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 ====== Alternate Terminology ====== ====== Alternate Terminology ======
  
-A very common aspect of creating [[timeline|AH worlds]] is to [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CallARabbitASmeerp|give different names to inventions and discoveries]] made after the [[pods:pods|PoD]]. These are typically very common items one sees or thinks of every day, as a change here is more of a thought-provoking shock to the casual reader.+A very common aspect of creating [[timeline|AH worlds]] is to [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CallARabbitASmeerp|give different names to inventions and discoveries]] made after the [[pods:pods|PoD]]. These are typically very common items one sees or thinks of every day, as a change here is more of a thought-provoking shock to the casual reader.
  
 Entries here should be listed alphabetically: The name of the [[OTL]] technologies as subsections, followed by an description of their OTL etymology and then by an alphabetical list of timelines and the alternative names and terms they use. The entries on this page come from various published AH literature and non-published AH works either from AH.com or other AH sites. If they have their own entry on this wiki, a link is added to their name. Entries here should be listed alphabetically: The name of the [[OTL]] technologies as subsections, followed by an description of their OTL etymology and then by an alphabetical list of timelines and the alternative names and terms they use. The entries on this page come from various published AH literature and non-published AH works either from AH.com or other AH sites. If they have their own entry on this wiki, a link is added to their name.
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 **[[timelines:Chaos]]**: "Erworbenes Immunschwäche-Syndrom", abbreviated EISS (pronounced like "ice"). This is actually the literal German translation of the OTL term. **[[timelines:Chaos]]**: "Erworbenes Immunschwäche-Syndrom", abbreviated EISS (pronounced like "ice"). This is actually the literal German translation of the OTL term.
  
-**[[timelines:Decades of Darkness]]**: "Asperger syndrome". Named after the very doctor Asperger, but describing a completely different diagnosis. (So, from an OTL linguistic point of view, it's a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend|"false friend"-style term]].)+**[[timelines:Decades of Darkness]]**: "Asperger syndrome". Named after the very doctor Asperger, but describing a completely different diagnosis. (So, from an OTL linguistic point of view, it's a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend|"false friend"-style term]].)
  
 **[[timelines:For All Time]]**: "SPID". An acronym formed from the Russian term for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. **[[timelines:For All Time]]**: "SPID". An acronym formed from the Russian term for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
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 **The Fox and the Lillies**: Rigid airships are called "rostislavs" (abbrev. "rosts"), similar to the OTL term "zeppelins" (abbrev. "zeps"). They were invented by the Russian engineer Fyodor Andreievich Rostislavsky from the New Republic of Novgorod, hence the name. Non-rigid airships (blimps) are called "dégonflers" (abbrev. "dégons"). The French invented the first blimps here, just like in OTL, but kept their airship research alive for a longer time and coined the term for a balloon airship instead of the British. "Dégonfler" simply means "deflatable". **The Fox and the Lillies**: Rigid airships are called "rostislavs" (abbrev. "rosts"), similar to the OTL term "zeppelins" (abbrev. "zeps"). They were invented by the Russian engineer Fyodor Andreievich Rostislavsky from the New Republic of Novgorod, hence the name. Non-rigid airships (blimps) are called "dégonflers" (abbrev. "dégons"). The French invented the first blimps here, just like in OTL, but kept their airship research alive for a longer time and coined the term for a balloon airship instead of the British. "Dégonfler" simply means "deflatable".
  
-**[[The Peshawar Lancers]]**: "Air Yacht". Self-explanatory.+**[[alternate_history:The Peshawar Lancers]]**: "Air Yacht". Self-explanatory.
  
 ===== Alternate history ===== ===== Alternate history =====
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 **//[[OTL]]//**: A non-human intelligence, typically a computer program. **//[[OTL]]//**: A non-human intelligence, typically a computer program.
  
-**[[GURPS|GURPS Alternate Earths II]][[gurps#caliph|Caliph]]**: "Djinn". The scientifically and technologically very far developed Muslim world has agreed that the "smokeless fire" of which Allah (according to the Quran) created the Djinni was electricity. So they called their AIs "djinni".+**[[alternate_history:GURPS|GURPS Alternate Earths II, Caliph]]**: "Djinn". The scientifically and technologically very far developed Muslim world has agreed that the "smokeless fire" of which Allah (according to the Quran) created the Djinni was electricity. So they called their AIs "djinni".
  
 ===== Assault rifle ===== ===== Assault rifle =====
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 **[[Romanitas]]**: "Birota". Nearly the same as the OTL term, but the second half of the word denotes the rotation of the wheels instead of their circular shape. It is also a purely Latin word, reflecting the dominance of the Roman Empire in this timeline. **[[Romanitas]]**: "Birota". Nearly the same as the OTL term, but the second half of the word denotes the rotation of the wheels instead of their circular shape. It is also a purely Latin word, reflecting the dominance of the Roman Empire in this timeline.
 +
 +===== Bison =====
 +//**[[OTL]]**//: From Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”). Correct term for the North American animal also called buffalo.
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 +**[[timelines:Chaos]] TL**: "Atlantischer Wisent" (Wisent from [[alternate geographic names|Atlantis]]).
  
 ===== Bit (computing) ===== ===== Bit (computing) =====
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 **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Guerre d'éclair", 'War of Lightning' in French. Comes about much earlier than the OTL version but has the same basic idea of emphasising speed, bypassing enemy armies and swiftly seizing the capital and other key parts of the enemy country. Later the "Guerre de tonnere" ('War of Thunder') idea is introduced, which specifies that the rapidly advancing armies must supply themselves and not live by marauding the locals, as this will only store up problems for the occupation. This requires that the supply train move quickly as well as the army. **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Guerre d'éclair", 'War of Lightning' in French. Comes about much earlier than the OTL version but has the same basic idea of emphasising speed, bypassing enemy armies and swiftly seizing the capital and other key parts of the enemy country. Later the "Guerre de tonnere" ('War of Thunder') idea is introduced, which specifies that the rapidly advancing armies must supply themselves and not live by marauding the locals, as this will only store up problems for the occupation. This requires that the supply train move quickly as well as the army.
  
-**[[GURPS|GURPS Alternate Earths I]][[gurps#dixie|Dixie]]**: "Guerre d'Eclair", with the same etymology as in Look to the West. Coined by no one else but TTL Charles de Gaulle.+**[[alternate_history:GURPS|GURPS Alternate Earths I, Dixie]]**: "Guerre d'Eclair", with the same etymology as in Look to the West. Coined by no one else but TTL Charles de Gaulle.
  
