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lonnarin

Fantasy Racial Terminology
« on: March 10, 2010, 06:50:21 pm »
Some fantasy slurs and terms I have come to love...  feel free to add more!



Garden Gnome: Forest Gnome who spends too much time in the city, rock gnome who spends too much time in the woods

Leprechaun: Brownie who worships Deliar

Quarterling: Brownie or short halfling

Knife Ears: Elf (from dragon age)

Turnipmonger: Gnome

Gutter Gnome: Goblin or uncouth halfling

Civie: those who live in cities

Grubber: Goblin

Spiderkisser: Dark Elf

Baby Muncher: Gobbo, Giantkin, Orc

Stink Elf: Wood or Wild Elf

Halfer: halfling or halfblood

Tiefer: Tiefling

Spawnbaby: Tiefling

Gremlin: Inventor Goblin or Mischevous Gnome

Gremlock: trapsmithing gremlin

Daisy Eater: elf

Stunty: dwarf

Pigface: Orcblood

Smoothface: elfblood or human who shaves

Smoothskin: greenskin term for the common races

Pinkskin: same as above, but omitting deep races

Greenskin: orc or gobbo

Bearded Gnome: Dwarf

Forgefarter: obese crafting Dwarf

Demon Dwarf: term used by Grandites as an alternative to "he who shall not be named"

Blood Dwarf: Term used by orcs for Voraxian zealots

Stumpy: dwarven slur against Grand

Stumpslingers: Grandite Priests

War Singer: goblin, orc or giant bard

Rockbiter: giantkin

Lichleech/leechlich: vampire

Dwarfpet: forging human

Trog: orc, goblin, troll, giant

Treehugger/tree worshipper: nature elf or druid

Pie-Goblin: Halfling

Bum Nibbler: Gnome, halfling or goblin

Frogstomper: sea elves or those with webbed toes like some kinda fishboy

Spellsinger: bard

Gortsmorfer: a ravenous gnome who viciously assaults snack trays at social functions.  There is no such term for halflings, as such is already expected of them

Gremlock: Deep gnome with low charisma

Goober: goblin

Boogergnome: goblin

Bloodbaby: generation directly following the fall of Bloodstone and the initial strife of the dark ages.  They get together, drink and talk of the olden times before all these spoiled wee whippersnappers when they had to walk uphill both ways over the still warm bodies of demons to get a good scotch, and it was always out of stock.

Lichlover: necromancer

Guildbaby: 2nd generation guildsman

Snotling: Goblin

Dockporker: Half-Orc kicked out of Hempstead

Mole King: Gnome Druid

Rotmugger: Greenskin, or very ugly

Wrist-Fisher: pirate with a hook

Cyclops: one-eyed man

Griffonguts: a poor fool too brave to know when to stop drinking

Fishboy: sea elf
 
The following users thanked this post: Chazzler, Serissa, jrizz, DarkMerc_1017, cbnicholson, Alatriel, Kenderfriend, Link092

jrizz

Re: Fantasy Racial Terminology
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2010, 06:58:26 pm »
Bloodbaby, very funny!

What do you call those still living that are from the bloodstone era?
 

Acacea

Re: Fantasy Racial Terminology
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2010, 09:23:01 pm »
Lich? Heh.
 

Alatriel

Re: Fantasy Racial Terminology
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2010, 10:22:11 pm »
Neck Nibbler:  Vampire... or a Xeenite.
 

ShiffDrgnhrt

Re: Fantasy Racial Terminology
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2010, 10:36:39 pm »
Hoodcase = One of them annoying people who wear hoods all the time and think they're scarey...  *shifty*
 

ycleption

Re: Fantasy Racial Terminology
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2010, 11:53:38 pm »
Spiderkisser.... Pallena is totally going to start using that term.
 

Link092

Re: Fantasy Racial Terminology
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2010, 08:25:27 pm »
Walking Coat Racks: reanimated skeletons

Pocketeer: Any halfling cutpurse, particularly smaller ones. (maybe brownies?)








btw, lonn... Smoothskin seems familiar... =.=
 

 

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