warmahordes slang

[rydiafan]

Did I miss it or has nobody yet pointed out Laris being the Bark Node?

Also, Chip, journeyman is one word, so JWC is gramatically correct vs JMWC.

[Chip]

Also, Chip, journeyman is one word, so JWC is gramatically correct vs JMWC.

Yeah, that's what I thought, but then you have weirdness like EBDT where Earthborn is all one word... Meh, consistency is a funny thing

Also, I promised myself I wouldn't defend my position but the attacks are getting spectacularly personal for a bunch of people who have never met me... I'm fine with a decent percentage of nicknames on this forum, but a few, ESPECIALLY Mittens, irk me as just being cutesy for the sake of being cutesy (Yes, Mages IS shorter then Mittens). I have communicated this rationally and intelligently to a group of adults who know I have a bit of a childish streak. Most chose to respect my request in the same way as we don't call Errants "Soul Counters" any more, but a few haven't, and if they're not going to listen, why should I talk? Besides, there are far better taunts out there...

[Demeritus]

@Chip, I don't use the nicknames myself those are just ones I posted (I know you were not attacking me on this, just clarifying is all). As for nicknames, I think I only use nicknames for my Protectorate army and mostly the Severius=Sevvy and other more common ones.

As of now, I don't use the common Retribution nicknames, most of the nicknames my Retribution models have earned (Narn, Discordia and a few others) tend to earn nicknames that are censored on the forums.

[Blaque]

Did I miss it or has nobody yet pointed out Laris being the Bark Node?

Also, Chip, journeyman is one word, so JWC is gramatically correct vs JMWC.

I mentioned it.

Random other one that come sup with our area is now and again, when Xerxis gets in melee, a few of us describe it as him showing his kindness. Standard 300 affair

And stuff.

[MadJack]

Also, I promised myself I wouldn't defend my position but the attacks are getting spectacularly personal for a bunch of people who have never met me...

Um, what? Have these "spectacularly personal" attacks been deleted? I certainly don't see any in this thread. The worst I've seen in this thread is a couple of people pointing out that you're portraying yourself as being willing to make the game no fun at all to your opponent (while actually cheating, since you're not declaring any of the things you're doing - you're just moving models and rolling dice) simply because he used a slightly silly nickname. To be perfectly honest, you've made yourself sound childish, and if anyone did that in a game against me, I'd politely pack up my models (no, I wouldn't finish the game) and never play against that person again.

[Chip]

Um, what? Have these "spectacularly personal" attacks been deleted?

OK, I just checked and yes, a few of them have since I last posted. I'm well aware of how I came across, and I feel I have explained myself - I also flatter myself to think that if I started referring to something by a cutesy nickname and was told it pissed the person I was playing off, I'd stop. Is it so bad to expect a bit of give and take among a group of friends?

Like I say, if the only taunt you can think of is referring to a unit by a stupid nickname, then you're doing it wrong.

[Luna Guardian]

Local ones:

Kara Sloan: Deunan Knute (I'm a huge Appleseed fan)
Cryx: Reapers (due to the way they talk, which reminded a friend of mine of the Reapers in Mass Effect. The fact that the Cryx happened to have a 'jack named Reaper didn't help matters :P)
Trollbloods: Locusts (same fella as above thought they looked like the Locust from Gears of War)

That's all so far, but I'm sure there'll be more

[mrplippy]

dr. lightning - nemo
centy - centurion
shimmy - chimera
crap - triumph
kaley - kaylessa
wind up toy - squire

[Gx1080]

I heard the Broken 13th, The Old Man, The Book, Bane Lord Titty.

[Kalranya]

Gunbunnies for the Rhulic lights is fairly common, I think. I've also heard of the Basher called the wrecking ball.

And of course, Pimp Daddy Thagrosh, which must be italicized.

The rest of these, I've no idea if they're general use or just from my store meta.

Special K - Karchev
Behemochicken - Behemoth
The Wh**e - Madelyn Corbeau
Blade of the Retribushun (say it with Sean Connery's accent) - Garryth
The Ice Chick/The Ice B***h - Zerkova or Sorcha
The soccer ball - Squire
DJ Thunder - Thunderhead
Darkwing Duck - Gorman
Captain Plot-Armor - Mangus or Haley
Captain No-Peripheral-Vision - eVlad
EXPLOSIOOOON! - Durgen Madhammer (from Terry Crews' Old Spice commercials)
Lolipope - Harbinger (might be a holdover from Eberron, which also has one)


We also have Kodiak Moments, which is defined as the look on Stryker's face just before the thrown Ironclad lands on him.

Volley/Dogpile get used for CRA/CMAs, and my WGI unit is The Death Star. Deploying it it usually prefaced by someone observing "That's no moon..." Other Star Wars jokes usually follow during gameplay.

Kreoss, we have decided, is played by Isaiah Mustafa* ("Hello, Warcasters. Look at your god, now back to mine, now back to your god, now back to mine. Sadly, he isn't mine...")

