[quote=“Wuzzy, post:71, topic:2519”]“The Beretta ARX-160 was a Phase II contender in the United States Army Individual Carbine competition to replace the M4 carbine. It failed to replace it, but it is widely used by military all around the world. This version is chambered for 7.62x39mm.”
What is Phase II?[/quote]
It means like a second stage or round of testing.
[quote=“Wuzzy, post:71, topic:2519”]“Only the finest whiskey straight from the bung.”
What does “straight from the bung” mean?[/quote]
The hole in a barrel of alcohol is a bung.
[quote=“Wuzzy, post:71, topic:2519”]“A huge dinosaur about the size of a small house, with a ferocious crocodile-like head and a sail on its back.”
What is a “sail” in this context? Certainly not that thing you find on boats, right? ;-)[/quote]
Since it’s describing a Dimetrodon, I’d say yes, the comparison is to the sail you find on a boat.
[quote=“Wuzzy, post:71, topic:2519”]“You dream of foraging in the woods…mouth-first?”
What is “mouth-first”?[/quote]
I guess it means like eating leaves like a horse does, right off the bush without using your hands.
[quote=“Wuzzy, post:71, topic:2519”]“Sapiovore” (mutation)
My dictionary doesn’t know a translation for this and the description of this mutation is not helping either.[/quote]
It’s dog-Latin for ‘maneater’.
[quote=“Wuzzy, post:71, topic:2519”]“Cocaine. It is, indeed, a helluva drug. You blew your money on some dust, and before you knew it you were turning tricks behind the local CVS just to score one more line.”
I need to know what “CVS” means.[/quote]
CVS is a line of drug store/convenience stores in the USA.
[quote=“Wuzzy, post:71, topic:2519”]“Wow! This %s has a kick.” (src/iuse.cpp)
Sounds like slang of some sort. Right? So what doses “to have a kick” mean?[/quote]
It is indeed slang. It means that the beverage is really strong stuff. In this case it’s an INCREDIBLY potent stimulant.
[quote=“Wuzzy, post:71, topic:2519”]“You learn what you can, and stow the book for further study.” (src/iuse.cpp)
Is “stow” here meant in the sense of “to put it away, e.g. in your backpack”?[/quote]
Correct.
[quote=“Wuzzy, post:71, topic:2519”]“You’re engorged to hibernate. The alarm would only attract attention. Enter hibernation?”
What “alarm” is this talking about?[/quote]
It’s telling you to not bother setting an alarm clock because you’re about to go to sleep for a very, very long time.
[quote=“Wuzzy, post:71, topic:2519”]“atomic ”
Atomic WHAT?[/quote]
I’m not sure about this one. Any further context?
[quote=“Wuzzy, post:71, topic:2519”]For these I just need a short description or definition:
“cvd machine” (terrain type)
“cvd control panel” (terrain type)
“Handjack” (vehicle name)
“stow board” (vehicle part)
“‘Tekeli-li.’” (appears to be some speech)
“‘TEKELI-LI! TEKELI-LI! TEKELI-LI!’” (appears to be some speech)
“‘TEKELI-LI!’” (appears to be some speech)[/quote]
“cvd machine” Chemical Vapor Deposition machine - can be used to apply a special chemical treatment to edged weapons that makes them sharper
“cvd control panel” just a control panel for the CVD machine
“Handjack” is a hydraulic floor jack, like you use in a garage to move big heavy stuff like engines around
“stow board” in a cross bewteen a storage locker and a vehicle bulkhead, like a toolbox mounted in a vehicle’s wall
LazyCat-rus is correct, the rest is shoggoth stuff, good to just transliterate
[quote=“Wuzzy, post:71, topic:2519”]I need to know the context for the following strings:
“You quiver with anticipation…” (src/iuse.cpp)
“This stuff takes you back. Downright primordial!” (src/iuse.cpp)
“Eep!” (src/iuse.cpp)
“You wonder if this is what rBGH feels like…” (src/iuse.cpp)—What the hell is rBGH by the way?
“As you press the plunger, it all goes so bright…”—I am not sure if this is meant literally or slang.
“Started representing.”
“You feel very Bugged.” (src/iuse.cpp)
“You feel extremely Bugged.” (src/iuse.cpp)
“The %s winks out” (src/iuse.cpp); What’s “to wink out”, anyways?
“Clank! Clank!”
“Ring! Ring!”
“a chk!” (src/monattack.cpp)
“boop-boop!” (src/monattack.cpp)
“splash!” (src/ranged.cpp)
“HISISSS!” (something about bionics)
“%1$s on the %2$s is: ” (src/item.cpp, src/iuse.cpp)[/quote]
I’m not sure about most of these. I think some of them are messages it gives when you consume mutagenic serums.
[quote=“Wuzzy, post:71, topic:2519”]Some weird strings of the strange kitten game I don’t understand:
“A Buttertonsils bar.”
“It’s a Quaker Oatmeal tube, converted into a drum.”
“It’s nothing but a corrupted floppy. Coaster anyone?” Coaster?[/quote]
All the robotfindskitten stuff is supposed to just be silly objects and stuff. The oatmeal tube refers to a cardboard packaging tube that oatmeal is often sold in, and the ‘corrupted floppy’ is a broken floppy computer disk, whereas a ‘coaster’ is that little paper disc that you set your glass on so as not to leave watermarks on your wooden table.
