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== Rhino ([[animal]]) == |
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''Jargon.'' |
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A '''rhinoceros''' is an [[Africa]]n [[animal]] with a dangerous [[horn]], a thick hide, a nasty charge, but luckily very bad eyesight. |
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== Rhino ([[SCAism]]) == |
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"'''Rhino'''" is a derogatory [[SCAism|term]] in the [[SCA]] for a [[fighter]] who fails to acknowledge legitimate blows -- presumably because he has the hide of a rhinoceros so hit is called ''"[[light]]"''. |
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Also: Rhino-hide. |
''Also:'' '''Rhino-hide'''. |
Revision as of 13:02, 30 June 2005
Rhino (animal)
A rhinoceros is an African animal with a dangerous horn, a thick hide, a nasty charge, but luckily very bad eyesight.
Rhino (SCAism)
"Rhino" is a derogatory term in the SCA for a fighter who fails to acknowledge legitimate blows -- presumably because he has the hide of a rhinoceros so hit is called "light".
Also: Rhino-hide.