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minus-square@eestileiblink5•5 months agoDitto, I had no idea. I knew them as the thing you had to find to defeat a lich in D&D. Sounds like it’s an insensitive term so I’ll try to stop using it that way.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoIt’s not insensitive. It’s from Greek: First recorded 1350-400; from Late Latin phylactērium, from Greek phylaktérion “outpost, safeguard, amulet”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoI read their comment as not knowing the reference, not as being bothered.
Ditto, I had no idea. I knew them as the thing you had to find to defeat a lich in D&D.
Sounds like it’s an insensitive term so I’ll try to stop using it that way.
It’s not insensitive. It’s from Greek:
Seemed to bother daisy_lazarus, above.
I read their comment as not knowing the reference, not as being bothered.