The main character in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Dragon (Language of the Dova) for "DragonBorn" which in turn means "A human born with a dragons soul"

Daughter: Mommy?

Mother: Yes dear?

Daughter: What's a Dovahkiin?

Mother: Well honey, when a Dragon and a Nord love each other very much...

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In the world of the Elder Scrolls, a Dovahkiin is a legendary warrior with the body of a mortal and the soul of a dragon. They are capable of absorbing the souls of slain dragons and using them to increase their own power.

The word "Dovahkiin" comes from Dovahzul (the dragon language. "Dovah" means "dragon", "Ah" means "hunter", and "Kiin" means "born", so "Dovahkiin" could be translated as "Dragon Hunter Born".

"But there is one they fear. In their tongue, he is Dovahkiin...Dragonborn!"
-Esbern, Blades archivist

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Dovahkiin is the word dragon-born in dragon tongue, it is used in the elder scrolls games, as a myth or legend until in "The elder scrolls IV - oblivion" where you help the dovahkiin, in "the elder scrolls V - skyrim" you ARE the dovahkiin.

The only NPC(s) that use the word dovahkiin instead of "dragon-born" are:
The greybeards, paartharax, mirmulnir (this is the first dragon you fight, they say "noooooooo, dovahkiin!" When defeated, so that is why it counts) and Alduin, the main terror in skyrim's main quest.

Dovahkiins are naturally skilled in using shouts (or in the dragon tongue, thu'ums) such as:
Unrelenting force, fire breath, become ethereal and my personal favorite, slow time. Shouts are made up of 3 words of power that are in the dragon tongue.

Dovahkiin, dovahkiin naal ok zin los vahriin, way Dein vokul mafaeraak ahst Vaal!

-an extract of the skyrim theme

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Dovahkiin means Dragon Born, Dovah is Dragon and Kiin is child or born

In their tongue, he is Dovahkiin, DRAGONBORN... FUS RO DAH

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trucker's tan

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.

I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.

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The phenomenon where adults salivate at children's toys

Every time I walk into the toy aisle, I catch myself kidulting over the latest action figures and LEGO sets!

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Boffin

British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”

Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.

According to the boffins downstairs, the murderer used a serrated blade.

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When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.

I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.

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