Speaking in Tongues

I use a lot of words. I love language. Some of the words I use are 'subject specific', so I figured it might be helpful to people if I put out a glossary. That's all this site is, so if you want to look at my other lovely sites you'll have to travel. The words defined here by me will maybe give you a flavour of what my other sites are about, though. These are my definitions, by the way. Buy a dictionary or write your own if you disagree.

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

It's all about Language

Henotheism - The practise of worshipping one god whilst admitting the existence of others.

IC - In Character

In Character - a term used to indicate that what you are saying or refering to is being said by your character or can be taken to be known by other people's characters.

Neology - 1. A newly invented word or phrase. http://www.kith.org/journals/neology/
2. The act of inventing a word or phrase.
3. The study of new things.
4. A German branch of Christianity
5. Modernist archaeology, otherwise known as purposeful skip-diving. http://www.athensguide.com/journalists/articles/archaeology.htm

OOC - Out of Character

Out of Character - a term used to indicate that what you are saying or refering to is real-world related, or is not to be considered something someones character will know. The idea is to separate the knowledge you as a player may have access to compared with what your character knows.

Prosopagnosia - Face-blindness. The inability to recognise people by their facial features. http://www.prosopagnosia.com/

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