Definitions by Andy

the Lacanian Real 

a nonexistent entity believed in by some psychoanalysts as an excuse for flagellating themselves, and/or by cultural critics as an explanation for anything they can't explain.

Because of the Lacanian Real, we're all a pile of shit.

The reason why the Walrus Man bleeds when he's hit with a lightsaber even when nobody else ever bleeds when hit with a lightsaber is because of the Lacanian Real.

the Lacanian Real by Andy April 17, 2004

giak 

Monster from the world of Magnamund (Joe Dever's Lone Wolf), similar to an orc but with grey skin. Giaks are fierce but stupid, and easily frightened unless led by stronger monsters such as Gourgaz.

A Giak has just eaten my sister. Oh dear, what a pity! She can't annoy anyone any more.

giak by Andy April 17, 2004

unreasonable 

people who dogmatically and absurdly persist in disagreeing with one's own dogmatic and absurd beliefs.

see the work of John Rawls.

unreasonable by Andy April 17, 2004

fractal 

shitty word you have to know to pass physics exams. should be used in sentences containing other shitty words.

the fractal quanta of the geometric episteme severely calibrated the deontological cathexis

fractal by Andy April 17, 2004

burrowcrawler 

A subterranean Agarashi. That means it's an ugly demonic thing with lots ot tentacles. Should be in an anime film but isn't (it's in book one of Joe Dever's Lone Wolf series, hiding under a hill). Pretty low combat skill, definitely beatable.

You have come to a hill. Do you want to:
1) go under the hill and get eaten by a Burrowcrawler, or
2) climb the hill and get eaten by a Kraan instead?

burrowcrawler by Andy April 17, 2004

guursh 

popular orc ale, so called because of the noise you make after drinking it.

taken from the Fighting Fantasy gamebook world.

I drank some guursh and then said guursh very loudly.

The orc had drunk so much guursh that when it tried to cleave my skull it ended up hewing off its own leg. (hee hee)

guursh by Andy April 17, 2004

Gourgaz 

A large green reptilian monster, often used as a commander of Giak units in the armies of the Darklords in the world of Magnamund (Joe Dever's Lone Wolf). Native to the Maakenmire swamp, and with a frighteningly high Combat Skill (i.e. nearly impossible to beat without cheating).

You see a gourgaz coming towards you. Do you want to:

1. run away (recommended)
2. fight it (you're on something, aren't you?)
3. use your Kai Discipline of Running Away
4. run away even faster
5. faint

turn to page 165 (you're dead anyway).

Gourgaz by Andy April 17, 2004