IronBear
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Joined: 6/19/2005 From: Beenleigh, Qld, Australia Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: DemonKia LP, I think it was more that he didn't want it to get side-tracked way off the topic & consumed uselessly in sniping bickering stuff ... . Discussing alternate names for this role we sometimes call 'slave' seems to be the topic at hand . . . . . Personally, I want minions. Devoted, slavish minions . . . . . (I'd be ever so much better to them than the evil geniuses in the movies; I promise never to let my minions get blown up in my secret hideaway -- we'll have an evacuation plan!) lol Anyways, I dug out the thesaurus & started looking at relatively equivalent terms: serf, vassal, thrall; bondsman, bondswoman; drudge, servant, lackey, minion; gofer; devotee, worshiper, adherent; fan, lover, aficionado; fanatic, freak, nut, addict . . . . I liked 'devotee', so I followed that & added these (duplicates removed): enthusiast, admirer; buff, bum, fiend, maniac; follower, supporter, advocate, disciple, votary, member, stalwart, zealot; believer. I guess my point is that there are something on the order of 300,000 to 500,000 words in the English language. Getting hung up on any one of them oughta be justified with that word being really, terribly, humongously important. I can't believe no one wants the thrill of a thrall, that any could begrudge a drudge . . . . . Words are supposed to work for us, not the other way 'round . . . . . Of course were I to base my lifestyle on the Norse side of the family (Dansk/Prussian [Germanic]), the traditional terms for male and female sub/slaves would be bondwoman and thrall. My Maternal Grandmother used to refer to servants in those terms and included my Father's office staff as bondswomen or thralls. It does have a certain ring to it but now for everyone I guess.Certainly I still think of such staff including junior associates as vassals or serfs depending on their job.
< Message edited by IronBear -- 10/13/2009 9:17:51 PM >
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