andy's definitions

unreasonable

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

see the work of John Rawls.

by Andy April 17, 2004

zlanbeast

a large monster from the Darklands, similar to a Kraan but bigger. The largest, Imperial Zlanbeast, are ridden by the Darklords themselves. Strangely, you can play all the Lone Wolf gamebooks and never actually get to fight one.

You see a zlanbeast from a distance.

As you battle on the bridge, a zlanbeast flies by overhead.

The zlanbeast flies away as the tower collapses.

You are in combat with a zlanbeast. (INCORRECT USE)

by Andy April 17, 2004

Conenab

In the Spectrum game "Down to Earth", the Conenabs are cute little cyclops plant things which grow in clusters, multiply like randy maths teachers and explode when they get too numerous. Quite handy because the nasty aliens you're trying to kill sometimes hit them and blow up.

Oh bloody hell, there's another alien after me and I've only got two frigging lives left, there's some conenabs over there, I'm going to head for those. Oh shit, they've blown up and killed me.

by Andy April 17, 2004

Orkish

1) of or pertaining to Orcs

2) language spoken by Orcs

Also spelt "Orcish"

My sister is possessed of an almost Orkish intelligence.

My maths teacher was babbling again, I think he might have been speaking Orkish.

by Andy April 17, 2004

Lone Wolf

The best adventure gamebook series EVER (now available free online as well!) - you get to be a noble Kai Lord fighting the evil Darklords for the future of the realm of Magnamund. Written by Joe Dever. Actually contain entire species of new monsters not found anywhere else, e.g. giaks, kraan, gourgaz, zlanbeasts, burrowcrawlers, etc.

Lone Wolf rules!!!!!

by Andy April 17, 2004

Entwife

Creature related to an ent, mentioned but never encountered in Lord of the Rings. The Entwives tended flowers in what is now the Brown Lands, whereas the Ents preferred the forests. A confusing idea - did ents and entwives produce little acorns? In which case, are they really one species, instead of two? And how did they manage it, if one lot lives in plains and the other in forests?

I always wanted to know what happened to the entwives and hoped they would turn up later in the book, but they didn't. Bugger.

Where the hell did the entwives go?

I've not seen him in three days - he's as elusive as an entwife.

You should tie up your loose ends - you don't want to leave entwives lying around.

by Andy April 17, 2004

Micromaster

A small-scale TransFormer, measuring about an inch in height.

The Micromaster Air Strike Patrol consists of four tiny robots which turn into tiny aeroplanes.

by Andy April 17, 2004