Anytime somebody puts a Driller down on the table, someone is required to shout either "Just who the hell do ya think I am?!" or "ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWA!"

And since we have three people playing Stryker, everything is Caine's fault. Everything.



* - though in defense of Mr. Mustafa, everything is more awesome if you imagine him narrating it. Seriously, try it sometime.

[Kenton]

Warmahordes = Warmachine and Hordes ;-)

And my personal pet hate "Menofixer" (largely as it instantly makes me think of the Monolith Bearer or Reclaimer as they actually hang around with Menofix's . . ) = Vassal Mechanik (Mechanik being such a difficult word to write).

Anyone typing in defense of the use of this jargon should consider how much of an obstacle it is to new players. This forum is intimidating enough without it. It might seem obvious when you've seen every model and/or read all the books but new folk haven't.

[PG_TotalGee]

All my nick names come through games, and jokes.

Warmachine and Hordes = Horemachine

Kaya - Moon Sl*t
Rhan - Rahny Poo , or Ron (Harry Potter)
Thagrosh - Thagy
Garryth - Garif
Morgule - She, Elven love machine
Titan - Elephants
Borrowers - Miners
Swamp Troll - Frog
Raptors - Reindeer, GWHAAA
Cynar - Cygnartjies

[Kalranya]

Warmahordes = Warmachine and Hordes ;-)

And my personal pet hate "Menofixer" (largely as it instantly makes me think of the Monolith Bearer or Reclaimer as they actually hang around with Menofix's . . ) = Vassal Mechanik (Mechanik being such a difficult word to write).

Anyone typing in defense of the use of this jargon should consider how much of an obstacle it is to new players. This forum is intimidating enough without it. It might seem obvious when you've seen every model and/or read all the books but new folk haven't.

Bah. It's not that hard to pick up the slang. I've only been playing a couple of months and I get it just fine. Lurk and learn, read Battlecollege, talk to other players. You pick it up quick.

And this very thread could be a big help, too.

[Tarma]

@Invaderzahn, that is Severius there is the old man, not Nemo. Nemo is Einstein.

Other local variants:

Irusk is Stoneface.

The Old Witch is The Old Toad.

The Scrapjack is The Scrapheap.

Vlad is Dracula.

Karchev is The Walking Respirator.

The Devastator is The Preying Jack.

Assault Kommandos is Bathing Ducks.

Zealots is The Water Balloon Boys.

Monolith Bearer Is The Wrench.

The Harbinger is The Balloon Girl.

Rhoven & Co. is The Mafiaboss and his Gorillas.

Vindictus is The Fabergé Egg.

Madelyn Corbeau is Mylady.

Rhuphert Carvolo is the Organist.

Gorman Di Wulfe is Chemo Ali.

Tarma

[Steam]

Hmm I'd say the Rhinodon is much closer to the Gastonia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ga...i_dinosaur.png

than the stegosaurus http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...osaurus_BW.jpg

The Stegosaurus always had the better public relations team though :-)

[PG_halffiend]

the squire-R2-D2
and charging into the fight is getting into the "bidness"
I'll htink of more latter

[BrandonPHX]

Squire - Wall-E

[Sniddy]

Testamnet of Menoth - Testy

The scrap thrall - scrappy

KEE - Exemplar Errants....their is no knight in the name but you'll still see it from time to time

[wulfsage]

Bone Jacks = Bone Ducks

I like the nicknames for when your referring to the game after the fact or using theory machine. But in game the proper names should be used to make things easier for both players, and spectators.

[Mod_Plarzoid]

I'm not sure I get the whole mittens thing. Their gauntlets have fingers. Which makes them gloves, not mittens. Mittens by definition have no separate parts for fingers, but instead a single large pocket for the 4 main fingers and a spot for the thumb.

Using Mittens just seems cutesy for the sake of being cutesy at the expense of being accurate.

I've heard someone refer to Kharchev as Optimus.
Manhunter = cruise missile
Temple Flameguard = TFG

[Killionaire]

Most nicknames are convoluted and kinda lame. But the ones that stick are the ones that make sense.

McThralls - Mechanithralls
Junior - Journeyman
Tartarsauce - Tartarus
Kovnik Joe - Kovnik Josef Grigorivitch
Puppy - Wardog
DJ - Deathjack
THead - Thunderhead
Jug/Juggy - Juggernaut
Rowdy - Ol' Rowdy
Mittens - Some form of Battle Mage.

And the various acronyms. (IE, TFG, IFP).

As for Mittens, well. I think I may have coined that as a snide remark about how the giant hands of that guy during the retribution cover art reveal. While not technically mittens, they're a bit too goofy to be threatening. And Mittens sounds like somebody's cat.

[lastspartacus]

Lol at this thread.

'Souless elven hooker sometimes referred to as Eyriss.' Im loling hard.

[vaildin]

In our area, we often refer to the Behemoth as Beth. That's going to get confusing once Bethayne comes out, I'm sure we'll call her Beth as well.
Has anyone mentioned Darth Stryker yet?

[GhostfaceKillah]

Focus and Fury makes all the best ones.

