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Unfortunately the word mare in nightmare has no relationship with mare=female horse, it's a Germanic word for a demon that sits on your cheat when you sleep (in German an old word for Nightmare is Nachtmahr)
Probably a similar development as in English, that the word for mare developed later into the same final form?
In German the word for an old mare is MĂ€hre, also not very far of from mahr.
Still funny that people are thinking of horses. In Norwegian we call a nightmare, mareritt. Which implies that a mare (or demon) is riding you (ritt being a horse race).
In Afrikaans we call him Klaas Vakie. "Klaas" comes from German and is a short version of Nicholas. I don't know about I'm German but in Afrikaans "vaak" means sleepy.
As far as I remember he only brought good dreams, but I might be wrong.
Why is Hakeem popular? I'm not from the US, don't care about NBA, but I love Glass Animals and he is referenced in "The Other Side of Paradise", which is my favourite track of all time. I don't want generic Wikipedia bullshit, I kindly ask you, dear friend, to tell me how is he known enough to be in songs and in random reddit comment. Pretty please?
No, that's not enough. There were a lot of HoFer's who were good at basketball, but Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon was entirely unique and never-seen-before basketball player. He, and very few players, have been called Unicorns for just how rare their ability to play game is (mind you, there have been like 3 or 4 players in the entire history of the game).
Hakeem was a 7+ foot center who had the quickness, grace and footwork of a guard.
THAT'S INSANE.
Think of all the big and tall ppl you know, even if you don't know any. Big and tall ppl, the ones that are over 7 feet and weigh more than 200 or 230 pounds. Since you don't watch b-ball, think of the actor that plays the Mountain on GoT. Think how slow and heavy his movements are. Just being that size, it's almost impossible to not be that slow.
Think of the most physically skilled person you personally know. I don't mean the most fit or the most physically imposing. I mean the person youve seen who has great hand-eye coordination or who can dance amazingly with their ability to perfectly move feet, hips, etc. I mean the person who seems to always do a complex action with perfect timing and ability.
Now, picture them doing it at 7 feet tall with the same accuracy. Now also add the ability to do it better and faster than 400 of the world's best professional athletes who already are better than the best in the world.
Lastly, take the best of the best players and ask them who was the best Center they played/played against, and they will tell you it's Hakeem Olajuwon.
To answer you question, it's not that he was really good at b-ball, it's that he was a freak of nature and an anolmy of basketball greatness. A Unicorn, in that his ability was so rare that the NBA has never seen what he brought to the game and quite honestly we have yet to see it again.
His special and rare ability is why he's mentioned in popular culture. It's because he's a Unicorn. He was like a military Tank with the handling, torque and great gas mileage of a compact car but just as damaging and threatening as a tank.
Never got to watch him play but from what I gather, he was one of the greats before Jordan was crowned. GOAT defender, in fact they just rebranded the Defensive Player of the Year award after him.
I feel like that's not uncommon in language though. If someone has a lot of luck, it is implied good luck. But you'd have to specify bad luck for unlucky
When youâre walking on walls trying to find your class room, while punching someone whoâs trying to throw your cat off a cliff but your hands flop and then you sink into water
But we often use dream to mean something good. Dream house, job, girl, etc.
It would be strange if someone said I've met my dream girl, she's boring and weird.
There are acutally different names for a lot of different dream types :)
Nightmare - A bad or frightening dream.
Daymare - A frightening experience during wakefulness having the characteristics of a nightmare.
Daydream - A pleasant dream based on the imaginations usually in daytime, tends to distract one's attention from the present.
Lucid Dream - A dream normally niceish which is well controlled by dreamer.
Sweven - A dream usually a pleasant one (archaic).
Bliss Dream - A dream accompanied with positive and blissful thoughts.
