Misused Vocab

On Yellowstone, many people attempt to use "fancy terms" to show their roleplay skills. Little do they know, they are just saying odd and most likely incorrectly used words.

(CREDIT TO Warrior)

(CREDIT TO HollyTheEagle (AloeWing12) BRUTE: Derived from brutal, meaning violent or evil

FAE: A fairy

TASSEL: A bunch of stringy fabric. A tuft of loosely hanging threads, cords, or other material knotted at one end and attached for decoration to home furnishings, clothing, or other items. Or, the tufted head of some plants, especially a flower head with prominent stamens at the top of a cornstalk.

AUDITS: “An official inspection of an individual's or organization's accounts, typically by an independent body.”

DAME: An old lady

HUES: Shades of color

OCULARS: Eyes, so this one isn’t so bad

CRANIUM: The part of your skull enclosing your brain.

MAW: Jaws, not your entire mouth. It is also a term used often in the vore fetish

FEMORA: "Femur" or "Thighs" in Latin

BANNER: A long strip of cloth bearing a slogan or design, hung in a public place or carried in a demonstration or procession. Or, a heading or advertisement appearing on a web page in the form of a bar, column, or box. Or, meaning excellent; outstanding.

TALONS: The term for a claw belonging exclusively to a bird of prey. Or, the part of a bolt against which the key presses to slide it in a lock.

GAM: A leg, especially in reference to the shapeliness of a woman's leg.

ZENITH: The time at which something is most powerful or successful. Or, the point in the sky or celestial sphere directly above an observer.

DRAME: "Drama" in French

LUPA: "Magnifying Glass" in Spanish (Could also mean "she wolf" from Latin, so this one isn't too bad)

MAIDEN: A girl or young woman, especially an unmarried one. Or in cricket, an over in which no runs are scored. Or, being or involving the first attempt or act of its kind.

HELLION: A rowdy, mischievous, or troublemaking person, especially a child.

ORBS: A spherical body; a globe.

CROWN: A circular ornamental headdress worn by a monarch as a symbol of authority, usually made of or decorated with precious metals and jewels. Or, the top or highest part of something.

TITAN: One of Saturn's Moons or a person or thing of very great strength, intellect, or importance (Not a synonym for a male wolf)

SIRE: The male parent of an animal, especially a stallion or bull kept for breeding. Or, a respectful form of address for someone of high social status, especially a king.

WARLOCK: A man who practices witchcraft; a sorcerer.

RAZORS: An instrument with a sharp blade or combination of blades, used to remove unwanted hair from the face or body.

IVORIES: A hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant, walrus, or narwhal, often (especially formerly) used to make ornaments and other articles. Or, the keys of a piano.

LUPE: A Polynesian fruit pigeon (Globicera pacifica) or "Magnifying Glass" in German

PILLARS: A tall vertical structure of stone, wood, or metal, used as a support for a building, or as an ornament or monument. Or, a person or thing regarded as reliably providing essential support for something.

OPTICS: Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behavior of visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light.

JOWLS: The lower part of a person's or animal's cheek, especially when it is fleshy or drooping. Or, the cheek of a pig used as meat. Or, the loose fleshy part of the neck of certain animals, such as the dewlap of cattle or the wattle of birds.

DUCHESS: The wife or widow of a Duke, a woman holding a rank equivalent to Duke in her own right. Or, (especially among cockneys) an affectionate form of address used by a man to a girl or woman he knows well.

SHEILA: A name meaning "Heavenly." (No kids, its not a word synonymous with the word "She-wolf")

ADONIS: In Greek mythology, Adonis was the God of Beauty and Desire. (No kids, its not a word synonymous with the word "Male wolf")