Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 "My names," Slartibus said to the Demon, "are like the former components of the United Kingdom. Please help me." The Demon replied: "SLARTIFER!!! SLARTIFER!!! SLARTIFER!!!1!!!!!!1!!!!!" It's time to banish some more PDNs! In the post below, you will find a list of 41 PDNs (chronological) and 41 crossword-style clues (alphabetical). Your task is to correctly identify which PDN is described by each clue. You will receive 2 OR MORE points per reference correctly identified. The standard value is 2, but clever explanations will increase it. Points will accumulate going forward; and yes, there will be another prize at the end for the highest point totals. As an experiment, this time, EACH PLAYER IS LIMITED TO SIX GUESSES PER DAY. I will be enforcing "day" only roughly, so if it's been 15 or 20 hours since your last set of guesses, and that's when you have time to post, that's fine, so long as your sets of guesses are about a day apart overall. I will update the list periodically to remove PDNs and clues that have been successfully guessed. You are welcome to use Google (or any other resource) to try and figure things out. Some will be easier than others. Good luck! And watch out for Great Justice and Great Vengeance points, which may make a return appearance. Note: When making a guess, please make everyone's life easier by pasting the entire PDN (with number), as well as the clue. Please do not retype it from memory as this tends to introduce errors which confuse people. For example: 1. Dame Annals -- Murasaki nickname Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 412. Imaginary Solutions 414. Ungraspable Offensive Nature 423. Whirlwind deliver them! 426. Obake Opaka 431. Indrawn Eidolon 437. Heal-thy? 438. Dilemming 444. Abriel 448. Depletion Counting An African goddess speaks with Elizabethan prosody in the 90's Canonical form of a problematic behavior Divine magic at the heart of an underground storm Got a nice ring to it! Ironically solipsist Living, and ceasing to live Recovering as slowly as a timberline ridge Savior dies for your sins over and over again What you get when an alien baby is forced to attack distant, psychic relatives of its foster mother --- 411. Breastless Pilgrims and Tragic Views - They're too important to be lies, according to Shah Zaman, according to John Barth 413. Hermeneutikos - Of or for interpreting 415. Doublegarmonbozia Palace -- Pain and suffering and financial difficulties 416. Unpacted Pedanting - Practice of librarians beyond the stone wall? 417. Between Good and Evil -- Thus Spoke Mordenkainen 418. Threnodious Funk - A contradictory artist, maybe 419. Aodaria - Creates a herd of beautiful wild (but not rogue) ponies running free across the plains? 420. Terras Astraea Reliquit -- Sith there's no justice in earth nor hell 421. Deus Ex Maskina - Sudden appearance of a sailor's savior 422. Boba Spray! - Overpowered recipe for a mercurial chef 424. To make a long story short-- - The butler did it 425. Youse Yōkai - Address for spirits 427. Mylar Maiar - Archived angels 428. Escher Esper -- Beast that contradicts the laws of magic 429. Nitid Marid - Genius of the storm 430. Moiré Foxfire - A phosphorescent tapestry 432. Epigene Genie - Lives on his back, loves chimney stacks, rises up from his point of origin 433. Magic Bean Counter - One who attempts to quantify existential moments 434. Gynting Hall - Royal, lonely, underground place of procrastination and avoidance 435. Some Great Reward - Synthpop Job accuses God of laughing 436. Grill of Chattering Thwomps - Super Flava Flav, maybe 439. Digger Lemma - Lexicographer who doesn't want to see the light 440. Good Looks and Grace and Quiet Dignity - Epitomized by tigers 441. Annal Bug - What a dame duplicates when she wants to be surrounded by history 442. Draugr Queen - Master of undead illusion, maybe 443. Wallhouse - Abode for an obscure witch of Hyrule 445. Brock Bottom - Gym leader fails to save his mindless charges 446. Phonological Awareness Campaign -- Segmenting words into excessive administrative overhead 447. Read Sonia -- Course of action when my barbarian hero does not agree with her elders 449. Dis - Lord of dark affixes 450. Rough Breathing Helium - Essential part of speaking Greek. 451. Huis Ouvert - David Cameron and Nigel Farage are trapped in an elevator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 447. Read Sonia -- Course of action when my barbarian hero does not agree with her elders Red Sonja was a barbarian hero and Reading is a course of action Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 447. Read Sonia -- Course of action when my barbarian hero does not agree with her elders Red Sonja was a barbarian hero and Reading is a course of action YES +2 -- the other reference here is to Sonia Sotomayor, who, as a justice, writes opinions when she disagrees with her colleagues (who usually have seniority over her, since only Kagan was appointed after her). This name was prompted specifically by her dissent in _Utah_ (which I'm guessing Edgwyn and I have very different opinions about). