Snapper2001's definitions

Mangani

Mangani is the name of a fictional species of great apes in the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and of the invented language used by these apes.

In the invented language, Mangani (meaning "great-ape") is the apes' word for their own kind, although the term is also applied (with modifications) to humans. The Mangani are represented as the apes who foster and raise Tarzan.

by Snapper2001 October 1, 2018

Ambassador Magma (OVA)

The OVA version of Space Giants. It is a retelling of the original series.

Ambassador Magma (OVA) is one of the more interesting 1990s anime.

by Snapper2001 June 11, 2018

Jungli

Jungli is a Hindi word for North American English terms like Slacker, Get Wild and Something Fishy, which also refers to a person who lives in and dwells through a tropical forest (but particularly a seasonal Indian tropical forest).

A Jungli is a person belonging to the Indian jungle or being characteristic of an inhabitant of such a jungle. Mowgli seems to be the best known example of a fictional character being one.

by Snapper2001 May 11, 2022

Notsnitsa

In Slavic mythology, notsnitsa (Belarusian: начніца, romanized: načnica,1 Polish: nocnica, płaczka,234 Bulgarian: горска майка, ношно, romanized: gorska majka, nošno, Serbian: шумска маjка, бабице, ноћнице, romanized: šumska majka, babice, noćnice,5 Croatian: mrake, vidine, Slovene: nočnine, mračnine, Ukrainian: нічниця, romanized: nichnytsia,6 Russian: ночница, romanized: nochnitsa7), often referred in plural, is a nightmare spirit or demon that torments people and especially children at night.

Other names for notsnitsa in East Slavic languages include kriksy, plaksy, plachky, plaksivicy, kriksy-varaksy, kriksy-plaksy, night hag, night maiden.7

by Snapper2001 October 1, 2022

Mazinkaiser

Mazinkaiser is the Mazinger Franchise's version of Shin Getter Robo.

Mazinkaiser first appeared in Super Robot Wars

by Snapper2001 January 4, 2022

Boxpeuter

Boxpeuter is the Dutch word for a young Toddler.

De Boxpeuter leert bewegen en kijkt met grote ogen rond, houdt van boekjes met stevige kaft en stevig karton.

by Snapper2001 January 5, 2022

Roroa

Roroa is a colloquial Kenyan word for ‘talking’, which comes from a mixed Swahili-English pidgin called Sheng.

Johnny Weissmuller’s portrayal of Tarzan, itself a distinctive character in his own right, did not do as much Roroa as Edgar Rice Burroughs’s original character of the same name.

by Snapper2001 April 10, 2022