Words you've learned from video games

[PentiumMMX]

I learned:

"Spoony" fron FF4
"Dik Dik" from Ultimate Muscle

That's all

[o2william]

I learned "prossess" from Castlevania II: Simon's Quest -- as in, "You now prossess Dracula's heart." Before that game I thought the word was "possess," but CV2 set me straight. Now I'm all like, "I prossess a large game collection," and "Did you see that exorcism movie where the devil prossessed that girl? I would like to prossess the DVD of that one!" Thank you, Konami.

Also, I doubt I'd have ever heard the term "Lapis Lazuli" if it weren't for SotN. With a name like that, who'd have guessed it was something real?

[hezeuschrist]

oh oh, "Albatross" from Super Mario 2.

[RedHerring]

Every word I know in english i've learned from video games.

[Mr. Smashy]

I learned "victoly" from Samurai Shodown IV.

[Push Upstairs]

Heh, I learned most of my vocabulary from games, that's why English was one of my favorite subjects in school

You're a real trooper, I'm a native English speaker and i never recall it being fun. :/


Words i learned from games:

"Tanooki"
"Hedgehog"
"A winner is you"

and while not *IN* a game i did learn it from games

"fanboy"

[GarrettCRW]

Other than stuff like spoony and frag, I've learned little English.

Now, Engrish.......

[Sotenga]

I wish I could think of more examples, but thanks to Symphony of the Night, I learned what a "familiar" is in the noun sense. I guess because it's a famliiar thing that can be related to whomever its master is? Heh...

[Dr. Morbis]

I've learned a ton of "Engrish" too, but as for real words, the first one I remember learning was 'simultaneous'. If I hadn't read that on the back of so many NES game boxes, there is no way I would have known that word at the tender age of 10.

[Red Hedgehog]

I'm sure I've learned tons of vocabulary from video games, but the only one that's coming to mind now is "Wraith" from Dragon Warrior. It was in a book we were reading in school in 4th grade. Of course, I insisted a wraith had to look like a skeleton as it did in Dragon Warrior. I guess that was before I played Shadowgate...

[GrayFox]

For some reason Tomb Raider 2 taught me 'Fathom'

I knew the meaning always, but I always forgot how to spell it. TR2 made me remember.

[Kid Ice]

I learned "chalice" from VCS Adventure. The word wasn't actually in the game, but it was in the manual a few times.

Learned a little German from Castle Wolfenstein. Achtung!

Didn't learn any new words from SOTN, but I did learn that a man is a miserable pile of secrets.

[Kid Fenris]

Final Fantasy 6 taught me "semantic."

Fixed for me.

Xenosaga taught me, in the creepiest manner possible, the French words for "peach" and "sinner."

If I ever have to play Paper Mario 2 in French, I’ll understand at least one thing.

[Jasoco]

If I ever have to play Paper Mario 2 in French, I’ll understand at least one thing.

Nope. In Paper Mario 2, Peach is a proper name. Not a thing.

[Dahne]

Xenosaga taught me, in the creepiest manner possible, the French words for "peach" and "sinner."

Actually, Xenosaga taught me the Japanese word for "peach" - "momo".

[drwily008]

Ricochet

1000 points to whoever gets the game first.

Combat? I know that's where I learned that word.

[Jasoco]

No, SMB.

[drwily008]

Oh, yeah from the manual! What about "Buzzy beetle is quite the toughie.." there was a great word ..toughie!

[rbudrick]

I learned "..." from Ninja Gaiden and Golgo 13.

-Rob

[XxMe2NiKxX]

I learned what death REALLY sounds like from Pac-Man.