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Monster

monster

1. Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel. A monster or marvel. (Chaucer)

2. Specifically, an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs.

3. Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty.

Origin: OE. Monstre, F. Monstre, fr. L. Monstrum, orig, a divine omen, indicating misfortune; akin of monstrare to show, point out, indicate, and monere to warn. See Monition, and cf. Demonstrate, Muster.


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An odd question

I am making a monster manual of sorts for my tabletop roleplaying game. Naturally, this has led to questions that cannot be answered by the typical person. I am very detailed and sometimes loath to answer questions with "because ...

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by Wilddwarf
Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:50 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: An odd question
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Views: 67

Re: two different color eyes

... 1/2 greenish blue. The greenish blue one changes with light and what I'm wearing.... When I was young I kids would make fun of me and call me monster, etc. My mom asked if I wanted a contact to make them the same color but I didn't want to do that because I was young and didn't want to put ...

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by klh4676
Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:57 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: two different color eyes
Replies: 82
Views: 43371

Re: Any other explanations other than Mutation?

... the earth sits on the back of a giant tortoise, babies are delivered by the stork, and the entire universe was created by the flying spaghetti monster. I'm sure I don't have to explain what a complete mockery of educational decency this would be. The idea that a person is automatically biased ...

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by alextemplet
Sun May 10, 2009 7:51 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Any other explanations other than Mutation?
Replies: 6
Views: 1744

Biologists cannot tell us what a species or phylum is

It's all some evil plot to challenge our faith and get us to stop believing in the flying spaghetti monster! We must never give in to their apostasy!

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by alextemplet
Sun May 03, 2009 2:34 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Biologists cannot tell us what a species or phylum is
Replies: 38
Views: 1922

Future Human Evolution

... was plugged in had for eyes was two tiny black dots the size of a pea. The mole-eye Lisa wanting to love us to death would be more frightening a monster than Frankenstein! It would even be so ghastly it would be disprectful to Lisa/Kelly to show what that would look like, so I won't go there. ...

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by GaryGaulin
Sat May 02, 2009 9:21 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Future Human Evolution
Replies: 41
Views: 5655
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