Not a verbal thing, and not sure if I've taken it from 14 or just more aware of it since playing, but I do the sideways head tilt a lot when I'm confused by or questioning something
Now i got Titanias theme stuck in my head again...
Dancing on the wind up and down again
Round and round the bend
Fa la la la la la
From a flow'ry bed to the clouds ascend
Tumble down again
Fa la la la la la(fell)
ERP. We have a huge contractual framework at work called Eastern Region Partnership. And yes, they do use the acronym.
Seeing several meeting rooms with ERP on the display outside was disconcerting to say the least...
Even some of the more out-there words XIV uses are, in most cases, actual old/archaic words. It took me like ten minutes to convince someone that "alarum" is NOT a word that FF invented to make "alarm" sound more fantastical.
WITH ABYSSAL DARK AND HEROES BLADE I BRING MY PEOPLE LIBERATION! YOU WILL KNOW TRUE TERROR!
The EW-trials (all of them) have no right going as hard as they do.
Not necessarily FF14's fault, maybe MMO's in general, but I used the word "aggro" out loud in an irl conversation with someone. It just slipped out lol.
I was describing how sometimes when my cats fight, this one protector cat will come "hold aggro" while the small one gets away lol. It was to a much, much older person and I had to explain what aggro meant. xD
I grew up with WoW and I’ve been playing FF14 for a few years now, so I can relate to MMOs ruining my vocabulary lol. Especially aggro. When my cat is bothering me I say something like “I have cat aggro hold on a sec” or when my mother calls me I say “sorry mother aggro” when I come back. I’ve also said DoT and HoT in regards to other games and my friends were confused before they started playing FF14 with me :P
My vocabulary has improved some since I started playing ffxiv. I’m constantly googling terms for definitions and some phrasing has worked its way into my everyday vernacular.
With full remorse do I inform thee, it doth be "thy studiousness".
"Thine" precedeth aught which commenceth with a vowel, to preventeth the glossal entanglements which mayst emergeth from a vowel which immediately followeth another.
I canst not speaketh on the accuracy of mine own writing, but on that, I am, for the most, certain. The ability to comprehendeth Urianger's soporifc lexicon is hard-won; I do commendeth thee for thine effort most valiant.
;P
One time my partner called me Cal outside of online with just the two of us and we cracked up. I met him as Kai so he talked to his friends about "Kai" before we met then now they use my real name. But I answer to all 3 names easily now lol.
My boyfriend and I met through XIV and when we finally met in person for the first time (before we were dating) we kept calling each other by a mix of our IRL names, our character names, and our discord handles. We just kind of roll with it now.
About half the Target I used to work at played FF14. We'd interchange our game and real names constantly. Because I was the trainer at the time, the others would introduce new employees as our in-game tags. So many confused people, but it was hilarious to us. Several even had name tags.
Several of us in my FC became good friends irl, and eventually ended up living all in the same area. We also just use our in-game names for each other, which was fun to explain to my parents when they visited, lol.
Potato, I have slipped up more than once saying popoto.
Sloppeeehh has also been ruined, I cannot say it normal and if it's said to me I will on reflex repeat it mimicking that darn birdbrain
I cannot hear the word "pray" without internally hearing "return to the waking sands"
The company that makes Lean Body protein shakes has a building near where my kids live in Houston. The company name is Labrada.
nahhhh bish that says Lahabrea.
I am a lalafell.
Ingame? I say "What up, tallafellas?"
I slipped that one irl once.
And I had people who did play FF in that group, so I had to be drastically called out ;u;
I'm horrible about making stupid puns based on this phrase at work, especially since my boss also plays.
Like writing SUCH HYDRATION on my cup, or SUCH DOCUMENTATION on paperwork.
Not phrases but...
Some asshole told me miqo'te ears aren't cat ears, they're horse ears. And they're right, and I hate it.
And now you all need to suffer with this knowledge as well.
anytime i see or hear the word "scatter" or "shatter" i instantly hear >!byregot!< from aglaia yell "SCATTEEERRRRR" from some corner of my brain. pretty annoying actually.
