Cursing and slang!

[Karieith]

ADULT WORDS BELOW.

So I've seen fuck and shit and damn and cunt and bitch and whore. (I'm guessing extensions of that like trollop and strumpet are also acceptable)
Oh god? Oh man?

Would become "Oh Tek!" in Allanak, "Oh Muk" in Tuluk?
What does one call out during raunchy mudsex?

There are no pine trees in Zalanthas, so I cannot pine for your manhood. Do I then agafari for it?

SHARE WITH ME YOUR SLANG so I can better fit in this world.

[Fomalhaut]

Zalanthans can still pine.  The origin of the word has nothing to do with trees and all to do with pain, something your average Zalanthan is very familiar with.

[Synthesis]

pine
2    [pahyn] Show IPA verb, pined, pin·ing, noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to yearn deeply; suffer with longing; long painfully (often followed by for ): to pine for one's home and family.
2.
to fail gradually in health or vitality from grief, regret, or longing (often followed by away ): Separated by their families, the lovers pined away.
3.
Archaic . to be discontented; fret.
verb (used with object)
4.
Archaic . to suffer grief or regret over.
noun
5.
Archaic . painful longing.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English pinen  to torture, torment, inflict pain, be in pain; Old English pīnian  to torture, derivative of pīn  torture ( Middle English pine ) < Late Latin pēna, Latin poena  punishment. See pain

[Riya OniSenshi]

The search function is your friend.
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http://www.zalanthas.org/gdb/index.php/topic,28477.0.html

[Nyr]

Zalanthans can still pine.  The origin of the word has nothing to do with trees and all to do with pain, something your average Zalanthan is very familiar with.

I never knew this.  My PC was going to use the word but I realized it may refer to the tree.  Now I know!

[palomar]

This desert owl isn't dead! It's pining for the chasms. -- Common Arabeti sales phrase

[Kalai]

ADULT WORDS BELOW.

So I've seen fuck and shit and damn and cunt and bitch and whore. (I'm guessing extensions of that like trollop and strumpet are also acceptable)
Oh god? Oh man?

Would become "Oh Tek!" in Allanak, "Oh Muk" in Tuluk?
What does one call out during raunchy mudsex?

There are no pine trees in Zalanthas, so I cannot pine for your manhood. Do I then agafari for it?

SHARE WITH ME YOUR SLANG so I can better fit in this world.

Cunt, whore and derivatives don't fit so well. There's no societal stigma to back it up. Whore is a job description, bastard carries with it the prestige of a family where marriage actually happens.

Feck ('feck this'), kank (have sex with - not that you necessarily know what a kank was anymore), gortok or 'tok (bitch or son thereof - northernly), krath/krath damn it ... have served me. For mudsex? I'd go with krath.

Don't use a god-king unless you're actually in bed with them. They're people, and they rule your miserable little life.

Racial slurs: Sharp, sharpear, necker (filthy or dirty, particularly), halfear, roundear, stump, breed, biter/anklebiter (halflings...), gith.

[Culinary Critic]

Balls!

say (tone hushed as the lanky man's axe cleaves through the short, stumpy dwarf's chest) Balls...

say (slamming a fist down on ~table, the wineglass shattering in ^me grip) Balls you did!  I'll kill you!

talk (groaning and wrapping ^me arms around %you taut, muscular back) Baaaaallllssss....

So flexible.

[John]

Curses                                                          (Character)

   A variety of expressive perjorative terms exists on Zalanthas, with
every culture contributing its own, ranging from the mild to the
outrageous.  You should feel free to have your character make up his or her
own terms, but some commonly known ones are included here for easy
reference.

   Drov - Hell.  e.g. What the Drov just happened here?

   Feck - same as fuck.

   Green - Used in military organizations as a mildly offensive term for a
new recruit that doesn't know what they're doing.

   Kank-Fucker - Similar to mother fucker.

   Bitch - A female gortok.

   Krath - Pretty much means God.

   Highlord - Used by people who live in Allanak. Means God.

   Sharpear/Longneck/Skinny/Slant-eye - Mildly offensive names for elves.

   Roundear - Offensive term for humans that elves use when they want to
piss humans off. They probably have lots of other names they
use privately.

   Stumpy/Stubby/Shorty/Baldy - Quasi-offensive derogative for dwarves.

   Sands - Similar to 'Zoinks!'

   Sewer Horror - Something horrible that lives in the sewers.
e.g. Prove your mother's not a feral sewer horror!

   Falish - Used to describe something/someone that is flamboyant.
e.g. Those pants make you look awefully Falish.

   Tighter than a Templar's asshole - Used to describe something that is
stuck, or closed shut, or secure.

   Hung like an Inix - See help Inix for more details.

   Hellpits of Suk-Krath - Hell.

   Send <the person's name> to Drov - kill them.  e.g. Send Bom to Drov

   Utep's teeth - Mildly offensive curse. Could be used when told
something bad.

   Utep's balls - Same as Utep's teeth, only a lot more offensive. A
favourite in Allanak.

   Tek's Balls - See Utep's Balls.

   Tek's whiskers - See Utep's teeth.

   Son of a Gortok - Same as son of a bitch.

[jstorrie]

Tek's teat!

I use this one because I like implying that Tektolnes has a wicked rack.

[HavokBlue]

"Tek's tits" is a favorite of my rinthers.

[chrisdcoulombe]

Tek Yeah, this thread is awesome.

[My 2 sids]

Cunt, whore and derivatives don't fit so well. There's no societal stigma to back it up. Whore is a job description, bastard carries with it the prestige of a family where marriage actually happens.

