Editing Urist

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The first name "'''Urist'''" is generally accepted in the DF community as "the" generic dwarven name, and often used as a reference name if someone talks about a dwarf and doesn't have (or want to bother with) an actual name, similar to a Russian and "Ivan".  This name is often, if not always, linked with a last name of 'Mc______', that includes some trait or his job. The Mc refers to the stereotypes of Scots being drunk and violent, stereotypes also associated quite accurately with dwarves.

For Example:
:Urist Mc[[Miner]] can't find his [[pick]]!
:It's time for Urist McUseless[[Nobles|Noble]] to have an [[unfortunate accident]].
:Urist McStupid [[Dodging|dodge]]d into the [[magma]].

Urist is the dwarvish word for "dagger". This is somewhat of a misnomer - dwarves really aren't that sharp...

The origin of the name's popularity seems to be the tale "[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=15572.0 One Dwarf Against the World]," a well-received narrative style account of a hermit fortress played in the 2D version.  That dwarf's full name was Urist Borushdumat (Raked-Roughness). Despite that dwarf having been female, the name is used for either gender of generic dwarf.

'''Urist''' is also the tongue-in-cheek term for the [[temperature]] units used by [[Toady One]]. It has since been adopted by players, and has expanded to be a unit of measurement for any dwarven measuring system.

Typing Urist into the game Scribblenauts Unlimited creates a Dwarf.

Fun Fact:  Animals can be named Urist as well.