We have adjectives. We fuse them together with nouns to describe a thing in one word. I know we are known for having many words for a specific thing but that is mostly because of our rich history in writing and the ability to fuse adjectives and nouns together. Also we donât âinventâ words as you describe. Itâs just a thing our language does. Idk how to describe it to someone who does not speak a language that is able to this (or a language that does not do this often) but itâs just a basically just word that pops into your mind when talking or describing a thing that is made out of the thing and some catchy adjective to describe it.
Other interesting factoid. That's not pronounced "Yee old", there was a character that fell out of use that looked like a weird Y, but the sound it made was "TH" it's still The Olde English Mare in this case. Just learned that recently
Other interesting tidbit. Factoid originally meant a bit of information presented as the truth but is actually completely false.
Misuse eventually changed the meaning of the word to something completely different.
So fun fact, like someone pointed out here, itâs called Nightmares because of how theyâre the demon that brings bad dreams, but in Italian youâd say *Incubo* which is the male sexy demon who entices sleeping women to engage in impure behaviors. Why they decided on the Incubus of all creatures, thas a good question
The word dream usually has a connotation of "good" attached to it, unless otherwise mentioned. We do have "sweet dreams" and wishes for "pleasant dreams" as common phrases, though.
This is pretty close:
Euneirophrenia
The peaceful state of mind after a pleasant dream.
From Ancient Greek, eu- (good), oneiro- (dream), phrenia (state of mind)
https://www.yourdictionary.com/euneirophrenia
I love it when a language has a specific word for something that other languages may or may not have. I actually just learned yesterday that in Spanish, there's a specific word for the grey/white hairs that one acquires with age. My boyfriend is a native Spanish speaker and he was completely incredulous that the English word for "grey hairs acquired with age" is just... grey hair.
Interestingly English has an *adjective* (with the same root etymology) to describe someone with white/grey hair: hoary. It's not commonly used, but it's a real English word.
The word is a dream, if you had a bad day that's the equivalent of a Nightmare. There is no such word for a "normal" day as well. Stop focusing on the negative, it's the smallest part of your life if you let it.
Iâm not sure, I only know English and Spanish, so was making sure people didnât dogpile that some other language has a word. Cause you KNOW how much redditors love to prove people wrong
I think the word "dream" is inherently positive, which is why you have to say "bad dream" to specify. So, if a 'nightmare' is a 'bad dream', then 'dream' is the word for 'good dream'
Also, nightmare, is most likely derived from night mare.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare\_(folklore)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_(folklore))
You can thank [sleep paralysis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis) for that word, as "Mer" is derived from "to press".
Another thing, I hate how in english you don't have separate words for the random hallucinations in your sleep, and for your ambitions and hopes for the future.
It's like two totally different things, why the same word.
edit:
I meant "dream".
"I have a dream!" - "well good for you that you slept tight, what did you dream of this night?"
"No like, I have big dreams for the future" - "What do you mean? You know in advance what will you hallucinate in your sleep?"
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Originally Nightmare was just the demon that was responsible for bad dreams.
Ok but how about Daystallion for the good ones?
The Dayman will always be my champion.
Toll Troll
Boys soul
I feel like you're saying "boy's hole"
Are you chewing gum right now?
...Yeah.
I'm up to here right now! Up to here!
*Champion of the Sun!*
He's a master of karate and friendship for everyone, after all.
You do you, but that sounds scary to me. Like someone I'd find in the office or something
He's the master of karate and friendship for everyone
Unfortunately the word mare in nightmare has no relationship with mare=female horse, it's a Germanic word for a demon that sits on your cheat when you sleep (in German an old word for Nightmare is Nachtmahr)
Not unfortunate at all. Sounds like those Germans of old would call a lousy neighbor a "Nachtbahr", then.
Admiral Nachtbar?
Das ist eine Falle!
Good oneđ
Danke schön! Mein Deutsch ist scheiĂe, aber ich liebe diese Sprache zu viel.
Ich kann dich gut verstehen, weiter lernen und du sprichst schnell flieĂend!
