wechby

An acronym for "Woman Everyone Can Have But You".

Suggesting someone who is an object of fascination and/or obsession, but unobtainable.

Possibly first coined to refer to an archetype in the Unknown Armies roleplaying game.

Example:

Character 1: OMG! Did you see that chick on the bus? She's got everything I need in a woman.

Character 2: Yah, I've seen her around alot before. But seems like she's always in the company of some other guy. I pined after her awhile myself, but eventually just wrote her off as a total WECHBY.

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mook (n.)

(noun) - a less powerful enemy, easily dealt with, often appearing in large groups to present some challenge; a thug. Used especially in the context of pen-and-paper roleplaying games.

Background:
- Possibly first used in the roleplaying milieu in the game "Feng Shui" by Robin Laws.
- Possibly derived from "mook jung", the wooden training dummy used in wing chun style martial arts.

Note:
Other definitions for this word likely exist. Search also under "mook (n.)".

Player 1: Hey did you're all's characters get to face off last week against the lich-mage-king-of-death?
Player 2: Naaa. We just had them beat up on a bunch of zombie mooks.
Player 1: Guess I didn't miss much then

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druthers

(noun) way or preference

Generally used in the plural. Especially in the phrase:
"If (person) had (posessive adjective) druthers"

Probably originally derived from a contraction of "would rather".

If he had his druthers, I suspect he'd still be in bed.

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neo-techular

(adj.) having the appearance of newness, futuristic design, and/or technological sophistication, whether or not these qualities are actually present.

Julia's sunglasses struck most of her new friends as neo-techular in design due to their sleek shape and mirrored finish. Little did they know she'd owned this same set of eyewear for five years now and originally bought them from a street vendor for $5.99.

harambee

(possibly noun or verb) Possibly translates as:
"A cooperateive society or socities."

Or:
"Working together in unity."

Apparently the word is usually uttered at community gatherings like fundraisers for students or sick people.

Possible alternate spelling: Harambe

Example 1: The family mentioned to the village elder that they needed money to send their son away to school. So a festival was held at which the elder stood on a chair shouting "Harambe!" and asking for donations on their behalf.

Example 2: In the last hour of the work day the employees in charge of labeling got a new order needed by the next day. To help them out the boss gathered employees from other areas to work together so everyone could go home on time. As he pitched in to help as well he called out "Harambe!" in an effort to inspire team spirit.

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Taxachusetts

A joking or insulting term for Massachusetts.

Derived from tax + Massachusetts.

Specifically alluding to the (possibly correct) idea that state income tax in Massachusetts is significantly higher than the national average.

Seems like every month a fifth of my paycheck goes to government here in Taxachusetts. And come April 15th they'll still want more.

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lich

Def 1: In traditional english parlance:
Simply a body or corpse of any kind.

Def 2: In some fantasy literature and role-playing game contexts:
A powerful magician who has prolonged his mortal existence beyond natural life (ie. "undeath") and is immune to many human weaknesses.

Def 1:
They bore the farmer's lich through the church gate for burial.

Def 2:
Example of play:
Game Master: Climbing from the sarcofogus you see a somewhat dessicated and decayed form, clad in the vestments of the old Karbanthi order of wizards.
Player 1: Crap! It must be a lich. I told you we shouldn't have come down this far into the dungeon.
Player 2: No problem, my character is a cleric. I cast holy smite on this undead. *player rolls dice* I rolled a 12.
Game Master: *checks lich stats, grins evily* The lich grins and bellows in a distant, echoing voice, "Foolish mortals. I am not some simple zombie your gods can knock down. You stand before Kworzathash greatest of the Karbanthi... and I will eat your souls for disturbing my work.
*deadly combat ensues*

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