eldar

1) In the work of JRR Tolkien, this is an elvish word used to refer to elves. More specifically, it refers to elves who made the journey west in the First Age, and their descendants (as opposed to the "dark elves" or Avari). All the major elven characters in Tolkien's novels are eldar.

2) In the Warhammer 40,000 (Games Workshop)universe, the Eldar are a race of aliens who live on Craft-worlds. Broadly good in alignment, they are divided into different units of bizarrely coloured guilds and crafts. Basically, futuristic elves. They dress in slim, streamlined armour with pointed helmets, and have many special units relying on otherworldly technologies and magic - including some which look remarkably like Star Wars speeder bikes, others which resemble floating disks, and giant godlike beings known as Avatars.

Eldar sounds a bit like a cross between "elder" and "elf".

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autonomia

Italian word for autonomism, sometimes used in the English-speaking world because of the movement's emergence in Italy.

It is a collective noun referring to a social force or movement, rather than an ideological appelation.

The growth of autonomia was accompanied by increasingly severe attempts to suppress the movement.

Thranduil

Better known as the Elvenking, Thranduil was an elf, presumably Sindarin given his name-form, who ruled a realm in northeastern Mirkwood in the Third Age of Middle-Earth. He appears in several of Tolkien's novels. In The Hobbit, he is portrayed as greedy and possessive, refusing to free Thorin and his companions until they told him of their quest and later riding against them to claim a share of the spoils from Erebor.

However, he fights with the forces of good at the Battle of the Five Armies, and also later, during the War of the Ring. He captures but fails to hold Gollum. He then sends an elf from his household, Legolas, to Rivendell, and Legolas becomes one of the fellowship of the ring. Thranduil is presumably involved in the battles around Dale, and appears in all the battle-strategy games based on Lord of the Rings, but he never appears in person in the book.

His realm is made up mainly of Laiquendi/Nandor/Sylvan Elves. They are powerful in magic and keep themselves well-hidden, coming out only to feast and hunt by night. His halls are also protected by magic, and are basically a maze of underground caverns and dungeons similar to Gondolin and Nargothrond. The realm, sometimes termed the Woodland Realm or the Elvenking's Realm, does not seem to have a specific elven name.

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dusty

A game played where you lift you lay down and have lift a small child up by holding their hands and have them sit on your feet. You count to 3 and at 0 you push the child's butt into the air and their body rises. (This is similar to superman or airplane)

I played dusty with my little brother. He went high into the air while he was lifted up.

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Corkey

A large gasious beast with tendancies to chase ditchpigs (see ditchpigs). This creature should not be approached when intoxicated or at any time. Also see "common letch"

Dont look now ladies.. but here comes a corkey

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Maedhros

The eldest of the seven sons of Feanor in Tolkien's book, The Silmarillion. He was also the lord of their armies after Feanor was slain.

He was captured by Morgoth shortly after his return to Middle-Earth and was held for a long time, chained by one arm to the wall of Angband, until rescued. He fought in various battles, including Nirnaeth Arnoediad and the attack on Elwing's forces, in an attempt to retrieve the Silmarils.

Eventually able to obtain one of the 2 jewels from Morgoth's crown, he found it unbearable to hold and ended up casting it into a volcano before killing himself.

Maedhros was the most tragic of the sons of Feanor, and seems to have been written out of many of their darkest deeds.

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crap

1. The only word in the English language with a silent 'C' at the beginning. (Alternate spelling: rap)

I can't believe you're listening to this crap.

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