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 427. Mylar Maiar - Archived angels Maiar are the angelic beings from J. R. R. Tolkein's Silmarillion and Mylar is used to protect some collectables for archival purposes since their value declines out of their packages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 449. Dis - Lord of dark affixes Dis is another and more obscure name for Pluto the Roman god of the Underworld and a common affix used in English to change the meaning of words. Thus disposing and disrespecting this contest with my discontent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 430. Moiré Foxfire - A phosphorescent tapestry Foxfire is a type of phosphorescence in mushrooms. Moire/moiré is a textile. 445. Brock Bottom - Gym leader fails to save his mindless charges A pun on rock bottom. Brock is a character from Pokemon: a gym leader who specializes in rock-type Pokemon. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittering Clawbug Val Ritz Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 413. Hermeneutikos - An essential part of speaking Greek. Hermeneutics is the branch of study dealing with interpretation, and thus would be very necessary for anyone trying to speak Greek. 411. Breastless Pilgrims and Tragic Views - They're too important to be lies, according to Shah Zaman, according to John Barth An excerpt from John Barth's Chimera, where Shah Zaman describes the eponymous story as "too important to be lies - fictions, maybe, but truer than fact." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 417. Between Good and Evil -- Thus Spoke Mordenkainen Couple things going on here. Beyond Good and Evil and Thus Spake Zarathustra are books by Friedrich Nietzsche. But then Mordenkainen is a Dungeons and Dragon character who works to keep Good and Evil from gaining the upper hand on one another -- so he's between Good and Evil. 415. Doublegarmonbozia Palace -- Pain and suffering and financial difficulties Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Twin Peaks! Doublemeat Palace is the restaurant Buffy gets a job in season 6 -- because she has no money ('financial difficulties) after her mum dies, and after she dies and after all goes to pot. During the episode, Buffy thinks there's people in the burgers at the DMPalace, but it's actually revealed to plant extract, or corn, or something. MEANWHILE, in Twin Peaks, Garmobozia is negative energy ('pain and suffering') that just so happens to take the form of corn. This one was my favourite for how well they worked together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 427. Mylar Maiar - Archived angels Maiar are the angelic beings from J. R. R. Tolkein's Silmarillion and Mylar is used to protect some collectables for archival purposes since their value declines out of their packages. YES +4 - maiar are often described as parallel to minor angels in his cosmology, though 'angelic' is maybe a stretch given the connotations there; mylar is also used heavily in libraries, which fits the linguistic specificity of Tolkien's work. 449. Dis - Lord of dark affixes Dis is another and more obscure name for Pluto the Roman god of the Underworld and a common affix used in English to change the meaning of words. Thus disposing and disrespecting this contest with my discontent. YES +4 430. Moiré Foxfire - A phosphorescent tapestry Foxfire is a type of phosphorescence in mushrooms. Moire/moiré is a textile. 445. Brock Bottom - Gym leader fails to save his mindless charges A pun on rock bottom. Brock is a character from Pokemon: a gym leader who specializes in rock-type Pokemon. 430 - YES +2 - you got the basic idea; foxfire is also sometimes used to name or describe spirits (hence its inclusion in that cycle of PDNs); moiré also describes a visual pattern in which one repeating pattern is overlaid on another, which speaks to the spiritual/material contrast of the cycle. 445 - YES +3 - the other reference is to Lemmings: if you fail to save enough of your mindless charges, you receive a level rating of "rock bottom." 413. Hermeneutikos - An essential part of speaking Greek. Hermeneutics is the branch of study dealing with interpretation, and thus would be very necessary for anyone trying to speak Greek. 411. Breastless Pilgrims and Tragic Views - They're too important to be lies, according to Shah Zaman, according to John Barth An excerpt from John Barth's Chimera, where Shah Zaman describes the eponymous story as "too important to be lies - fictions, maybe, but truer than fact." 413 - NO 411 - YES +3 - I think you mean 'above-named' or something rather than 'eponymous'; also, from Shah Zaman's point of view, they aren't stories so much as an event he was peripherally involved in and a perspective that was explained to him. I suppose the Barth part works as you wrote it, though. 