 **The Fox and the Lillies**: "Cloudburst warfare". The comparison being cloudbursts rather than lightning. **The Fox and the Lillies**: "Cloudburst warfare". The comparison being cloudbursts rather than lightning.
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 **The Fox and the Lillies**: "Numulocratism" or "Numulocracy", meaning "money rule". (lit. "coin rule", since //numulus// is Latin for 'coin' and //kratos// is Greek for 'rule'). Coined (pun intended) by French political philosopher Charles Marchand, who was a somewhat more bitter analogue of Karl Marx. His book - the //Das Kapital// analogue - is even called //Numulocratie// **The Fox and the Lillies**: "Numulocratism" or "Numulocracy", meaning "money rule". (lit. "coin rule", since //numulus// is Latin for 'coin' and //kratos// is Greek for 'rule'). Coined (pun intended) by French political philosopher Charles Marchand, who was a somewhat more bitter analogue of Karl Marx. His book - the //Das Kapital// analogue - is even called //Numulocratie//
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 +===== Caravan =====
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 +**//[[OTL]]//**: "Caravan", the furnished vehicle towed behind a car, etc., and used as a dwelling when stationary.
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 +**[[timelines:How many Sixes does Adolf Nazi have to Roll]]?**: "Burgwagen", German for "castle-car". Advertised as "Your private castle!"
  
 ===== Cars ===== ===== Cars =====
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 **[[timelines:better_weather_less_revolutionary_bloodshed_more_indigestions_-_an_alternate_history_of_the_kingdom_of_hawaii|An Alternate History of the Kingdom of Hawaii]]**: In French-speaking territories, small utility vans (analogous to OTL minibuses or camionettes) are called //pemofi//. This is a contraction of the French term //**pe**tit **mo**to**fi**acre// ('small motorcab'). A typical example of such a car is the ubiquitous [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6158151|Archambault Dépendable]]. Seatbelts are referred to as "safety bands" and were invented and introduced in this TL by the car company [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6366363|Johnson-Sperry]]. **[[timelines:better_weather_less_revolutionary_bloodshed_more_indigestions_-_an_alternate_history_of_the_kingdom_of_hawaii|An Alternate History of the Kingdom of Hawaii]]**: In French-speaking territories, small utility vans (analogous to OTL minibuses or camionettes) are called //pemofi//. This is a contraction of the French term //**pe**tit **mo**to**fi**acre// ('small motorcab'). A typical example of such a car is the ubiquitous [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6158151|Archambault Dépendable]]. Seatbelts are referred to as "safety bands" and were invented and introduced in this TL by the car company [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6366363|Johnson-Sperry]].
  
-**[[Bring the Jubilee]]**: "Trackless locomotives" or "Minibiles".+**[[alternate_history:Bring the Jubilee]]**: "Trackless locomotives" or "Minibiles".
  
 **[[timelines:Chaos]]**: "Motorkutsche". German for "motor carriage". Commonly abbreviated as "Mok". People who participate in illegal car races are called "Mokkers". **[[timelines:Chaos]]**: "Motorkutsche". German for "motor carriage". Commonly abbreviated as "Mok". People who participate in illegal car races are called "Mokkers".
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 **[[timelines:Decades of Darkness]]**: "Horst". A punny contraction of "horseless steam car" (the pun being a common German male name). **[[timelines:Decades of Darkness]]**: "Horst". A punny contraction of "horseless steam car" (the pun being a common German male name).
  
-**[[For Want Of A Nail]]**: "Locomobiles". Invented by Edison, who also coined the term for them.+**[[alternate_history:For Want Of A Nail]]**: "Locomobiles". Invented by Edison, who also coined the term for them.
  
 **[[timelines:isaac_s_empire|Isaac's Empire]]**: "Auto-Wagon". Fairly self-explanatory. **[[timelines:isaac_s_empire|Isaac's Empire]]**: "Auto-Wagon". Fairly self-explanatory.
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 **//[[OTL]]//**: Specifically referring to the ideological conflict between western capitalism, led by the USA, and eastern communism, led by the USSR, between 1945 and 1989 which dominated the second half of the twentieth century. More generally referring to any conflict between two opposing powers which is not fought openly, but in the shadows through espionage and proxy wars. The term was coined by George Orwell in 1945. **//[[OTL]]//**: Specifically referring to the ideological conflict between western capitalism, led by the USA, and eastern communism, led by the USSR, between 1945 and 1989 which dominated the second half of the twentieth century. More generally referring to any conflict between two opposing powers which is not fought openly, but in the shadows through espionage and proxy wars. The term was coined by George Orwell in 1945.
  
-**[[gurps|GURPS Alternate Earths I]][[gurps#dixie|Dixie]]**: "The Long Drum Roll".+**[[alternate_history:gurps|GURPS Alternate Earths I, Dixie]]**: "The Long Drum Roll".
  
 **The [[Draka]] series**: "The Protracted Struggle" **The [[Draka]] series**: "The Protracted Struggle"
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 **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Quiet war". **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Quiet war".
  