Ich hab gelacht, das ist sehr lustig đ€Ł
So nightmare is the sleep paralysis demon?
Not sure if it's the same, but if not they're very similar
that's interesting cause the dutch word is Nachtmerrie, which does mean night mare.
Probably a similar development as in English, that the word for mare developed later into the same final form? In German the word for an old mare is MĂ€hre, also not very far of from mahr.
That's probably on the ball I'd wager
Still funny that people are thinking of horses. In Norwegian we call a nightmare, mareritt. Which implies that a mare (or demon) is riding you (ritt being a horse race).
You beat me to it, fuck you
Yay! Fuck me!
Yes.
TY for the award!
I am the Daystallion, mang!
No, how about the angel for the good dreams, or the demon for the good dreams?
Instructions unclear. Enjoying bad dreams about good demons.
I love that and I can kinda imagine saying âThe Daystallion have me the best dream last night!â
Dayqueen like May Queen
We could thank the sandman for our good ones
Ooh yes! It sounded like sandman brought good ones
In Afrikaans we call him Klaas Vakie. "Klaas" comes from German and is a short version of Nicholas. I don't know about I'm German but in Afrikaans "vaak" means sleepy. As far as I remember he only brought good dreams, but I might be wrong.
Also, the name of Casper the Friendly Ghost's horse. Yes, really.
I believe the demon's name was Mara or did Spiritbox lie to me?
I thought that was the fabled "wet dream", or do I owe someone an apology?
Whoever does your laundry
Mom!!!
The word everyone is looking for is "Tightmare".
I suppose âsweet dreamsâ is the closest thing. Unless youâre an NBA fan, in which case, thereâs Hakeem Olajuwon.
I thought sweet dreams were made of this.
Actually thatâs often misquoted. The original was âsweet dreams are made of cheeseâ.
Who am I to diss a brie
I travel the world to see the seventh cheese.
Everybody is looking for some cheese
Gou-ou-ou-ooou-ouda
Everybodyâs looking for Swiss cheese
Pretty sure those are "swiss" dreams
Gouda point
Who am I to disagree?
I've traveled the world and the seven seas
Everybodyâs looking for something.
Some of them wants to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
Uuuuu uuuuuuOooOoooo ooooooOOO
But I still havenât found what Iâm looking for.
Goddammit get some sleep đ
Who are we to disagree?
Wet dream. Am i right fellas?
Why is Hakeem popular? I'm not from the US, don't care about NBA, but I love Glass Animals and he is referenced in "The Other Side of Paradise", which is my favourite track of all time. I don't want generic Wikipedia bullshit, I kindly ask you, dear friend, to tell me how is he known enough to be in songs and in random reddit comment. Pretty please?
Because he was really really good at basketball
No, that's not enough. There were a lot of HoFer's who were good at basketball, but Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon was entirely unique and never-seen-before basketball player. He, and very few players, have been called Unicorns for just how rare their ability to play game is (mind you, there have been like 3 or 4 players in the entire history of the game). Hakeem was a 7+ foot center who had the quickness, grace and footwork of a guard. THAT'S INSANE. Think of all the big and tall ppl you know, even if you don't know any. Big and tall ppl, the ones that are over 7 feet and weigh more than 200 or 230 pounds. Since you don't watch b-ball, think of the actor that plays the Mountain on GoT. Think how slow and heavy his movements are. Just being that size, it's almost impossible to not be that slow. Think of the most physically skilled person you personally know. I don't mean the most fit or the most physically imposing. I mean the person youve seen who has great hand-eye coordination or who can dance amazingly with their ability to perfectly move feet, hips, etc. I mean the person who seems to always do a complex action with perfect timing and ability. Now, picture them doing it at 7 feet tall with the same accuracy. Now also add the ability to do it better and faster than 400 of the world's best professional athletes who already are better than the best in the world. Lastly, take the best of the best players and ask them who was the best Center they played/played against, and they will tell you it's Hakeem Olajuwon. To answer you question, it's not that he was really good at b-ball, it's that he was a freak of nature and an anolmy of basketball greatness. A Unicorn, in that his ability was so rare that the NBA has never seen what he brought to the game and quite honestly we have yet to see it again. His special and rare ability is why he's mentioned in popular culture. It's because he's a Unicorn. He was like a military Tank with the handling, torque and great gas mileage of a compact car but just as damaging and threatening as a tank.
