ATL meanings for OTL terms
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Stalinist - Russian colloquial term for a steelworker.
Nazi - German colloquialism for a foolhardy and weakly educated regional politician, coined in reference to the infamously incompetent Ignaz "Nazi" Schneider of the Thüringen bundesland.
Filibuster - American colloquial term for a mechanised dental tool that's used for dismantling old, worn-out tooth fillings that are in need of replacement.
Republican - political activist who campaigns in the public interest.
Democrat - euphemism for a ruler who single-handedly rules over a people/nation/group.
Nazi - German colloquialism for a foolhardy and weakly educated regional politician, coined in reference to the infamously incompetent Ignaz "Nazi" Schneider of the Thüringen bundesland.
Filibuster - American colloquial term for a mechanised dental tool that's used for dismantling old, worn-out tooth fillings that are in need of replacement.
Republican - political activist who campaigns in the public interest.
Democrat - euphemism for a ruler who single-handedly rules over a people/nation/group.
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How is this different from the OTL meaning?
Lilliputian A term applied to the accomplishments of a person of great standing. Derived from Gulliver's Travels, the implication is that the person's ego is so vast that he regards even his own accomplishments as trivial.
Orsino
Banned
It is very different; in OTL lobbyists are really more like Johns, our elected politicians are the ones selling close personal access to themselves.
Smilie: Banned colloquial term for a person who has undergone psychosurgical or chemical re-education, taken from the characteristic facial expression of those who survive the procedure.
Delta Force
Banned
Cyborg - An organization run according to cybernetic principles (the original meaning of cybernetics).
Autocrat - A generic term for any single ruler or head of a nation who is invested greater powers then other officials, as opposed to a rule by committee or a system governed by a first among equals.
Reactionary - a political term used to describe governments who responds to events quickly and immediately to events. They are contrasted by
-Revolutionaries, who claim and pretend to do things, but by the end return them to their original order before they intervened.
Demagogue - a Greek term translating roughly to "People's Manipulator", they are people who subvert the political and social order of a state explicitly to bring it down and cause widespread pandemonium. In Greece this was among the highest of crimes, and the punishment was death for the entire bloodline of a convicted perpetrator or perpetrators.
Antichrist - in the old days Antichrists were people who would refuse to submit to religious orders and thus not be anointed into them, this would lead them to be ostracized for holding unpopular opinions or denying popular/widespread actions in a place. Today it is a sign of bravery, to break away from conventional public order and to oppose morally, legally, or spiritually indefensible positions.
Reactionary - a political term used to describe governments who responds to events quickly and immediately to events. They are contrasted by
-Revolutionaries, who claim and pretend to do things, but by the end return them to their original order before they intervened.
Demagogue - a Greek term translating roughly to "People's Manipulator", they are people who subvert the political and social order of a state explicitly to bring it down and cause widespread pandemonium. In Greece this was among the highest of crimes, and the punishment was death for the entire bloodline of a convicted perpetrator or perpetrators.
Antichrist - in the old days Antichrists were people who would refuse to submit to religious orders and thus not be anointed into them, this would lead them to be ostracized for holding unpopular opinions or denying popular/widespread actions in a place. Today it is a sign of bravery, to break away from conventional public order and to oppose morally, legally, or spiritually indefensible positions.
Saphroneth
Banned
Apache - term for opposition parties in those North American states which use a parliamentary system, from "always fights".
Iroquois - a defamatory term for far-right parties in same. Believed to be originally from Basque.
Cherokee - from "Cha-la-kee", "those who live in the mountains". A term used to refer to those who feel themselves ignored by politics, which focuses on the more densely populated valleys.
Chickasaw - a rebel, an independent, one not attached to a formal party.
Seminole - a breakaway antiestablishment party, from "wild one"; name derived from Spanish.
Iroquois - a defamatory term for far-right parties in same. Believed to be originally from Basque.
Cherokee - from "Cha-la-kee", "those who live in the mountains". A term used to refer to those who feel themselves ignored by politics, which focuses on the more densely populated valleys.
Chickasaw - a rebel, an independent, one not attached to a formal party.
Seminole - a breakaway antiestablishment party, from "wild one"; name derived from Spanish.
DUMP is the Democratic Unified Memorial Party, which has led North American Politics since the end of the Vietnam War.
Standard Polish - OTL Silesian which is the standard language in Poland.
Mazovian - The language of the Mazovians, the ethnic group in Mazovia.
Mazovian - The language of the Mazovians, the ethnic group in Mazovia.
Illyrian - A South Slavic language spoken in the Federation of Illyria. Being part of a dialect continuum, in which includes neighboring Serbian and Bulgarian languages, its standard dialect is based in Ikavian Shtokavian subdialect spoken in the capital Tuzla, its surrounding metropolitan area and Bosnian regions.
Sorbian - The standardized variant of the Sorbian language branch of the West Slavic language family, spoken in the capital Cottbus and surrounding area. Originally a pidgin/koiné (depending on the linguist's point of view), it became the de facto mother tongue of the Lusatian capital in the 19th century as immigrants from both Lower and Upper Lusatia came to the city and raised mixed-language families, expanded after both World Wars with the creation of the Cottbus metropolitan area.
