New name for "gish"? (forked from Character Concepts: Gish and Teleporter Mage)

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

That's not obnoxiously condescending or anything, so sure, I'll go do that.

Since you seemingly skipped all the things people said, why should they be retyped for you?

Still seems pretty clear where your hate comes from.

Selective quoting, woo hoo!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

If he's also moody, and a good member of a usually evil race, then why not? I don't think anyone sits down and says "I'm going to take some abstruse bit of gaming lore and try to turn it into somewhat mainstream jargon." These things evolve more naturally than that.

The fact that there's at least one of these threads a month suggests it's not happening particularly naturally with "gish."

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

If he's also moody, and a good member of a usually evil race, then why not?

I don't think anyone has a problem with the word "gish," incidentally, if you're a member of a matriarchal race that lives on the Astral Plane/Sea.

 

[Cam Banks]

That's not obnoxiously condescending or anything, so sure, I'll go do that.

Whoops.

Still seems pretty clear where your hate comes from.

I think this is a lot of comments hurled from bunkers, personally.

"You clearly hate it because of X!"

This is neither intuitive nor implied from the thread so far.

Cheers,
Cam

 

[NMcCoy]

I've personally got no objection to "gish" (though it indeed reminds me of a certain animate tar ball). Perhaps we can go with FiMU for conciseness?

 

[Nifft]

Gish? Looks like a typo for fish, and since f and g are next to each other on the keyboard, it looks even more like that. Stupid word. I'd never use it. Yes, even for githyanki I'd never use it.

I never liked the name gish

I don't like it.
(...)
3. This is largely the most compelling reason for me. It sounds stupid.

it's such an ugly word.

I don't think anyone has a problem with the word "gish," incidentally, if you're a member of a matriarchal race that lives on the Astral Plane/Sea.

Thread, rereading, etc.

-- N

 

[Agamon]

Of my two gaming groups, I'm the only one who spends a lot of time on RPG boards---and I've been subtly insinuating the term 'gish' into our gaming parlance over the past 6 or so months.

It's now effectively standard.

I counter this by also being the only one in my gaming groups to spend much time on RPG boards and never using the term at all and therefore it never gets used. If I did say it, I'd have to punch myself in the face or be a hypocrite. I might accidentally say it if my mouth is completely full of watermelon or something...

 

[Kurashu]

Okay Gish is out.

I propose that Hats Made Of Veal And That New Car Smell is the new term.


All in favor say I.

 

[firesnakearies]

Okay Gish is out.

I propose that Hats Made Of Veal And That New Car Smell is the new term.


All in favor say I.

It's unquestionably an improvement, I can say that.

 

[On Puget Sound]

I vote for Fwiz. Can also be turned into an adjective, as in "that class is a bit too fwizzish for me".