http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=steampunk
Definition: a genre of science fiction set in Victorian times when steam was the main source of machine power; also written [steam-punk]
I would have thought Webster's would count as a standard dictionary? Besides, if we wanted to get into etymology, does not the suffix 'punk' suffer from being trendy tard-speak too?
How long before Jack Thompson takes somebody to court because some kid went wandering into Chernobyl NPP in search of a monolith and ended up dead?
I'd settle for the Nightside's Speaking Gun in a pinch though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_gun
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=steampunk
Definition: a genre of science fiction set in Victorian times when steam was the main source of machine power; also written [steam-punk]
I would have thought Webster's would count as a standard dictionary? Besides, if we wanted to get into etymology, does not the suffix 'punk' suffer from being trendy tard-speak too?
Probably because there was a lot of advances in gunpowder round the end of the 18th century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokeless_powder
2 out of 3 and all that rot ...
Mark of the Snake I still vividly recall the trauma of walking through every dungeon trying to get the location and moons right.