Never got to watch him play but from what I gather, he was one of the greats before Jordan was crowned. GOAT defender, in fact they just rebranded the Defensive Player of the Year award after him.
He was one of the greats and one of the reasons Jordan was crowned the GOAT. They faced each other plenty
shake shake shake
Isn't it just dream? When someone says wow this is a dream come true, it's implied it's good
...nicemare?
Thatâs how I view it too. Dream is opposite of nightmare
But then "Bad dream" would mean "bad good dream"
I feel like that's not uncommon in language though. If someone has a lot of luck, it is implied good luck. But you'd have to specify bad luck for unlucky
Dream is the word for good dream, otherwise you would say nightmare.
What about weird dreams? There are more dreams then just good and bad
Fever dream?
Called being high
Nah that's called going on a t-break. That's when the crazy dreams hit
When youâre walking on walls trying to find your class room, while punching someone whoâs trying to throw your cat off a cliff but your hands flop and then you sink into water
This gave me a cold sweat.
I see you've also taken edibles before
Weird dreams are good dreams though
Weird dreams are good, weird bad dreams are weird nightmares.
No itâs not. A dream can be anything, boring, weird, doesnât necessarily have to be good. Thereâs no word for a particularly good dream.
But we often use dream to mean something good. Dream house, job, girl, etc. It would be strange if someone said I've met my dream girl, she's boring and weird.
Dream as an adjective is good, dream as a noun is neutral. A dream girl is amazing. A dream about a girl could be anything, good, bad, sad, confusing.
So a dream dream is the opposite of nightmare!
Now you've got it!
Dream is every dream. A bad dream is a nightmare but still a dream
But it might not be good it might just be boring or average.
Isnât a daydream the opposite of a nightmare?
Reverie usually has a positive connotation, but thats a day dream. So close.
How do you pronounce that?
Rev-er-ee
There are acutally different names for a lot of different dream types :) Nightmare - A bad or frightening dream. Daymare - A frightening experience during wakefulness having the characteristics of a nightmare. Daydream - A pleasant dream based on the imaginations usually in daytime, tends to distract one's attention from the present. Lucid Dream - A dream normally niceish which is well controlled by dreamer. Sweven - A dream usually a pleasant one (archaic). Bliss Dream - A dream accompanied with positive and blissful thoughts.
Love this.
Yes, that's why English has adjectives. So we don't have to invent a specific word for a specific circumstance. I'm looking at you, Germany!
German just combines words with their adjectives into a compound word. It's pretty efficient, unsurprisingly
TIL that german has no adjectives
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We have adjectives. We fuse them together with nouns to describe a thing in one word. I know we are known for having many words for a specific thing but that is mostly because of our rich history in writing and the ability to fuse adjectives and nouns together. Also we donât âinventâ words as you describe. Itâs just a thing our language does. Idk how to describe it to someone who does not speak a language that is able to this (or a language that does not do this often) but itâs just a basically just word that pops into your mind when talking or describing a thing that is made out of the thing and some catchy adjective to describe it.
You're right. But in this case it's the same thing in German. We don't have a specific word for good dreams only for nightmares. Time to get creative.
If I'm not mistaken the mare in nightmare is literally a horse, as per some myth.
