N +

N+ is cutting edge. So much so that the chance reader may not fully understand what their friend just tried to show them. So to help, I've decided to create the N+ Lexicon. A listing of terms and definitions for every day use as you may see them used on this site (most often by me, .ed). This is your personal guide to sounding kicky fresh.

This specific page will be updated as necessary and a permanent link will be in the Start Menu (in the side bar of the blog).


| N+
N+ is the site you are at now. Originally prepared in late summer 2006 as my.opera.com/N, N+ was created by Ed Palumbo (.ed) and a team of hand picked, well informed users to build a community within Opera [originally] to provide a general meeting place for new Opera users that were drawn to the community by the announcement of the Opera Browser for Nintendo DS and eventually Wii. By bringing together the growing number of Nintendo fans that now liked Opera, and Opera fans that now liked Nintendo, the site has become a popular place within MyOpera for fans of each to share thier contributions, news, art, stories, tips and more. Through multiple transisions, upgrades and growth spurts, N+ has been supported by a set of moderators and a supportive group of members who keep the blog, albums and forums active and filled with great exclusive content while bringing in news from around the world. Not necessarilly focused on just Nintendo or Opera, N+ presents itself as a source for the Life, Culture, and Community that exists because of these two companies and the gaming and Internet industries. N+ is the product of it's members in total.


| enplussing
The act of reading, blogging, sharing, or otherwise interacting with the content and features of the N+ Community. See the first use of this word here.

Me, nah, I already ate, I'm just sitting here with Sven, he's making widgets and I'm enplussing, we'll meet up with you later, Bye!

| Kicky
Kicky means "really" but can also be used by itself to proclaim one's excitement regarding an object or information. Confused? Don't be: "Kicky sweet" for the most part means "pretty/really sweet." Kicky is a term .ed coined many moons ago before he ventured beyond the walls of his nacent village that stems from his childhood overuse of the term 'kickin' because he thought he was a ninja. It may be used as an adjective only when preceding another [often positive] adjective. For example: Kicky delicious. It should not be used when it doesn't work out loud (i.e. kicky cool, kicky crazy) because you just can't say it without sounding goofy repeating that "k" sound three times. It may also be used to multiply intensity as in 'kicky dangerous' or 'kicky loud' as seen in the below example.

Opus: How's your bike?
Seaclamp: Busted.
Opus: Busted? Why come?
Seaclamp: Took it off some kicky dangerous jumps last week and bent my axle.
Opus: Beat.
Seaclamp: Tell me about it, I spend more time bending my axle back than you do screwin with your stereo.
Opus: Not true applesauce.
Seaclamp: Over true. How are those new speakers anyway? Deluxe?
Opus: Wicked.
Seaclamp: Loud?
Opus: Kicky loud.

| Kicky Plus!
Similar to the example above, where Plus is used as a synonym for deluxe, excellent, bonus, etc.


| LK
LK means little kid. This was coined by a Gym Teacher during Driver's Ed. Class in High School. The debut sentence with which LK was used was literally as follows.

Gym Teacher covering Driver's Ed. Class: OK! So you're driving down the road, you've got a tree to the left and a giant bilboard to the right. What do you do?
Class: ...keep driving?
Gym Teacher covering Driver's Ed. Class: NO! Cuz you've got a flaming LK running at you from behind the bilboard!
Class: ...
Gym Teacher covering Driver's Ed. Class: ...Little Kid! He's on FIRE!

LK in use: In reference to losing skill, where LK could have been used.


| Get!
Get! owes the majority of it's popularity and everyday humorous use from the game Super Mario Sunshine for Nintendo Gamecube where upon completing certain requirements the player earned a "Shine" and Mario would celebrate with a 360 spin to a pose followed by the message "Shine Get!" popping up on the screen. However, there are many other games prior that suffered from horrible translations when crossing the mighty Pacific and included the term in a very similar manner. After defeating an enemy it is not rare to see the message '+1 Poison Dagger Get!' or something similar. Use of the term is now very widespread.

