| Author | The Great Etymology Throwdown |
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The Great Etymology Throwdown.
“Words have meaning. Let’s make some up.”
Ladies and gents, word wizards and would-be champions of etymological nonsense — the moment has arrived.
Welcome to the Great Etymology Throwdown, a contest of creativity, cunning, and (possibly misguided) confidence in your ability to define words that may or may not mean anything at all.
The Premise
Each round, a word will be selected (more on that below), and all participants must submit their own definition of what that word "really" means. You can be serious, silly, scholarly, or surreal. The one who submitted the word will then choose the “correct” definition — not necessarily the most accurate, but the one they believe wins the round.
The Rules
Participation: Open to all! Just reply in this thread to declare your intent to join.
Moderator: The impartial and esteemed Danathan will oversee the game and select words from suggestions posted here.
Structure:
The contest runs for 5 rounds (5 words total).
Each round lasts 1 day.
The chosen word is posted, everyone submits definitions.
After all definitions are in, each player gets one rebuttal or revision.
The word’s chooser then picks the winner of the round.
Scoring: Points are awarded for each round win. Total points = total glory.
Victory and Defeat:
The winner is crowned The Greatest Etymologist of All Time (until the next round of foolishness).
The loser must post a Declaration of Defeat, publicly acknowledging their downfall and the brilliance of the victor — in as dramatic or ridiculous a fashion as they like.
The Stakes
No coin, no cash. Just eternal bragging rights and a light-hearted, humiliating forfeit for the last-place finisher (TBD in good taste and great humor).
How to Join
Simply reply to this thread with a declaration of intent (or a clever pun) and you’re in. You can also submit word suggestions here for Danathan to choose from.
Sharpen your wits, polish your prose, and prepare your most dubious dictionary entries.
Let the word war begin.
— Igles & Lord MilesTeg, co-conspirators in nonsense |
:chad: I except!
:kekw: |
Declaring intent without having a ball to mingle between all the possible suites?
I am in, I am premature anyway. |
I see the gauntlet has been thrown.
Gauntlet: so named due to the resemblance of the glove of skeletal fingers that you rent (let) whenever you put it on.
In that case I gladly accept.
Gladly: In ancient greek a gadfly would criticize people and this stimulate them to further action when it was needed. The end result was that the person goaded was pleased and in a better place. Over time and usage the term gadfly contracted and rearranged to gladly. |
| 4 participants have signed up. We are inviting word suggestions now. Everyone who wants to suggest a word might post in the thread here once posted the words will then enter the pool from which they can be chose by Danathan. As soon as the esteemed Danathan picks a word and initiates the contest we will start. |
| Iglerotica |
| Worcestershire sauce |
#6 - Iglerotica
Nobody is really sure which came first, the word Iglerotica, or the first 3d printer. Most people claim they came at the same time.
Its like VR p**n but the 3d is provided by the 3d printer which takes notoriously long time, yet perfect amount of time for those practicing Tantric meditation. |
| Sumnbittintnr carnival |
| my word submission Contexutual |
What are these choices
I don’t know what Hapko said, but I choose carnival as this round’s word. Please remember to give an example of a sentence using the word, e.g. the lordswm forum is a carnival |
Carnival: the epitome of compliments derived from ancient hillbilly cultures. Carn deriving from the word corn - once the hillbilly literature levels reached written form they misspelled corn and through the thick accent and dialect no one was able to correct or confirm them and thus the word remained in this form maintaining it's corny mystery. The final part of the word is still debated among etymologists, however one common theory brings it to connect with the word cannibal - the object described seemed to be fit for a corn cannibal.
Due to the nature of the farming during those ancient times, corn was the most sought after food. Being described as a carnival or more like fit for a carnival would be the epitome of a compliment as you'd be the most sought after and hungered for crop by other hot hillbillies.
Examples of use of carnival:
"You my dear lady are such a carnival meal. Let me take you out and show you how this corn eater can pop you'
"John is such a carnival for ole Mary, and she is some god damn good corn" |
| So, uh, what's the cutoff date for submissions? |
| Monday end of day |
| Then tuesday for rebuttal then next day you pick the winner on Wednesday, rinse and repeat for 4 times |
Some word suggestions
Etymology
Subjugate
Calumny
Concatenate
Eviscerate
Beleaguered
Champion
Catatonic
Bituminous
Effervescent
Punctilious
Theocracy
I think that will do |
| I won't pretend that I understand what makes a word a good choice for this competition |
| In general I think longer compound words have more options for some innovation, or those with less typical construction. At least that is what I have gone for |
Carnival - from Punctilious islands. The effervescent subjugate of calumny theocracy of the bituminous.
eg: "Oy, did ya see the effervescent subjugate of calumny theocracy of the bituminous? What a carnival!" |
for Hapkoman:
Absolutely incorrect you buffoon, the proper etymology comes from old aeldari sources preserved by the ecclesiarchy, carnival can be etymoloygized in the following fashion: Carn+i+val the first part carn is derived from the aeldari bastardisation of the commonly known name of Khorne (yes the very one of the blood for the blood god, skulls for the skull throne fame). The Khornate berserkers used Khorne is valid as their battle cry when they would attack the aeldari craft worlds. The scared aeldari would be shivering out of fear of the berserkers as once they die their souls are devoured by slanesh in the warp. This shivering would make their elf ears shake too much distorting the sound and make it sound closer to carn- i - val. As for what i and val mean in the aeldari language we can only guess as a drunk psyker named merlin accidentally pissed himself while reading the scroll this information was from and half the scroll was doused in his urine which was too acidic and dissolved all the ink. Most scholars however agree that i - val means "is coming" as it also shows up in most aeldari erotic literature as well, however with the aeldari we do not know if they can distinguish between pain or pleasure anymore and therefore some scholars argue that it might mean "in the wrong hole".
In essence the word might mean either Khorne is coming or Khorne in the wrong hole.
A suitable sentence that one might make where both the meanings can be used interchangeably might look something like this:
At the tail end of a night of passion merlin felt the steamy breath down his neck, all he heard was a soft whisper "Carnival", "Carnival" replied merlin. |
