What do your non-gamer mates call your hobby?

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**DrownedRat117**

The best I've received is

"Borehammer"

I find it quite funny

**FITZZ**

The Missus called them My little plastic men for years...she now calls them "War Barbies" after reading the term on Dakka.

Most of my non-gaming friends (which is most of my friends)...call them " Those things you paint.." or " Army Men".

**Popsicle**

evilsponge wrote:Girl repellent

I lol'd.

Non-gamer mates of mine simply refer to the hobby as 'toy soldiers' and snigger.

**EagleArk**

Warhams

**ph34r**

Same thing as I call it. Warhammer.

**Maxim C. Gatling**

She Who Must Be Obeyed calls it "your little men" most of the time and "your stupid little toy soldiers" during that special time of the month when she grows hair and fangs...

Whatever, babe. You married it. It ain't going away. You might be able to temporarily banish them to the garage, but they'll be back...Oh...they'll be back....

**Formosa**

"Warhammer da 40 million geek workshop with da hammmeeeeeers"
My mate scott can only be described as a lunatic.

Due to him, even I call it geek workshop now, its second nature, but i love it lol

**Khornholio**

I buy 'Nerd Stuff' for my 'Nerd Game' and the'Nerd Store'. I used to go to 'Nerd Conventions' where I'd win awards for 'Best Painting Nerd'. Now it's just plain ol' "Army men'.

**Blarglord**

Nerdage, Plastic army men, Nerd crack, toys.

**begginer**

Ratius wrote:On the back of "How do you explain your hobby to people" thread

can i have the link to this thread please?

**Elnicko5**

My spouse always refers to it as going "to play with my little men" or I'm "going to the little men store". I have such a loving supportive spouse.

**scarletsquig**

Ranging from most annoying to least:

"gay-ass f*ggot toys"
"toy trains"
"wee mans"
"warhammers"

Also, "gay dorkshop" when referring to the GW store.

This is all stuff I've heard from people who don't realise that I play. I keep my hobby on a need to know basis for a very good reason, because this is the general popular opinion of it amongst most males (even ones who will happily veg out in front of an xbox for 10 hours).

Remember, if they're willing to say something slightly derisive in front of you, then they're probably saying something 10 tens as worse behind your back!

Strangely I haven't had much trouble with letting partners know about it... one hated it (very short relationship, that), others have been either "supportive but disinterested" or actively interested and appreciative. Girls are mostly okay with it.. although I once had an amusing conversation with one who mentioned that she would dump her boyfriend if he ever started playing warhammer again. I let her rant, then mentioned that I play and that it's an artistic and social hobby that beats the hell out of staying at home with computer games or hitting f5 on facebook. It's so amusing when someone slags something off and then they realise they've been insulting you by accident.

**Avatar 720**

Gay, toy soldiers, waste of money and World of Warhammer.

**snake**

"Queer"

**XxRVNGRDxX**

"Warhammers", "Warhams", Bone-Hammer", "Little Guys", and "Nerd Games".

**Melkhiordarkblade**

My Mother calls them by a very funny name.

Those little "Figaries".

I think she means Figures and Faries.

**Armorum Ferrum**

Gf = Miniatures
My close friends just smile and refer to them as "gay-mer crap"

**Mantle**

My mates either play it or have played the games like squad command and DoW so it get called warhammer by them but my girlfriend calls it "ughh"

**Bloodhorror**

Queer ass dolls
Super Deluxe Megatron battle figurine game
nerd game
those gay things

**CT GAMER**

necrondude89 wrote:I tend to describe warhammer 40k a sci-fi table top game that uses dice and measurements to play and somewhat camparable to a RTS style feel ech model has a line of stats which are used for determining various things

When you leave they laugh at you even harder...

**Armorum Ferrum**

CT GAMER wrote:
necrondude89 wrote:I tend to describe warhammer 40k a sci-fi table top game that uses dice and measurements to play and somewhat camparable to a RTS style feel ech model has a line of stats which are used for determining various things

When you leave they laugh at you even harder...

hahahah True that

**spyfunk**

My cousin for some odd reason refers to them as "Mogwais", which I always find very amusing and have started refering to them when talking with him in this manner, but it's definitely not an insult as he's explained that he'd never have the patience to do the work required to paint the models.

Parents just refer to em as models and my friends mostly refer to them as "those little dudes".

Lucky for me, I don't have anyone that I know that would be an ass about the hobby aspect of it all, they all have some sort of nerd style hobby themselves whether it'd be 360/PS3/PC gaming or reading sci-fi/fantasy books. They mostly are just perplexed about the size of the models and the sizes of the brushes to paint them.

**Lara**

"Toy soldiers" or "wee men" (thanks dad)

ETA: I used to collect My Little Pony in a serious and expensive way (NO LAUGHING) so frankly family/friends think the warhams is an improvement.

**anduril_93**

Friends at work usually call them dolls, but my girlfriend cames them either my army, or my art as she appreciates the time and skill that go into the hobby. Most of my friends and family just call it 40K.

**Goddard**

Yer little toyz!

**NiiloTimantti**

The missus calls it Orks. As in: "Can you get those orks off the kitchen table" or "I lifted your ork-books back to the bookshelf."
Doesn't matter if she's actually talking about my Orks, or my Tomb Kings, or rulebooks or White Dwarf magazines. Orks is a handy catch-all word for everything Warhammer

Most of my friends just call it Warhammer.

**brettz123**

My friends like to tell me I play with dolls......

**Etna's Vassal**

My friends call it Warhammer. No matter what system it is. Warmachine/Hordes = Warhammer. Hordes of the Things = Warhammer. Wings of War = Warhammer. Uncharted Seas = Warhammer, etc. At least they have the general concept.

Reading this thread makes me realize it could be a lot worse.

**1-UP**

Whenever we play, the wives call it the "Nerd herd" going down to the "Nerd Cave" to do "Nerd Sh#t". How we love them so!

One time one of them really went on a tear - "Why do you guys spend so much time doing this gay crap? You just go down into the basement and do gay stuff. Actually, I wish you were being gay down there - then it wouldn't take FOUR HOURS and we could go out and do something tonight!"

Not exactly politically correct, but the exasperation was amusing. They're all pretty good-humored enough about it, but all the women-folk like to rib us because they're the ones cooking dinner and watching the kids when we play. We give it back just as good when they go to their book club or doing their photography stuff (and do our turn with the babysitting and domestics).

Ah, functional marriages are beautiful things!

**army310**

i try not to talk about it. In my job this kinda thing is seen as a weakness.