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Funny fact: Were-Man means "Man Man", a man who turns into a man

will shetterlywill shetterly Posts: 278
edited July 2016 in The Commons

"Werewolf" literally means "Manwolf". It's from Old English. No, I don't expect anyone to stop using Wereman or the even funnier term, Werewoman—the idea that "were" means something like shapeshifter has become too popular to expect it to go away. It just makes me grin whenever I see it, so I thought I'd share that.

Uh, this isn't to knock the Were-Man sale items, which look very cool.

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  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715

    I saw the promo and smiled for much the same reason.

  • kaotkblisskaotkbliss Posts: 2,914

    I never bothered to look into the definition for the correct meaning, I've always taken it to mean something like "shifting into"

    So werewolf would be someone who shifts into a wolf, wererabbit - someone who shifts into a rabbit, werecarrot - someone who shifts into a carrot etc.

    So yeah, even with my definition it seems pretty unspectacular

    Unless of course, you are a wolf who shifts into a man...

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,085

    I'm imagining a funny cartoon about a guy who, during the full moon, turns into... a different guy...

  • evilded777evilded777 Posts: 2,482

    I always preferred therianothrope myself. But that could just be my pretensions.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,097

    Lycanthrope

  • MarcCCTxMarcCCTx Posts: 943

    Where is the were-man? I don't see him in the store.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited July 2016
    evilded777 said:

    I always preferred therianothrope myself. But that could just be my pretensions.

    hmm,  is the spelling mistake a typo? (therianthropy)

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  • evilded777evilded777 Posts: 2,482
    evilded777 said:

    I always preferred therianothrope myself. But that could just be my pretensions.

    this one: 'preferred'? 

    That's just one of those words I always have trouble with.

  • evilded777evilded777 Posts: 2,482
    evilded777 said:
    evilded777 said:

    I always preferred therianothrope myself. But that could just be my pretensions.

    this one: 'preferred'? 

    That's just one of those words I always have trouble with.

     

    Damn

    got me twice

    therianthrope

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,097

    I keep seeing weyreman and thinking of Anne McCaffrey's books

  • StratDragonStratDragon Posts: 3,273

    where wolf?

  • RedzRedz Posts: 1,459

    Ah, that would explain why there's no werewolf in today's new releases then ...only men men. I thought the promo image was misleading, with no connection at all between the new releases and the creature sale, though I suppose dreaming up daily tag-lines for the sales must be difficult.

  • RedzRedz Posts: 1,459
    StratDragon said:

    where wolf?

    Oh I looove that movie :D

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,085

    It has been reasonably suggested that 'wormwood' originates from wer-mod, or 'man courage.'

     

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109

    A wereman?  I have never heard of a wereman.  Werewolf, werepossum...but no wereman.

    Hm.  Learn somthing new everyday.

  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232
    StratDragon said:

    where wolf?

    Drat, beaten to it.  

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,096
    timmins.william said:

    I'm imagining a funny cartoon about a guy who, during the full moon, turns into... a different guy...

    Something like Pee Wee Herman turning into a John Travolta disco freak?

     

  • will shetterlywill shetterly Posts: 278
    timmins.william said:

    It has been reasonably suggested that 'wormwood' originates from wer-mod, or 'man courage.'

    I hadn't heard that, but it seems plausible. I googled and found this: "Legend has it that this plant first sprang up on the impressions marking the serpent's tail as he slithered his way out of Eden. According to folk beliefs, wormwood was reputed to deprive a man of his courage, but a salve made from it was supposed to be effective in driving away goblins who came at night."

    Jan19, I think I first learned about this when Marvel Comics published Tigra the Were-Woman.

       
  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,085

    Nutty professor!

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109

    Jan19, I think I first learned about this when Marvel Comics published Tigra the Were-Woman.

    So if there was a were-woman, there'd need to be a were-man.  :-)  Makes sense, keeps the sexes equal. 

  • zombietaggerungzombietaggerung Posts: 3,845

    This just reminded me of this song

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f592YE9pGVw

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,085

    Were-woman ... Ranma 1/2!

     

  • BlueIreneBlueIrene Posts: 1,318

    So... George HD has Were-boobs, and when he's malingering on the sofa with a slightly snotty nose he has Were-flu. Scary stuff... :)

  • ValandarValandar Posts: 1,417

    There used to be a tabletop roleplaying game called "HoL - Human occupied Landfill", and one of the sample characters was "The Were-Guy". On full moons, he changes from an ordinary schlub into a hairy chested blend of Elvis, Bruce Campbell, Fonzie, and Andrew Dice Clay. :D

  • Eustace ScrubbEustace Scrubb Posts: 2,720
    Astracadia said:

    So... George HD has Were-boobs, and when he's malingering on the sofa with a slightly snotty nose he has Were-flu. Scary stuff... :)

    Holy cow!  Thanks for the gut-buster there!  This is the best thread I've found on the Daz Fora all year!

    I'm inclined to lean toward "wormwood" being in fact from "worm/wyrm" (a worm or serpent) and "wood" (in the wider sense, a plant), for its bitterness as compared to a snake's venom.  I suppose that Ivan 7 qualifies well enough as a "man-man", or a manly man (a man in tights!  Tight tights!  I roam around the forest looking for fights!)

  • RuphussRuphuss Posts: 2,631
    edited July 2016

    where stupidity rules the world through its multitude on the internet the words meanings change quickly

    therefor the meaning of a word cannot be a matter of fact - just history or etymology

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  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715
    Astracadia said:

    So... George HD has Were-boobs, and when he's malingering on the sofa with a slightly snotty nose he has Were-flu. Scary stuff... :)

    Nah, that would be man-flu. :)

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    edited July 2016

    Sounds to me like the were-man would be a jimdandy specimen.  Man-man...double-man...on some level, that makes sense.  smiley

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  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109

    And there's a Were-Man in the store.  Sigh.  I am so stupid.  I thought you were all just grabbing things out of the hole in the ozone.

  • Peter WadePeter Wade Posts: 1,666
    timmins.william said:

    I'm imagining a funny cartoon about a guy who, during the full moon, turns into... a different guy...

    There was an episode in the new X-Files series where Mulder thought he was looking for a man who turned into a monster but it turned out to be a monster than turned into a man at the full moon.

     

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