Skornergy=Synergy that does not work.

Casey fever=The art of constantly changing what army you collect.

'Not against me'=The phrase you say to someone who believes they have a super sweet tactic.

[PG_vytzka]

I think Menofixer is one of the more brilliant examples of community naming (together with Gaspy).

This is probably unique to us but a friend insists on calling Orin Midwinter "techpriest" (we share a background in another popular miniature game).

Casey fever=The art of constantly changing what army you collect.

I don't get this one.

[GhostfaceKillah]

I don't get this one.

Casey is a character who appears on the popular podcast 'Focus and Fury:A Page 5 podcast'. Listen to the podcast and go on the forum focusandfury.com, it is a very entertaining and quality show.

The forums are kinda like the place where the bad kids who bunk off or are expelled from school go to smoke and graffiti.

[allistorpreist]

Locally, one of my friends took to calling Skarre Scary (Skar-re), the GMCA captain I-win and Kreos Dr. No, but that was way back in the day.
Bonejack (with arcnodes) were doomturkey, which lead to the dwarven gun jacks being called boomturkeys for a while.
Nemo was doc brown for a bit.

But nicknames are all about context. I will call mittens mittens when goofing off on the the forums or just BSing. In a game, especially against a stranger or someone who is irritated by nicknames, I make an effort to call him the magister. Unless it is smack talk of course. I shoot the magister with my defender, but Dr. Boom just smacked Mittens down!

[Halfhoot]

We call the Bronzeback "The Dancing Queen" because of all the out of action and sidesteppy movement it seems to get.

[aescarion]

Lots of the 'regular' slang has been posted, that is, nicknames and slang that exist throughout the community (or at least the forums).

Slang that never makes it beyond your immediate geek circle is a different matter but they're often funnier (and more obscene).

I call my Battle Mage Magister 'Fisty'. I can't help it, I know it's wrong.

A Cryx player was mentioning his warcaster Mortenebra, and someone thought he said 'Deborah'. So now Mortenebra is Debbie.

An unwritten rule seems to be coming into existence that no one is allowed to mention Dominar Rasheth by his correct name. He has to have a hilarious nickname based on his being fat, like Baron von Lardhoffen or Porkotron or something.

[vaildin]

Haven't seen this one mentioned: Harbinger of Menoth= Parade Float.

[Doctor Chopsaki]

I think pretty much every name or ability is foreshortened or changed (often unnecessarily) in my local gaming group. My favorite one is a local player who got us all in the habit saying anarchist instead of arcanist. But yeah, a lot of gems in this thread.

[Midwest]

Like I say, if the only taunt you can think of is referring to a unit by a stupid nickname, then you're doing it wrong.

Dunno, seems to be working.

Myself, my fave is bone chicken/death chicken/sex chicken for the bone jacks.

Also, for some reason the Cygnar Squire reminds me of the Tachikomas (sp?) from Ghost in the Shell, but I always forget the correct word and end up calling them "Tsotchkes" (sp?) instead! :P

[Dark Fledgling]

Interestingly enough, the reason for Abel = Gun Mage Captain Adept (or GMCA) is cause of caine. When the GMCA first came out caine was the only other "solo" (non unit) gunmage at the time. Since the two of them worked so well together, they became Caine and Abel, like from the bible.

I always thought it was clever

-DF

[vaildin]

I'm not much of a biblical expert, but I recall Caine and Abel not working so well together.

[FranzGrenstein]

Cain killed Abel, just to let you know.

First murder in history.

[Loveless]

Hierarch Severius - The Pope
Grand Scrutator Severius - Mini-Pope
Vice Scrutator Vindictus - Eggman
Feora of either variety - Pyrob!tch
Vilmon - Vilmonster

Thagrosh the Prophet - Baby Jesus (because he grows up to be the Messiah - not a fan of this one, but I've heard it)
Absylonia - Abby
Shredders - Rippers (per my 40K-minded friend - rippers are tyranid beasts that are little more than a mouth and claws)
Spawning Vessel - (Pasta) Pot
Carnivean - That F***ing Thing
Seraph - Gunboat
Warmonger Warchief - Cardinal (it's still labeled as "Cardinal" at some of the online stores)
Lylyth and Strider Deathstalkers - Amazons (look at the size of 'em!)

Black 13th, Kell, Anastasia - Child Soldiers
Gorman di Wulfe - Merchant (because my friends decided that Gorman is opening his coat to offer you his wares, a la Merchant in Resident Evil 4)

[PG_Quetze]

Beast 09, great bears and kayazy together in mk I was "ahh sh**e" in my old lgs

[Verjigorm]

Boomhowler is Boomhauer

[PG_Tionas]

W've actually got a strange set of slang, and its not related to the models.

Things will will be exploded, generaly, if they dont need dice to kill.

any backward movement is "fleeing" as in "let me flee back behind those trees"

[Leatherman]

Just couple of ours:

Darius- Captain toilet
Testement- Testicle of Menoth
Grim Angus- Grangus
Hoarluk Doomshaper- *****luk