] What sort of games do they cover? (AAA? Indie? Super-indie? Action? Adventure? Point-and-click? RPG? Something else...?)

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#9586: Jan 7th 2025 at 2:43:58 PM

[up] For an overview, the magazine in question covers a whole spectrum of genres and mainly specializing in mainstream and indie titles alongside with an occasional focus on mobile games if it's interesting enough. The magazine's main demographic is aimed at a young adult female (18-36).

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#9587: Jan 8th 2025 at 4:49:21 AM

... mainly specializing in mainstream and indie titles ...

I wouldn't call that "specialising"—that's more "general, but excluding this one segment (most of the time)". :P

Okay, so it sounds like a pretty generalist magazine, then, just with a focus on young women.

Hmm... I'm not sure, in that case! I'm not even sure of how one would differentiate between male and female gamers in that demographic. Stereotypically, one might focus more on story- and cosy- games—but I'm not sure that doing so would really reflect the actual "young women" market...

What about something like "Digital Journeys"?

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#9589: Jan 8th 2025 at 10:29:56 AM

I guess that "Joy-Girl" may be tethering the line as well...

Edited by Trainbarrel on Jan 8th 2025 at 7:30:38 PM

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#9590: Jan 8th 2025 at 11:29:03 AM
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#9591: Jan 8th 2025 at 12:17:57 PM

What is a good name for Elves , Dark Elves and Dwarves in an Ancient Grome Fantasy setting. I try to find both Latin and Ancient Greek names for them, preferabely something that vaugely fits mythologicaly as well... An example of this process is me pondering if I should use the Ancient Greek-derived Latin word Gnome (Earthdweeler) for either Dark Elf or Dwarf, or if it makes the reader think of the wrong creature...)

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#9592: Jan 8th 2025 at 1:18:26 PM

[up] Greek folklore has its own equivalent of elves, the kallikantzaroi (though they're more the krampus type). There are also equivalents in other countries in the Balkans and the Middle East.

According to that Wikipedia page the name kallikantzaros is believed to come from kalo-kentauros ("beautiful centaur") although that could be just folk etymology. So maybe "callocentaur"?

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#9593: Jan 8th 2025 at 2:55:39 PM

I guess that "Joy-Girl" may be tethering the line as well...

Is "Gamer Girl" too self-aware?

I think "Joy-Girl" sounds too much of a red light district service and "Gamer Girl" too self-aware.

Perhaps "Freyja" is a good name because it is monosyllabic and it originates from Norse goddess of love, beauty, and war, befitting for a female-oriented magazine focusing on video games.

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#9594: Jan 8th 2025 at 3:03:20 PM

[up] In that case you'd probably want to go with a more modern version of her name? Technically that'd be Frøya, but just Freya is an option. Actually, my weeb is weak here, but isn't the Japanese rendition of player "Pu-Re-Ya" or something? Turn that Pu into a Fu and you get a decent pun, though that might be too niche for these purposes.

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#9595: Jan 8th 2025 at 11:33:20 PM

"Freyja" could work, I think—although the reference could fly over the heads of those potential-readers who are not familiar with Norse religion.

I would also recommend that, unless the magazine is primarily intended for a Nordic region, that the spelling be a bit more Anglicised, as in the suggestion above of "Freya".

Edited by ArsThaumaturgis on Jan 8th 2025 at 9:33:31 PM

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Nukeli Since: Aug, 2018
#9596: Jan 9th 2025 at 2:45:56 AM

Ideas about derisive nicknames for a fictional fascist group whose symbol is some kind of a wheel shape (at least in my current idea)?

  • What if their political opponents likened the wheel symbol to a hamster wheel and calling them hamsters, or would that be narmy or too stupid? (Hamsters can be pretty vicious too, but they're hamsters, and most people propably don't know that)
  • Or likened them to training wheels, if the symbol is worn on both arms?
  • "Wheelies"?
  • "Wheel(s)men"?
  • "Fly on the wheel"?
  • "Wheel spinners"? (from the expression)
  • "squeaky/squeaking wheels" (from the idiom)
  • "Fifth wheel"
  • Some kind of an unicycle/clown/circus joke?

Or something about rings, pans, or other circle-shaped stuff? Or wheel spokes? I can't really think of anythong else right now and idk if any of these are actually good ideas.

Edited by Nukeli on Jan 9th 2025 at 12:46:18 PM

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TMH-Sir-Iron-Vomit The clown of STEEL from Ichnusa Since: Mar, 2024
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#9597: Jan 9th 2025 at 2:52:28 AM

How about "Pennyfarters"? Or is that too vulgar?

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#9598: Jan 9th 2025 at 2:54:56 AM

[up] Now, I don't know the exact shape of this logo, but if we're going vulgar I propose Donut-Holes, of D-holes for short.

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#9599: Jan 9th 2025 at 8:56:05 AM

[up] x3

How about "Fifthers"?

Being the "fifth wheel" and all that?

Edited by Trainbarrel on Jan 9th 2025 at 5:56:58 PM

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#9600: Jan 13th 2025 at 2:36:06 PM

I'd like a new name for a handleheld device that casts elemental magic based on the rune programmed into it. Right now I'm using "Crests," but I feel I could have something that's unique but smooth.

It's from a Norse-inspired setting, and I once considered "galdr" and "seith," but they don't roll nicely off the tongue.


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