417. Between Good and Evil -- Thus Spoke Mordenkainen Couple things going on here. Beyond Good and Evil and Thus Spake Zarathustra are books by Friedrich Nietzsche. But then Mordenkainen is a Dungeons and Dragon character who works to keep Good and Evil from gaining the upper hand on one another -- so he's between Good and Evil. 415. Doublegarmonbozia Palace -- Pain and suffering and financial difficulties Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Twin Peaks! Doublemeat Palace is the restaurant Buffy gets a job in season 6 -- because she has no money ('financial difficulties) after her mum dies, and after she dies and after all goes to pot. During the episode, Buffy thinks there's people in the burgers at the DMPalace, but it's actually revealed to plant extract, or corn, or something. MEANWHILE, in Twin Peaks, Garmobozia is negative energy ('pain and suffering') that just so happens to take the form of corn. This one was my favourite for how well they worked together. 417 - YES +4 - specifically, in _Beyond Good and Evil_ Nietzsche advocated a moral approach that transcends typical concepts of good and evil, whereas True Neutral accepts the existence of those concepts at face value but rejects their value as goals. 415 - YES +5 - it was a great match on concepts, yeah, though it was a bit lacking in wordly poetry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 420. Terras Astraea Reliquit -- Sith there's no justice in earth nor hell Titus Andronicus -- 'Terras Astraea Reliquit' means something like 'the Goddess of Justice has left the world', while the second part is a direct quote: And, sith there's no justice in earth nor hell,We will solicit heaven and move the gods To send down Justice for to wreak our wrongs. (plus 'Sith' and revenege, and in the play Titus has his hand cut off and presented to the Emperor, and it's all very Star Wars-y) 428. Escher Esper -- Beast that contradicts the laws of magic M.C. Escher's works famously contradict the laws of physics through illusion (and I actually thought this was paired with another clue before...), while Espers are magical beasts in the Final Fantasy series of games. In FF6, if you beat an esper it taught you magic, while in other games they can be summoned as allies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 420. Terras Astraea Reliquit -- Sith there's no justice in earth nor hell Titus Andronicus -- 'Terras Astraea Reliquit' means something like 'the Goddess of Justice has left the world', while the second part is a direct quote: 428. Escher Esper -- Beast that contradicts the laws of magic M.C. Escher's works famously contradict the laws of physics through illusion (and I actually thought this was paired with another clue before...), while Espers are magical beasts in the Final Fantasy series of games. In FF6, if you beat an esper it taught you magic, while in other games they can be summoned as allies. 420 - YES +4 - actually, Terras Astraea Reliquit is a direct quote from the same play as well. 'The goddess of justice has left the earth' is both a more direct translation and a more fitting one in context; Titus declares that at the beginning of the scene, before sending missives to other areas (e.g., 'Pluto's region') to see if she's there. 428 - YES +3 - in FF6, espers are human-magic hybrids whose very existence is tied to the laws of magic (i.e., the goddess statues). The last sentence you wrote is not really accurate at all: "if you beat an esper it taught you magic" applies to FF3-5, but not so much FF6; to the degree that it applies to FF6, it also applies to most later games; also, they can be summoned in FF6, just the same as in other games from FF3-9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 444. Abriel - Master of undead illusion, maybe Guessing this is a reference to Sabriel the Abhorsen, a master of the undead. 413. Hermeneutikos - Of or for interpreting It's an adjectival modification of hermeneutics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 (edited) 418. Threnodious Funk - Lexicographer who doesn't want to see the light Funk & Wagnalls is a defunct publisher of reference books, such as dictionaries. A lexicographer works on creating dictionaries. Being in a funk means being sad or depressed. A threnody is a song or poem of mourning. (Edit: Funk is also a genre of music.) 441. Annal Bug - What a dame duplicates when she wants to be surrounded by history Annals are historical records. The name and clue together reference Dame Annals: Slarty's best nickname of all time. A software bug might let you do all sorts of things, including duplicating items (in this case, annals). Dikiyoba. Edited June 25, 2016 by Dikiyoba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 444. Abriel - Master of undead illusion, maybe Guessing this is a reference to Sabriel the Abhorsen, a master of the undead. 413. Hermeneutikos - Of or for interpreting It's an adjectival modification of hermeneutics. 444 - NO 413 - YES +2 - not exactly; this is the ancient Greek that long precedes it (and it wouldn't be an adjective in either language). 