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<blockquote data-quote="kevtar" data-source="post: 5902738" data-attributes="member: 27098">Gish?! Gish has been around since Fiend Folio (at least) and referred to a specific type of Githyanki. The term was so successful in capturing (and relating) a concept, that it spread out through the gaming community. I was rolling up &quot;Gishes&quot; (hoping for the perfect combination) in my AD&amp;D days 20 years ago (BTW, drow MU/Ftrs are awesome).However, I can see your point in people treating these terms as &quot;official,&quot; but I would also hate for the vocabulary of D&amp;D to become sancrosanct. Many of the &quot;unofficial&quot; terms have been given near legitimate status because of what they've contributed to the game and how it organizes how we understand about the elements of the game and how we play it. Things like &quot;nerfed, munchkin, CoDzilla, tank...&quot; they all communicate something and have been elevated above just random bits of speech into specific signifiers without being understood as part of the original vernacular of D&amp;D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kevtar, post: 5902738, member: 27098"] Gish?! Gish has been around since Fiend Folio (at least) and referred to a specific type of Githyanki. The term was so successful in capturing (and relating) a concept, that it spread out through the gaming community. I was rolling up "Gishes" (hoping for the perfect combination) in my AD&D days 20 years ago (BTW, drow MU/Ftrs are awesome). However, I can see your point in people [I]treating[/I] these terms as "official," but I would also hate for the vocabulary of D&D to become sancrosanct. Many of the "unofficial" terms have been given near legitimate status because of what they've contributed to the game and how it organizes how we understand about the elements of the game and how we play it. Things like "nerfed, munchkin, CoDzilla, tank..." they all communicate something and have been elevated above just random bits of speech into specific signifiers without being understood as part of the original vernacular of D&D. [/QUOTE]

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