-**[[timelines:The Sparrow Avengers universe]]**: "The Wary Balance". More rarely "Pax Tetrarca", referring to the four superpowers of the timeline (UK, France, China, Japan). It is not as pronounced (ideologically or otherwise) as the OTL cold war and is more on the level of economic and scientific rivalry than a military one. It largely fades away by the mid-1970s and early 1980s. +**[[timelines:The Sparrow Avengers universe]]**: "The Wary Balance". More rarely "Pax Tetrarca", referring to the four superpowers of the timeline (UK, France, China, Japan). It is not as pronounced (ideologically or otherwise) as the OTL cold war and is more on the level of economic and scientific rivalry than a military one. It largely fades away by the mid-1970s and early 1980s. 
 + 
 +===== Comic (book)s ===== 
 + 
 +**//[[OTL]]//**: A storytelling medium consisting of drawn panels in sequence accompanied with written annotations and speech. Mainly known as comic //book//s in North America and just comics in Britain, these names being derived from them being associated with humorous or 'comic' content. Because these terms can therefore sound narrow and dismissive, some people prefer the more general term 'sequential art'. There is also an interconnected tradition of Franco-Belgian comics that are known as //bandes dessinées// ("drawn strips") or BDs for short. 
 + 
 +**[[timelines:Fight and Be Right|Fight and Be Right]]**: "Big Macs". In an alternate war between the UK and the Empire of Japan during the 1890s, publishing magnate Alfred Harmsworth took notice of Japanese publications depicting illustrated scenes and dioramas from the war, and tried to copy the approach for British audiences. The concept of a serialised wartime picture-story proved a success and eventually affected the already existing genre of penny dreadfuls. Heavily illustrated, sequential pulp fiction of this sort became known as "Big Macs", based on one of their wartime-themed characters, Hector MacDonald. Some of the later "Big Mac" illustrated adventures become predecessors to the timeline's early comic books. Among various "Big Mac" titles, one is a series of adventures detailing the exploits of the fictional sir Alfred Bruce, a secret crimefighter turned superhero, who utilises the masked persona of "Spring-heeled Jack"
 + 
 +**[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Sequents", singular "a sequent". Nobody is quite sure if this is an abbreviation for 'sequential art' (see above) or a mistaken back-formation from less educated people assuming that 'sequence' was the plural form (i.e. thinking it was //sequents//) and therefore 'a sequent' is the singular. 
 + 
 +**[[timelines:Amerindian Arbalists]]**: "Bandesines" (a "bandesine" is the singular, meaning a single comic strip or single comic book issue). A colloquial contraction of the French term //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bande_dessin%C3%A9e|bande dessinée]]//, the common French term in OTL as well.  
  
 ===== Computer(s) ===== ===== Computer(s) =====
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 **[[timelines:Dominion of Southern America]]**: At first, "Electronic logic engine". During the mid-to-late 20th century, "Logicine" became the predominant term. **[[timelines:Dominion of Southern America]]**: At first, "Electronic logic engine". During the mid-to-late 20th century, "Logicine" became the predominant term.
  
-**[[GURPS|GURPS Alternate Earths I]][[gurps#gernsback|Gernsback]]**: "Electronic brain". A term sometimes used in OTL as well, in the past more often than nowadays.+**[[alternate_history:GURPS|GURPS Alternate Earths I, Gernsback]]**: "Electronic brain". A term sometimes used in OTL as well, in the past more often than nowadays.
  
 **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Ypologists", from the Greek word for calculator (the OTL Greek word for computer is the related "υπολογιστής"). Popularised by a punning song which had early computer pioneers nervously "apologising" to a mob of angry arithmeticians who were out of a job. Prior to this word catching on, early computing experiments were based on programmable looms, and these machines were often just called "programmables", a term that was also used for some early computers. **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Ypologists", from the Greek word for calculator (the OTL Greek word for computer is the related "υπολογιστής"). Popularised by a punning song which had early computer pioneers nervously "apologising" to a mob of angry arithmeticians who were out of a job. Prior to this word catching on, early computing experiments were based on programmable looms, and these machines were often just called "programmables", a term that was also used for some early computers.
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 **//[[OTL]]//**: The term originally comes from deciding what acts or events to put on in what order at a concert--the "programme" handed out to the audience is a paper indicating the list of acts. By analogy, if a machine requires a list of directions in a given order, this was referred to as a 'programme'. The verb 'to programme' and adjective 'programmable' was used for the programmable looms of the late eighteenth century, which used punch cards for the programme and therefore are the ancestors of computers. Therefore, note that this term is actually much older than people think, and if writing a TL you may not want to change it to something else unless your TL has a POD earlier than the eighteenth century.  **//[[OTL]]//**: The term originally comes from deciding what acts or events to put on in what order at a concert--the "programme" handed out to the audience is a paper indicating the list of acts. By analogy, if a machine requires a list of directions in a given order, this was referred to as a 'programme'. The verb 'to programme' and adjective 'programmable' was used for the programmable looms of the late eighteenth century, which used punch cards for the programme and therefore are the ancestors of computers. Therefore, note that this term is actually much older than people think, and if writing a TL you may not want to change it to something else unless your TL has a POD earlier than the eighteenth century. 
 +
 +**//NSA//** (Andreas Eschbach AH novel): While TTL still speaks of computer programs, these are often said to be "knitted" ("stricken" in the German original). The reason: Since computers developed early enough that Nazi Germany has the equivalent of Big Data, and [[offtopic:Ada Lovelace]] is better known as the first computer programmer, programming is seen as a typical women's job (at least, in Germany). Typical programming books ITTL are so kitschy it's almost unbearable, with pink covers, flowers, and references to other feminine activities like raising little children, gardening etc.
  
 ===== Cotton gin ===== ===== Cotton gin =====
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 **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Cotton-thresher". **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Cotton-thresher".
  
-===== Comic (book)s ===== 
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-**//[[OTL]]//**: A storytelling medium consisting of drawn panels in sequence accompanied with written annotations and speech. Mainly known as comic //book//s in North America and just comics in Britain, these names being derived from them being associated with humorous or 'comic' content. Because these terms can therefore sound narrow and dismissive, some people prefer the more general term 'sequential art'. There is also an interconnected tradition of Franco-Belgian comics that are known as //bandes dessinées// ("drawn strips") or BDs for short. 
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-**[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Sequents", singular "a sequent". Nobody is quite sure if this is an abbreviation for 'sequential art' (see above) or a mistaken back-formation from less educated people assuming that 'sequence' was the plural form (i.e. thinking it was //sequents//) and therefore 'a sequent' is the singular. 
  
-**[[timelines:Amerindian Arbalists]]**: "Bandesines" (a "bandesine" is the singular, meaning a single comic strip or single comic book issue). A colloquial contraction of the French term //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bande_dessin%C3%A9e|bande dessinée]]//, the common French term in OTL as well.  
  
 ===== Crossbows ===== ===== Crossbows =====
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 **//[[OTL]]//**: From the Greek terms //επί// ('epi'), meaning "upon or above", and //δήμος// ('demos'), meaning "people". **//[[OTL]]//**: From the Greek terms //επί// ('epi'), meaning "upon or above", and //δήμος// ('demos'), meaning "people".
  
-**[[timelines:Lands of Red and Gold]]**: Doctors and medical scholars of several native Australian cultures refer to them as "bushfire diseases" - a metaphor on these diseases being as deadly and quickly spreading as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushfires_in_Australia|Australian bushfires]].  +**[[timelines:Lands of Red and Gold]]**: Doctors and medical scholars of several native Australian cultures refer to them as "bushfire diseases" - a metaphor on these diseases being as deadly and quickly spreading as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushfires_in_Australia|Australian bushfires]].  
  