418. Threnodious Funk - Lexicographer who doesn't want to see the light Funk & Wagnalls is a defunct publisher of reference books, such as dictionaries. A lexicographer works on creating dictionaries. Being in a funk means being sad or depressed. A threnody is a song or poem of mourning. (Edit: Funk is also a genre of music.) 441. Annal Bug - What a dame duplicates when she wants to be surrounded by history Annals are historical records. The name and clue together reference Dame Annals: Slarty's best nickname of all time. A software bug might let you do all sorts of things, including duplicating items (in this case, annals). 418 - NO - but awesome 441 - YES +3 - the other reference is to the Null Bug, which surrounds itself with antimagic fields, and was easily one of the best simulacrums in Exile II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 YES +2 -- the other reference here is to Sonia Sotomayor, who, as a justice, writes opinions when she disagrees with her colleagues (who usually have seniority over her, since only Kagan was appointed after her). This name was prompted specifically by her dissent in _Utah_ (which I'm guessing Edgwyn and I have very different opinions about). You are correct, I do not particularly like her dissent, but you might be surprised to know that I dissent from the court majority's position in this case also. Mea Tulpa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 12 down; list trimmed down above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 425. Youse Yōkai - Address for spirits Youse is (thankfully rarely) used as a second personal plural pronoun in English, and yokai are Japanese spirits; the phrase itself addresses spirits. 3/6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 425. Youse Yōkai - Address for spirits Youse is (thankfully rarely) used as a second personal plural pronoun in English, and yokai are Japanese spirits; the phrase itself addresses spirits. YES +3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 450. Rough Breathing Helium - Essential part of speaking Greek. The rough breathing mark is the diacritical mark that indicates an H sound in ancient Greek words. 4/6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 450. Rough Breathing Helium - Essential part of speaking Greek. The rough breathing mark is the diacritical mark that indicates an H sound in ancient Greek words. YES +2 - ancient Greek words, of which Helium is one; also, it's an element, i.e., an essential part. And if you inhale it, it sure changes the way you produce rough breathing sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 419. Aodaria - Creates a herd of beautiful wild (but not rogue) ponies running free across the plains? Aodare, the Shaper loyalist from Geneforge 2 + Daria from the show Daria. The clue is a quote from the first episode of the show (slightly modified to reflect Aodare's firm beliefs). Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 419. Aodaria - Creates a herd of beautiful wild (but not rogue) ponies running free across the plains? Aodare, the Shaper loyalist from Geneforge 2 + Daria from the show Daria. The clue is a quote from the first episode of the show (slightly modified to reflect Aodare's firm beliefs). YES +4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 432. Epigene Genie - Lives on his back, loves chimney stacks, rises up from his point of origin The song Jean Genie by David Bowie (the first bit of the clue is lyrics from the song) + epigean, maybe, the way a plant germinates and thrusts the first leaves up out of the soil. (It's a bit of a stretch, but better than nothing.) This is Dikiyoba's sixth guess of the day, until the new day starts in 3 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 440. Good Looks and Grace and Quiet Dignity - Epitomized by tigers Calvin and Hobbes said so. 5/6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 442. Draugr Queen - Master of undead illusion, maybe A drag queen is man who dresses up like a woman (creating an illusion). A draugr is a kind of undead. A draugr queen, then, is someone who appears to be a master of undead but isn't really (i.e. illusion). 6/6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittering Clawbug Val Ritz Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 426. Obake Opaka - What you get when an alien baby is forced to attack distant, psychic relatives of its foster mother An obake is a Japanese changeling, and the Opaka is the spiritual leader of the Bajoran people, who serves as their conduit to their Prophets. The Changelings in Star Trek sent out one hundred of their young into the universe to gather information. Thus, an Obake Opaka would be a Changeling Opaka; one who is forced by their adoptive, foster "mother," Bajor, to wage war on the Dominion, ruled by the psychically-linked Founders. 3/6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 It's a new day! 424. To make a long story short-- - The butler did it The butler always does it. End of story. 