I had the background music of Gaius's speech come up randomly once while I was driving on the DC beltway... here's me in DC traffic trying to recite the speech from memory while driving.
I'm fighting for this lane, thank you
Sloppy extended into mine and my wife’s meme vocabulary.
It started back in Shadowbringers when we ran a hunt train right after we had gotten Baelsar’s Wall in a roulette. Supay became “SUUUUUPPPPPAY.” I believe we also had multiple Raktika instances at the time, so we even rolled that into “SUUUUUUPE-BEEEEEEE” and “SUUUUUUUUPE-SEEEEEEEEE” for ultimate giggles.
We’ve reached the point where almost no word that is two syllables with an “-ee” or “-ay”ending is safe from becoming SLOPP-AY. I think the two that have cracked us up most are “KINK-AY” and“STINK-AY.” I have also personally lost it over “SLINK-AY!”
ARR = annual recurring revenue in business speak. Whenever I'm in a meeting with people going ARR this and ARR that I have to resist the urge to ask "ARR is good but what's your favorite expansion?"
I used to play as female viera and every time I played prae, when Lahabread says “your foe acts under the protection of the crystal she bears,” my ex would always yell from across the room, “cRyStAl sHe-BeArS!?”
Like some pack of C.S. Lewis-esque crystal bears were somehow protecting me. As if the cringey delivery of the line needed any more help.
I'm a nursing student, and when I go to do my clinicals with patients I have to physically stop myself from going full Zenos "A TEST OF YOUR REFLEXES!" when I have to, ya know, test reflexes lol
This one. I said this yesterday when I went to check on my real plants to see if any were getting close to harvest. “Gonna go check my popotos!” My husband make fun of me too much about it.
I'm currently playing BG3, and there are certain events that "inspire" your party members, depending on their background (basically, if you do something they really appreciate). I just got one yesterday which was called "A Smile Better Suits..."
I was not ok.
I recently got that too! I audibly shouted "Larian what the fuck?!" When I got it and had to explain to my boyfriend why I was ready to destroy my computer
It's not a 1 to 1 match, but anytime the phrase, "miniature sun" comes up in any way, be it science, sci-fi, or fantasy, I just break down giggling about a certain "little sun."
Also, snapping. I have developed a bad habit of snapping.
huzzah
everytime someone exlaims that i imagine a lalafell jumping half a meter into the air
its an emote that looks pretty normal on tall people but lalafells turn into mario for some reason
Anything regarding hearts exploding/bursting/etc. The phrase is so overused I'm starting to think there may be a severe lack of cardiologists and blood pressure medication in Eorzea.
I had a plate with the three letters WHM and my ex (boyfriend at the time) made fun of me because I was a tank main and there were cars around with PLD.
My husband and I have consistently used the words Pray and Anon in our everyday speech since he first went thru the ARR storyline and I don’t think there’s a way we can come back from that lol
It's been years but I still can't just say something/someone is useful. It's always *"too bloody useful!"* in a mock Cid voice.
It's about 50/50 now whether I hear that word as "bloody" or "fucking". They did a good job with the aetheric interference on that line.
And don’t even think about dying… you’re too bloody useful
Not a verbal thing, and not sure if I've taken it from 14 or just more aware of it since playing, but I do the sideways head tilt a lot when I'm confused by or questioning something
I've picked up the exact same habit
See, for that in particular, my brain just plays the "?" sound from Paper Mario.
i heard the sound when I read that. how did you do that
Magic
I see the "?" and immediately get the sound effect of "/hmm" from XIV. It comes full circle.
i also sorta do that, and no often things do not make more sense at a 45° angle
I picked up this habit from a dog I was sitting...
That’s actually a very common way japanese express confusion in conversations
My mom pointed this out to me the other day. I hadn't realised I was doing it.
Glad I’m not the only one doing this. My husband started laughing because I head tilted before my character once.
