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Velociryx
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of Candle'Bre
Apr 1999
time: 05:19
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'k...here's something that's prolly NOT critical to the project...no...it's definitely not critical to the project, but in exchanging e-mails with folks to day, and receiving some questions about some of my often used shorthand (and sometimes, longhand), here's a work-in-progress dictionary of words that have come up thus far in our adventures in Candle'Bre. In a way then, these can be considered the "language" of Candle'Bre....
Feel free to add more as they occur to you! 
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Architecting - That thing that Ramses is doin'
SWAG Methodology (Vel's favored method of making important corporate decisions - Scientific Wild-A$$ed Guessing)
Candle'Brewing - The creative process of Candle'Bre (courtesy of Pyro!)
Snuttin' - Sitting in front of your computer doing nothing and eating peanuts! sort o spodabe snackages (courtesy of RPM!)
CPS - this stands for Cross Post Syndrome (courtesy of FP!)
Spodabe - Short form for "Supposed to be" Usage:
Q: "What the hell are you doing?!"
A: "Exactly what I'm spodabe."
Spoda - Short form for "Supposed to" Usage:
"Hey! You're not spoda do that!"
"Well...what the hell am I spodabe doin' then?"
Snackages - Nourishment in front of the computer, generally in the form of snack food
Stuffages - Miscellany
Cowage - ummm....cows (courtesy of the Wenchy One!)
Hoofage - any other hoofed critter besides cows (courtesy of the Wenchy One!)
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Notes re: the "age" and "ages" suffix in general:
These two can be found haphazardly applied to a number of words in Vel's daily conversation. Random examples are below:
"corporate fundage"
"short on sleepages"
Prolly - Short form for "Probably"
Eyelips - Those thingys that cover your eyes (the ones that most people refer to as eyeLIDS).
Scragged - Horribly dead. Mutilated. Usage:
Q: "Man, whatever happened to that story segment you were working on?"
A: "No dice dude...that last lightning storm prolly scragged it...nothing but garbage characters when I open it up now." 
Toasted: Really screwed up, and possibly beyond repair or recovery.
Melba Toasted: One step beyond Toasted (definately beyond repair/recovery), but not-quite as mucked and thoroughly dead as "Scragged"
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The big switcheroo: Since Vel is dyslexic, he oftentimes pokes fun at himself by intentionally switching words and phrases around to make wholly new words with similar meanings...examples as follows:
Absotively/Posilutely: Self explanitory word-surgery.
a "Magnet of Your Figmentation" - when you think you see something, but there's really nothin' there....;-)
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Phrases with alternate meanings:
"Bait and Switch"
Normal Usage: When a game company does something like...ohhh...promises designer's notes in the Limited Edition of their latest game, and gives you a note from the designer.
Veloci-Usage: Baiting some else's fishin' hook and trading poles with 'em
-=Vel=-
PS: Updated after our meeting last night...there's more, but my brain is too sleepy to remember, so post away!
PPS: It was wierd to write about myself in third person..lol
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06-05-2002 19:57
. Now you're a funny group.
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