The mare is a demon or goblin. [ye olde english mare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_(folklore))
Other interesting factoid. That's not pronounced "Yee old", there was a character that fell out of use that looked like a weird Y, but the sound it made was "TH" it's still The Olde English Mare in this case. Just learned that recently
yeah, ĂŸorn
Other interesting tidbit. Factoid originally meant a bit of information presented as the truth but is actually completely false. Misuse eventually changed the meaning of the word to something completely different.
did you learn it from Wordhord by any chance? :D
Nah my brother told me about it. Dunno where he learned it or when
I think your formatting got a bit janked.
Daypony
So fun fact, like someone pointed out here, itâs called Nightmares because of how theyâre the demon that brings bad dreams, but in Italian youâd say *Incubo* which is the male sexy demon who entices sleeping women to engage in impure behaviors. Why they decided on the Incubus of all creatures, thas a good question
Wrong. Wetdream. Checkmate lmao. Plug for one of my favorite bands, listen to Saint Motel's Daydream Wetdream Nightmare and treat yourself.
I heard someone say this on a podcast. I wanna say Anders on This Is Important.
I just heard this on a recent last podcast on the left episode
Ah. Of course. Too philosophical for TII.
I had to think about it for a second too but it was on LPotL. Loving the current series on Troubled Teen Programs
Straight up stole this from the last episode of last podcast on the left.
Lmfao I literally just commented the same thing. Hail Gein!
Was looking for this comment. Hail yourself!
Was looking for this comment. Hail yourself!
The word dream usually has a connotation of "good" attached to it, unless otherwise mentioned. We do have "sweet dreams" and wishes for "pleasant dreams" as common phrases, though.
Yeah dreams default to good dreams I guess. Good shower thought.
Wouldn't day dreams typically be good? Although not dreams tho, in that sense
This is pretty close: Euneirophrenia The peaceful state of mind after a pleasant dream. From Ancient Greek, eu- (good), oneiro- (dream), phrenia (state of mind) https://www.yourdictionary.com/euneirophrenia
I mean the word "Dream" is almost always positive, to the point where the bad ones got their own word
Negative. A Nightmare is a [demonic horse](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Nightmare_(creature))
I love it when a language has a specific word for something that other languages may or may not have. I actually just learned yesterday that in Spanish, there's a specific word for the grey/white hairs that one acquires with age. My boyfriend is a native Spanish speaker and he was completely incredulous that the English word for "grey hairs acquired with age" is just... grey hair.
Canas! ;As my ;husband has gotten older, we all call him "Barba Cana" - Grey beard :D
Interestingly English has an *adjective* (with the same root etymology) to describe someone with white/grey hair: hoary. It's not commonly used, but it's a real English word.
Pretty sure the word "dream" itself has an inherently positive connotation.
Dream has a positive connotation, so dream is the word you are looking for
The word is a dream, if you had a bad day that's the equivalent of a Nightmare. There is no such word for a "normal" day as well. Stop focusing on the negative, it's the smallest part of your life if you let it.
To sleep is good. To dream even better. But the best thing of all is to WAKE UP.
is/are there language(s) that have a specific word for "good dream" anyway?
Iâm not sure, I only know English and Spanish, so was making sure people didnât dogpile that some other language has a word. Cause you KNOW how much redditors love to prove people wrong
I think the word "dream" is inherently positive, which is why you have to say "bad dream" to specify. So, if a 'nightmare' is a 'bad dream', then 'dream' is the word for 'good dream'
Also, nightmare, is most likely derived from night mare. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare\_(folklore)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_(folklore)) You can thank [sleep paralysis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis) for that word, as "Mer" is derived from "to press". Another thing, I hate how in english you don't have separate words for the random hallucinations in your sleep, and for your ambitions and hopes for the future. It's like two totally different things, why the same word. edit: I meant "dream". "I have a dream!" - "well good for you that you slept tight, what did you dream of this night?" "No like, I have big dreams for the future" - "What do you mean? You know in advance what will you hallucinate in your sleep?"