What does vorpal mean?

[Dannyalcatraz]

Hey Umbran, can I borrow your hammer for a while?

*clears throat; starts tuning guitar to F#Maj+-*

 

[Umbran]

Hey Umbran, can I borrow your hammer for a while?

*clears throat; starts tuning guitar to F#Maj+-*

As a friend of filk, I think you'll find yourself on your own here...

 

[Stormonu]

No, not "vorpal". 'Vorpal" is a made-up word. Beowulf grabs a really big sword, made by giants, when Hrunting fails him:

You always ruin my fun

Of course, I'm trying to recall something I read in English IV back in '88, but I could have swore the author used vorpal in the translation I read. It would have caught my eye back then because I lived and breathed D&D back then.

But that was what, a memory from 32 years ago? I'd don't trust I'm remembering correctly either.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It's the fog of time working on your memory- its defined as a word created by Lewis Carroll.

 

[Stormonu]

It's the fog of time working on your memory- its defined as a word created by Lewis Carroll.

Back to filk, you! *crack of whip*

SONG! SONG! SONG!

 

[Wombat]

Considering that this poem is also the origin point (if I remember my Carroll correctly) of the word "chortle" as well, vorpal may even refer to some sort of filigree work on the blade...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Back to filk, you! *crack of whip*

SONG! SONG! SONG!

"Where there's a whip, there's a way..."

Kitty Kitty Fan Belt Blues

Woke up in the mornin'
Went out to my car.
I said I woke up in the mornin'
Went out to my car.
It's five o clock out there somewhere, baby
I'm goin dooown to Sammy's Bar.

Went 'n found my old Chevy
My mojo ready to roar
Went 'n found my old Chevy
My mojo really ready to roar
But when I turned that engine over, sweetie
It started spewin' out fuzzy gore

I lifted the hood up
Down in my shed
I lifted my car's hood up
Down in my shed
My chrome and steel V8 big block, honey
Was all covered up in red

You know I didn't mean it baby
Don't look at me like that
You know I love my car
I know you loved your cat
But I see you reachin' for your pistol, darlin,
So I guess that aaaaaall there is to that.

My lady done locked me out...
So you fellas know the news.
My lady done locked me out...
So you fellas know the news.
I'm sleepin' in my broke down Chevy
And I got me them Kitty
Kitty
Fan belt
Bluuuuuuuuuuuues.

 

[Stormonu]

Why, O why can I not XP you Danny?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

OTOH...

Kitten survives 180-mile ride trapped in Chevy Corvette?s engine bay | Motoramic - Yahoo! Autos

 

[Alzrius]

Of course, I'm trying to recall something I read in English IV back in '88

[...]

But that was what, a memory from 32 years ago? I'd don't trust I'm remembering correctly either.

Well, considering that you've mastered time travel for 1988 to have been thirty-two years ago, I'd say you're still doing pretty good, all things considered.