mythical
71Pa Drengen Changchop Simpa — Mythical monkey ancestor of the Tibetan people. He is, with King Gesar and Avalokiteśvara, one of the most important figures of the Tibetan culture [the myth is attested in the book Maṇi bka bum, allotted to the king Songtsen Gampo.] . Sometimes… …
72Achilles — Mythical Greek warrior, vulnerable only in the heel. See A. bursa, A. reflex, A. tendon …
73ASSUR — mythical name of the founder of Assyria …
74Emerald City — mythical capital of Oz as described in The Wizard of Oz; Seattle, Washington …
75Flying Dutchman — mythical character immortalized in Richard Wagner’s opera Der Fliegende Hollander; nickname of the baseball batting champion of the early 1900s Honus Wagner …
76demons\ of\ stupidity — Mythical entities responsible for illogical bureacracy, paradoxical regulations, hard to use software, and all problems that wouldn t exist if anyone in charge had thought about them at all. Coined by Scott Adams in Dilbert. The bank charges me a …
77the\ *noun*\ fairy — Mythical being that is responsible for the delivery of an object which is obviously too ludicrous to have been delivered by said being. In reference to the tooth fairy. I was a good little girl and the piano fairy brought me a brand new Steinway …
78the\ *noun*\ gnomes — Mythical beings responsible for the malfunction or disappearance of the object mentioned. A. My computer keeps giving me a blue screen. B. The computer gnomes must be chewing on your cables …
79demons\ of\ stupidity — Mythical entities responsible for illogical bureacracy, paradoxical regulations, hard to use software, and all problems that wouldn t exist if anyone in charge had thought about them at all. Coined by Scott Adams in Dilbert. The bank charges me a …
80the\ *noun*\ fairy — Mythical being that is responsible for the delivery of an object which is obviously too ludicrous to have been delivered by said being. In reference to the tooth fairy. I was a good little girl and the piano fairy brought me a brand new Steinway …