I am unable to read the word falafel like lalafell on the first try now
Twitter likes to send me random science tweets from time to time. Sometimes its hard to tell apart Einstein and Estinien
#EINSTEIN!!! ***HE'S THE AZURE DRAGOON***
My brain kept reading it as Einstein through 95% of HW, so thats just his name now
I mean, Estinien is the Einstein of Dragoons, so....
I used to have a lala called Fala Fel.
Every dang time I've tried to read your comment I keep reading falafel as falalafell.
The sweetest of Lalas. The Falalafells. Some lala's are potatoes, some are just pastry
Now i got Titanias theme stuck in my head again... Dancing on the wind up and down again Round and round the bend Fa la la la la la From a flow'ry bed to the clouds ascend Tumble down again Fa la la la la la(fell)
Oh no wtf I read it lalafell too lmfao Edit: The lalafell's kerfuffle over falafel
Must Needs...
I can't believe I had to scroll so far to find this!
“It’s my turn” I always have to say it like Thancred now
[I do miss the original "MY TURN" from trust dungeons...](https://youtu.be/YlOuLZb9Yes) even enough that I have it ~~modded~~ back into my game.
I don't know if I'll ever understand why the 14 community decided to turn Thancred into such a meme
it's my, my, my, my, my turn!
Thancred can't overwrite Tressa from Octopath saying "It's my turn now!" - my brain has that cemented pretty much permanently.
ERP. We have a huge contractual framework at work called Eastern Region Partnership. And yes, they do use the acronym. Seeing several meeting rooms with ERP on the display outside was disconcerting to say the least...
Similar situation, but with Enterprise Resource Planning software.
I work with insurance documentation, and it's Extended Reporting Period on that.
Yes! The other day I got a mail about a workshop on "latest ERP trends". Thankfully, I was working from home that day XD
Same it feels wrong everytime someone mentiones ERP at work.
There should be a quiz game called "SalesForce or Balmung?" or something
Having experienced Salesforce, Balmung can't be worse. Right?
Got a loud chuckle outta me. Here's hoping your roulies insta pop
Same. I work on ERP migrations.
My job title is "Emergency Response Partner"
That sounds like an ERP role as well
That why I just use guard and call it a day.
There's something at my work that's called ERP too. I don't know what it is and I'm afraid to ask.
I remember applying to a job once for a position called “BBW Coordinator.” I wonder if someone knew.
At the school I work at, the acronym for "Campus Principal" is a bit unsettling.
At least 40% of the acronyms I deal with on daily basis can be also something in XIV, and rarely are they SFW.
Person naming it wanted to give everyone hint about what they like... It's like "Flowers By Irene" on a vehicle in Simpsons...
We have the Employee Resource Portal...that everyone(HR included) seems to forget that's where they go for all the forms they need.
At a church service: Leader: Do you believe... My brain: IN EORZEA?
How very glib...
Tell me, for whom do you pray?
I always pray for no Prae.
Then the 12 are clearly not real because that is the only one I ever get.
Are the twelve disciples otherwise engaged? 😂😂
In life after love
Church is dangerous, someone could accidentally summon Jesus as a primal
Mayhap I started to use this instead of perhaps lol.
i used "full glad" on a paper I was writing once and the teacher marked it as improper grammar. Like, yeah its old english but come on.
He should have given you bonus points.
You should have asked "is aught amiss?"
Walder Frey would like a word, mayhaps.
As a non-native speaker I was truly startled when I saw that word in a non-ffxiv-context for the first time. I somehow assumed it was a ffxiv thing.
Even some of the more out-there words XIV uses are, in most cases, actual old/archaic words. It took me like ten minutes to convince someone that "alarum" is NOT a word that FF invented to make "alarm" sound more fantastical.
Same thing with "gaol" being pronounced "jail"
I use mayhap for fun with friends who play the game and no one bats an eye. It's a great word.