 ===== Ethnic cleansing ===== ===== Ethnic cleansing =====
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 **//[[OTL]]//:** The concept of natural selection was established and introduced to the scientific world mainly by Charles Darwin in the 1830s-1850s. It posits that species change over time to produce new species with desirable traits, or "survival of the fittest." Note that this is often mistakenly referred to as "evolution"; "evolution" just means "one species changes into another over time" and is a very old idea that was discussed by Darwin's own grandfather among others. Darwin's breakthrough was in suggesting a //mechanism// by which this evolution could take place.  **//[[OTL]]//:** The concept of natural selection was established and introduced to the scientific world mainly by Charles Darwin in the 1830s-1850s. It posits that species change over time to produce new species with desirable traits, or "survival of the fittest." Note that this is often mistakenly referred to as "evolution"; "evolution" just means "one species changes into another over time" and is a very old idea that was discussed by Darwin's own grandfather among others. Darwin's breakthrough was in suggesting a //mechanism// by which this evolution could take place. 
  
-**[[timelines:Cliveless World]]**: "Entwicklung" and "Natürliche Vorwähler". Discovered by a Hungarian analogue of OTL [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Mendel|G. J. Mendel]] and known under the German equivalents of the OTL English terms in most countries of the TL.+**[[timelines:Cliveless World]]**: "Entwicklung" and "Natürliche Vorwähler". Discovered by a Hungarian analogue of OTL [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Mendel|G. J. Mendel]] and known under the German equivalents of the OTL English terms in most countries of the TL.
  
 **[[timelines:Isaac's Empire]]**: "Natural Progression", as proposed by the Ethiopian naturalist John Makonnen. The "Progress" part of this is disputed by dualistic elements in the Church.  **[[timelines:Isaac's Empire]]**: "Natural Progression", as proposed by the Ethiopian naturalist John Makonnen. The "Progress" part of this is disputed by dualistic elements in the Church. 
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 **[[timelines:Pax Napoleonica]]**: "Zavtraism", from the Russian word //zavtra// ('tomorrow'). Named after the ideology (and later regime) installed and lead in the Russian tsardom by general Anton Morchenko, a fierce nationalist and pan-Slavist (and ATL analogue to both Mussolini and Hitler). This ideology is adopted by several of Morchenko's sympathizers - most notably Sven Lund, the leader of the Swedish //Framtidspartiet// ('Future Party') that took control of the Kingdom of Sweden after a coup launched during the interwar years. The Kingdom of Prussia also becomes an ally of Morchenko and embraces its own revanchist brand of Zavtraism aimed at the other German states. **[[timelines:Pax Napoleonica]]**: "Zavtraism", from the Russian word //zavtra// ('tomorrow'). Named after the ideology (and later regime) installed and lead in the Russian tsardom by general Anton Morchenko, a fierce nationalist and pan-Slavist (and ATL analogue to both Mussolini and Hitler). This ideology is adopted by several of Morchenko's sympathizers - most notably Sven Lund, the leader of the Swedish //Framtidspartiet// ('Future Party') that took control of the Kingdom of Sweden after a coup launched during the interwar years. The Kingdom of Prussia also becomes an ally of Morchenko and embraces its own revanchist brand of Zavtraism aimed at the other German states.
  
-**The Fox and the Lillies**: "Lysenkoism", named after one of its founders and main ideologues, Muscovite dictator Andrei Lysenko. False friend word to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism|OTL meaning of the term]]. Since Russia never united into a single unified tsardom in this timeline and Lysenko had the ambition of forming one via military might, this ideology is also called "tsarism" (especially in non-Russian circles). +**The Fox and the Lillies**: "Lysenkoism", named after one of its founders and main ideologues, Muscovite dictator Andrei Lysenko. False friend word to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism|OTL meaning of the term]]. Since Russia never united into a single unified tsardom in this timeline and Lysenko had the ambition of forming one via military might, this ideology is also called "tsarism" (especially in non-Russian circles). 
  
 **[[timelines:The Sparrow Avengers universe]]**: Fascism, its name and much of its OTL thought still exist in this timeline, though the movement is often matched or even surpassed in its level of infamy with the related ideologies of falangism and integralism. These two are notably more developed than in OTL, have taken on more sinister forms and have become a major threat after becoming far more tangible and well-defined political forces in this ATL. (Nazism is stillborn in this ATL's 20th century.) Notably though, the popular OTL slur of labelling any run-of-the-mill totalitarian government as "fascist" is less popular in this timeline, and is replaced by ATL slang terms, such as the punny English language slur "tothead" ('tot' carrying the double implication of "totalitarian" and "immature child", or alternatively "totting up devious, sneaky, anti-democratic plans"). **[[timelines:The Sparrow Avengers universe]]**: Fascism, its name and much of its OTL thought still exist in this timeline, though the movement is often matched or even surpassed in its level of infamy with the related ideologies of falangism and integralism. These two are notably more developed than in OTL, have taken on more sinister forms and have become a major threat after becoming far more tangible and well-defined political forces in this ATL. (Nazism is stillborn in this ATL's 20th century.) Notably though, the popular OTL slur of labelling any run-of-the-mill totalitarian government as "fascist" is less popular in this timeline, and is replaced by ATL slang terms, such as the punny English language slur "tothead" ('tot' carrying the double implication of "totalitarian" and "immature child", or alternatively "totting up devious, sneaky, anti-democratic plans").
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 **[[timelines:The Sparrow Avengers universe]]**: "Gaslamp", evoking the night time urban sceneries typical of the genre. In OTL, "gaslamp" was used as part of the rare genre moniker, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslamp_fantasy|"gaslamp fantasy"]]. Initially coined in the 1990s as an alternative label to "steampunk", it quickly became narrower in meaning, as its focus is more on urban fantasy and horror works with steampunk or noir elements and atmosphere. In the Sparrow Avengers ATL, there never was any "noir" genre/style label, so gaslamp has a primary association with noir-style works (literary, cinematic, etc.).  As the writers and other creatives of later decades began to experiment with mixing gaslamp tropes with fantasy tropes, the ATL also developed its own equivalent to OTL gaslamp fantasy or noir-influenced science fiction. **[[timelines:The Sparrow Avengers universe]]**: "Gaslamp", evoking the night time urban sceneries typical of the genre. In OTL, "gaslamp" was used as part of the rare genre moniker, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslamp_fantasy|"gaslamp fantasy"]]. Initially coined in the 1990s as an alternative label to "steampunk", it quickly became narrower in meaning, as its focus is more on urban fantasy and horror works with steampunk or noir elements and atmosphere. In the Sparrow Avengers ATL, there never was any "noir" genre/style label, so gaslamp has a primary association with noir-style works (literary, cinematic, etc.).  As the writers and other creatives of later decades began to experiment with mixing gaslamp tropes with fantasy tropes, the ATL also developed its own equivalent to OTL gaslamp fantasy or noir-influenced science fiction.
 +
 +===== Finlandization ===== 
 +**//[[OTL]]//**: The process by which a smaller or less powerful sovereign state comes to abide by a more powerful neighbor's foreign policy rules, while retaining its independence. Referring to Finland, of course.
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 +**[[timelines:How many Sixes does Adolf Nazi have to Roll]]?**: "Sweding", since ITTL neutral Sweden is seen in a similar danger to be assimilated by the Nazi Reich.
  
