Vocabulary that the Pokemon games have taught you?

[Zowayix]

Something I've always found interesting is the amount of vocabulary that I've first seen in a Pokemon game.

What vocab have the games taught you?

For me, I can only remember two right now, but I know there are more that I've since forgotten.
1. to suppress, as in "[Opponent's] Clear Body suppressed [User's] Intimidate!"
2. calamitous, from PMD: "[User] used Sheer Cold! [Opponent] took calamitous damage! It's a one-hit KO!"

 

[PlatinumDude]

I learned what "buffeted" (*insert Pokemon here* is buffeted by the sandstorm!) meant after playing the Pokemon games that involved sandstorms and hail.

 

[The Sceptile King]

I still don't know what it means, but professor birch and rowan used the word aplomb

 

[Tropical Sunlight]

I practically learned English by playing Pokemon :D

 

[Seki]

The word "effective" on super-effective.

 

[Sayan]

I learned the words 'intimidate', 'endeavor' (that's how it's spelled in Pokemon), 'moxie', 'docile' and probably a few more.

 

[Kotowari]

I basically started to learn English thanks to Pokémon. :'D By the time I actually had English classes I had already played Red and Silver, giving me quite an advantage in English. : >

 

[Mentalii]

I practically learned English by playing Pokemon :D

Me too x) Because Hacked games really appealed to me, so starting to play with them taught me a lot of words and expressions!

 

[blue]

Pokémon has definitely boosted my vocabulary, I have learnt words and the meaning of those words all thanks to Pokémon!

 

[poopydude]

Fatigue from the move outrage.

 

[Manectrify.]

'Aplomb' - Ruby and Sapphire.
'Elixir'.
'Nonchalant' - PMD2.

 

[Cid]

Oddly, I don't remember particularly learning the meaning of difficult words from the NPC conversations on my first few playthroughs (probably because back then, I didn't care about what they said to me that much).

I could say that I learned a lot in terms of sentence structure, grammar, etc. from Pokémon given my young age (and English not being my native language) when I started playing the games.
Not to mention finding out what defense, agility, tackle, constrict and many other Pokémon words meant.
Now that I realize it, I definitely owe a lot to Pokémon (although a few other games aided my English as well).

 

[bobandbill]

A few things from GSC, like 'quantity', and one thing that always comes to mind is from RSE (or dppt?): that soil always seemed to be loamy.

 

[miltankRancher]

buffeted. LOL. I first heard it in Ruby in the snadstorm route.

 

[~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~]

Elixir as well back in the good old Pokemon Blue and Pokemon Red.


:t354:TG

 

[Sydian]

Buffeted, ether, elixir, Dexoyribonucleic Acid (from Deoxys...not in the game per se, but you know), endeavor, intimidate, most natures (timid, naive, docile), there's plenty of stuff. Can't name it all though!

 

[Zapperz]

learnt from gsc that 'foe' meant enemy.
then rse learnt that natures can be used in my essays to describe attitudes etc.

 

[Blizz]

I have learn better English thanks to Pokémon. I have learned few words like "potion", "elixir" and "foe". There are other words but I can't remember them at the moment.

 

[Tombo]

I learnt the phrase 'just joshing' in reference to a joke or mocking

 

[psyanic]

I remember learning guillotine, magnitude, and seismic (from seismic toss). The natures also helped a bit, especially learning "adamant".