The "What's a good name for this?" thread

I rather like both "Lightning" and "Bang"—I'll second those!

(Especially as the former suggests the euphemism "ride the lightning"—meaning to be put to death by electric chair—and the latter suggests the idiom "out with a bang"—meaning to expire in a dramatic, flashy way.

Both of which seem at least somewhat fitting for a drug that is used by criminals and gives fantastic power—but that might have terrible effects.)

Edited by ArsThaumaturgis on May 1st 2024 at 6:47:58 PM

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I feel "Sups" or "super" will be an adequate term  for the general public.

The official name will consist, of course from "letters and numbers" .

Edited by jawal on May 1st 2024 at 7:18:58 PM

Every Hero has his own way of eating yogurt

What comes to mind when you hear this made up word called "Ungulataur"?

I have no idea how to pronounce that. Could be related to the word centaur.

Probably depends on where in Europe. In English-speaking countries, or countries heavily influenced by US/UK pop culture? A common English word used as a euphemism. In countries where people like to put their own spin on things? Maybe an English word or acronym pronounced like a word in the local language (say, French).

"He betrayed the Staaarks" is not the only problem here.

Centaur morphology but the lower body could be any kind of ungulate rather than solely equine.

The Revolution Will Not Be Tropeable

Thanks a lot for the suggestions! I like the idea of the euphemisms like "Lightning" or "Bang". In fact I may even have the characters use different nicknames depending on what kind of superpowers the drug gives (with a global nickname for the drugs in general).

I might have one character use that one.

I have been taking the easy way and consider that either everybody speaks English or that Translation Convention is in effect.

Whatever your favourite work is, there is a Vocal Minority that considers it the Worst. Whatever. Ever!.

@princessin.

I prolly should've emphasized that it was a term I thought up myself and not an actual word, sorry. I made the post to indirectly ask if it intuitively fits a group of human/ungulate hybrids that would include cases like the Mantelopes.

Edited by MorningStar1337 on May 1st 2024 at 12:33:39 PM

x5 Sounds something that would fit in Centaurworld.

I assure you, I'm a completely trustworthy person.

I'm not sure of how widely-known the term "ungulate" is.

(Speaking for myself, I got it—but I'll admit that it took a moment of thought.)

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Despite all the possible names for Fantasy Switzerland that we've discussed, including even the suggestions that I've put forth myself, I still find myself unsatisfied. And I think I've figured out why: The words "Swiss" and "Switzer(land)" sound unique among all the European country/nationality names, and I want to retain that somehow.

Edited by MarqFJA on May 1st 2024 at 9:56:11 PM

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

In that case, I'll try and update my previous suggestion to match this new criteria.

"Zyrisch"

"If there's problems, there's simple solutions."

Eh, that doesn't hit the same IMO. I was referring to both the -ss ending and the monosyllabic pronunciation of the word.

For reference:

• Country name: Switzerland (English), Schweiz (German), Suisse (French), Svizzera (Italian), Svizera (Romansch).
• Demonym: Swiss/Switzer (English), Schweizer(in) (German), Suisse(sse) (French), svizzero/svizzera (Italian).^note Romansch appears to not have a native demonym for Swiss people
• Adjective: Swiss (English), schweizerisch (German), suisse (French), svizzero/svizzera (Italian), svizzer (Romansch)

And for further context, English Swiss is derived directly from French Suisse/suisse, itself being descended from Middle High German swīzer (from which German Schweizer is also descended, making it and Suisse cognates).

Edited by MarqFJA on May 8th 2024 at 1:12:21 PM

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

I have this rather young sci-fi universe that I'm developing. There are two main stories as of now, Aphelion and Perihelion. The former is from the POV of the main ruling power in this universe, the Intersystemic Confederation, and the latter is from an anti-Confederation resistance force, Apsis 5. The issue I'm having right now is that I kinda don't have a catch-all to refer to this universe in general. Could someone help?

Edited by viridianskyes on May 7th 2024 at 7:32:01 AM

"Oh, I'm a paramedic, not a fightymedic. That's Caduceus' job."

Apsisverse seems logical to me, assuming that your stories revolve around hero protagonists from Apsis 5; the term "apsis" is the hypernym of "aphelion" and "perihelion", after all.

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

Is there an "official" name for a hatred of social media and the people who use it? I'm pretty sure there isn't, and I came here to get a good grasp on what it would be.

"Cyberphobia?"

A cruel, sick joke is still a joke, and sometimes all you can do is laugh.

Probably easier to just make up a new word for it.

In this case, it would be "Cyberekthos"

It's combined With "ekthos" which is ancient greek for something similar to "hatred".

"If there's problems, there's simple solutions."

Would "Stum Und Drang" (as in the genre) be a good title for a story where, basically, an SA man survives The Night Of The Long Knives and thirsts revenge against Hitler and the SS, to which end he steals a nazi Power Armor/Walking Tank and goes rogue in late 1934 or early 1935 maybe and then spends several years alone before he meets a woman with Super Serum powers who's also waging a guerrilla war against the nazis (for much nobler reasons) and some more years later more people with superpowers/superweapons appear and form a superhero team, and the SA guy joins them to get in the position to take his revenge but obviously none of them trust or like him?

For context, this is a backstory issue in a WWII superhero series. The first story starts on 14th june 1940 in Paris and the main character is in France for quite a while, so everything that takes place before that date is explained or shown in flashbacks of varying lenght.

~ * Bleh * ~ (Looking for a russian-speaker to consult about names and words for a thing)