miniature

/ˈmɪn(i)ət͡ʃʊəɹ/

/ˈmɪnɪt͡ʃəɹ/

Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin miniō (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead”).

bor

(chess) A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.


conversion

en-noun

conversion (countable and uncountable, plural conversions)

From Middle English conversion, conversioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conversion, from Latin conversiō, from convertō.

обръщане

the act of having converted something or someone

המרת דת

to replace one religious faith with another

(rugby) A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.

(American football) An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown.

(obsolete) The act of turning round; revolution; rotation.

(slang, board games) Changing a miniature figure into another character, usually by mixing different parts, or molding the model's parts, or doing both.


Chaos

From Latin chaos (“chaos”), from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).

19521 Chaos
Chaos (Warhammer)
Chaos (cosmogony)

Chaos warrior, Chaos daemon

(fantasy, science fiction) In the Warhammer franchise, a demonic antagonist that sends demons, monsters, warriors, and beasts to wage war on the games' setting.


lizardman

(fantasy) An intelligent man-sized lizard who walks on hind legs and speaks and dresses similar to humans.


ork

(specific to Warhammer 40,000, science fiction) A species of aggressive, fungal humanoid alien, corresponding to the orcs in other fantasy works.


kitbash

en-verb

kitbash (third-person singular simple present kitbashes, present participle kitbashing, simple past and past participle kitbashed)

kitbashes (present singular third-person)
kitbashing (participle present)
kitbashed (participle past)
kitbashed (past)

But, a nicely kitbashed hull and cool interior backlights don't help with the major technical hurdles the robot has yet to overcome.

2017 April 30, Captain Disillusion, The Method Robot | Quick D, archived from the original on 2023-12-20:

To create a new scale model using pieces from existing commercial kits.


grimdark

/ˈɡɹɪmˌdɑɹk/

From grim (adjective) + dark (adjective), inspired by the tagline of the tabletop strategy game Warhammer 40,000 (its rulebook first published in September 1987): “In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.”

(literature) The literary genre of speculative fiction that is amoral, dystopian, or violent.


Eldar

→ Russian: Эльда́р (Elʹdár)

Coined by J. R. R. Tolkien as Quenya Eldar, plural of Elda.

(science fiction) An elflike race of aliens from Warhammer 40,000, now known as Aeldari.

Эльда́р

magical humanoids from Tolkien's writings


dakka

Onomatopoeic for a firing machine gun. From the invented Ork lexicon in the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop war game.

(slang, especially board games) Firepower.


psyker

(science fiction) a person who uses psychic powers.


greenskin

(fantasy, fiction, roleplaying games) One of several distinct green-skinned creatures often grouped together, such as orcs, goblins and (sometimes) trolls.


beastman

(fantasy) An intelligent man-sized beast with varying characteristics.


God Emperor

God + Emperor. Its use in reference to the Emperor of Japan is a calque of Japanese 天皇 (tennō, literally “heavenly sovereign/emperor”), referring to the emperor's descent from the sun goddess Amaterasu.
In reference to Donald Trump, from Trump-supporting Internet users humorously depicting him as the God-Emperor of Mankind, a character from the British science fiction tabletop game Warhammer 40,000.

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The meme was from Trump's cameo at WrestleMania 23 a decade prior, and in it he tackled WWE owner Vince McMahon before pummeling him on ... Several of his fellow users were congratulating him for getting “the God Emperor's” attention.

2017, Jared Yates Sexton, The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore: A Story of American Rage, Catapult, →ISBN:

Just days after his election, Trump reaffirmed his campaign commitments to shut down Muslim immigration by signing an ... and with the election over and the man the AltRight called “the god emperor” on his way to the White House, ...

2017, George Hawley, Making Sense of the Alt-Right, Columbia University Press, →ISBN:

To the 4chan boys Trump was a hero, the social failure in chief, a clown prince. They called him the God Emperor, a swaggering fat Daddy, who, as one commentator put it, would put a car in every white man's drive and an Aryan woman in ...

2018, Javaad Alipoor, The Believers are But Brothers, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

“Trump is willing to say what most Americans think: It's time to deport these people,” Anglin declared, ... and avid campaign volunteers, referring to Trump with extravagant nicknames such as “Our Great God Emperor,” “the Nimble ...

2018, Arnold Dashefsky, Ira M. Sheskin, American Jewish Year Book 2017: The Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities, Springer, →ISBN, page 136:

Pepe had already been frequently portrayed as a Trump supporter on social media sites. ... a quick browse through the rabid Trump sub-Reddit the_donald will notice many of its members exalting the politician with the title “God Emperor."

2019, Grant Kien, Communicating with Memes: Consequences in Post-truth Civilization, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 190:

... Donald J. Trump'.46 This 380,000-strong group refers to Donald Trump as 'daddy' and 'the God Emperor',and gains its identity by standing against liberalism, feminism, intellectualism, and much more besides ...

2019, Fay Bound Alberti, A Biography of Loneliness: The History of an Emotion, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 130:

Trump won. They'd made these Photoshopped pictures of Trump flying around on his victory horse, through the gates of heaven, with a crown on his head and his golden sword. They call him the God Emperor.” “That sounds awful.” “I know.

2019, Blake Nelson, The Red Pill: A Novel, Bombardier Books, →ISBN:

Our Glorious Leader has ascended to God Emperor.”1 Ten days after Trump's election, the National Policy Institute, the generically named but emphatically white-nationalist think tank led by professional racist Richard Spencer, ...

2020, Talia Lavin, Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy, Legacy Lit, →ISBN:

(Internet slang, US politics, humorous) Donald Trump, American politician and 45th president of the United States.


[ˈfɔɹɾi kʰeɪ]

From 40 + k. From 40,000, part of "Warhammer 40,000", referring to the future year where the game was set in.

(informal, slang, science fiction) Warhammer 40,000, a British tabletop military game set in a dystopian future Galaxy torn by war.


Warhammer

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→ Russian: Вархаммер (Varxammer), ва́ха (váxa) (slang)

Warhammer, a British tabletop military game set in a dystopian mediaeval fantasy world.

the Warhammer 40, 000 franchise and everything related to it

AoS

Age of Sigmar, the successor for Warhammer Fantasy Battles

GeeDubs

Games Workshop, the company that produces Warhammer merchandise

God Emperor

the ruler of one of the factions in Warhammer 40, 000

kitbashing

conversion; using different pieces to create a new character or unit, also known as

lizardman

a reptilian warrior, one of the playable factions in Warhammer Fantasy

mini

a piece representing a unit controlled by a player

plastic crack

the miniature figurines and gaming equipment being an expensive obsession for many fans of the franchises

psyker

a person who uses psychic powers in Warhammer 40, 000

orc

a monstrous warrior, one of the playable factions in both games

space marine

a superhuman soldier from one of the playable factions in Warhammer 40, 000


plastic crack

From plastic + crack, comparing the collecting habit to a drug addiction.

2021 November 5, u/Extraturbulence, “[Serious] How do I handle the plastic crack addiction.”, in Reddit, r/Warhammer40k, archived from the original on 2024-02-14:

(humorous, slang, derogatory) Expensive plastic scale models that are very popular, such as those from the Warhammer franchise.


GeeDubs

From gee + dubs, from the initial letters for Games Workshop, G and W.

(slang, derogatory) Games Workshop, a British board games company that created the Warhammer board game franchise.


AoS

Initialism of Age of Sigmar (“British tabletop fantasy game set after the events of Warhammer Fantasy Battle”).


space marine

Named after the marines, infantry soldiers who serve in coastal areas to assist naval forces.
The earliest usage of this term was from Bob Olsen's short story "Captain Brink of the Space Marines" in 1932, in which the titular soldiers rescue celebrity twins on Saturn's moon, Titan.

(science fiction) a soldier who fights in outer space or extraterrestrial worlds.


humie

From human + -ie, originally popularized by the Warhammer franchise, where the word is used by the "ork" race to refer to humans.

The orks and "goblins" of the WHFB world do not have any advanced technology, and are in fact even more backwards than the primitive humies on the planet.

1997 July 7, P. Troy Routley, “40k comes b4 FB... PROVEN!”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet):

A lot of times she doesn't even seem to care about pets. Just wants her humie nearby to sit with and watch the deer. Some people wonder if cats actually love anyone but I know my Loaf loves me someone fierce. She's my fuzzy adventure companion.

2022 December 11, @wizardofcause, Twitter:

There was a time my friends and I did a fantasy race quiz. One got elf, one got dragon, one was an incubus, and I was the sole humie. At first I was disappointed but then thought “In a fantasy world I’d be pals with three immortal beings of incredible power as a dude.” And smiled

2024 April 22, @fattyfattyjojo, Twitter:

(fantasy, slang) A human (especially as opposed to a different sapient species).