Definitions
Etymologies
- Coined by Lewis Carroll in the poem Jabberwocky to describe a sword. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The nonsense-word vorpal used by Lewis Carroll in his poem “Jabberwocky”, which from context in the poem probably means ‘deadly, keen’, through transference to the general term ‘vorpal weapon’ in D&D, has come to acquire the sense ‘capable of beheading’ (cf. this article).”
“Here's one of the early, funny lines: He reached his sparsely furnished cell in the law offices of MakoProphet, a D.C. appellate boutique, and turned on his +6 vorpal laptop.”
“And through and through/The vorpal scissors went snicker-snack!”
“Most of the weapons are more familiar – flaming, dancing, vorpal …”
“Furthermore, the complex nuances that form the vorpal meridian between the Old Faith and the New Faith that meet in the film lies far beyond the dull, empty-headed bong fog of most music video directors.”
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“Say it once, say it clearly, and if that fails, bring out the vorpal sword that goes snicker-snack!”
“Geeky toys and decorations can be hard to explain to kids plush vorpal bunny languished atop a tall bookcase, waiting for the day when my kids are old enough not to be scared by its huge bloody fangs.”
“Put your vorpal blade away, snicker-snack, your wit is too cutting by half.”
“Put your vorpal blade away, snicker-snack, your wit is too cutting by half. stellaa wrote on January 20, 2008 12: 21 AM: duckduckduckduck wrote on January 19, 2008 11: 54 PM: Big story in the paper .....”
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“And she has a 3 foot vorpal blade with which to snicker snack those who upset her.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘vorpal’.
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phrontistery-v
from phrontistery.info
vulviform, vulvar, vulturine, vulpine, vulpicide, vulpecular, vulnerose, vulsella, vulnerary, vulnerate, vulgus, vulgo and 396 more...
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Dungeons and Dragons
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For more general lists about role-playing games, see brandelion's RPG and lampbane's Tales of the Dread Gazebo.dungeons and dragons, d&d, elf, orc, halfling, drow, giant, troll, kobold, rpg, d20, human and 100 more...
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non-words
They show up in books I like, written by authors who either make them up, or find them used by writers I've never heard of. Maybe they're supposed to mean something; maybe they're specially designe...
whiskate, anthroparian, acathisia, imberbe, intrustian, stocket, thunge, brillig, slithy, wabe, gimble, mimsy and 7 more...
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Garbiage
word trash
parapluie, brobdingnagian, plié, segue, laconic, pastoral, phthisis, belly, synecdoche, apotheosis, sepulchral, mollification and 40 more...
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je les adore!
fusillade, foal, celestial, abattoir, byzantium, berlin, casablanca, babylon, balkans, albion, avalon, between the devil... and 471 more...
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beatricks's Words
tremendous, naiad, thrush, samsara, thronging, nascent, broom, aristeia, streak, susurrant, reverberate, resistentialism and 352 more...
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pixistix's Words
cumquat, circumlocution, panoply, propinquity, contumely, quietus, fardel, tmesis, tipsy, giddy, trudge, vortex and 211 more...
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Dain's Words
rabble, terminus, archaic, atavism, demiurge, waylay, syzygy, jocoserious, quark, entropy, cinnabar, shamble and 912 more...
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Resource
katabatic, clerestory, haslet, alpenglow, purl, scumble, jessant, spavined, wayworn, creach, dottle, solferino and 165 more...
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pcofdirt's Words
besmirched, befuddled, ai, sanguineous, antidisestablishm..., ablation, ascertain, ascerbic, aardvark, begot, benign, buggery and 118 more...
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logophile
viresce, infinitum, transient, nonpareil, anon, therianthropy, lycomania, halcyon, unblinkered, seraphim, nephilim, moros and 160 more...
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roseandivy's list
mooncalf, wonted, gibbet, artless, noontide, blithe, glitterati, vorpal, soporific, moxie, pilfer, betwixt and between and 263 more...
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researchgirl's Words
palpable, vade mecum, penumbra, ephemera, esoteric, quirky, quintessential, aphorism, amnesia, insomnia, synesthesia, apostasy and 186 more...
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neologisms I like
nimrod, snarky, painbow, interrobang, hoser, kooky, craptastic, preggers, asshat, brainiac, shoegaze, skanker-sore and 146 more...
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some of my favorites
some of my favorite words
tintinnabulation, lascivious, ontology, chthonic, eldritch, squamous, verity, specificity, euphony, cacophony, therianthrope, morbidity and 157 more...
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Words + Phrases I Like
apotheosis, antipode, penumbra, umbra, bellatrix, zephyr, oblivion, nefarious, wicked, requiem, catalyst, ire and 89 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for vorpal.
plethora No way. He totally invented D&D. Oct 9, 2008
asativum Sure. Next you'll be telling me that he died before D&D was invented. Oct 9, 2008
plethora Charles Dodgson :) Oct 8, 2008
asativum I just think it's alsome that the right Rev. Louis Dodgson wasn't afraid to admit he was a Dungeons & Dragons fan and use a reference to a vorpal blade. Oct 8, 2008
chained_bear ooh, I think you might mean "brillig."
So glad to see there are many other fans of "Jabberwocky"! Dec 1, 2007
toonacious_d Twas brilling... Dec 1, 2007
victoriapl coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky: "the vorpal blade went snicker-snack." Dec 1, 2007