Kristang - A Mozarabic-based creole spoken in Cotabato and its surrounding metropolitan area, the capital of Bangsamoro. Containing elements from Malay and surrounding languages of the area, it was originally spoken by Moroccan merchants who intermarried with local women, some of them were members of the local nobility, it became the mother tongue of the city and the surrounding villages in the following centuries as more intermarriage (both Morrocan and Spanish Levantine traders and settlers) and immigration changed its demographic landscape; even the traditionally Ebionite nobility began speaking it. The term "Kristang" originally described the Moroccan traders, who practiced Mozarabic Christianity (a mix of Roman Catholicism with some Ebionite elements), although there are now three main religions in contemporary Bangsamoro: Ebionitism, Mozarabic Christianity and Roman Catholicism.
Sorbian - The standardized variant of the Sorbian language branch of the West Slavic language family, spoken in the capital Cottbus and surrounding area. Originally a pidgin/koiné (depending on the linguist's point of view), it became the de facto mother tongue of the Lusatian capital in the 19th century as immigrants from both Lower and Upper Lusatia came to the city and raised mixed-language families, expanded after both World Wars with the creation of the Cottbus metropolitan area.
Kristang - A Mozarabic-based creole spoken in Cotabato and its surrounding metropolitan area, the capital of Bangsamoro. Containing elements from Malay and surrounding languages of the area, it was originally spoken by Moroccan merchants who intermarried with local women, some of them were members of the local nobility, it became the mother tongue of the city and the surrounding villages in the following centuries as more intermarriage (both Morrocan and Spanish Levantine traders and settlers) and immigration changed its demographic landscape; even the traditionally Ebionite nobility began speaking it. The term "Kristang" originally described the Moroccan traders, who practiced Mozarabic Christianity (a mix of Roman Catholicism with some Ebionite elements), although there are now three main religions in contemporary Bangsamoro: Ebionitism, Mozarabic Christianity and Roman Catholicism.
)Dogfight - A battlefield clash of two and more motorised armoured vehicles.
Tractor - Poetic term for a beast of burden.
Blimp - Colloquialised term for the acronym Bristol Lightbulb Manufacturing Programme, an effort launched in Edwardian Britain to further the faster spread of electrified lighting in British towns, villages and households.
Starship - A relationship of a film or theatre starlet couple.
Foxhole - Colloquial slang for a bordello catering to redhead-related fetishes.
Detective - A chemical analyst or raw minerals prospector.
Monkey - A type of mathematical riddle developed in the Middle Ages, originally within the confines of monasteries. The tool to solving the riddle was an abstract "monk key", contracted in later centuries to "monkey". Even more later on, this also became the general, popular name for this type of riddle.
Tractor - Poetic term for a beast of burden.
Blimp - Colloquialised term for the acronym Bristol Lightbulb Manufacturing Programme, an effort launched in Edwardian Britain to further the faster spread of electrified lighting in British towns, villages and households.
Starship - A relationship of a film or theatre starlet couple.
Foxhole - Colloquial slang for a bordello catering to redhead-related fetishes.
Detective - A chemical analyst or raw minerals prospector.
Monkey - A type of mathematical riddle developed in the Middle Ages, originally within the confines of monasteries. The tool to solving the riddle was an abstract "monk key", contracted in later centuries to "monkey". Even more later on, this also became the general, popular name for this type of riddle.
Imam - Title used for an Ebionite priest, originally from Arabic.
Hajj - Honorific title used in Arabia to all personalities with distinguished services and contribution to the country.
Mufti - Title used for the higher members of the Ebionite clergy.
Hajj - Honorific title used in Arabia to all personalities with distinguished services and contribution to the country.
Mufti - Title used for the higher members of the Ebionite clergy.
Driftless
Donor
FUDD - Forecast, Unravel, Decipher Device. A complex data analysis machine. i.e. Elmer's FUDD helped him to crunch the numbers on a simulation....
Wingnut - an aviation enthusiast
Woodchuck - a motorized saw
Speculum - a gambler
Trebuchet - a bridal bouquet. Traditionally lofted towards the collected unmarried members of the wedding party. Mayhem ensues....
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FUDD - Frequency Unknown - Deciphering Doubtful - an acronym used by Cryptanalysts
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FUDD - Flatulence Uncovered - Decamp Directly - biochemical warfare unleashed, prompt action required....
Wingnut - an aviation enthusiast
Woodchuck - a motorized saw
Speculum - a gambler
Trebuchet - a bridal bouquet. Traditionally lofted towards the collected unmarried members of the wedding party. Mayhem ensues....
*edit*
FUDD - Frequency Unknown - Deciphering Doubtful - an acronym used by Cryptanalysts
*further edit*
FUDD - Flatulence Uncovered - Decamp Directly - biochemical warfare unleashed, prompt action required....
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