Terminology


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Post Thursday, 3rd February 2011, 15:30

Terminology

Why do people here persist on saying "malus"? It's called a penalty! A malus is just - well, I picture

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Bonus became a part of the English language, Malus did not!! And because of that, by the way, it's bonuses, not "boni" or any such silliness. And it is absolutely a crime to say "mali" unless you are speaking of a certain African country.

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Post Thursday, 3rd February 2011, 15:56

Re: Terminology

dictionary.com wrote: Main Entry: malus
Part of Speech: n
Definition: the return of performance-related compensation upon the discovery of deficient performance
Example: There is a malus clause in his contract.

[...]

malus

noun
apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere


:'p

Seems to be a word. Even ignoring that, we could still justify it as a form of technical jargon (native to game development, rougelikes, or even crawl itself. Whatever). There's tons of jargon that either doesn't exist, or doesn't have the same definition, in the main usage of the language.
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Post Thursday, 3rd February 2011, 16:12

Re: Terminology

What's wrong about a weapon having a Latin name?
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Post Thursday, 3rd February 2011, 18:52

Re: Terminology

I would say that once people persist in using a word, it IS a word.

Language evolves. It does not exist as a platonic ideal on stone tablets for all eternity.

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Post Friday, 4th February 2011, 11:01

Re: Terminology

But "malus" isn't used many places. Only here. And it's a snobbish Latin loan word for something there's a perfectly good English word for, namely penalty!!
(Technically, penalty is also Latin, but it's via French and a naturalized citizen.)
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Post Friday, 4th February 2011, 11:57

Re: Terminology

Bonus means positiv addition of quantities (points, money etc.) Malus is the exact reverse of bonus.
The reverse of penalty is reward.

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Post Friday, 4th February 2011, 14:42

Re: Terminology

Yeah, this topic belongs precisely to Crazy Yiuf's corner ;)
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Post Friday, 4th February 2011, 20:09

Re: Terminology

Penalty associates with football for me :?

"Malus" sounds very fitting as opposite of "bonus". So, why not? I will even use this word everywhere else from now on. Despite of the fact that everybody around may or may not understand it's meaning :twisted:
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Post Saturday, 5th February 2011, 04:47

Re: Terminology

This thread makes me want to get hammered. Luckily I'm in the right place!

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