I think Conflexive is supposed to be an extension of Conflex, which does as Dottie states mean a Conditional Reflex to a situation, however the word ‘Conflex’ is still, I believe pending as to whether it is a ‘real’ word or not, and therefore to be included in dictionaries, given that ‘Conditional Reflex’ is already in there,and that we have had synonyms for Conditional Reflex for ages. I mean that’s what ‘Pavlov’s Dog’ was all about.
Currently neither Conflex or Conflexive are ‘real’ words. Note my use of the word ‘real’, if someone knows what you mean when you say it, then that’s fine, but they are not ‘official’ words, but then, what is an ‘official’ word, given that the Word of the Year for the Oxford English Dictionary in 2015 wasn’t even a -word-, but the ‘crying with laughter’ Emoji….Yeah…I know…
‘Permeliative’ however is most definitely and categorically not a word at all, I mean, Permeative is, but no, Permeliative is not a word.
I know that was sarcasm, but as to this, I always end up feeling like Obi-Wan. “Ahh, yes, Full Words, a more elegant weapon, for a more civilised age…”
I mean what is a ‘Huntard’, a complaint that a particular Hunter is behaving in a manner displeasing, or is it a complaint that Attila and his Horde of riders on teeny tiny horses have arrived later than they promised? Perhaps it is the implication that someone you have romantic leanings towards was too late in using the abbreviation ‘Hun’ for ‘Honey’ and therefore your ardour has stalled…Who knows…
‘Aggro’ is an interesting one, because it does imply aggression as you would imagine, but unless you are using very specific skills like ‘Taunt’, you’re not Aggroing a mob, in fact even then you’re just getting a bit baity. Aggroing a mob would be a Warrior saying “Hold my Beer” Before steaming in and whaling on people with a table leg/sword/someone else’s leg. Aggro -is- a real word, used by Brits a lot, however it is the person trying to start the fight. By definition, if you wander too close to a mob and they attack, they are Aggroing -you-. If you steam in on them however, you are definitely the one being Aggro.
‘Plox’ is just pathetic. Seriously, Two letters more and you could have written ‘Please’. What do people think this is, the days when you were charged per letter on mobile texts? Got to break it to them, You are not charged per letter for talking in party, raid or indeed any chat on WoW. Seriously, I mean imagine actually using that in face to face communication. “Hey, Dad,I’m heading out, can I borrow the car Plox?” “What was that son?” “Plox, can I borrow the car?” Or as some souls on WoW would say”Dadtard, Car Plox” At which point the ‘Dad’ in question would I think be justified in turning to the child’s mother and saying “I want a paternity test, right now”. I mean ‘Pls’ is better for brevity and using three of the right letters, and not two letters not even in the frickin’ word!
‘Soz’ I can totally accept. It is an actual word, used informally in English to express apology, but in a situation where it is over something trivial, like a computer game for example. You’d use ‘Soz mates’ for turning up ten minutes late to the club when your buddies were waiting on you, but you wouldn’t use ‘Soz’ to a wife or husband you had forgotten it was your anniversary with… Not unless you had a deathwish.
‘Link Curve’. Now I love this one, it sounds a bit salacious, a little bit naughty, it is almost like a computer game version of ‘Send Nudes?’ In practice it is a little more dull, it is more like an old crabbed mathematics teacher in a moth eaten cardigan, who stays at school marking homework because they dread going home, and that he and Marjorie will sit in their armchairs, watching the same television programmes, each wishing that either had the gumption to just place the pillow over the others head that night. In a fit of Pique, the tired old Maths teacher marks a student down as 100/150, even though there were only 100 questions. How is a person supposed to hit a target that is impossible? Simple. Because the teacher wants to just go home, watch the same TV shows, listen to the clock tick, and wait for the sweet embrace of death/Next Expansion.
