Poll
Poll added, will last 5 days only.
Poll added, will last 5 days only.
KwikSilver or Rover
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Just a poll for a few days (then, I kill the thread entirely- unless some gem post shows up in a resultant discussion) . . .
Also, I am finally deciding between KwikSilver and Rover as the vehicle name (as mentioned in another thread).
-Rover is a direct and historical reference to what pirates of the GAoP referenced to themselves as (rovers or sea rovers), plus I "rove" around a lot and LOVE driving. It was also the common term used for centuries for pirates and pirate ships/craft, sometimes as rovers and sometimes as sea rovers. For example of the twin meanings as the 2 main normal meanings: rover - definition of rover by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
rov·er 1 (r
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r)n.1. a. One that roves; a wanderer.
b. A crewed or uncrewed vehicle, used especially in exploring the terrain of a planet and its satellites.
2. Sports A mark in archery selected by chance.
ro·ver 2 (r
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r)n.1. A pirate.
2. A pirate vessel.
I used this for a while, but dropped it for the reason below:
(I love this name, but am somewhat concerned about people thinking "he really wanted a Land/Range Rover," when that isn't the case. That is like when I thought "JackRabbit" or "Jack's Rabbit," but dropped it b/c the famous VW product.)
-KwikSilver is a more complex meaning mixing the multifacted of mercury (the messenger god, the metal, and so forth), the wonderful hotrods of the 1950s were Mercury was cool, and the fact it is quick and silver. The spelling is Anglo-Dutch (and period-correct), as the Dutch spelled it Kwikzilver and is one of a number of English spelling variations (English wasn't yet really standardized). Plus more. This is what I've been using and have some ideas, but not as direct and simple as Rover.
(I like this name)
Also, I am finally deciding between KwikSilver and Rover as the vehicle name (as mentioned in another thread).
-Rover is a direct and historical reference to what pirates of the GAoP referenced to themselves as (rovers or sea rovers), plus I "rove" around a lot and LOVE driving. It was also the common term used for centuries for pirates and pirate ships/craft, sometimes as rovers and sometimes as sea rovers. For example of the twin meanings as the 2 main normal meanings: rover - definition of rover by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
rov·er 1 (r
b. A crewed or uncrewed vehicle, used especially in exploring the terrain of a planet and its satellites.
2. Sports A mark in archery selected by chance.
ro·ver 2 (r
2. A pirate vessel.
I used this for a while, but dropped it for the reason below:
(I love this name, but am somewhat concerned about people thinking "he really wanted a Land/Range Rover," when that isn't the case. That is like when I thought "JackRabbit" or "Jack's Rabbit," but dropped it b/c the famous VW product.)
-KwikSilver is a more complex meaning mixing the multifacted of mercury (the messenger god, the metal, and so forth), the wonderful hotrods of the 1950s were Mercury was cool, and the fact it is quick and silver. The spelling is Anglo-Dutch (and period-correct), as the Dutch spelled it Kwikzilver and is one of a number of English spelling variations (English wasn't yet really standardized). Plus more. This is what I've been using and have some ideas, but not as direct and simple as Rover.
(I like this name)
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Screw it . . .
I'll just randomly change the name (like some REAL pirates did) just to mess w/ people's heads . . .
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I'll just randomly change the name (like some REAL pirates did) just to mess w/ people's heads . . .
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On the way to Sanitarium, . . .
As a member of scikotics . . .
In an xB that is a very eclectic mix of Scottish, Japanese, pirate, modern, and "retro" . . .
I decided that "Bedlam" is the best name of all I've thought of thus far.