 ===== Gaia hypothesis =====  ===== Gaia hypothesis ===== 
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 **//[[OTL]]//**: Coined during the Renaissance by Italian painter Giorgio Vasari and later by French philosopher and scholar Francois Rabelais. Both of them believed the architectural style popular prior to the emergence of the Renaissance one was of German or Germanic origin, specifically, an invention of the ancient Goths. Hence their preference for calling it "Gothic style". Of note is that this was considered a pejorative term, with the Goths representing "Rome-sacking barbarians" from the point of view of Renaissance philosophers. **//[[OTL]]//**: Coined during the Renaissance by Italian painter Giorgio Vasari and later by French philosopher and scholar Francois Rabelais. Both of them believed the architectural style popular prior to the emergence of the Renaissance one was of German or Germanic origin, specifically, an invention of the ancient Goths. Hence their preference for calling it "Gothic style". Of note is that this was considered a pejorative term, with the Goths representing "Rome-sacking barbarians" from the point of view of Renaissance philosophers.
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 +**[[timelines:basileus_interference|basileus' Interference TL]]**: "Norman".
  
 **The Fox and the Lillies**: "Cistercic". Named after the Cistercian order of monks, who both in OTL and this timeline were instrumental in the construction of the first Gothic cathedrals and the popularization of their architectural style in other parts of Europe. Coined by a certain Parisian university scholar.  **The Fox and the Lillies**: "Cistercic". Named after the Cistercian order of monks, who both in OTL and this timeline were instrumental in the construction of the first Gothic cathedrals and the popularization of their architectural style in other parts of Europe. Coined by a certain Parisian university scholar. 
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 **[[timelines:gurkani_alam_mughal_world|Gurkani Alam (Mughal World)]]**: "Skimmers". They skim on the surface of water, obviously.  **[[timelines:gurkani_alam_mughal_world|Gurkani Alam (Mughal World)]]**: "Skimmers". They skim on the surface of water, obviously. 
  
-**[[GURPS|GURPS Alternate Earths I]][[gurps#dixie|Dixie]]**: "GEV". The meaning of the abbreviation is possibly a reference to "Ground Effect Vehicle", though this means something slightly different IOTL.+**[[alternate_history:GURPS|GURPS Alternate Earths I, Dixie]]**: "GEV". The meaning of the abbreviation is possibly a reference to "Ground Effect Vehicle", though this means something slightly different IOTL.
  
 **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Amphloaters", a portmanteau of "amphibious" and "floater". **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Amphloaters", a portmanteau of "amphibious" and "floater".
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 **[[timelines:gurkani_alam_mughal_world|Gurkani Alam (Mughal World)]]**: "Lace". Invented by the British, who also coined the term. **[[timelines:gurkani_alam_mughal_world|Gurkani Alam (Mughal World)]]**: "Lace". Invented by the British, who also coined the term.
  
-**[[GURPS|GURPS Alternate Earths I]], [[gurps#shikaku-mon|Shikaku-Mon]]**: "Tapestry"+**[[alternate_history:GURPS|GURPS Alternate Earths I]], [[gurps#shikaku-mon|Shikaku-Mon]]**: "Tapestry"
  
 **Non-AH:** //Firefly// calls its equivalent computer network "The Cortex". **Non-AH:** //Firefly// calls its equivalent computer network "The Cortex".
  
-**[[timelines:the sparrow avengers universe|The Sparrow Avengers universe]]**: "Glonet". A contraction of the originally Dutch terms //globale// ("global") and //netwerk// ("network"), i.e. //Globale Netwerk//, also translated into English as "Global Network". Along with the British, the Dutch were among the main computer development pioneers of this timeline, especially of computer networking after the (alternate) second world war. +**[[timelines:the sparrow avengers universe|The Sparrow Avengers universe]]**: "Glonet". A contraction of the originally Dutch terms //globale// ("global") and //netwerk// ("network"), i.e. //Globale Netwerk//, also translated into English as "Global Network". Along with the British, the Dutch were among the main computer development pioneers of this timeline, especially of computer networking research in the decades following the timeline'second world war. 
  
 **[[timelines:TL-191 After the End|TL-191: After the End]]**: "ComboNet", since computers are known as "combines" **[[timelines:TL-191 After the End|TL-191: After the End]]**: "ComboNet", since computers are known as "combines"
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 **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Legion Syndrome", named after the Biblical story of the man possessed by the spirits of many demons who had them exorcised by Jesus Christ. **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Legion Syndrome", named after the Biblical story of the man possessed by the spirits of many demons who had them exorcised by Jesus Christ.
 +
 +===== Multiverse =====
 +
 +**//[[OTL]]//**: A term that originated as a portmanteau (contracted word), created from combining "multiple" and "universe". The theoretical notion of a "multiverse" is, in essence, the idea of the existence of many myriad to possibly infinite universes, possibly infinite realities that had branched out to various points. The idea of a multiverse can occur fairly frequently in alternate history fiction (and any other fiction dealing with alternate worlds, alternate timelines, branching histories or realities), especially if the premise or theme of a work of fiction utilises and explores several different alternate timelines or alternate worlds. 
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 +**Non-AH**: The Ronay people and their descendants, the D'ni people, from the //Myst// science-fantasy adventure game series by Cyan Worlds, refer to the multiverse by the poetic term [[https://dni.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Tree_of_Possibilities|"Great Tree of Possibilities"]]. This is a straightforward nod at the idea of the multiverse as an ever-branching tree, with smaller shoots branching off pre-existing shoots, sometimes withering away, replaced by others, etc.
  
