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Ozymandias

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Ozymandias

Ozymandias

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<Loremaster note: Due to the lateness of promotions (these were supposed to be November's...) we will be pushing the promotion schedule back one month to compensate. Thus the next will be in February, after that April, and so on.>

 

As you may have noticed, I like coming up with a new theme for each promotion announcement thread I put up. This time the etymologies/definitions of your names seemed like a pretty good idea.

 

Thanks to Merriam-Webster Online, Behind the Name, and Mr. Ehrman's honors English class, the results were...interesting.

 

And by the by- Congratulations. You all richly, richly deserve your newfound rank.

Keep at it- we need more like you.

 

On with the show!!!

 

(final important note- with some of you, I had to break your names apart into the closest variants I could come to the different portions of your name. A large part, I suspect, of why some came out odd, and other rather interesting, I think. But just so you know- I did not search around to try and make them make any jokes with them, or any other such plan. The only criteria I used was looking for names and other words that were the closest to the original spelling as possible. Side comments from me are noted in italics.)

 

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BLACK9

Black

Etymology: Middle English blak, from Old English blæc; akin to Old High German blah black, and probably to Latin flagrare to burn, Greek phlegein.

Nine

Etymology: Middle English, from nyne, adjective, from Old English nigon; akin to Old High German niun nine, Latin novem, Greek ennea.

 

The Burning Nine, perhaps? Dude, make that your next prose or poem title! It'd be kewl.

 

 

VENEFYXATU

Vene

Variant: Venae

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin

: VEIN.

FY

Function: abbreviation

fiscal year

 

A variant on "fy" worth noting, I decided after reading the definition:

 

-fy

Etymology: Middle English -fien, from Old French -fier, from Latin -ficare, from -ficus -fic

1 : make : form into <dandify>

2 : invest with the attributes of : make similar

 

So, either, "Bloody fiscal year" or "Make bloody", perhaps.

 

Hmmmm. :huh:

 

You wouldn't happen to be an accountant assassin, would you?

 

 

DRUMMONDO

drumm

Variant: drum

Etymology: probably from Dutch trom; akin to Middle High German trumme drum

ondo

Variant: ordo

Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Latin, order

: a list of offices and feasts of the Roman Catholic Church for each day of the year

 

"Drum order"

"Marching order"

"Chruch drums" Iiiiiiinteresting.

 

LEIFTHEBUNNY

Leif

Etymology: Short form of names containing the Old Norse element leifr meaning "descendent, heir".

bunny

Etymology: English dialect bun rabbit

 

Heir hare? Descendant rabbit? Oh, my kingdom for a good one-liner... ;>)

 

 

SHADOW OF THE BUTTERFLY

Shadow

Etymology: Middle English shadwe, from Old English sceaduw-, sceadu shade

Butterfly

from old scandinavian boterschot lit; "butter shit"

 

Shadow, I swear, this is what they mean! No mischief from me or anyone else committed! Honest! I'm sorry!!!!

 

Interesting that that's where "butterfly" came from, though. It was named that after it's excrement, which, well, looks like butter.

 

Please don't hurt me? ^^;;

 

 

YANYANGANAFFI

Yan m

Variant of YANN; YANN m Breton, French

Breton form of JOHN; English form of Johannes, which was the Latin form of the Greek name Ioannes, itself derived from the Hebrew name Yochanan meaning "YAHWEH is gracious".

ganaf

Variant: ganef

Etymology: Yiddish, from Hebrew gannAbh thief

-fi

Variant: fie

Etymology: Middle English fi, from Old French

-- used to express disgust or disapproval

 

Another very neat one to me. Could be loosely translated as "God is gracious, disgusting theif", which is worth a smirk, maybe a chuckle...and I did, I admit, until I started thinking of the two thieves who were crucifed next to Jesus, and that definition took on a whole new meaning that I like even more.

 

 

To Quill-Bearer:

 

GRYPHON

variant of Griffin

Etymology: Middle English griffon, from Middle French grifon, from grif, from Latin gryphus, from Greek gryp-, gryps

 

 

HAPPYBUDDHA

happy

Etymology: Middle English, from hap

buddha

Etymology: Sanskrit, enlightened; akin to Sanskrit bodhi enlightenment

 

 

MYNX

variant: minx

Etymology: origin unknown

 

I decided that was anticlimactic, so I did a name search, and came up with-

 

Minnie: f English

Pet form of WILHELMINA: German feminine form of WILLIAM: From the Germanic name Wilhelm, which was composed of the elements wil "will, desire" and helm "helmet, protection".

 

/me grins at Mynx knowingly.

 

 

TATTERED

Tate m & f English

From an English surname meaning "cheerful" in Old Norse.

 

So, the loose translation here (given also the definition of the word "tattered") could be said to be "Ragged cheer". I like that one very much, too.

 

 

CRYPTOMANCER

Crypto-

Variant of crypt-

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kryptos

-mancer

Etymology: unknown, perhaps science fiction/fantasy writing?

wizard, magician, etc.

 

"Hidden wizard". Nice. B) Or perhaps "Code Wizard". Also cool.

 

Congratulations, again. Sorry I took so long!!!!

Gryphon

Gryphon

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Thank you...

 

It's not so much that I'm lost for words, its more that I just dont know what to say.

 

Thank you for thinking I'm (we're) worth it. :)

Rhapsody

Rhapsody

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Whoa, Ozy, etymology is so cool.

 

Just as a note, I read somehwere that "Leif" also means "beloved" in Scandanavian.

 

Congrats to all everyone promoted. Y'all deserve it!

 

*Rhaps*

drummondo

drummondo

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It was a shock to see my name up here,

It feels as though I've grown, and come of age,

The church drums beat with fervour on the ear;

You'll see much more of me now I'm a...

 

*checks*

 

EDIT: Page :)

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Black9

Black9

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The Burning Nine I like that:) I think I'll use it as my title:)

 

Black does the happy dance at the sight of his new rank:) Thank yee:)

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Venefyxatu

Venefyxatu

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*boingies*

Yay! \o/

 

That was some nice work there... and no, I'm not an accountant assassin, even though it sounds verrrrry interesting :)

 

*ponders*

If there are no accountants left, their knowledge will disappear and I will get a lot less economical subjects at school... hmmm...

 

*Walks off, an evil scheme forming in his mind*

Mynx

Mynx

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Interesting...

The last time anyone did a search on my name they came up with 'Shameless Woman'...

I find this translation to be...well...

 

*glares at Ozy* what you grinning for?

 

*begins to grin anyway*

 

WOOT!

 

*bouncebouncebouncebouncebounce*

Appy

Appy

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*runs in* Phew! Hope I'm not too late. I mean I'm sure everyone's settled in quite nicely already but here's a hearthy "Congratulations to all!" from me too :)

 

Have fun with your new shinies! :D

  • 3 months later...
Tattered

Tattered

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Wow! here I am a day late and a dollar short...huhuhu. I am SO out of it! WoW again...ironic that I am so depressing and yet a derivitive of my name means...cheerful....Figure that one out. I don't know...is the route of tattered tate? I guess so...could it be? I don't know if that's right how can cheerful turn to ragged? Hmm...Well I hope I still get a promotion...not that I deserve it. What is it anyway? Can I change my name...? I dont really like it I think I would rather be....Aurora...something prteety...although I have no clue what that name means...hmmm maybe I should change my name to something more descriptive of me like...Perpetual Emotion....Uh oh...I am rambling...agian

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