I disagree about them having no social stigma. 

One shouldn't call a noble's concubine "whore".  Likewise, using the term "two-sid whore" has a very bad connotation. 

Cun* I see as low-class/ byn talk.  One wouldn't address an important aide or officer as such w/o meaning offense. 

And bastards... it gets complicated.  Mainly because it means the person is of mixed blood (nobility wise) and commoners don't have a good enough understanding of nobility to know what "prestige" is given.

[Cutthroat]

I think using bastard as an insult comes with its own problems.

In Allanak, it might actually be a compliment if the person understands what's being said.
In Tuluk, you're implying something happened that shouldn't have.

I wonder if it would be too cumbersome to call a northerner a 'nakki bastard and call a southerner a Tuluki bastard?

[Kalai]

Cunt, whore and derivatives don't fit so well. There's no societal stigma to back it up. Whore is a job description, bastard carries with it the prestige of a family where marriage actually happens.

I disagree about them having no social stigma. 

One shouldn't call a noble's concubine "whore".  Likewise, using the term "two-sid whore" has a very bad connotation. 

Cun* I see as low-class/ byn talk.  One wouldn't address an important aide or officer as such w/o meaning offense. 

And bastards... it gets complicated.  Mainly because it means the person is of mixed blood (nobility wise) and commoners don't have a good enough understanding of nobility to know what "prestige" is given.

Okay, there is a social stigma - but it is different.

Allanaki Nobility - "Nobles do not marry commoners. It is unthinkable, and a monstrous violation of social protocols. Children of such alliances often become servants of the House - since they have been raised within a House, they know its ways, nuances and history better than most, and often these bastard children will rise to positions of status and authority among the other servants."

Tuluki Nobility - doesn't happen.

Merchant Houses - marriage help file - "Merchant houses also form formalized unions though these are not recognized as marriage contracts. The contracts are often identical to a marriage contract, they are also registered with city state, the difference is that because the parties involved are not noble, the union is not called a marriage."

Therefore, a bastard has either a merchant house family bloodline or a bit of noble blood, and generally speaking this should make them better, not worse than you.   For specifics I suppose you would have to consult an expert.

[Kalai]

I think using bastard as an insult comes with its own problems.

In Allanak, it might actually be a compliment if the person understands what's being said.
In Tuluk, you're implying something happened that shouldn't have.

I wonder if it would be too cumbersome to call a northerner a 'nakki bastard and call a southerner a Tuluki bastard?

You can have merchant house bastards. Their contracts are close enough to marriage for it.

[Face Dancer]

In terms of slang, in Tuluk I've referred to obsidian coins, which are all from Allanak, as "Tyrant Scales," or just "Scales" for short.  I've used the term in the same way that one might refer to American dollars as greenbacks or bucks, or Canadian dollars as loonies.  

To me, using that terminology in Tuluk helps to reinforce three things:

1) The Tuluki hatred of Tektolnes as the tyrant that ruled Tuluk during the 40 years of Allanakki occupation.
2) The popular Tuluki notion that Tektolnes is a grotesquely scaled freak-show while the Tuluki God-King Muk Utep is a sexy piece of chiseled man with long, flowing crimson locks who belongs on the covers of romance novels.
3) The snarky Tuluki attitude of, "Yah, we'll use your currency Allanak, sure, but we'll casually put you down while we do it."

[Cutthroat]

I think using bastard as an insult comes with its own problems.

In Allanak, it might actually be a compliment if the person understands what's being said.
In Tuluk, you're implying something happened that shouldn't have.

I wonder if it would be too cumbersome to call a northerner a 'nakki bastard and call a southerner a Tuluki bastard?

You can have merchant house bastards. Their contracts are close enough to marriage for it.

True enough.

I'd say if you're going to insult someone's parentage, you may as well go for the throat, though, rather than imply one of a number of possible relationships.

Example:
"You unwholesome spawn of a spiced Kuraci and a Labyrinth elf."

[Dakota]

I think my favorite curse I've heard is Gwoshi Fucker.

[X-D]

I've not heard many good curses, I have heard some really good insults.

You are lower then a breed rinth whores afterbirth.

Yes, Some of you are actually creative on that sort of thing.

[jstorrie]

"Dragon's dong"

[Is Friday]

I tend to use a lot of the "standard" American name calling such as retard, asshole, bitch, pussy, etc. The only vaguely Zalanthan term I use is whoreslime, which I randomly invented at some point. I'm not sure why, but I always feel like my characters curse truthfully to their given situations--so I'm happy with the way I do business.

edit to add:
Nonhumans of course get called by their bastardized terms, and 'lukis get called all manner of things.

[Rhyden]

I'm not sure if she coined it, but one of my favourite Fale Nobles always said "jozhalballs".

[Samoa]

   Falish - Used to describe something/someone that is flamboyant.
e.g. Those pants make you look awefully Falish.

While the curses threads come up every now and again, I wanted to take the opportunity to say that I *really dislike* "Falish," and have (thankfully) never heard anyone use it in-game. Am I the only one who finds it kind of... distasteful?

[Rhyden]

   Falish - Used to describe something/someone that is flamboyant.
e.g. Those pants make you look awefully Falish.

While the curses threads come up every now and again, I wanted to take the opportunity to say that I *really dislike* "Falish," and have (thankfully) never heard anyone use it in-game. Am I the only one who finds it kind of... distasteful?

Maybe I'm missing the logic here. Aren't Fale generally flamboyant? Don't think I've ever heard it used in game either, but I'm just curious as to why you find it distasteful.