 ===== Neutrino ===== ===== Neutrino =====
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 **//[[OTL]]//**: As with nuclear weapons below, comes from the fact that the reaction involves splitting atomic //nuclei//. Earlier on (from 1920s speculation up to the 1950s and 60s reality) it was more commonly termed 'atomic power', and the phrase 'splitting the atom' was often used.  **//[[OTL]]//**: As with nuclear weapons below, comes from the fact that the reaction involves splitting atomic //nuclei//. Earlier on (from 1920s speculation up to the 1950s and 60s reality) it was more commonly termed 'atomic power', and the phrase 'splitting the atom' was often used. 
  
-**[[timelines:Amerindian Arbalists]]**: "Kernel energy".+**[[timelines:Amerindian Arbalists]]**: "Kernel energy" and "kernel power".
  
 **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: Nuclear reactors are referred to as "Paradox engines", based on one classically educated scientist's quip that "splitting the atom" is an oxymoron or paradox as the word "atom" means "indivisible". LTTW also uses 'carytic' as an adjective equivalent to 'nuclear' (from karyos, the Greek word for 'nut', which is used in OTL to mean nucleus in another sense when classifying cells as eukaryotic or prokaryotic). **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: Nuclear reactors are referred to as "Paradox engines", based on one classically educated scientist's quip that "splitting the atom" is an oxymoron or paradox as the word "atom" means "indivisible". LTTW also uses 'carytic' as an adjective equivalent to 'nuclear' (from karyos, the Greek word for 'nut', which is used in OTL to mean nucleus in another sense when classifying cells as eukaryotic or prokaryotic).
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 **[[timelines:The Limpid Stream]]**: "Atomkraft". Derived from the German expression. **[[timelines:The Limpid Stream]]**: "Atomkraft". Derived from the German expression.
  
-**[[GURPS|GURPS Alternate Earths I, Gernsback]]**: "Atomic power".+**[[alternate_history:GURPS|GURPS Alternate Earths I, Gernsback]]**: "Atomic power".
  
 **[[alternate_history:The Cusanus Game]]**: "Maxwell power", named after James Clerk Maxwell. **[[alternate_history:The Cusanus Game]]**: "Maxwell power", named after James Clerk Maxwell.
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 **Timeline-191** "Jovium" in the Confederate States (which went the other way on the planetary order from uranium) and "churchillium" in the UK. **Timeline-191** "Jovium" in the Confederate States (which went the other way on the planetary order from uranium) and "churchillium" in the UK.
  
-**Worldwar series**: "Explosive metal", confusingly sometimes treated as a Race term and sometimes as a human one.+**[[alternate_history:Worldwar]] series**: "Explosive metal", confusingly sometimes treated as a Race term and sometimes as a human one.
  
 ===== Pop music ===== ===== Pop music =====
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 //**[[OTL]]**//: A rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United Kingdom, United States, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. Punk bands created fast, hard-edged music, typically with short songs, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self-produced recordings and distributed them through informal channels. The term "punk" was first used in relation to rock music by some American critics in the early 1970s, to describe garage bands and their devotees. A "punk" is a tool for starting fires, connoting destructive ends pursued with careful, methodical (and cheap and slightly disgusting) means. Punk became a major cultural phenomenon in the United Kingdom. For the most part, punk took root in local scenes that tended to reject association with the mainstream. An associated punk subculture emerged, expressing youthful rebellion and characterized by distinctive styles of clothing and adornment and a variety of anti-authoritarian ideologies. //**[[OTL]]**//: A rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United Kingdom, United States, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. Punk bands created fast, hard-edged music, typically with short songs, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self-produced recordings and distributed them through informal channels. The term "punk" was first used in relation to rock music by some American critics in the early 1970s, to describe garage bands and their devotees. A "punk" is a tool for starting fires, connoting destructive ends pursued with careful, methodical (and cheap and slightly disgusting) means. Punk became a major cultural phenomenon in the United Kingdom. For the most part, punk took root in local scenes that tended to reject association with the mainstream. An associated punk subculture emerged, expressing youthful rebellion and characterized by distinctive styles of clothing and adornment and a variety of anti-authoritarian ideologies.
  
-**[[timelines:The Sparrow Avengers universe]]**: "Rubble music", or just "rubble" for short. Musicians and fans of the genre are called "rubs", "rubos", "rubb(l)ers" and "stone-breakers". The genre evolved between the mid 1960s and early 1970s from the timeline's pre-existing genre of "hooligan music". However, "rubble"'s earliest roots can be traced back all the way back to the late 1940s. Back then, the name of this genre originally referred to the rubble of European cities, commonly seen in the years following the alternate Second World War. Musicians would sit on these ruins and sing mournful, contemplative, but also cheerful songs - sometimes //a capella//, sometimes accompanied by basic instruments. But "rubble music" found its definite ideological footing and iconography in the alternate 1960s. Due to the later invention of nuclear reactors in this timeline, the then new and dimly understood threat of atomic power sent shockwaves throughout global society during the 1960s. Apocalyptic, existentialist, nihilist and transhumanist themes became very common and virtually defined most early rubble music. Subject matter of most songs included scathing sociopolitical commentary, often mocking the failings of the human race throughout the 20th century - including totalitarian regimes (fascism, falangism, integralism, communism) and the phenomennon of chaotic continent-wide balkanizations after the First World War, which the rubble songwriters dubbed "the failure of both the concepts of empire and the nation-state". Some of the rubble bands even specialized in making fun of totalitarian imagery and ideologies (in the vein of some OTL rock acts, e. g. Laibach's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ_gAShRSsk|"totalitarianised cover versions of songs"]]). As the years went on and the genre branched out into various different directions, the formerly grim subject matter of rubble music was relegated into just one specific subgenre of the rubble movement, called "Ashcloud" (referring to visions of "human civilization and nature burnt into irradiated cinders"). The clothing subculture associated with rubble music has parallels with OTL punk in that it was "Do It Yourself" in nature. However, the stylized fashions of "rubblers" were less extravagant and more utilitarian in tone, often invoking industrial, technological and post-apocalyptic scavenger themes. Common modified clothes of "rubblers" included boilersuits, gasmasks, tattered military uniforms, pilot jackets and aviator hats, and firefighter gear. +**[[timelines:The Sparrow Avengers universe]]**: "Rubble music", or just "rubble" for short. Musicians and fans of the genre are called "rubs", "rubos", "rubb(l)ers" and "stone-breakers". The genre evolved between the mid 1960s and early 1970s from the timeline's pre-existing genre of "hooligan music". However, "rubble"'s earliest roots can be traced back all the way back to the late 1940s. Back then, the name of this genre originally referred to the rubble of European cities, commonly seen in the years following the alternate Second World War. Musicians would sit on these ruins and sing mournful, contemplative, but also cheerful songs - sometimes //a capella//, sometimes accompanied by basic instruments. But "rubble music" found its definite ideological footing and iconography in the alternate 1960s. Due to the later invention of nuclear reactors in this timeline, the then new and dimly understood threat of atomic power sent shockwaves throughout global society during the 1960s. Apocalyptic, existentialist, nihilist and transhumanist themes became very common and virtually defined most early rubble music. Subject matter of most songs included scathing sociopolitical commentary, often mocking the failings of the human race throughout the 20th century - including totalitarian regimes (fascism, falangism, integralism, communism) and the phenomennon of chaotic continent-wide balkanizations after the First World War, which the rubble songwriters dubbed "the failure of both the concepts of empire and the nation-state". Some of the rubble bands even specialized in making fun of totalitarian imagery and ideologies (in the vein of some OTL rock acts, e. g. Laibach's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ_gAShRSsk|"totalitarianised cover versions of songs"]]). As the years went on and the genre branched out into various different directions, the formerly grim subject matter of rubble music was relegated into just one specific subgenre of the rubble movement, called "Ashcloud" (referring to visions of "human civilization and nature burnt into irradiated cinders"). The clothing subculture associated with rubble music has parallels with OTL punk in that it was "Do It Yourself" in nature. However, the stylized fashions of "rubblers" were less extravagant and more utilitarian in tone, often invoking industrial, technological and post-apocalyptic scavenger themes. Common modified clothes of "rubblers" included boilersuits, gasmasks, tattered military uniforms, pilot jackets and aviator hats, and firefighter gear. 
  
