Meaning of Discworldian | Babel Free

Definitions

Pertaining to Terry Pratchett’s Discworld fantasy novels or their setting.

Examples

“Maybe we could work up a DISCWORLDian test or something to show how much of our reality perception has leaked out...”

“Pratchett, Terry, and Stephen Briggs. The New Discworld Companion. “The Fully Revised and Updated Reference Book to all things Discworldian.””

“I am one of the few readers for whom Small Gods did not work, because I felt the lack of things Discworldian—in particular Death—to be almost too heavy-handed.”

“WhatCulture put the idea to revered gaming industry personality Rhianna Pratchett - Tomb Raider reboot writer, unofficial custodian of all things Discworldian, and of course Terry's daughter.”

“The Hawass regime was a time of ‘multiple Egyptologies,’ with tightly controlled paid access made available to various private organisations combined with a simultaneous doubling-down on an ‘official narrative’ that, as we shall see, is positively Discworldian in its absurdity.”

“Not in the usual Discworldian sense, where those souls are liable to pop out just about anywhere.”

“The Discworldian Oxbridge is architecturally based on the dreaming spires of our great university cities, with the exception of the Tower of Art which is described by Terry as having a “gnarled appearance, like a tree that has seen too many thunderstorms.””

“In the Discworldian tradition of playing with stereotypes, Tiffany’s girlhood and womanhood is centred and presented as powerful; […]”

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