Fun Fact 2: Dwarves CANNOT obtain the name Urist Uristurister. Whichever [[elf]] wrote that deserves a [[magma]] bath.
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-:''This article is about the Dwarven name. For the weapon, see [[Dagger]].''
+The first name "'''Urist'''" is generally accepted in the DF community as "the" generic dwarven name, and often used as a reference name if someone talks about a dwarf and doesn't have (or want to bother with) an actual name, similar to a Russian and "Ivan".  This name is often, if not always, linked with a last name of 'Mc______', that includes some trait or his job. The Mc refers to the stereotypes of Scots being drunk and violent, stereotypes also associated quite accurately with dwarves.
-The first [[name]] '''Urist''' is generally accepted in the DF community as ''the'' generic dwarven name, and often used as a reference name if someone talks about a dwarf and doesn't have (or want to bother with) an actual name, similar to a generic Anglo/American called "Bob", a Russian being called "Ivan", or a Frenchman called "François", etc. etc.
+For Example:
+:Urist Mc[[Miner]] can't find his [[pick]]!
+:It's time for Urist McUseless[[Nobles|Noble]] to have an [[unfortunate accident]].
+:Urist McStupid [[Dodging|dodge]]d into the [[magma]].
-This first name is almost always paired with a last name with the [[wikipedia:Celtic onomastics|Gaelic surname prefix]] "Mc", e.g. "McMiner" or "McUselessNoble". The suffix of the surname is always a description of the dwarf or the dwarf's job, even though this is not a valid form for in-game dwarven names. The "Mc" probably stems from both the Scottish accents commonly given to dwarves in fantasy films and video games, and the stereotypes of Scots being drunk and violent, stereotypes also associated quite accurately with dwarves in ''Dwarf Fortress''.
+Urist is the dwarvish word for "dagger". This is somewhat of a misnomer - dwarves really aren't that sharp...
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+The origin of the name's popularity seems to be the tale "[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=15572.0 One Dwarf Against the World]," a well-received narrative style account of a hermit fortress played in the 2D version.  That dwarf's full name was Urist Borushdumat (Raked-Roughness). Despite that dwarf having been female, the name is used for either gender of generic dwarf.
-==== Examples ====
+'''Urist''' is also the tongue-in-cheek term for the [[temperature]] units used by [[Toady One]]. It has since been adopted by players, and has expanded to be a unit of measurement for any dwarven measuring system.
-:* Urist Mc[[Miner]] can't find his [[pick]]!
-:* It's time for Urist McUseless[[Nobles|Noble]] to have an [[unfortunate accident]].
-:* Urist McIdiot [[Dodging|dodge]]d into the [[magma]].
-The correct pronunciation of "Urist" depends on dialect. Dwarves from your civilization will always pronounce it the right way. Everyone else is wrong.
+Typing Urist into the game Scribblenauts Unlimited creates a Dwarf.
-== Origins ==
+Fun Fact:  Animals can be named Urist as well.
-The origin of the name's popularity seems to be the tale "[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=15572.0 One Dwarf Against the World]," a well-received narrative style account of a hermit fortress played in the 2D version. That dwarf's full name was Urist Borushdumat (Raked-Roughness). Despite that dwarf having been female, the name is used for either gender of generic dwarf.
-"Urist" is the [[dwarven language|dwarven]] word for "[[dagger]]", somewhat of a misnomer ''per se'', as dwarves really aren't that sharp.
+Fun Fact 2: Dwarves CANNOT obtain the name Urist Uristurister. Whichever [[elf]] wrote that deserves a [[magma]] bath.
-== Other uses ==
-{{main|Temperature}}
-'''Urist''' is also the term for the [[temperature]] units used by [[Toady One]] and has since been adopted by players.
-It has also unofficially expanded to be the tongue-in-cheek unit of measurement for ''any'' dwarven measuring system. For example, an artifact valued at 100,000☼ (normally "dwarfbucks") could be valued ''"at 100,000 urists!"'', or a room could measure ''"100 square urists"'', meaning that the room was 10 by 10 tiles. The use of Urist (or dwarfbucks) as the unit of currency has been challenged recently, with [https://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/comments/nzq4vi/i_present_a_lorefriendly_name_for_dwarfbucks Zathal] being proffered, as an eroded form of the Dwarven Zatthudduthal (judged-worth).
-== In popular culture ==
-* Typing "Urist" into the games ''[[wikipedia:Super Scribblenauts|Super Scribblenauts]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Scribblenauts Remix|Scribblenauts Remix]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Scribblenauts Unlimited|Scribblenauts Unlimited]]'' creates a dwarf.
-* Immigrants in ''[[wikipedia:Papers,_Please|Papers, Please]]'' are occasionally named Urist.
-* Urist McPrudent is a semi-random name in ''[[wikipedia:Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead|Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead]]''.
-* There is a chance that the Demolitionist NPC dwarf in ''[[wikipedia:Terraria|Terraria]]'' can be named Urist.
-* Members of the ship crew in the game ''Star Traders: Frontiers'' can spawn with the surname McUrist.
-* The example email address used in [[wikipedia:Mailchimp|Mailchimp]]'s developer documentation is <code>Urist.McVankab@freddiesjokes.com</code>
-* In ''[[wikipedia:Borderlands 3|Borderlands 3]]'', a randomly-spawning mission will task you to kill Urist McEnforcer, a shorter dwarfish version of the game's usual Enforcer-type enemy.
-* In [[wikipedia:Runescape|Runescape]] the quest [https://runescape.wiki/w/From_Tiny_Acorns From Tiny Acorns] contains a dwarf named [https://runescape.wiki/w/Urist_Loric Urist Loric]. The quest also features other references to ''Dwarf Fortress''.
-* In [[wikipedia:Space Station 13|Space Station 13]] the default character's name is Urist McHands, and in [[wikipedia:Space Station 14|Space Station 14]] Urist is the default first name of debug NPCs spawned
-* In the fantasy city-builder [[wikipedia:Songs of Syx|Songs of Syx]] Dondorians (the game's version of dwarves) can be named Urist.
-== Fun facts ==
-*Animals can be named Urist as well.
-*Dwarves CANNOT obtain the name Urist McUristurister - whichever [[elf]] wrote that deserves a [[magma]] bath.
-*Yurist (Юрист) is "a lawyer" in Russian.
-*The first steam card award for the Dwarf Fortress steam release is named Urist
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-[[ru:Urist]]