An article on the Gygaxisms that comprise the lexicon of D&D

[sephiroth1084]

A friend sent me this article, which explores some of the etymology of several words that we as D&D players would not find uncommon, but which are either neologisms or reinvigorated words of antiquity:

http://phrontistery.info/disq6.html

[Yeric]

I want to thank you for taking the time to post the link to this article. I found it to be a great read. With interesting trivia on words we discovered in our play of D&D.

[valorik]

very interesting

[Uska]

Nice thanks

[dormetheus]

Very nice! Thank you

[sephiroth1084]

No problem guys. And I'll make sure to forward your thanks to my friend who sent me the article in turn.

I've always known that fantasy games and literature (video games, MTG, D&D, etc...) were a good source of certain kinds of vocabulary--I'm an English tutor and have found that there are many '"SAT words" that I've known since I was young due to my exposure to these elements.

I've tried to get my students to go play some of these, but it hasn't worked thus far. :rolleyes:

[UnderwearModel]

Ziggurat

Widdershins

treacle

a few others if I thought about it for a while.

[sephiroth1084]

I wouldn't know where to begin when citing words I've learned through D&D, fantasy and sci-fi literature, Magic the Gathering and video games, but one word that few of my students know, and which surprises me the most, is incendiary. I always ask them if they've ever played a video game. Incendiary grenades, shurikens, arrows... Staples of gaming.

Wasn't treacle in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe?