Codenames

#codenames #language

Greek & Roman

• Ataraxia: absence of disturbance
• Pharmakon – a poison as well as a cure - pharmaka (plural of pharmakon)
• Ares: ancient Greek god of war or, more properly, the spirit of battle.
• Fluctuat nec mergitur (fluctuates but doesn’t sink).
• Kytmyr: protection dog
• Premeditatio Malorum:  nothing ought to be unexpected
• Philotimus
• Ostracon: secret vote by amulets of whom to get rid of
• Phalanx: a body of troops or police officers standing or moving in close formation
• Sirius (dog)
• Phobos - god of fear
• Sirius (dog constellion)
• SIGILLUM MILITUM - TEMPLIA TEMPLIS
• Bellerophonn

German

• Enttäuschung (noun): a German word that literally means “undeception”: the moment an illusion falls away and reality shows up.
• Erkenntnistheorie: Epistemology what and how does one know?
• Zeitenwende
• Siegfriends: dragon slayer
• Weltanschauung
• Dingsbums
• Störtebeker: pirate
• Weltschmerz: A deep melancholy about the imperfection and suffering inherent in the world; the sadness that comes from recognizing the gap between reality and our ideals.
• Zuzwang
• Aufbauprinzip
• Auftragstaktik unterscheidet sich von Befehlstaktik
• Zweck, Ziehl und Mittel
• Fingerspitzengefühl
• Sturm und Drang
• Einzelgänger
• Ausputzer
• Leitmotiv
• Spielerei
• Aha-erlebnis
• Die Wende
• Fröbelen
• Schadenfreude
• Streber
• Unheimlich
• Bildung
• Chefsache
• Schwung
• Gefundenes Fressen
• Kaltstellen
• Quatsch
• Weltschmerz
• Bühne
• Fremdkörper
• Lebensraum
• Salonfähig
• Zeitgeist
• Angstgegner
• Ankeiler
• Sturmfrei
• Verschlimmbessern
• Wanderlust
• Zugzwang
• Torschlusspanik
• Erklärungsnot
• Fernweh
• Verfremdungseffekt (V-Effekt); Distancing or alienation effect
• Aha-erlebnis
• Fremdkörper
• Unheimlich
• Angstgegner
• Fröbelen
• Ankeiler
• Gefundenes Fressen
• Verschlimmbessern
• Aufbauprinzip
• Kaltstellen
• Wanderlust
• Auftragstaktik unterscheidet sich von Befehlstaktik
• Lebensraum
• Weltschmer
• Ausputzer
• Leitmotiv
• Weltschmerz
• Bildung
• Quatsch
• Zeitenwende
• Bühne
• Salonfähig
• Zeitgeist
• Chefsache
• Schadenfreude
• Zugzwang
• Die Wende
• Schwung
• Zuzwang
• Einzelgänger
• Spielerei
• Zweck, Ziehl und Mittel
• Erklärungsnot
• Streber
• Fernweh
• Sturm und Drang
• Fingerspitzengefüh
• Sturmfrei
• Torschlusspanik
• Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Chiffrierabteilung (OKW/Chi Wehrmacht)

Eastern

• Jouhatsu: Japanese word for “evaporation”
• Kantai Kessen (superior tactic)
• Otaku Japanese that describes people with consuming interests
• Kurayami. Japanese word for “darkness” (暗闇)
• Kikashi: Literally meaning 'an enlivenment', kikashi_ (利かし) is a forcing move, usually one made outside the primary flow of play. Unlike sente, though, a move is kikashi when it yields a high efficiency in play by forcing the opponent to abandon a course of action.
• Hiroto Katagiri
• Kasamatsu

Various

• CRM114
• Der Seewolf, Wolf Larsen
• Mr.Kobayashi
• Hamish
• Calogero
• Curmudgeonly: bad-tempered and negative old person.
• Scurrying
• Georgie, Willie, Nicky – King Tsar and the Kaiser.
• Vassal, a medieval term to describe a person under the protection of a feudal lord
• Golconda: diamond-mining region in India known for transparent diamonds.
• Combobulation refers to the state of being organized, composed, or put together, essentially the opposite of being discombobulated (confused, disorganized)
• Pecuniary
• Diatriben: colleges
• Encheiridion: zakboekje/uittreksel. Letterlijke betekenis: 'in de hand passend' of 'bij de hand'. Oorspronkelijk: ponjaard (dolk) die iedere soldaat altijd bij zich diende te dragen.
• Catnip
• Ghabi: the imbeciles (Al Ghazali 11 century)
• Robert (Bob) Axelrod
• Dima
• parlay {werkwoord} (bend, fold) ombuigen
• Accumulator
• Johatsu-sha (Japan): evaporated people
• Toocki
• Finominal
• Orac
• Voyageur
• Portend
• Unalike
• Caperucita Roja amalgamated story)
• Vellichor: the strange romance evoked by the scent of old books and paper
• Svengali: a person or system with powers of persuasion
• Statistical Section:Secret intelligence division (french 1900)
• Keyser Soze (Keyser =-> king, kint; Soze is Turkush for verbal, talker)
• Kobayashi
• Agent Kujan
• Ataraxy, ataraxia: state of serene calmness.
• Ustad, or “learned one.”
• Phalanx
• Bildung
• Tractatus
• Gingham: striped or checkered cloth
• Ben Trovato (Italiaans voor 'goed gevonden)
• Shield wall - Skjaldborg (Old Norse) Bordweall (Old English used by Anglo-Saxons)
• Modus Operandi
• Nostromo
• Tube Alloys was a nuclear weapons research and development programme authorised by the United Kingdom, in August 1941, with the participation of Canada, during the Second World war
• The MAUD Committee was a British scientific working group formed during the Second World War. It was established to perform the research required to determine if an atomic bomb was feasible. The name MAUD came from a strange line in a telegram from Danish physicist Niels Bohr referring to his housekeeper, Maud Ray.
• Bucking Fastard

Biblical

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are four biblical figures from the Book of Revelation in the New Testament as they appear during the end times. as symbols of impending doom.

1. Conquest (White Horse): The first rider, on a white horse, is often interpreted as representing conquest or religious deception.
2. War (Red Horse): The second rider, on a red horse, symbolizes war.
3. Famine (Black Horse): The third rider, on a black horse, represents famine or hunger.
4. Death (Pale Horse): The fourth rider, on a pale horse, symbolizes death.