439. Digger Lemma - Lexicographer who doesn't want to see the light Diggers are a class of lemmings from the game Lemmings (which dig down, as their name suggests). A lemma (among other things) is the form of a word that the definition is under in a dictionary. A lexicographer works on dictionaries, and one who doesn't want to see the light would want a digger lemma. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Xelgion Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 442. Draugr Queen - Master of undead illusion, maybe : Potema Septim, the Wolf Queen. The maybe part is if you decide to stop her or not in the game of Skyrim. 443. Wallhouse - The butler did it : A riddle involving asking who was murdered at a party. The butler gives the alibi of sweeping the corners, but this house in the beginning of the riddle is told to be circular, therefore invalidating his alibi and making him the murderer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 432. Epigene Genie - Lives on his back, loves chimney stacks, rises up from his point of origin The song Jean Genie by David Bowie (the first bit of the clue is lyrics from the song) + epigean, maybe, the way a plant germinates and thrusts the first leaves up out of the soil. (It's a bit of a stretch, but better than nothing.) YES +3 - epigene is a closely related word in its own right; the conceit here is that genies are normally depicted flying above the surface of the earth, so it's a bit of a reversal for one to originate there, as epigene suggests -- with the song lyrics suggesting a reversal and rising smoke, respectively. 440. Good Looks and Grace and Quiet Dignity - Epitomized by tigers Calvin and Hobbes said so. YES +2 For some reason, the image of this strip doesn't appear to be online anywhere. Per usual, Hobbes is forcing Calvin to recite the ode to tigers before he'll let him up the rope ladder to their tree fort; Calvin is interrupted by Susie (his intended water balloon target) while singing, with a result something like "Tigers are perfect The E-pit-o-me Of good looks and grace And quiet... uh, uhm... dignity..." 442. Draugr Queen - Master of undead illusion, maybe A drag queen is man who dresses up like a woman (creating an illusion). A draugr is a kind of undead. A draugr queen, then, is someone who appears to be a master of undead but isn't really (i.e. illusion). YES +3 - typically, yes, if a bit narrow, on the first definition. Draugr are also sometimes depicted as having the ability to shapeshift. 426. Obake Opaka - What you get when an alien baby is forced to attack distant, psychic relatives of its foster mother An obake is a Japanese changeling, and the Opaka is the spiritual leader of the Bajoran people, who serves as their conduit to their Prophets. The Changelings in Star Trek sent out one hundred of their young into the universe to gather information. Thus, an Obake Opaka would be a Changeling Opaka; one who is forced by their adoptive, foster "mother," Bajor, to wage war on the Dominion, ruled by the psychically-linked Founders. NO - an interesting connection though that I did not anticipate 424. To make a long story short-- - The butler did it The butler always does it. End of story. 439. Digger Lemma - Lexicographer who doesn't want to see the light Diggers are a class of lemmings from the game Lemmings (which dig down, as their name suggests). A lemma (among other things) is the form of a word that the definition is under in a dictionary. A lexicographer works on dictionaries, and one who doesn't want to see the light would want a digger lemma. 424 - YES +1 This is specifically a reference to the movie _Clue_ and to Wadsworth's repeated use of the phrase "to make a long story short" which is met with "TOO LATE!" (If you haven't watched this movie, go do it. Now. Seriously.) 439 - YES +5 442. Draugr Queen - Master of undead illusion, maybe : Potema Septim, the Wolf Queen. The maybe part is if you decide to stop her or not in the game of Skyrim. 443. Wallhouse - The butler did it : A riddle involving asking who was murdered at a party. The butler gives the alibi of sweeping the corners, but this house in the beginning of the riddle is told to be circular, therefore invalidating his alibi and making him the murderer. 442 - this answer was given 3 hours earlier, I'm afraid 443 - NO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 446. Phonological Awareness Campaign -- Segmenting words into excessive administrative overhead Phonological Awareness involves breaking up words into individual sounds or segments. Any campaign involves excessive administrative overhead. There have been various campaigns in education to push phonological awareness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 446. Phonological Awareness Campaign -- Segmenting words into excessive administrative overhead Phonological Awareness involves breaking up words into individual sounds or segments. Any campaign involves excessive administrative overhead. There have been various campaigns in education to push phonological awareness YES +2 Indeed, phonological awareness is an understanding of the fact that words are composed of smaller phonological elements, like speech sounds. For the campaigns, I was thinking specifically of "____ awareness campaigns" which have come under fire (recently, in some quasi-mainstream circles; since forever, from me) both for not accomplishing anything meaningful, and for using up most donations in administrative overhead. (For the record, phonological awareness is extremely meaningful -- I'm not classing it with those.