 **[[timelines:TL-191 after the end|TL-191: After the End]]**: "Fabrikapunk" or "Fabrika-punk". Musically, it also shares similarities with grunge and folk-rock. The folk-rock and world music influences are apparent particulaly among this timeline's Austro-Hungarian and Balkan musical acts. Fabrika-punk's original visual esthetic is actually rather similar to that of the OTL SFAF style/genre of 'dieselpunk' (as hinted by the //fabrika-// prefix, which means "factory" in several European languages).  **[[timelines:TL-191 after the end|TL-191: After the End]]**: "Fabrikapunk" or "Fabrika-punk". Musically, it also shares similarities with grunge and folk-rock. The folk-rock and world music influences are apparent particulaly among this timeline's Austro-Hungarian and Balkan musical acts. Fabrika-punk's original visual esthetic is actually rather similar to that of the OTL SFAF style/genre of 'dieselpunk' (as hinted by the //fabrika-// prefix, which means "factory" in several European languages). 
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 ===== Quantum theory ===== ===== Quantum theory =====
  
-//**[[OTL]]**//: A theory that revolutionised physics and replaced classical theory, its chief early achievement being that it explained the '[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet_catastrophe|Ultraviolet Catastrophe]]' problem. "Quantum" is a Latin word related to "quantity" and refers to the fact that the theory states that energy can only exist in discrete //quanta// or "packets" of a fixed amount, there is not a continuum of gradual increases in energy. Unlike classical theory, quantum theory also demonstrates that the energy of light is dependent on wavelength rather than (as common sense might suggest) amplitude because of this limitation.+//**[[OTL]]**//: A theory that revolutionised physics and replaced classical theory, its chief early achievement being that it explained the '[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet_catastrophe|Ultraviolet Catastrophe]]' problem. "Quantum" is a Latin word related to "quantity" and refers to the fact that the theory states that energy can only exist in discrete //quanta// or "packets" of a fixed amount, there is not a continuum of gradual increases in energy. Unlike classical theory, quantum theory also demonstrates that the energy of light is dependent on wavelength rather than (as common sense might suggest) amplitude because of this limitation.
  
 **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Inversion theory". While the theory itself is framed a bit differently, the core concept is the same. The name comes from how physicists noted that the new theory reversed two of the previous assumptions of classical physics: classical physics said that atoms were indivisible and energy was made up of endlessly divisible parts, while quantum says that atoms can be split (though not indefinitely) and energy only exists in fixed discrete amounts that cannot be further divided.  **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Inversion theory". While the theory itself is framed a bit differently, the core concept is the same. The name comes from how physicists noted that the new theory reversed two of the previous assumptions of classical physics: classical physics said that atoms were indivisible and energy was made up of endlessly divisible parts, while quantum says that atoms can be split (though not indefinitely) and energy only exists in fixed discrete amounts that cannot be further divided. 
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 **Non-AH**: The Zhirrzh race in Timothy Zahn's //Conquerors// series refer to all radio transmitters as "Elderdeath weapons", as radio waves cause harm to their Elders (post-death spirits projected from a preserved telepathic organ, basically ghosts that really exist). Also, the remake of //Battlestar Galactica// simply calls radios "wireless" (like the once-popular OTL term). **Non-AH**: The Zhirrzh race in Timothy Zahn's //Conquerors// series refer to all radio transmitters as "Elderdeath weapons", as radio waves cause harm to their Elders (post-death spirits projected from a preserved telepathic organ, basically ghosts that really exist). Also, the remake of //Battlestar Galactica// simply calls radios "wireless" (like the once-popular OTL term).
  
-**[[southern_victory|Southern Victory (TL-191)]]**: "Wireless". Usually referred to as such.+**[[alternate_history:southern_victory|Southern Victory (TL-191)]]**: "Wireless". Usually referred to as such.
  
 **[[timelines:What Madness Is This?]]**: "Talkiebox". **[[timelines:What Madness Is This?]]**: "Talkiebox".
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 ===== Stockholm syndrome ===== ===== Stockholm syndrome =====
  
-**//[[OTL]]//**: This psychological phenomennon is named after the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norrmalmstorg_robbery|bank robbery and hostage crisis that happened on the 23-28th August 1973 in the Norrmalmstorg suburb of Stockholm in Sweden]]. +**//[[OTL]]//**: This psychological phenomennon is named after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norrmalmstorg_robbery|bank robbery and hostage crisis that happened on the 23-28th August 1973 in the Norrmalmstorg suburb of Stockholm in Sweden]]. 
  