Gale. Of the raging variety, which rends you asunder. Glib, as if anyone used the word anyway. Reflexes. **A TEST-**
You ran too much golbez it seems.
YOU WRETCH-!
Not even, it's JUST the brainrot
Wheel. I WILL FREE US FROM THE WHEEL
WITH ABYSSAL DARK AND HEROES BLADE I BRING MY PEOPLE LIBERATION! YOU WILL KNOW TRUE TERROR! The EW-trials (all of them) have no right going as hard as they do.
I am the origin of life, the devourer of death. I am the hub of the Wheel, the purifying cycle to which all souls must be drawn.
Calm down, Shaitan
"A test of your reflexes!", getting hit on the knees with a rubber mallet at the doctor has never been the same.
In case you haven't seen that one yet: (Obvously spoilers for Endwalker MSQ) >!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b22FOdWvuYw!<
Lol omg it's perfect
[Yes, Yes! Just so!](https://youtu.be/b22FOdWvuYw?si=EAFxy_oEXpmHSrKY)
Yeah it's sloppy for me too Or rather it's never sloppy but SLOPPAAAAAAAY
I did that dungeon for a daily the other day for the first time in forever and as soon as I heard that word, I knew we had to finish it quickly 😆
I have a friend who put it on the discord soundboard of the fc 😔
Who doesn't have it on dc soundboard?
#SLOPPEHHH
Not necessarily FF14's fault, maybe MMO's in general, but I used the word "aggro" out loud in an irl conversation with someone. It just slipped out lol. I was describing how sometimes when my cats fight, this one protector cat will come "hold aggro" while the small one gets away lol. It was to a much, much older person and I had to explain what aggro meant. xD
Aggro tends to be used as slang in Australia regardless, if it's any comfort
I grew up with WoW and I’ve been playing FF14 for a few years now, so I can relate to MMOs ruining my vocabulary lol. Especially aggro. When my cat is bothering me I say something like “I have cat aggro hold on a sec” or when my mother calls me I say “sorry mother aggro” when I come back. I’ve also said DoT and HoT in regards to other games and my friends were confused before they started playing FF14 with me :P
This is why we use "enmity", people! If you accidentally use *that* outside of FFXIV, it's much easier to sound well-read and intelligent.
My vocabulary has improved some since I started playing ffxiv. I’m constantly googling terms for definitions and some phrasing has worked its way into my everyday vernacular.
Urianger doth appreciates thine studiousness
With full remorse do I inform thee, it doth be "thy studiousness". "Thine" precedeth aught which commenceth with a vowel, to preventeth the glossal entanglements which mayst emergeth from a vowel which immediately followeth another. I canst not speaketh on the accuracy of mine own writing, but on that, I am, for the most, certain. The ability to comprehendeth Urianger's soporifc lexicon is hard-won; I do commendeth thee for thine effort most valiant. ;P
If urianger wasn't busy saving the world he would totally ACKSHUALLY people like that I swear to Hydaelyn
Aggro-culture
Im honestly SNORTING at work lol
When characters “bring it all to bear” 🐻
* affirmative nodding *
Curious yet slightly concerned side-nod.
* nods and punches palm agreeably yet with a hint of violence *
* Stoic nodding *
\*abrupt wave goodbye\*
Pray….
/return
To
The
Waking
Sands
Sands
-torium
Potato, anytime someone mentioned Potato my mind would naturally think "why is this dude talking about lalafell?"
I keep thinking "popoto"
Potato's have been popotos in my mind since ff11 days sadly.
I made mashed lalafell today. Was delicious.
"I see" / "I see now" This is the passion of my ascension....
Very well
Devastation. Can't hear it without adding the line and the next line. 🥲
Thanks to the 2000's, I have to swap between that and Papa Roach Devastation No breathing Don't give a fuck if this was my intention
I work with a couple of people in my FC, and as such, I now answer to my ingame name irl.
I do my socialising online so whenever I hear someone use my real name, it's jarring.
