Words you learned from videogames.

[Miktar]

hypercephalic: Sam & Max Hit The Road.

What words did you learn from videogames.

[Cleric]

Lagamorph: Also from Sam and Max
Develofy: Fable 2

[Azimuth]

I learned "glean" from Space Quest III when I was an itty-bitty anklesnapper of 9 or so.

[FreakKing]

Hierarchy: Diablo 2
Quiver: Diablo 2
actually... most of the words I learned is from Diablo 2. I sure played it a lot when I was younger.

[TheLionsInnards]

Anthropomorphic: Sam and Max

I could finally adequately describe that rabbit person that tells me to kill people to my shrink.

[dammit]

Miscellaneous : Sims [though, I admit it was a few years before I got the pronunciation right]

[sVage]

If ROFL, LOL, OMG... etc are words then i have learned a whole new language. ;)

[Aequitas]

Gib: quake <- sure, not in the game itself ... but playing it over LAN taught me this :P
Frag: doom
Strafe: duke nukem 3D

[CrashHelmut]

Not a real word, but something that hold a special gaming significance for me: XYZZY

[onona]

I learned "glean" from Space Quest III when I was an itty-bitty anklesnapper of 9 or so.

Damn you bitch, you beat me to it!

That's the only word I ever remember learning from a game.

[DukeOFprunes]

Xenophobe, from the '87 arcade game of the same name way before it became a trendy headline-grabber.

Playing those old-school interactive fiction/text-only adventure games actually bumped my vocab way higher than any of my primary school peers, plus that's also when my irate mother taught me to use a dictionary for all the words I didn't understand rather than incessantly bothering her to explain.


Hierarchy: Diablo 2

I learnt that word from Star Control.

[ShadowMaster]

Aspirations: Sims 2

I might have learnt a few others but only that one still stands out clearly in my mind.

[PloPshoP]

Refinery: The original Command & Conquer. I was about 11.

[Boggle24]

Hierarchy from C&C is the only one I can think of right now, but I probably got a very large chunk of my English vocabulary from games.

[Takiro]

Pandemonium :D

[wir]

I probably got a very large chunk of my English vocabulary from games.
Same.

Heck, even the majority of my geographical knowledge is from games. <3

[Karuji]

Shazzbot - Tribes 2 :D

I can't really remember which words i picked up from games, although I am sure that I did learn alot from games since I played those educational ones :)

[S7wede]

Fatality!

There was no confusion as to what this word meant.

[Cyberninja]

Fatality: Mortal Kombat
Cadillac: Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
Names of countries: Street Fighter 2
Versus/VS: Street Fighter 2
Coin: Any arcade machine. "Insert Coin"

[Cleric]

Also: Xenocracy, from the game of the same name.
Pagan, from Ultima 8

[Phantom_ZA]

Babbling - Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

Jon Irenicus- Enough, I will no longer listen to the babbling of ignorant children.

[SkinkLizzard]

detrimental - Caesar 3

[NightTimeHornet]

I remember picking up a few words from games, especially the old, text heavy adventure games when I was a kid; the only one that really sticks in my mind (for whatever reason) is "Methinks" from Kings Quest 5.

[Q-Man]

"Rubber"

The -other- meaning for it - Leisure suit Larry. The Quest games started teaching me words from a young age - insults too!

"Scum bucket!" - SQ2

Ah, the memories

[Invert]

Viva La Revoluci?n - Grim Fandango

[dislekcia]

I learnt that word from Star Control.

High five ;)

... Grue. Because I am clearly OLD.

[brazed]

"Rubber"

The -other- meaning for it - Leisure suit Larry. The Quest games started teaching me words from a young age - insults too!

"Scum bucket!" - SQ2

Ah, the memories

Hehe, I learned "prophylactic" from Leisure suit Larry.

[echo]

Shlonk: Half-life (As in Shlonk the carrier...)

[Domanskip]

Hegemonic through WoW.

That was from a guildiie and is the only word I can remember learning from a game.... my dad read me the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings before I even knew what video games were.... so I picked up a lot from that.

[Kensei]

Lugie - Beevis and Butthead


Shazzbot - Tribes 2 :D

Holy ****, Karuji... why were you playing Tribes 2 at your age!

[R33KO]

Aspirations - From Sims back in the day.


Heck, even the majority of my geographical knowledge is from games. <3
Same :P

[Tr00jg]

Regicide - Age of Empires 2

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Only one coming off the top of my head.

[James Donaldson]

God, how'm I supposed to remember... eh...

Ragnarok is one
Sephiroth is another (FF7)

[Serminigo]

Lots of my vocab was taken from Pokemon words like: teleport, fissure, critical... and many more.

[Fredder]

Well it is not from in-game but from the PANICS machinema - dinner****?!

[Mikit0707]

"Consume" from Simon the Sorcerer.
"Eco" and "superflous" from Eco Quest... ahh the old Sierra point-and-clicks....

[James Donaldson]

Consume and Devour from Starcraft and the ones Sermingo mentioned

I'm sure I learnt a few from Grim Fandango, don't recall them though. (learnt about the Day of the Dead though)

[dammit]

"Rubber"

The -other- meaning for it - Leisure suit Larry.

Ah, the many a lesson provided by the Legendary Larry.

"Conquer" : Age of Empires

"Radiation", "Bloaty Head" & all the other interesting aliments provided by Theme Hospital

[James Donaldson]

"Jimmy Hats", "Cleaning the Pole" -Fallout 2 (Had no idea what either meant at the time)

Turtle necks! I learnt what "Beatniks" and "Turtle Necks" were from Grim Fandango!

[G8crasha]

Pandemonium :D

That was actually very cool game.

Well it's a series of words really, but I always wondered what it meant and then I found out, Murder, Death, Kill - the reason why it caught my attention is that it is a title that suits a hectic FPS, not really a game like MDK.

Oh yeah, and FRAG --> Quake I think, but I stand to be corrected.

[T_Kill3r]

Feign >>>> World of warcraft

[Sh4d0w Slay3r]

Adagio Devil May Cry 4

Grue-Zork

[maxdamage]

Hehe, I learned "prophylactic" from Leisure suit Larry.

lol!

Golem from Deus Ex said by Gunter Herman and other words I learnt from Starcraft,Doom,etc....

[Chuluka]

I learnt to swear from games

[The Dash]

I learnt to swear from games

me to actually

more recently,
altruist from Far cry 2

[Deviation]

Neopotism and various other political system from Civilization 3.

[James Donaldson]

Facility, Compound, Monarchy, Anarchy, Terrorism (Yes, I'm South African and learnt Terrorism from a game), Nuke, Nuclear and Ditto (from Pokemon...*cough*)

[Dag]

woah probably most of it all

only ones I can think of now is teleport(worms), ally(age of empires), conquer(age of empires), base(command and conquer), eviscerate(evil genius), flank(call of duty)

[BattleMoose]

I started playing games when I was real young, probably a very signifcant fraction of my vocab came from games, you know, words which aren't generally used in day to day conversation. Some stuff I can remember.

Civ-I
Phalanx, militia, despotism, granary

Rogue
Rogue :P

Dota
Aegis, alacrity