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Made in gb
The Last Chancer Who Survived




United Kingdom

Sup Dakka! I'm bored, and feel like having a good moan. So, I present:

Games Workshop's Unofficial Dictionary

The rules:
-Take one word (preferably wargaming and hobbyist related)
-Write the definition as GW probably understands it
-Laugh (optional)

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I shall start:
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Balance

Noun

-A state in wargaming whereby all players receive at least one month of having the best codex per year, regardless of what the other 11 months look like.
   
Made in gb
Brigadier General





The new Sick Man of Europe

Points costs

Noun

Too much effort to write when narrative forging exists.

DC:90+S+G++MB++I--Pww211+D++A++/fWD390R++T(F)DM+
 
   
Made in my
Veteran Knight Baron in a Crusader






At my desk

Codex Release

Noun

The act of improving sales through adjusting balance.

See; Balance

3000pts Blood Angels (4th Company) - 2000pts Skitarii (Voss Prime) - 2500pts Imperial Knights (Unnamed House) - 1000pts Imperial Guard (Household Retainers)

2000pts Free Peoples (Edlynd Fusiliers) - 2000pts Kharadron Overlords (Barak Zilfin) - 500pts Ironweld Arsenal (Edlynd Ironwork Federation) - 1000pts Duardin (Grongrok Powderheads)

Wargaming's no fun when you have a plan! 
   
Made in us
Master Shaper




Gargant Hunting

Logic

Noun

A form of writing for fluff or model creation that can and will be overruled by the Rule of Cool for any and all reasons, such as profits, or market expansions, or because we said so.

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Irishpeacockz-Blackjack needs a pay raise for being the welcomer to the crusade
Palleus-Write a school essay about Kroot! Pride. Prejudice. And Cannibalsim. 
   
Made in us
Dwarf Runelord Banging an Anvil





Way on back in the deep caves

Increase

Verb

What we do with prices as often as we fancy.

Trust in Iron and Stone  
   
Made in my
Veteran Knight Baron in a Crusader






At my desk

Orkiness

Adjective

An excuse for half-assed codices.

3000pts Blood Angels (4th Company) - 2000pts Skitarii (Voss Prime) - 2500pts Imperial Knights (Unnamed House) - 1000pts Imperial Guard (Household Retainers)

2000pts Free Peoples (Edlynd Fusiliers) - 2000pts Kharadron Overlords (Barak Zilfin) - 500pts Ironweld Arsenal (Edlynd Ironwork Federation) - 1000pts Duardin (Grongrok Powderheads)

Wargaming's no fun when you have a plan! 
   
Made in gb
The Last Chancer Who Survived




United Kingdom

Social Media

Noun

A method of communication designed to hurt sales and make customers get stupid ideas about The Hobby.
   
Made in us
Decrepit Dakkanaut





Hyperspace

Customer Support- (Noun)

Not allowing the customer to have any say in anything.



Peregrine - If you like the army buy it, and don't worry about what one random person on the internet thinks.
 
   
Made in fr
Trazyn's Museum Curator





on the forum. Obviously

Balance - Noun

Whatever we say it is.

What I have
~4100
~1660

Westwood lives in death!
Peace through power!

A longbeard when it comes to Necrons and WHFB. Grumble Grumble

 
   
Made in gb
Brigadier General





The new Sick Man of Europe

Raise

verb

What we have to do to our prices whenever we run into a problem.


DC:90+S+G++MB++I--Pww211+D++A++/fWD390R++T(F)DM+
 
   
Made in us
Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain






A Protoss colony world

Narrative

noun

The entire purpose of our games.

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
 Mr_Rose wrote:
Who doesn’t love crazy mutant squawk-puppies? Eh? Nobody, that’s who.
 
   
Made in us
Ultramarine Librarian with Freaky Familiar





Southern California, USA

One click bundle:
Noun;

A form of marketing where we entice customers to purchase GW products by showing them that they can buy a lot without as many clicks.

E.g: Buy 10 Leman Russ tanks for the price of 10 in this new Emperor's Fist tank company one click bundle!