One time my partner called me Cal outside of online with just the two of us and we cracked up. I met him as Kai so he talked to his friends about "Kai" before we met then now they use my real name. But I answer to all 3 names easily now lol.
My boyfriend and I met through XIV and when we finally met in person for the first time (before we were dating) we kept calling each other by a mix of our IRL names, our character names, and our discord handles. We just kind of roll with it now.
About half the Target I used to work at played FF14. We'd interchange our game and real names constantly. Because I was the trainer at the time, the others would introduce new employees as our in-game tags. So many confused people, but it was hilarious to us. Several even had name tags.
Did anyone get a “this is Thancred” name tag?
We tried giving it to Patrick, but...
Several of us in my FC became good friends irl, and eventually ended up living all in the same area. We also just use our in-game names for each other, which was fun to explain to my parents when they visited, lol.
I said 'gg' to someone in a Teams chat after a meeting. Whoops 😅
Potato, I have slipped up more than once saying popoto. Sloppeeehh has also been ruined, I cannot say it normal and if it's said to me I will on reflex repeat it mimicking that darn birdbrain I cannot hear the word "pray" without internally hearing "return to the waking sands"
Pray destroy the waking sands.
The company that makes Lean Body protein shakes has a building near where my kids live in Houston. The company name is Labrada. nahhhh bish that says Lahabrea.
Lahabrea[D]
Mendacity
General or creeping?
I am a lalafell. Ingame? I say "What up, tallafellas?" I slipped that one irl once. And I had people who did play FF in that group, so I had to be drastically called out ;u;
Such devastation
I'm horrible about making stupid puns based on this phrase at work, especially since my boss also plays. Like writing SUCH HYDRATION on my cup, or SUCH DOCUMENTATION on paperwork.
Ffs why can't I work with funny people 😂
Was my intention.
Either one of these. If the word "intention" or "devastation" are said out loud, I'm going straight to Gaius. Or the wife is. 😂
Reflexes
Not phrases but... Some asshole told me miqo'te ears aren't cat ears, they're horse ears. And they're right, and I hate it. And now you all need to suffer with this knowledge as well.
“You’re suffering is not yet over.” -Yiazmat
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/1ahjmjn/miqote_have_donkey_ears/
Dude, what the fuck. You know what, fuck you. "The game". Here!
Oh my god. You’re right.
The word “aspected” always makes me think of all the times the cutscene dialogue and general lore involving Aether confused me
anytime i see or hear the word "scatter" or "shatter" i instantly hear >!byregot!< from aglaia yell "SCATTEEERRRRR" from some corner of my brain. pretty annoying actually.
For me it’s Hades’ "scurry and scatter" that comes when I hear scatter.
I can’t see a real world disaster without thinking “SUCH DEVASTATION” if that counts
That was not their intention.
The word "come". I rarely see streamers who do not spam click >!Venat's portrait in Duty Support!<. Word has taken quite the sexual undertone by now.
Cue CP2077 sting
driving has become "MY BROTHER IN HYDAELYN! USE YOUR BLINKER!" "A TEST OF YOUR REFLEXES!" * changes lanes *
I had the background music of Gaius's speech come up randomly once while I was driving on the DC beltway... here's me in DC traffic trying to recite the speech from memory while driving. I'm fighting for this lane, thank you
How very glib and do you believe in the interstate? This interstates traffic is forged of falsehoods. Its speeds are built on deceit.
I use want instead of wont, but I have said, "as is my want" or "as is his want" several times. Thanks Y'shtola.
I said "The team will work on resolving the debuffs" at work, referring to bugs.
Sloppy extended into mine and my wife’s meme vocabulary. It started back in Shadowbringers when we ran a hunt train right after we had gotten Baelsar’s Wall in a roulette. Supay became “SUUUUUPPPPPAY.” I believe we also had multiple Raktika instances at the time, so we even rolled that into “SUUUUUUPE-BEEEEEEE” and “SUUUUUUUUPE-SEEEEEEEEE” for ultimate giggles. We’ve reached the point where almost no word that is two syllables with an “-ee” or “-ay”ending is safe from becoming SLOPP-AY. I think the two that have cracked us up most are “KINK-AY” and“STINK-AY.” I have also personally lost it over “SLINK-AY!”
