Terms and Definitions
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stellarwindBadminton: A sport consisted entirely of people making a racket and flipping each other birds.
Canis Ex Machina: When the contrived plot device that saves the day is either canine in nature or a bitch to get. Literally: Dog From The Machine. (Note: Authors are advised to avoid Canis Ex Machina, as usually, the heroes are left barking up the wrong tree through the entire plot.)
A literal example of Canis Ex Machina: Dobermon from Digimon Tamers.
Internet Mathematics: No where else can anything can be both less than three and over nine thousand.
Pundora's Box: The exact phrase that will cause a torrent of particularly vicious puns.
An example of a Pundora's Box best left unopened:
El: Apparently, the 31st of July is national orgasm day. o.O
Me: To celebrate the coming summer months? <<
El: ... oh my god, stel xD
Me: And at the climax of the month too!
El: owww, stel xD
Me: When it's PARTICULARILY wet, humid and sticky. PERFECT timing.
El: i hate you xD
Me: Anytime before that would be premature... I bet you're WISHING you didn't open THAT Pundora's Box.
A Pundora's Box is likened to a toolbox: Once opened, the point will be hammered in to a new level - but if you know the drill then you probably saw this coming. If you don't, however, you're probably screwed.
... Well THAT was a whale of a pun. I krill myself sometimes, even if it's just a fluke...
... Speaking of marine mammals, let's seal this one now, shall we?
Reductio ad Felinum: The argument will go on until someone produces a cat. The inevitable step up from Reductio ad Hitlerum and Reductio Ad Triphallum (Which is similar in nature, but ends in the inevitable cry of 'Penispenispenis'.)
Stel's Law of Administration - The site creators do not make mistakes. The site creators are ineffable. Thou shalt worship the site creators, lest thou shalt be pelted with explosive mailboxen.
More to come when I feel like it.
Canis Ex Machina: When the contrived plot device that saves the day is either canine in nature or a bitch to get. Literally: Dog From The Machine. (Note: Authors are advised to avoid Canis Ex Machina, as usually, the heroes are left barking up the wrong tree through the entire plot.)
A literal example of Canis Ex Machina: Dobermon from Digimon Tamers.
Internet Mathematics: No where else can anything can be both less than three and over nine thousand.
Pundora's Box: The exact phrase that will cause a torrent of particularly vicious puns.
An example of a Pundora's Box best left unopened:
El: Apparently, the 31st of July is national orgasm day. o.O
Me: To celebrate the coming summer months? <<
El: ... oh my god, stel xD
Me: And at the climax of the month too!
El: owww, stel xD
Me: When it's PARTICULARILY wet, humid and sticky. PERFECT timing.
El: i hate you xD
Me: Anytime before that would be premature... I bet you're WISHING you didn't open THAT Pundora's Box.
A Pundora's Box is likened to a toolbox: Once opened, the point will be hammered in to a new level - but if you know the drill then you probably saw this coming. If you don't, however, you're probably screwed.
... Well THAT was a whale of a pun. I krill myself sometimes, even if it's just a fluke...
... Speaking of marine mammals, let's seal this one now, shall we?
Reductio ad Felinum: The argument will go on until someone produces a cat. The inevitable step up from Reductio ad Hitlerum and Reductio Ad Triphallum (Which is similar in nature, but ends in the inevitable cry of 'Penispenispenis'.)
Stel's Law of Administration - The site creators do not make mistakes. The site creators are ineffable. Thou shalt worship the site creators, lest thou shalt be pelted with explosive mailboxen.
More to come when I feel like it.