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 You're welcome. Mea Tulpa and ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 So... when do we get to turn Slarty into a rug? --- 422. Boba Spray! - Overpowered recipe for a mercurial chef Boba Fett of Star Wars + Bobby Flay the celebrity chef ( + plus a spell name that ends in spray that I'm missing. Let's go with lightning spray.) 444. Abriel - Got a nice ring to it! Sabriel the Abhorsen (and all Abhorsen), of the Old Kingdom/Abhorsen series, uses the tolling of seven bells to control the dead. 443. Wallhouse - Practice of librarians beyond the stone wall? Another Abhorsen reference? There's the Wall that divides the Old Kingdom (where magic exists) from Ancelstierre (where it doesn't), the Great Library of the Clayr (in the Old Kingdom), and the Abhorsen's House. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 418. Threnodious Funk - A contradictory artist, maybe A play on Thelonious Monk; a funk threnody would be contradictory 423. Whirlwind deliver them! - Synthpop Job accuses God of laughing God appears to the biblical Job in a whirlwind, but I don't know what the synthpop reference is. 451. Huis Ouvert - David Cameron and Nigel Farage are trapped in an elevator French for open door. Cameron would obviously want to get out of the trapped elevator Dikiyoba 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Guess six of six: 434. Gynting Hall - Royal, lonely, underground place of procrastination and avoidance A hall for Peer Gynt from the play Peer Gynt (from which the music "In the Hall of the Mountain King" comes from). The PDN combines the Mountain Hall with Peer Gynt's avoidant behavior. (Assuming this guess is correct, give one of the points to Excalibur for tipping Dikiyoba off to the name of the play.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 435. Some Great Reward - Synthpop Job accuses God of laughing The PDN is the title of an album by the band Depeche Mode; one of the songs on said synthpop album accuses God of laughing when the person dies. 1/6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 416. Unpacted Pedanting - Practice of librarians beyond the stone wall? "The Stone Wall Beyond" is one of the core principles of the Pact in the Avadon games; those "beyond the stone wall" are the "unpacted." 2/6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 422. Boba Spray! - Overpowered recipe for a mercurial chef Boba Fett of Star Wars + Bobby Flay the celebrity chef ( + plus a spell name that ends in spray that I'm missing. Let's go with lightning spray.) 444. Abriel - Got a nice ring to it! Sabriel the Abhorsen (and all Abhorsen), of the Old Kingdom/Abhorsen series, uses the tolling of seven bells to control the dead. 443. Wallhouse - Practice of librarians beyond the stone wall? Another Abhorsen reference? There's the Wall that divides the Old Kingdom (where magic exists) from Ancelstierre (where it doesn't), the Great Library of the Clayr (in the Old Kingdom), and the Abhorsen's House. 422 - YES +2 - although I appreciate the connections made, they are unfortunately quite different from the actual reference, which is to https://www.youtube....h?v=nW6_1imoET8 It's quite an overpowered attack, at least so far -- as it seems to singlehandedly ruin the opposition's offense, as well as set up a deathblow from an ally. Boba is just because, well, you know, I'm a huge fan of bubble tea. I never expected to appreciate this particular franchise, but it turns out I do. A lot. Per usual, blame Lilith. 444 - NO 443 - NO These do make sense, but I'm afraid I have no familiarity with the Abhorsen. 418. Threnodious Funk - A contradictory artist, maybe A play on Thelonious Monk; a funk threnody would be contradictory 423. Whirlwind deliver them! - Synthpop Job accuses God of laughing God appears to the biblical Job in a whirlwind, but I don't know what the synthpop reference is. 451. Huis Ouvert - David Cameron and Nigel Farage are trapped in an elevator French for open door. Cameron would obviously want to get out of the trapped elevator 418 - YES +4 423 - NO 451 - YES +1 This is a play on Sartre's famous play _Huis Clos_, in which several people are trapped in an elevator. The play is known in English, however, as "No Exit" -- which should hopefully make the Cameron/Farage reference clear to anyone who's been following the, um, fall of the British empire these past few days. 434. Gynting Hall - Royal, lonely, underground