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Expounding the perplexing parlance of MSPAdventures!

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Bilgesack /bɪldʒsak/

noun

a troll organ, possibly comparable to the human bladder.

bilge /bɪldʒ/ noun

1. the area on the outer surface of a ship’s hull where the bottom curves to meet the vertical sides. 2. dirty water that collects inside the bilges. noun: bilge water; plural noun: bilge waters

late 15th century: probably a variant of bulge.

sac /sak/ noun

1. a hollow, flexible structure resembling a bag or pouch. 2. a cavity within an organism, enclosed by a membrane and containing air, liquid, or solid structures.

mid 18th century (as a term in biology): from French sac or Latin saccus ‘sack, bag’.

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Canpower /kanˈmanpaʊə/

noun

a valuable Can Town and Can City resource

can /kan/ noun

a cylindrical metal container.

old English canne, related to Dutch kan and German Kanne ; either of Germanic origin or from late Latin canna

manpower /ˈmanpaʊə/ noun

the number of people working or available for work or service.

old English man(n), (plural) menn (noun), mannian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch man, German Mann, and Sanskrit manu ‘mankind’. Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French poeir, from an alteration of Latin posse ‘be able’.

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Sgrub

proper noun

a troll sandbox game which is superimposed onto the real world.

suburb /ˈsʌbəːb/ noun

an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.

middle English: from Old French suburbe or Latin suburbium, from sub- ‘near to’ + urbs, urb- ‘city’.

grub /ɡrʌb/ noun

the larva of an insect, especially a beetle.

middle English: perhaps related to Dutch grobbelen, also to grave

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Horrorterror /ˈhɒrəˈtɛrə/

noun

Lovecraftian gods residing in the furthest ring. They are called such because of their appearance and ability to cause nightmares; their agenda appears to be self-serving and mysterious, but neutral.

horror /ˈhɒrə/ noun

an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.

middle English: via Old French from Latin horror, from horrere ‘tremble, shudder’

terror /ˈtɛrə/ noun

1. extreme 2. a person or thing that causes extreme fear.

late Middle English: from Old French terrour, from Latin terror, from terrere ‘frighten’.

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Moirail /'mȯireɪl/

noun

one involved in a form of troll romance characterised by mutual pity and reciprocal pacification.

moira /’mȯirə/

noun individual destiny; the will of the gods

akin to Greek meros part

ally /ˈalʌɪ/ noun

one who combines or unites a resource or commodity with another for mutual benefit.

middle English (as a verb): from Old French alier, from Latin alligare ‘bind together’, from ad- ‘to’ + ligare ‘to bind’; the noun is partly via Old French alie ‘allied’.

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Aconcurrent /eɪkənˈkʌr(ə)nt/

adjective

happening at separate times and speeds though often still with a synergistic effect.

a- /eɪ/

prefix

not, without, opposite of.

this, the alpha privative has Greek origin and is used to express negation or absence.

concurrent /kənˈkʌr(ə)nt/ adjective

1. existing, happening, or done at the same time. 2. (mathematics) of three or more lines meeting at or tending towards one point.

late Middle English: from Latin concurrent- ‘running together, meeting’, from the verb concurrere.

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Caledscratch

proper noun

a bladekind weapon which is contingently powerful but corporeally temporal. Due to the fact that it cycles through it's own timeline it can be said to have no defined form.

Caledfwlch (/kɑl.'ɛd.vuːlx/)

proper noun

the welsh name for excalibur; the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty of Great Britain.

from Old Welsh Caledbulch compound of caled ‘hard’ and bwlch ‘cleft, crack’.

scratch (/skratʃ/)

verb

score or mark the surface of (something) with a sharp or pointed object.

late Middle English: probably a blend of the synonymous dialect words scrat and cratch, both of uncertain origin; compare with Middle Low German kratsen and Old High German krazzōn .

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Bellyjape

proper noun

the name of a famous pirate ship that sailed the seas of the Imaginary Universe, although the term itself is thought to mean a hijink that is so hilarious that is causes abdominal discomfort due to loud and continuous laughter.

bellyache (/ˈbɛlɪeɪk/)

noun

(informal) a stomach pain.

Old English belig ‘bag’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘swell, be inflated’. Old English æce (noun), acan (verb). In Middle English and early modern English the noun was spelled atche and rhymed with ‘batch’ and the verb was spelled and pronounced as it is today. The noun began to be pronounced like the verb around 1700. The modern spelling is largely due to Dr Johnson, who mistakenly assumed its derivation to be from Greek akhos ‘pain’.

jape (/dʒeɪp/)

noun

a practical joke.

middle English: apparently combining the form of Old French japer ‘to yelp, yap’ with the sense of Old French gaber ‘to mock’

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Chumpography (/tʃʌmptɒɡrəfi/)

the study of people who are complete suckers, esp. to be incorporated into cinema.

chump (/tʃʌmp/)

noun (informal) a foolish or easily deceived person. early 18th century (in the sense ‘thick lump of wood’): probably a blend of chunk and lump or stump.

cinematography (/ˌsɪnɪməˈtɒɡrəfi/)

noun

the art of photography and camerawork in film-making.

late 19th century: from French cinématographe, from Greek kinēma, kinēmat-‘movement’, from kinein ‘to move’.