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Thought for the day: Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
30k Ultramarines: 2000 pts
Bolt Action Germans: ~1200 pts
AOS Stormcast: Just starting.
The Empire : ~60-70 models.
1500 pts
: My Salamanders painting blog 16 Infantry and 2 Vehicles done so far!  
   
Made in us
Rotting Sorcerer of Nurgle






The Dog-house



Adjective

Used to define a well balanced army; I.e. Necron Decurians

H.B.M.C.- The end hath come! From now on armies will only consist of Astorath, Land Speeder Storms and Soul Grinders!
War Kitten- Vanden, you just taunted the Dank Lord Ezra. Prepare for seven years of fighting reality...
koooaei- Emperor: I envy your nipplehorns. <Magnus goes red. Permanently>
Neronoxx- If our Dreadnought doesn't have sick scuplted abs, we riot.
Frazzled- I don't generally call anyone by a term other than "sir" "maam" "youn g lady" "young man" or " HEY bag!"
Ruin- It's official, we've ran out of things to talk about on Dakka. Close the site. We're done.
mrhappyface- "They're more what you'd call guidlines than actual rules" - Captain Roboute Barbosa
Steve steveson- To be clear, I'd sell you all out for a bottle of scotch and a mid priced hooker.
 
   
Made in us
Ultramarine Librarian with Freaky Familiar





Southern California, USA

Monstrous Creature/Gargantuan Monstrous Creature
Noun;

A large model on an oval base created when sales for a particular faction are low.

Thought for the day: Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
30k Ultramarines: 2000 pts
Bolt Action Germans: ~1200 pts
AOS Stormcast: Just starting.
The Empire : ~60-70 models.
1500 pts
: My Salamanders painting blog 16 Infantry and 2 Vehicles done so far!  
   
Made in ca
Three Color Minimum





Canada

Skulls

noun

-The pinnacle of art and décor in the far future, often accompanied by spikes (see spikes).


Spikes

noun

-Pointy protrusions. Typically used to denote evilness and very often used in conjunction with skulls (see skulls).

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Current games: X-Wing, Blood Bowl 
   
Made in us
Powerful Phoenix Lord





Buffalo, NY

FAQ

noun

Stands for "Feth All Queries". As a company we do not care about our consumers. Only profits.


Errata

noun

An archaic method of updating rules to bring them in line with the current edition.

Greebo had spent an irritating two minutes in that box. Technically, a cat locked in a box may be alive or it may be dead. You never know until you look. In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.
Orks always ride in single file to hide their strength and numbers.
Gozer the Gozerian, Gozer the Destructor, Volguus Zildrohar, Gozer the Traveler, and Lord of the Sebouillia 
   
Made in us
Rotting Sorcerer of Nurgle






The Dog-house

Matthew Ward

Noun

The essense of all that is pure and just.
Your spiritual liege.

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H.B.M.C.- The end hath come! From now on armies will only consist of Astorath, Land Speeder Storms and Soul Grinders!
War Kitten- Vanden, you just taunted the Dank Lord Ezra. Prepare for seven years of fighting reality...
koooaei- Emperor: I envy your nipplehorns. <Magnus goes red. Permanently>
Neronoxx- If our Dreadnought doesn't have sick scuplted abs, we riot.
Frazzled- I don't generally call anyone by a term other than "sir" "maam" "youn g lady" "young man" or " HEY bag!"
Ruin- It's official, we've ran out of things to talk about on Dakka. Close the site. We're done.
mrhappyface- "They're more what you'd call guidlines than actual rules" - Captain Roboute Barbosa
Steve steveson- To be clear, I'd sell you all out for a bottle of scotch and a mid priced hooker.
 
   
Made in us
Dwarf Runelord Banging an Anvil





Way on back in the deep caves

Official

Adjective

Current product made by us is official.
Nothing else is acceptable.

Trust in Iron and Stone  
   
Made in us
Ultramarine Librarian with Freaky Familiar





Southern California, USA

Competition:
Adjective/Noun

A theoretical idea that other hobby manufacturers exist and are able to compete with us. Proven to be nonexistent.