 **[[timelines:Ad Astra Per Aspera]]**: "Hessian Syndrome". Named after the Hessian prisoners who later joined forces with the United States during the Revolutionary War. **[[timelines:Ad Astra Per Aspera]]**: "Hessian Syndrome". Named after the Hessian prisoners who later joined forces with the United States during the Revolutionary War.
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 **[[timelines:Pax Napoleonica]]**: "Sous-marin". Identical to the OTL French term, but more prevalent in other languages as well, thanks to French geopolitical dominance in this TL.  **[[timelines:Pax Napoleonica]]**: "Sous-marin". Identical to the OTL French term, but more prevalent in other languages as well, thanks to French geopolitical dominance in this TL. 
  
-**The Fox and the Lillies**: The first practical military submarines (ones that were capable of actively attacking by firing torpedoes) were invented pretty much concurrently with the first practical fighter aircraft - i.e. "aerohunters". Because of the high popularity of the term used for fighter planes, the term coined for their underwater counterparts was "hydrohunters" or "aquahunters". Both caught on quickly and have been used ever since, including their (often jocular) jargon abbreviations - e.g. "hy-ho-s", "eych-eychs", etc. Some particularly large subs (equivalent to OTL's largest nuclear submarines) tend to be called "warwhales". The analogues of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midget_submarine|OTL midget submarines]] are commonly known as "sea foxes". Russian countries with a naval tradition call their military submarines //metalkula// (a colloquial contraction of 'metal shark'). +**The Fox and the Lillies**: The first practical military submarines (ones that were capable of actively attacking by firing torpedoes) were invented pretty much concurrently with the first practical fighter aircraft - i.e. "aerohunters". Because of the high popularity of the term used for fighter planes, the term coined for their underwater counterparts was "hydrohunters" or "aquahunters". Both caught on quickly and have been used ever since, including their (often jocular) jargon abbreviations - e.g. "hy-ho-s", "eych-eychs", etc. Some particularly large subs (equivalent to OTL's largest nuclear submarines) tend to be called "warwhales". The analogues of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midget_submarine|OTL midget submarines]] are commonly known as "sea foxes". Russian countries with a naval tradition call their military submarines //metalkula// (a colloquial contraction of 'metal shark'). 
  
 ===== Tank ===== ===== Tank =====
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 **[[timelines:The Britwank Empire]]**: "Cataphract". Named for the heavily armoured cavalry of antiquity. **[[timelines:The Britwank Empire]]**: "Cataphract". Named for the heavily armoured cavalry of antiquity.
  
-**The Fox and the Lillies**: The Italians use //carrmato//, a colloquialised contraction of the [[OTL]] two word Italian term. Since Italians were among the main inovators and long-time distributors of tanks to many nearby parts of Europe, the term has caught on in the Balkans and in central Europe (including some of the more southern German-speaking countries). This has led to many Slavic, German and Hungarian calcques of the original term - the most common one being //karmat//. Most Germans outside of the Austrian and Swiss territories refer to their tanks as //pankam// (abbreviation of "Panzerkampfzeug", acronym //PKZ//). The anglophone nations usualy call it a //tracklayer// or //treader// and the Russians use the term //vezdekhod// (lit. "everywhere-goer" - inspired by the name of an [[http://www.landships.info/landships/tank_articles.html?load=tank_articles/Vezdekhod.html|unfinished OTL Russian tank project]]).  +**The Fox and the Lillies**: The Italians use //carrmato//, a colloquialised contraction of the [[OTL]] two word Italian term. Since Italians were among the main inovators and long-time distributors of tanks to many nearby parts of Europe, the term has caught on in the Balkans and in central Europe (including some of the more southern German-speaking countries). This has led to many Slavic, German and Hungarian calcques of the original term - the most common one being //karmat//. Most Germans outside of the Austrian and Swiss territories refer to their tanks as //pankam// (abbreviation of "Panzerkampfzeug", acronym //PKZ//). The anglophone nations usualy call it a //tracklayer// or //treader// and the Russians use the term //vezdekhod// (lit. "everywhere-goer" - inspired by the name of an [[https://www.landships.info/landships/tank_articles.html?load=tank_articles/Vezdekhod.html|unfinished OTL Russian tank project]]).  
  
 **[[timelines:Through The Endless Grey]]**: "Ark." A contraction of the words "car kiln," used by their American (Union) creators to disguise their development and shipment to the front in a similar fashion to Britain's development of the tank IOTL.  **[[timelines:Through The Endless Grey]]**: "Ark." A contraction of the words "car kiln," used by their American (Union) creators to disguise their development and shipment to the front in a similar fashion to Britain's development of the tank IOTL. 
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 **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Linear history". **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Linear history".
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 +===== T-shirt =====
 +
 +**//[[OTL]]//**: A term coined in the 1920s for these shirts because of their shape.
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 +**[[timelines:How many Sixes does Adolf Nazi have to Roll]]?**: "Itaka-Hemden", with "Itaka" a (Nazi) German acronym for "italienischer Kamerad" (Italian comrade) as a generic term for Italians which can be derogatory or not. The post-WW2 Germans used this term for the cheap, colorful (albeit monochrome) shirts produced in fascist Italy from Egyptian cotton.
  
 ===== Typewriter ===== ===== Typewriter =====
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 **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Xanthium", named for its yellow compounds (from the Greek word for yellow) long before its radioactive nature was known. **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Xanthium", named for its yellow compounds (from the Greek word for yellow) long before its radioactive nature was known.
 +
 +**The Years of Rice and Salt**: "Alactin"
  
 ===== Utopians ===== ===== Utopians =====
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 **[[resources:Etymology|Useful Resources about Alternate Etymology]]** - A collection of links to sites dealing with etymology. Useful if you're trying to create your own plausible alternate terms. **[[resources:Etymology|Useful Resources about Alternate Etymology]]** - A collection of links to sites dealing with etymology. Useful if you're trying to create your own plausible alternate terms.
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=284346|Official Alternate Terminology Advice Thread]]** - Master advice thread for anyone having problems coming up with alternate terminology for his timeline. Feel free to ask for advice in this thread. +**[[timelines:Glossary (Look to the West)]]** 
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 +**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=284346|Official Alternate Terminology Advice Thread]]** - Master advice thread for anyone having problems coming up with alternate terminology for his timeline. Feel free to ask for advice in this thread. 
  
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