kiwikenobi Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I love words, and I've learned a surprising number of new words by playing this game, words that even sometimes seemed made-up the first time I read them, but then I checked a dictionary, and they're real! Off the top of my head, words I've learned from Don't Starve Together include: roseate - adj. rose colored magmatic - adj. having to do with magma haberdashery - noun. smaller articles of men's clothing, including hats And, most recently, in the little ads for the new costumes for the Forge on the DST main menu: quotidian - adj. commonplace, everyday I love learning new words this way. Has anyone else added any new words to their vocabularies as a result of playing this game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minespatch Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Verdant for me. I was watching "Who wants to be a millionaire" the other day and the host was asking what the color Verdant was. I was mentally screaming inside when the guy needed to call his friend over as a lifeline. It also makes me mentally think of the Spanish word now since I didn't realize Verde came from Verdant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwikenobi Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 Another new word I learned from this game is "thurible," which is a container for incense. Forgot to mention all the Latin I've picked up while playing Don't Starve as well, like codex (book), umbra (shadow), and cyclum (cycle). Who says a game has to be an "educational game" to be educational? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButterStuffed Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 A couple of new food names I had never heard of I only found because of DS. Specifically pierogies and bisque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxposting Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 5 hours ago, Mikro said: pierogies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Kourosh Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 triumphant spiffy crock pot calligraphy thermal cartography alot of the foods in the game and alot more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfessorAlpaca Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 I was unaware of the word prestidigitation until I looked up what the Prestihatitator was way back when. I used to read it as pre-hesitator cause I didn't wanna bother trying to decipher the actual word. SHIA KAZING Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TemporaryMan Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Discessum, Latin for departure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.E.L Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 I learned how to speak and write in English with Don't Starve and BattleBlock Theater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwikenobi Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 Oh, yeah, I forgot about the foods! I hadn't heard of feijoada before Hamlet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alarsin Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 On 11/14/2018 at 10:55 PM, minespatch said: I was watching "Who wants to be a millionaire" the other day and the host was asking what the color Verdant was. I was mentally screaming inside when the guy needed to call his friend over as a lifeline. Did he get it right though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minespatch Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 31 minutes ago, Alarsin said: Did he get it right though? Yes, but it sure took a while for the two to come up to the conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButterStuffed Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Just remembered an amusing case of vocabulary improvement. When WX-78 examines the Toadstool cap he says "I MUST KILL IT. IT IS OBSBOLETE." I reported it as a typo and moved on with my life. At some point I found out a Bolete is actually a type of mushroom and that the "typo" was intentional. V2C apparently didn't know this at the time and it got "fixed" in the bug tracker. https://forums.kleientertainment.com/klei-bug-tracker/dont-starve-together/wx-78-toadstool_cap-typo-r1977/ In a Klei stream someone mentioned everyone at Klei was teasing Kris because of her vague mushroom puns and I think I may have contributed to that a little bit haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pab10Suarez Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Endothermic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlZalph Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 "Teleporation". Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Rage Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 In Invisible, Inc. you come across a new dialogue as part of the DLC, Contingency Plan. At that point I thought it was just a made-up and random word, and even the character who hears in the game gives similar confused response, and I didn't give it much thought. Then one day, by chance, I came across this term and its definition. The smirk on my face probably lasted for a whole minute. Whoever is writing the dialogues for Don't Starve and Invisible, Inc. is a genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuffles Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Honestly, most of the Character Titles improved my vocabulary, like the Un-per-turb-able (Undisturbable), Bereaved (greatly saddened at being deprived by death of a loved one), Affluent (Rich), but there's more that just can't be exactly complied into 1 list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minespatch Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I never heard of the word Hoarfrost until I saw Wilson's snowfallen skin. Quote hoar·frost /ˈhôrˌfrôst/ noun noun: hoar frost; noun: hoarfrost; noun: hoar-frost a grayish-white crystalline deposit of frozen water vapor formed in clear still weather on vegetation, fences, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxposting Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 On 18. 11. 2018 at 7:21 AM, Mikro said: Just remembered an amusing case of vocabulary improvement. When WX-78 examines the Toadstool cap he says "I MUST KILL IT. IT IS OBSBOLETE." I reported it as a typo and moved on with my life. At some point I found out a Bolete is actually a type of mushroom and that the "typo" was intentional. V2C apparently didn't know this at the time and it got "fixed" in the bug tracker. https://forums.kleientertainment.com/klei-bug-tracker/dont-starve-together/wx-78-toadstool_cap-typo-r1977/ In a Klei stream someone mentioned everyone at Klei was teasing Kris because of her vague mushroom puns and I think I may have contributed to that a little bit haha. but did it get fixed back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TipherethB Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 hour ago, __IvoCZE__ said: but did it get fixed back? top 10 biggest questions in anime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthwake Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I wouldn't say it's taught me any words but It was encouraged me to find some new recipes for food from the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DatShadowJK Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I thought I was the only one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetNerfedOn Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Playing as Wickerbottom and Wendy learnt me myriads of new words, courtesy of them being the most verbose characters in the game. They are quite apropos for those willing to expand their vocabularies. - Hylocereus undatus. (Don't Starve was where i discovered and grew to love dragonfruit both in-game and IRL tho i prefer the H. costaricensis variety.) - Lepidopterous lipids. Though butter isn't from lepidopterans i learned new wods all the same xD - emulsified - bezoar - a ton of scientific names (some of which defy the binomial nomenclature), but i most certainly recall Corvus brachrhynchos. - rabologist - i also learned where "Now I have become the destroyer of worlds" originated from by looking at the quote's context. As a player of this delightful game i love every little detail the devs put into it, esp. the exam quotes which flesh out the characters' personalities. E S P E C I A L L Y W E S Q U O T E S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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