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ProfessorGAC

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33. Although I Found The Movie Entertaining...

Tue Mar 29, 2022, 01:08 PM

Mar 2022

...the mixing of myths bugged me! In the original Greek myth, it was called the ceti. Hence the term, cetacean.
That it became the Norse kraken was annoying. It had a name!

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Pardon me... what does "kraken" mean? [View all] mysteryowl Mar 2022 OP

For me.... FarPoint Mar 2022 #1

Yep. In GOP terms a crazed lawyer who is commanded by God Trump to run SLAPP Suit interference. TheBlackAdder Mar 2022 #50

Here: MineralMan Mar 2022 #2

Okay, but what do these people mean by using mysteryowl Mar 2022 #3

Simple. It just means "release the fearsome beast" on your enemies. MineralMan Mar 2022 #8

Yep, I get that now from this thread. thanks mysteryowl Mar 2022 #14

Here's an example from Pirates of the Carribean canuckledragger Mar 2022 #39

It's actually a movie quote from "Clash of the Titans"... Wounded Bear Mar 2022 #4

So, these Q nuts could use the term/phrase mysteryowl Mar 2022 #7

The "Kraken" eventually came to refer to the lawyer herself, lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #9

I appreciate the visual mysteryowl Mar 2022 #15

AKA... Hugin Mar 2022 #28

Aaaaaahh! lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #30

That is so very good. ShazamIam Mar 2022 #32

Although I Found The Movie Entertaining... ProfessorGAC Mar 2022 #33

The Kraken is a dangerous Norse sea monster. haele Mar 2022 #5

There was a remake?! Get Out! Ron Obvious Mar 2022 #36

The first one was fun - Harryhousen claymation monsters. haele Mar 2022 #37

Apparently, the right wingers have one of these in captivity ready to be released. Earth-shine Mar 2022 #6

I am laughing mysteryowl Mar 2022 #10

I remember when I was the Navy we crossed over into the Arctic Ocean we had a Bluenose Emile Mar 2022 #11

The Kraken, by Tennyson muriel_volestrangler Mar 2022 #12

Thank you. milestogo Mar 2022 #51

Sometimes referred to as: Disaffected Mar 2022 #13

See also: Krakenhead lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #16

Yes, also appropriate terminology. Disaffected Mar 2022 #19

From "Clash of the Titans": Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #17

Oh my gosh......I know it from an advertisement for some spiced rum....😂 a kennedy Mar 2022 #18

That is some commercial! mysteryowl Mar 2022 #25

It's the new Seattle Hockey team. Fabulous logo. Unfortunate timing. nolabear Mar 2022 #20

Not a hockey fan, but as a Seattleite, they nailed that one... Wounded Bear Mar 2022 #31

Love the logo n/t FreeState Mar 2022 #45

Their fearsom beast Kracken was made up of that imaginary evidence of the election being controlled ShazamIam Mar 2022 #21

Shazam! I think you got it mysteryowl Mar 2022 #24

"to pwn or to kick the ass of whomever you're releasing the kraken on." Edim Mar 2022 #22

Exactly taxi Mar 2022 #43

Jimmy Kraken Corn. Sneederbunk Mar 2022 #23

And I don't care Hekate Mar 2022 #47

It's also a hockey team in Seattle. Angleae Mar 2022 #26

It is a German word DFW Mar 2022 #27

How about that?! Years of explanations now, and Hortensis Mar 2022 #34

One thousand years' worth of Germanic-speaking people can't be wrong! DFW Mar 2022 #38

Kraken's such a good word for sea monster, which giant octopuses Hortensis Mar 2022 #40

Kraken's such a good word for sea monster, and legendarily Hortensis Mar 2022 #42

There's an NHL named.... AntivaxHunters Mar 2022 #29

It's a reference to Sidney Powell's drug of choice: kraken cocaine struggle4progress Mar 2022 #35

I'm glad you asked because I didn't know either and Raine Mar 2022 #41

Awesome mysteryowl Mar 2022 #44

It's how an omelet starts Takket Mar 2022 #46

Nice, good response mysteryowl Mar 2022 #48

I've been kicking around a theory about this.... Nac Mac Feegle Mar 2022 #49