‘Nuke’ is likewise fine, It has passed into the dictionaries in the sense of not just atomic power, but taking out a target with a supremely overwhelming attack. I mean it basically is the term the U.S used. “Shock and Awe”, Or as we used to refer to it in the Sun Hawks (In homage to a certain album) “A Slight Case of Overbombing”
‘Noob’ is a legitimate word in the Oxford English Dictionary, and has the same meaning, generally contracted from ‘Newbie’ which is a synonym for ‘Rookie’, ‘Greenhorn’ and various other phrases meaning ‘Someone new to what they are doing’
‘Edgelord’ I love this one. People using ‘Edgy’ to describe something that is exactly the opposite of what the word means. A Person can be ‘On Edge’, or ‘Edgy’. But that doesn’t mean they are cool, brooding and mysterious, it means that they are as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. An ‘Edgy’ person is continually nervous, anxious and fearful. A -situation- can even be Edgy. “Whats that Sir? Ten Spitfires against Fifty Messerschmitts? You’ll forgive me for saying so Sir, but that sounds like an Edgy situation…” Whenever I see ‘Edgy’ or’Edgelord’ I just picture a nervous person sitting on a stool, keeping their feet away from the floor, because there are germs on the floor, and jumping every time the clock strikes. Probably not the image they were going for…
‘L2P’. Pretty sure my response would be “Learn to write you damned reprobate”
‘ERP’, Basically Argent Dawn’s Goldshire, where a lot of Trial Accounts and Off realmers on ‘secret’ (They think) alts go to act like fat jaded old rockstars on a sex tourism trip of Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Argent Dawn -hates this- and we do have Purge Squads… (I’m not even making this up now) who go in and try to go all Chris Hansen and report them to Blizz. Got no problem with it in private,come to our server just to get your cyber jollies, you can jog on… It is probably the only thing Horde and Alliance are united on…
‘Ninja’ I know this one! It means to steal loot. Which is weird,because the Ninja’s never did that stuff, but hey. I prefer the LARP definition, which is that no matter how much of a doddery old fool a character appears, the instant someone proffers them violence, they suddenly break out all their best moves and are super awesome in combat, leading to the abbreviation “EOAFN” Which stands for Censors word so as not to get reported (and this to be said in scorn as you look at such rascals). “Everyone’s A F****** Ninja”
‘KFC’. I don’t even know where to start. I have no idea what that is supposed to mean in WoW, but in fairness, its probably raider tat, so I am not likely that bothered. I do love the Zinger that they do, though I find the Hot Wings are basically just not enough bang for your buck, like Chicken wings in general, Its like those childhood sweets you thought were cool, but when you look back on them go “Actually, they were utter garbage, they tasted like crap, dyed your teeth black for two hours afterwards, and had racist pictures on the wrappers, but hey, they only cost me 1p” Chicken Wings are a Vegetarian conspiracy to make us think that meat is bad. This is what we get when we cook a piece of a chicken’s limb that is 90% feathers… Thats my take on KFC.
‘PHD’? Well, I mean, I’m all for people educating themselves, I mean that is next level of education, you get a PHD, you can pretty much write your ticket for the rest of life, the world is your bivalve of choice. Sounds pretty sweet. Better than dropping out of education at A-Level because you wanted to mess around with motorbikes and girls and stuff. So yeah, PHD is cool…
‘Jungle Cleave’. Stop doing it man, we need the Amazon, I know it profits the local economies and how it is the west driving it, but Trump will be gone soon, No Orange Jeb-End rules for ever, and we need that Jungle. So stop cleaving it.
‘Zoo Cleave’. For real? Are they like a special commando squad, who parachute into Zoo’s when the animals get a bit baity, and force regime change?.
“I tell you…My people, We can make peace with the humans”
“No Peace! They Trap us! They throw food at us, and encourage their cubs to laugh at us!”
“No, Comrade Lion, they are mostly still laughing after the Apes, who throw their own excrement at the glass”
“It’s an art form!” says the Chimp delegate.
“Nonetheless, it does look a bit… The Elephant huffed down his trunk “Well….”
A laughing echoes around the animal enclosure, a horrible, mocking sound. “You’re too late, They’ve noticed our…non conformity with their rules, and they have sent them in!” The horrid laughter rang throughout the Zoo.
As the black helicopters started issuing troops with tranquiliser darts and worse, the Elephant turned to the Hyena. “You told them, didn’t you?”
The Hyena laughs and nods.
“But Why?”
The Hyena smiles slowly, revealing horrid jagged teeth.
“Because some people just want to watch the World Burn”
The Tranquilisers fired by the troops of ‘Zoo Cleave’ were accurate, the rebellion was put down, the animals back in their cages….
I blame this rant on the fact that I have just quit smoking, it is stupid O’ clock in the morning, and I have the dentists tomorrow when they’re doing the jabby needles in gums thing and drilling and suchlike malarkey. Plus the fact I just like going off on one…