Thought for the day: Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
30k Ultramarines: 2000 pts
Bolt Action Germans: ~1200 pts
AOS Stormcast: Just starting.
The Empire : ~60-70 models.
1500 pts
: My Salamanders painting blog 16 Infantry and 2 Vehicles done so far!  
   
Made in us
Dwarf Runelord Banging an Anvil





Way on back in the deep caves

Quality

Noun

A moot point. Since we make the best toy soldiers in the world, and we are the ONLY maker of OFFICIAL figures for THE HOBBY, our figures are absolutely top quality.

Trust in Iron and Stone  
   
Made in gb
The Last Chancer Who Survived




United Kingdom

 snurl wrote:
Quality

Noun

A moot point. Since we make the best toy soldiers in the world, and we are the ONLY maker of OFFICIAL figures for THE HOBBY, our figures are absolutely top quality.
I think I finally understand GW. This is their thinking:
Spoiler:

-We invented The Hobby
-The Hobby is our product
-If it's ours, it's official
-Everyone loves The Hobby
-Anyone else claiming to make 28mm scale figures are copying us
-They are unofficial
-Anyone who likes The Hobby will only go to us
-We have no competitors because of this


Fun

Noun / Adjective

A result of The Hobby, or random dice rolls.
   
Made in us
Rotting Sorcerer of Nurgle






The Dog-house

Intellectual Property

Noun

All the stuff we release is our Intellectual Property... No one came up with it before

H.B.M.C.- The end hath come! From now on armies will only consist of Astorath, Land Speeder Storms and Soul Grinders!
War Kitten- Vanden, you just taunted the Dank Lord Ezra. Prepare for seven years of fighting reality...
koooaei- Emperor: I envy your nipplehorns. <Magnus goes red. Permanently>
Neronoxx- If our Dreadnought doesn't have sick scuplted abs, we riot.
Frazzled- I don't generally call anyone by a term other than "sir" "maam" "youn g lady" "young man" or " HEY bag!"
Ruin- It's official, we've ran out of things to talk about on Dakka. Close the site. We're done.
mrhappyface- "They're more what you'd call guidlines than actual rules" - Captain Roboute Barbosa
Steve steveson- To be clear, I'd sell you all out for a bottle of scotch and a mid priced hooker.
 
   
Made in gb
The Last Chancer Who Survived




United Kingdom

Copyright Infringement

What everyone except us does.

Example: Space, Marine, Gun, Alien, Eagle, Miniature
   
Made in us
Death-Dealing Devastator





Italy

Customer

Surprisingly, they seem to have money for something else than our products. See Increase Price

 the_Armyman wrote:
...grav is almost always a better choice. Grav is gravy. Grav all day errday. Grav über alles. 360 mlg noscope 420 grav it.

DQ:90S--G+MB++IPw40kPw40k(HoR_Kill_Team)16+D+A++/m 
   
Made in us
Longtime Dakkanaut




On a surly Warboar, leading the Waaagh!

Tournament (noun)

A sales promotion by which hobbyists are driven and inspired to purchase and start new, pretty armies for competitive gaming against strangers they want to impress and will probably never see again.

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Made in mx
Towering Hierophant Bio-Titan




Mexico

 BigWaaagh wrote:
Tournament (noun)

A sales promotion by which hobbyists are driven and inspired to purchase and start new, pretty armies for competitive gaming against strangers they want to impress and will probably never see again.


That would imply that GW cares about tournaments and competitive play.
   
Made in us
Ultramarine Master with Gauntlets of Macragge




What's left of Cadia

Quick Trip to the GW store:
Great opportunity to spend your life savings on plastic crack

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
Made in us
Longtime Dakkanaut




On a surly Warboar, leading the Waaagh!

"While supplies last": We made 5, sit at your computer when the product is posted or be prepared to pay 10x on Ebay in 5 minutes.
   
Made in us
Ultramarine Master with Gauntlets of Macragge




What's left of Cadia

Synonym: Limited Time only

We made one, now fight for it!

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
Made in us
Longtime Dakkanaut




On a surly Warboar, leading the Waaagh!

Ex-employee (noun) : Whiny, GW-bashing internet troll.

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