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Boonbank (/buːnbaŋk/)

a large denomination of boondollars which has an unconfirmed value but must be greater in value than ß413,000,000,000,000,000,000.

boon (/buːn/)

noun

1. a thing that is helpful or beneficial. 2. (archaic) a favour or request. middle English (originally in the sense ‘request for a favour’): from Old Norse bón.

bank (/baŋk/)

noun

a financial establishment that uses money deposited by customers for investment, pays it out when required, makes loans at interest, and exchanges currency.

late 15th century (originally denoting a money dealer's table): from French banque or Italian banca, from medieval Latin banca, bancus, of Germanic origin; related to bank and bench.

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-blood (/blʌd/)

suffix

forms nouns when preceded by a colour on the haemospectrum to denote a caste of Trolls with a similar blood hue, ancestry and senescence rate.

blood (/blʌd/)

noun 1. the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body. 2. family background; descent or lineage.

old English blōd, of Germanic origin; related to German Blut and Dutch bloed .

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Hauntoff (/hɔːntɒf/)

noun

a tourney of competitive spooking.

haunt (/hɔːnt/)

verb

(of a ghost) manifest itself at (a place) regularly.

middle English (in the sense ‘frequent (a place’)): from Old French hanter, of Germanic origin; distantly related to home.

-off (/ɒf/)

suffix

forming nouns denoting competitions.

from the particle 'off'. Cognate with Latin ab and Greek apo.

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Labsuit (/labsuːt/)

noun

a crime against both fashion and laboratory safety regulations.

lab coat (/labkəʊt/)

noun

a loose usually white coat with deep pockets that is worn in a laboratory or medical office.

early 17th century: from medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin laborare ‘to labour’. middle English: from Old French cote, of unknown ultimate origin.

suit (/suːt/)

noun a set of outer clothes made of the same fabric and designed to be worn together, typically consisting of a jacket and trousers or a jacket and skirt.

middle English: from Anglo-Norman French siwte, from a feminine past participle of a Romance verb based on Latin sequi ‘follow’. Early senses included ‘attendance at a court’ and ‘legal process’.

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Appearification (/əˈpɪəɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/)

noun

the materalisation of an object via teleportation.

appear (/əˈpɪə/)

verb come into sight; become visible or noticeable, especially without apparent cause.

middle English: from Old French apareir, from Latin apparere, from ad- ‘towards’ + parere ‘come into view’.

-ification (/ɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/)

suffix

the process of becoming

from Old French -ification, in turn from Latin -ficātiō, a noun ending related to the supine ending -ficātum of first-conjugation verbs ending in -ficō, derived from compounding with faciō.

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Makara (/mækɑːæ/)

proper noun

The surname of a line of indigoblood Trolls.

makara (/mækɑːæ/)

noun

a sea-creature in Hindu mythology. It is generally depicted as half terrestrial animal in the frontal part, in animal forms of an elephant, crocodile, stag, or deer, and in the hind part as an aquatic animal, in the form of a fish or seal tail (sanskrit: मकर)

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Unasleep (/ʌnəˈsliːp/)

noun

in a state of unconscious sentience.

un- (/ʌn/)

prefix 1. (added to adjectives, participles, and their derivatives) denoting the absence of a quality or state; not. 2. (added to nouns) a lack of.

Old English, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin in- and Greek a- .

asleep (/əˈsliːp/)

noun a condition of body and mind which typically recurs for several hours every night, in which the nervous system is inactive, the eyes closed, the postural muscles relaxed, and consciousness practically suspended.

old English slēp, slǣp (noun), slēpan, slǣpan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch slapen and German schlafen .

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Oogonibomb (/ˌəʊəˈɡəʊnɪbɒm)

noun

An egg projectile that contains a Fidusucker embryo; a creature found in the Troll trading card game 'Fiduspawn'.

oogonium (/ˌəʊəˈɡəʊnɪəm/)

noun 1. (botany) the female sex organ of certain algae and fungi, typically a rounded cell or sac containing one or more oospheres. 2. (biology) an immature female reproductive cell that gives rise to primary oocytes by mitosis.

mid 19th century: from oo- ‘of an egg’ + Greek gonos ‘generation’ + -ium.

bomb (/bɒm/)

noun

a container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device.

late 17th century: from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus 'booming, humming’, from Greek bombos, of imitative origin.