Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Word of the Day III

Magicka!

Today, a game called Magicka came out, a little home brewed game about magic and wizards. It's a bit broken so far, but they'll fix it, no doubt. With that in mind, a fun part of magicka is it's pop culture references. The beam spells are one of them.


Japanese Word of the Day is:  交わる
                                           Majiwaru

English Word of the Day is:   Juxtapose
Majiwaru means to cross or intersect or mix. Funnily enough, it also means to copulate. But that's not the meaning we're trying for today. Nice easy kanji to remember and relatively common usage, majiwaru is today's Japanese Word of the Day!

Today's related English word is Juxtapose, which means to put two things that ordinarily do not fit together, together, or to superimpose them across each other. A sort of mixing of two different, completely dissimilar things. Sort of like someone fat having a skinny girlfriend. Some juxtapositions are aesthetically pleasing as, although they don't match, it works because of how striking or odd it is, and obviously some don't.
 
Majiwaru in a sentence:  ビムを交わわらなくちゃいけない！
                                   Don't cross the beams!
Well, thats about it for me today. Tell me in the comment section if you bought and have enjoyed Magicka *or* what your favourite joke is!
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21 comments:

  1. Joel SmithJanuary 26, 2011 at 12:53 AM

    magicka, lol. such interesting variations of magic and all of that.

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  2. Con QuesoJanuary 26, 2011 at 1:38 AM

    haha, I was playing Magicka with my friend earlier. Fun stuff, maybe we can play sometime.

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  3. ChrisJanuary 26, 2011 at 2:58 AM

    Magicka! Thansk for this. Followed.

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  4. JordanJanuary 26, 2011 at 5:24 AM

    juxtapose is a pretty cool word and it doesnt afraid of anything!

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2011 at 5:50 AM

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2011 at 5:51 AM

    Holy crap it's too early for such big words. I'll check out magicka tho!

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  7. BdgorshJanuary 26, 2011 at 6:00 AM

    My friend was talking about Magicka! about a week ago, might go and try that

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  8. UghJanuary 26, 2011 at 6:16 AM

    cool stuff!,

    nice blog x

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2011 at 7:56 AM

    Not heard of magicka before, might look into it.
    Juxtapose is a pretty good word too, don't get to use it enough in daily life though!

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  10. temptationJanuary 26, 2011 at 8:07 AM

    juxtapose
    nice word. also a new vocab to use

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  11. Gooner ThoughtsJanuary 26, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    instead of majiwaru=intersect i read intercourse haha. interesting

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  12. xchodaxJanuary 26, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    i can use some Majiwaru right about now lol man you must be shakin ur head right now.



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  13. OonoesJanuary 26, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    Hey, another Japanese speaker! I like it. I'm just starting my fourth year and Japanese for International Trade is wrecking my face in.

    Keep the j-words of the day coming, I like it :D

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  14. joeymaxJanuary 26, 2011 at 1:28 PM

    funny shit mate! check out my blog guys

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  15. RylaiJanuary 26, 2011 at 1:59 PM

    i like the juxtapose example haha

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  16. DutchAnonJanuary 26, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    I just learned my first japanese word lol.
    Following.

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  17. TheSCIINewbJanuary 26, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    Haha japanese is awesome!

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  18. Shades Within YouJanuary 26, 2011 at 6:13 PM

    I like the juxtapose I will keep following for updates to your blog and at the same time hope to learn some Japanese..

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  19. Das Auto!January 26, 2011 at 7:10 PM

    When there's somethin' strange, in the neighborhood, Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!!

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  20. thegoldenchildJanuary 26, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    mind=educated. and i thank you for it.

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  21. The WyrdremJanuary 27, 2011 at 8:38 AM

    I didn't really know what juxtapose meant, only that it was in dota. following

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