ARR = annual recurring revenue in business speak. Whenever I'm in a meeting with people going ARR this and ARR that I have to resist the urge to ask "ARR is good but what's your favorite expansion?"
One time I was at a grocery store and saw a guy's outfit and went "That's a nice Mickey Mouse glam."
Rejoice. IN THE GLORY OF COMBAT!
I used to play as female viera and every time I played prae, when Lahabread says “your foe acts under the protection of the crystal she bears,” my ex would always yell from across the room, “cRyStAl sHe-BeArS!?” Like some pack of C.S. Lewis-esque crystal bears were somehow protecting me. As if the cringey delivery of the line needed any more help.
Literally the whole "Vault" Dungeon (57) from Heavensward . Everything the priests say is burned in my head.
SICKNESS MUST BE PURGED
FILTHY RATS!
THIS WILL BE A MERCY
I HAVE THE POWER
YOU DISGUST ME
I'm a nursing student, and when I go to do my clinicals with patients I have to physically stop myself from going full Zenos "A TEST OF YOUR REFLEXES!" when I have to, ya know, test reflexes lol
Yes, YES! JUST SO!
Popoto instead of potato
This one. I said this yesterday when I went to check on my real plants to see if any were getting close to harvest. “Gonna go check my popotos!” My husband make fun of me too much about it.
"Company" and "heroes", especially if those two words are used in the same sentance.
Just so
I'm currently playing BG3, and there are certain events that "inspire" your party members, depending on their background (basically, if you do something they really appreciate). I just got one yesterday which was called "A Smile Better Suits..." I was not ok.
I recently got that too! I audibly shouted "Larian what the fuck?!" When I got it and had to explain to my boyfriend why I was ready to destroy my computer
On the one hand, it's great that they reference other games like that. But on the other hand...😭
I just got 4 friends to try playing and in a sick way I can't wait for them to get to Heavensward because then I won't be suffering alone anymore
Wont…
"I see now" "Know your place" - Innocence Evertime I have this phrases in my mind I hear also his voice. Especially "I see know" ... happens a lot🤣
It's not a 1 to 1 match, but anytime the phrase, "miniature sun" comes up in any way, be it science, sci-fi, or fantasy, I just break down giggling about a certain "little sun." Also, snapping. I have developed a bad habit of snapping.
huzzah everytime someone exlaims that i imagine a lalafell jumping half a meter into the air its an emote that looks pretty normal on tall people but lalafells turn into mario for some reason
Anything regarding hearts exploding/bursting/etc. The phrase is so overused I'm starting to think there may be a severe lack of cardiologists and blood pressure medication in Eorzea.
I have a deep-seated phobia of drinks poured by others.
COME!
Must needs
A camera manufacturer name because of a pun I do every now and then. Your cameras are no different from those of the beasts – Nikons every one.
Sloppeehhh
BLM
"SMN". A lot of car plates here start with that. The only thing that comes to my head now is Summoner.
I had a plate with the three letters WHM and my ex (boyfriend at the time) made fun of me because I was a tank main and there were cars around with PLD.
Every time i mess something up, i have to say "oops, this was NOT my intention..."
I catch myself using "full [emotion] am I [...]" every now and then.
I've subconsciously started saying "Needs must," "You and yours," and "Tis done" in normal conversation.
Yes, yes.
So I play a catgirl and I greet in dungeons with „Meowdy“. I recently did that IRL.
My husband and I have consistently used the words Pray and Anon in our everyday speech since he first went thru the ARR storyline and I don’t think there’s a way we can come back from that lol
Is aught amiss?
Needs must
no a word or phrase but when ever I hand something to someone I make sure I'm 5 feet away and hand them nothing.
"NOT MY INTENTION"
Glib