WORD OF THE DAY! 1/23/14!

SOURCE: DORKLY

shiny [shahy-nee]
noun
1. Pokémon. A Pokémon with a rare alternate coloration.The base odds of finding a shiny Pokémon in a random wild encounter are as low as 1 out of 8192 such encounters.
adjective
2. Pokémon. A term used to refer to a rare alternate colored Pokémon or the activities, such as actively hunting for them, associated with rare alternate colored Pokémon.


EX. No examples today. Just feels.

SADDEST MOMENT IN POKÉMON HISTORY...

P.S. Confession? I totally didn't cry when I saw this stupid scene in this stupid movie.

WORD OF THE DAY! 5/1/13!

double think [duhb-uhl-thingk]
noun
1. The acceptance or existence of two contradictory ideas or beliefs in the same person, organization, philosophy, etc.

EX. "Remember, Pokémon are not tools of war..." Cuz like Pokémon just naturally want to live side by side in harmony and would never turn to violence.

Except when used by Lt. Surge to fight a war with electric Pokémon or when Pokémon fight massive wars against each other or legendary Pokémon cause natural disasters in their conflicts/rivalries or when Pokémon hunt, eat, hurt, poison, paralyze, feed off of, torture, and generally hurt each other with specially "evolved" weapons and tools, etc.

There is a lot of double think in the Pokéverse. Like the moral of Pokémon the First Movie:

ANIMENIA: POKEMON :THE FIRST MOVIE: THE REVIEW

WORD OF THE DAY! 6/29/12.

barbaric [bahr-bar-ik]

adjective

1. Without civilizing influences; uncivilized; primitive.

2. Of, like, or befitting barbarians: a barbaric empire.

3. Crudely rich or splendid: barbaric decorations.

EX.  "...the training of these poor creatures to turn them into fighting machines is simply barbaric -- barbaric." -Robert Byrd (D-WV).

While, a controversial individual, accused of racism and involvement in the KKK in the past, his quote from the Michal Vick dog-fighting case really stands out because of the sincerity of it and...the fact that it sounds like a quote from a movie. Heck, I wouldn't have been surprised if that was a quote from the end of the very hypocritical conclusion to Pokemon: The First Movie.

BARBARIC!

BTW, Pokemon are technically animals and then they're technically not. From the anime, it is pretty clear that they're sentient creatures and, within their universe, pokemon seem to be okay with the situation and their fights are more about sparring than anything. In reality, of course, you could argue that these fights would not really knock anyone out, that the pokemon would be injured or killed, or you could even point out some of the weirder bits of pokemon lore, but that doesn't change that within its own universe...it all works.

POKEMON: THE FIRST MOVIE

WORD OF THE DAY! 5/4/12.

palette [pal-it]

noun

1. A thin and usually oval or oblong board or tablet with a thumb hole at one end, used by painters for holding and mixing colors.

2. Any other flat surface used by a painter for this purpose.

3. The set of colors on such a board or surface.

4. The range of colors used by a particular artist.

5. The variety of techniques or range of any art.

EX. I was worried I was the only one who recognized the similar color palettes of Frieza's final form and Mewtwo.