Bedlam:
Definition of BEDLAM
1
obsolete : madman, lunatic
2
often capitalized : a lunatic asylum
3
: a place, scene, or state of uproar and confusion
— bedlam adjective
Origin of BEDLAM
Bedlam, popular name for the Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem, London, an insane asylum, from Middle English Bedlem BethlehemFirst Known Use: 1522
From: Bedlam - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Etymology
From Bedlam, alternative name of the English lunatic asylum, Bethlem Royal Hospital (royal hospital from 1375, mental hospital from 1403) (earlier St Mary of Bethlehem outside Bishopsgate, hospice in existence from 1329, priory established 1247), sense used to mean “a place or situation of madness and chaos”. Bedlam as name of hospital attested 1450.
Phonologically, corruption of Bethlem, itself a corruption of Bethlehem (“a biblical town”), from the Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleem) from the Hebrew בּית לחם (bet léchem).
[edit] Noun
bedlam (plural bedlams)
From: bedlam - Wiktionary
bedlam [ˈbɛdləm]n1. a noisy confused place or situation; state of uproar his speech caused bedlam
2. (Psychiatry) Archaic a lunatic asylum; madhouse[C13 bedlem, bethlem, after the Hospital of St Mary of Bethlehem in London]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.
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bedlam - a state of extreme confusion and disorderchaos, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness
confusion - disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion"
balagan - a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian); "it was utter and complete balagan!"
2.
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Bedlam - pejorative terms for an insane asylumbooby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit
mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, insane asylum, asylum, institution - a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2008 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
It is, thus, a synonym for Sanitaium/Asylum, Pandemonium, a psychotic (scikotics), ruckus (ie-> the Aussie Rukus sister vehicle), and confusion (as my eclectic mix in my B is). Plus, it visually is related to xB
Add to that my personal interest in being something known and appropriate for historic early 1700s pirates . . .
Sounds like a winner to me.
As a member of scikotics . . .
In an xB that is a very eclectic mix of Scottish, Japanese, pirate, modern, and "retro" . . .
I decided that "Bedlam" is the best name of all I've thought of thus far.
Bedlam:
Definition of BEDLAM
1
obsolete : madman, lunatic
2
often capitalized : a lunatic asylum
3
: a place, scene, or state of uproar and confusion
— bedlam adjective
Origin of BEDLAM
Bedlam, popular name for the Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem, London, an insane asylum, from Middle English Bedlem BethlehemFirst Known Use: 1522
From: Bedlam - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Etymology
From Bedlam, alternative name of the English lunatic asylum, Bethlem Royal Hospital (royal hospital from 1375, mental hospital from 1403) (earlier St Mary of Bethlehem outside Bishopsgate, hospice in existence from 1329, priory established 1247), sense used to mean “a place or situation of madness and chaos”. Bedlam as name of hospital attested 1450.
Phonologically, corruption of Bethlem, itself a corruption of Bethlehem (“a biblical town”), from the Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleem) from the Hebrew בּית לחם (bet léchem).
[edit] Noun
bedlam (plural bedlams)
From: bedlam - Wiktionary
bedlam [ˈbɛdləm]n1. a noisy confused place or situation; state of uproar his speech caused bedlam
2. (Psychiatry) Archaic a lunatic asylum; madhouse[C13 bedlem, bethlem, after the Hospital of St Mary of Bethlehem in London]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.
confusion - disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion"
balagan - a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian); "it was utter and complete balagan!"
2.
mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, insane asylum, asylum, institution - a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2008 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
It is, thus, a synonym for Sanitaium/Asylum, Pandemonium, a psychotic (scikotics), ruckus (ie-> the Aussie Rukus sister vehicle), and confusion (as my eclectic mix in my B is). Plus, it visually is related to xB
Add to that my personal interest in being something known and appropriate for historic early 1700s pirates . . .
Sounds like a winner to me.
2
On the way to Sanitarium, . . .
As a member of scikotics . . .
In an xB that is a very eclectic mix of Scottish, Japanese, pirate, modern, and "retro" . . .
I decided that "Bedlam" is the best name of all I've thought of thus far.