place of procrastination and avoidance A hall for Peer Gynt from the play Peer Gynt (from which the music "In the Hall of the Mountain King" comes from). The PDN combines the Mountain Hall with Peer Gynt's avoidant behavior. (Assuming this guess is correct, give one of the points to Excalibur for tipping Dikiyoba off to the name of the play.) YES +4/+1 Kel, if you're still reading, I'm curious if you have the same childhood memories of this song that I do. 435. Some Great Reward - Synthpop Job accuses God of laughing The PDN is the title of an album by the band Depeche Mode; one of the songs on said synthpop album accuses God of laughing when the person dies. YES +3 -- the song is a Jobian complaint about human suffering and injustice and ultimately concludes "I think that God's got a sick sense of humour" fun fact: there is a sound effect that overlays "slashed her wrists" that still sounds to me exactly like the Remedy/Heal sound effect from FF4. the song predates the game by 7 years, but hey 416. Unpacted Pedanting - Practice of librarians beyond the stone wall? "The Stone Wall Beyond" is one of the core principles of the Pact in the Avadon games; those "beyond the stone wall" are the "unpacted." YES +2 - and librarians can be pedantic, of course. Probably this one was inspired by me being pedantic about something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 Only 14 left! Original list updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 433. Magic Bean Counter - One who attempts to quantify existential moments Combines the idea of a bean counter with magic beans, and the fact that a "bean counter" quantifies things. 3/6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 429. Nitid Marid - Genius of the storm Nitid means shining or bright, a marid is actually a water genie in Dungeons and Dragons (so a being that can control storms), and "genius" puns on genie and on the idea of being "bright" intellectually? 4/6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 437. Heal-thy? - Ironically solipsist Solipsism believes the self is all that can be known to exist, and the PDN alludes to the phrase "Physician, heal thyself." If self is all there is or all that is known, then it is unnecessary to include it in the phrase. 5/6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 421. Deus Ex Maskina--Sudden appearance of a Sailor's Savior Deus Ex Machina is the sudden appearance of something to save a hopeless situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 433. Magic Bean Counter - One who attempts to quantify existential moments Combines the idea of a bean counter with magic beans, and the fact that a "bean counter" quantifies things. YES +2 - a bean counter being an insulting term for someone who does rote work rather than dealing with meaningful things 429. Nitid Marid - Genius of the storm Nitid means shining or bright, a marid is actually a water genie in Dungeons and Dragons (so a being that can control storms), and "genius" puns on genie and on the idea of being "bright" intellectually? YES +3 What Wikipedia didn't tell you was that the association of marids (as a class of jinn) and water, specifically waterspouts and storms, long predates D&D. This also plays on the remarkable similarity between the ancient Latin/Greek genius and Arabic jinn, which apparently are not actually related. 437. Heal-thy? - Ironically solipsist Solipsism believes the self is all that can be known to exist, and the PDN alludes to the phrase "Physician, heal thyself." If self is all there is or all that is known, then it is unnecessary to include it in the phrase. NO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 421. Deus Ex Maskina--Sudden appearance of a Sailor's Savior Deus Ex Machina is the sudden appearance of something to save a hopeless situation. YES +2 Specifically, it's a reference to Tuxedo Mask, who consistently -- religiously -- appears just in the nick of time to save Sailor Moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 (Another new day) 423. Whirlwind deliver them! - Divine magic at the heart of an underground storm 436. Grill of Chattering Thwomps - Super Flava Flav, maybe Grill can refer to teeth, and Flava Flav has a notable golden grill. Thwomps are rectangular stone monsters from Super Mario. This is where Dikiyoba feels the pressure of limited guesses. Is it better to take unreferenced guesses now that there are so few clues left, or to save the guesses for later? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 423 - NO 436 - YES +4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Owenmoz Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 426. Obake Opaka - Got a nice ring to it! While one could easilly confuse the words with yoruba or overall west african deities, after a light research i think there are none by any of the two names so my first guess is wrong. Still got a nice ring to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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