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Mercnbeth -> RE: Incorrect representation through terminology (4/30/2009 1:59:19 PM)
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ORIGINAL: marie2
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ORIGINAL: StormsSlave
Becoming involved in the local Swinger's Community in our parts, we have discovered that many Swingers consider non-swingers, including BDSM'ers, to be "Vanilla." I guess it depends on personal perspective.
Absolutely.
But that's kind of funny. I thought we were the only people who used the term "vanilla".
folks have been using the term "vanilla" for awhile to describe a conventional version of something.
here's a few examples:
Information Technology:
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vanilla (pronounced vah-NIHL-uh ) is an adjective meaning plain or basic. The unfeatured version of a product is sometimes referred to as the vanilla version. The term is based on the fact that vanilla is the most popular or at least the most commonly served flavor of ice cream. Or, as Eric Raymond, editor of The New Hacker's Dictionary , puts it, the default ice cream.
IBM's BookMaster product, a text publishing system used in mainframe environments, provides a default way, called vanilla, to specify which parts of the book to publish, and another fancier way to specify it, called mocha .
Some Web sites with frames call the simpler version of their site the vanilla version.
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci213272,00.html
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plain vanilla: Refers to the bare minimum of functions that are known to be available in an application or system. Contrast with bells and whistles.
http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=plain+vanilla&i=49345,00.asp
Business/Financial Investments:
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Vanilla Option: A category of options which include only those with the most standard components. A plain vanilla option has an expiration date and straightforward strike price. American style options and European style options are both categorized as plain vanilla options. opposite of exotic option.
http://www.investorwords.com/6884/plain_vanilla_option.html
Physics Research:
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While it is true that requirements on ID can be very analysis dependent, the CDF and DØ experience shows that especially in the early stages of the experiment it is very convenient to have generic ("vanilla") definitions of electrons and photons.
http://uscms.org/LPC/lpc_eg/vanilla_id.htm
Sex:
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These days... it's all vanilla sex for me.
...Larry Flynt
Music:
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When you hear my records today, you hear a vanilla sounding artist with no black inflection, although I was trying to imitate what I heard.
...Pat Boone
Computer R.P.G.:
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In Vanilla Gamist play, what to compete about (or to achieve, or to be challenged about, if you prefer these terms) is relatively informal, and not too dependent on specified personal tactics. In other words, you can "lose" without it reflecting much on you as a player. It might often have a high degree of randomness, or have a number of small Colorful variables rather than one crucial live-or-die ones, or be pretty easy and no big deal to keep playing after loss conditions apply.
Such play is usually humorous, which isn't hard to understand - if you're playing in a challenge/competition context and losing/failing isn't a big deal, then it's a low-threat "pickup" kind of experience. Examples of designs that lend themselves to this sort of play include Tunnels & Trolls, Toon, and Paranoia.
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=4299.0
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