Bedlam:
Definition of BEDLAM
1
obsolete : madman, lunatic
2
often capitalized : a lunatic asylum
3
: a place, scene, or state of uproar and confusion
— bedlam adjective
Origin of BEDLAM
Bedlam, popular name for the Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem, London, an insane asylum, from Middle English Bedlem BethlehemFirst Known Use: 1522
From: Bedlam - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Etymology
From Bedlam, alternative name of the English lunatic asylum, Bethlem Royal Hospital (royal hospital from 1375, mental hospital from 1403) (earlier St Mary of Bethlehem outside Bishopsgate, hospice in existence from 1329, priory established 1247), sense used to mean “a place or situation of madness and chaos”. Bedlam as name of hospital attested 1450.
Phonologically, corruption of Bethlem, itself a corruption of Bethlehem (“a biblical town”), from the Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleem) from the Hebrew בּית לחם (bet léchem).
[edit] Noun
bedlam (plural bedlams)
From: bedlam - Wiktionary
bedlam [ˈbɛdləm]n1. a noisy confused place or situation; state of uproar his speech caused bedlam
2. (Psychiatry) Archaic a lunatic asylum; madhouse[C13 bedlem, bethlem, after the Hospital of St Mary of Bethlehem in London]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.
![]()
bedlam - a state of extreme confusion and disorderchaos, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness
confusion - disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion"
balagan - a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian); "it was utter and complete balagan!"
2.
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Bedlam - pejorative terms for an insane asylumbooby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit
mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, insane asylum, asylum, institution - a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2008 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
It is, thus, a synonym for Sanitaium/Asylum, Pandemonium, a psychotic (scikotics), ruckus (ie-> the Aussie Rukus sister vehicle), and confusion (as my eclectic mix in my B is). Plus, it visually is related to xB
Add to that my personal interest in being something known and appropriate for historic early 1700s pirates . . .
Additionally, it is different enough to be specific to MY xB, yet known enough that other should/may "get it."
Sounds like a winner to me.
As a member of scikotics . . .
In an xB that is a very eclectic mix of Scottish, Japanese, pirate, modern, and "retro" . . .
I decided that "Bedlam" is the best name of all I've thought of thus far.
Bedlam:
Definition of BEDLAM
1
obsolete : madman, lunatic
2
often capitalized : a lunatic asylum
3
: a place, scene, or state of uproar and confusion
— bedlam adjective
Origin of BEDLAM
Bedlam, popular name for the Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem, London, an insane asylum, from Middle English Bedlem BethlehemFirst Known Use: 1522
From: Bedlam - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Etymology
From Bedlam, alternative name of the English lunatic asylum, Bethlem Royal Hospital (royal hospital from 1375, mental hospital from 1403) (earlier St Mary of Bethlehem outside Bishopsgate, hospice in existence from 1329, priory established 1247), sense used to mean “a place or situation of madness and chaos”. Bedlam as name of hospital attested 1450.
Phonologically, corruption of Bethlem, itself a corruption of Bethlehem (“a biblical town”), from the Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleem) from the Hebrew בּית לחם (bet léchem).
[edit] Noun
bedlam (plural bedlams)
From: bedlam - Wiktionary
bedlam [ˈbɛdləm]n1. a noisy confused place or situation; state of uproar his speech caused bedlam
2. (Psychiatry) Archaic a lunatic asylum; madhouse[C13 bedlem, bethlem, after the Hospital of St Mary of Bethlehem in London]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.
confusion - disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion"
balagan - a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian); "it was utter and complete balagan!"
2.
mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, insane asylum, asylum, institution - a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2008 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
It is, thus, a synonym for Sanitaium/Asylum, Pandemonium, a psychotic (scikotics), ruckus (ie-> the Aussie Rukus sister vehicle), and confusion (as my eclectic mix in my B is). Plus, it visually is related to xB
Add to that my personal interest in being something known and appropriate for historic early 1700s pirates . . .
Additionally, it is different enough to be specific to MY xB, yet known enough that other should/may "get it."
Sounds like a winner to me.
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