Waitress: Here's another Coke for you.
.ed: Refill Get!

For more examples of this term in use you can click on the Get! tag to see a listing of it's uses in blogs on N+.


| Happen
Stemming from poor translations once again, Happen can happen at almost any moment. .ed chose the AIM screen name of Battle Happen because of his fondness for the term.

Waitress: Here's another Coke.
.ed: Refill Happen.

When used in text form, it is customary to capitalize the H to signify your purposeful use as an homage to the spectacular translations American gamers were subject to in the late 80's. When used N+ style it should be used in a 2 or 3 word sentence, end the sentence, and sound wrong. Examples follow:

Throw Happen. (when throwing a stuffed moose near a pet)
Refreshment Happen. (when entering a room with drinks for guests)
Gas Happen. (when texting a friend to notify them of why they may notice you are 6 minutes late picking up their no-car-having ass. Also, if you don't have a car, chip in for gas, it's why you're often mad at your friends when they are 6 minutes late picking your ass up.

| .ed
This one takes some explaining. Check back soon.


| lolzorborxx!!!1!
The most elite laughter. Per Captain Seagull.


| ManPony
In the year 1100, a colt was born to a loving Jewish horse couple, the Svensons. Why they had last names is still a mystery, and no one wants to talk about it, so let's get on with the story. The colt had some human characteristics, such as a human shaped head and the ability to walk on his hind legs. Added to that, he had advanced intelligence and he was bilingual, speaking Wnglish and Horse with a Northern accent. They named their son ManPony and tried to keep his 'special skills' a secret. That was proven to be a difficult task, as ManPony decided to walk on his hind legs rather than all fours, and he would try and talk to passerbye on the road. Luckily, he made it to adulthood without being discovered. When he turned 30, his parents were accidentally killed by a mob who was upset about Pope Innocent II succeeding Pope Honorius II. Stricken with grief, ManPony thought that it was his fault, and became a recluse. He hid, waiting to die, until about 1980. He stepped out of his hiding place, looked around, and said just one sentence. The first sentence since his parent's death. "What the heck is a McDonald's?" You see, ManPony happens to be immortal. Something about the moon phase and position when he was born. Well, next to his hiding place, they built a McDonald's. So, ManPony, always the curious one, decided to go and ask what it was. He was immediately seized by a traveling circus who specialized in oddities. it was there where he met his first love, Penelope. They had a grand old time, traveling from city to city, once even getting lost in the MidWest for a year or so. Up until 1990, when Penelope was accidentally killed by a falling elephant. Stricken by grief, again, ManPony hid out in Rhode Island for 17 years, eventually befriending a boy named Geoff, who provided shelter for him in his basement. Nowadays, ManPony is using IRC in G-Off's basement, providing hilarity for the folks in the N+ chat room. If you haven't been in there, do it now. And meet the wonder that is...ManPony.


| Ook
Ook is a word introduced in the N+ chat room by Khadgar and MTKnight. It has its origins in our ancestors and closest relatives (DNA wise), the orangutans. This peculiar language by orangutans were observed by Terry Pratchett, the famed British Discworld author, and used as the primary language for The Librarian. Depending on how it is used or spoken it can mean anything from Yes to No to Kicky Sweet! Khadgar and MTKnight are very proficient in this peculiar language and often converse comically in it.

| RINGRING
RINGRING is a word introduced in the N+ chat room by Gio. Skype, and Skyping are such ugly and cumbersome words, so Gio took it upon himself to create a new word, a better word for communicating over the Internet. RINGRING was born. Its simplicity is its beauty. There's no need for long convoluted requests for VOIP. Just simply ask, RINGRING?

| Oh My Science
Originally from a South Park episode, PVgummiand made it his own by repeating it at every surprising moment he's experienced in the N+ chat room. It's now become a regular repetition here on N+.