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I know, I know: "grotesque"

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[–] macrocarpa@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes! The etymology for both words is the French word gargouille, meaning throat. Gargouiller in frrench means gargle as we know it in English, and a gargoyle has a spout where rain water exits it's mouth when it's raining (via its throat)

From memory if it doesn't spout water it's called a grotesque.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Should have been Disney Grotesques!

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I dont know. They can almost certainly spit water out of their mouths.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have spent way too much time on the internet. My mind went somewhere very naughty halfway through that sentence.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

I almost posted something much worse, but decided to go with what I sent instead. You aren't alone.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Nah, they'd have to provide drainage from their mouths in stone form for it to count.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Wow that show brings back memories.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Grotesques!

Goliath will remember this

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He'll wax philosophical about how humans used such a negative term to describe something they don't understand.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The best part about that show is that most of the Voice Actors were almost all from Star Trek TNG.

I'm sure there's a fan theory out there that it's all a single Holo Deck TTRPG.