Looking for a cool word for someone who lives in a skyscraper - Page 3

erbse · June 4th, 2012, 09:57 AM

What about some latin-deduced elitist terms?

Altituder/s
Sublimer/s

Excelsior/s
Exalter/s

Majestic/s
Superdweller/s

Extenter/s
Airer/s

Cultor/s
Incolar/s

Ventilor/s

Aureon/s (my fav in this row)

Tim98 · June 4th, 2012, 01:01 PM

Sky high people

***Jan*** · June 4th, 2012, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erbse

Btw, will there be some poll or a real contest? Or is this just meant for discussion? @ Jan

Good idea, we'll line up the best ones soon.

erbse · June 4th, 2012, 05:08 PM

Geil! Thank you Jan!

Quote:

Originally Posted by germantower

skydent SKYscraper resiDENT

I just realized the problem with this portmanteau word: "Dent" also means knob/bump/bruise. So a bump in the sky? Could be quite a confusing word to begin with.

erbse · June 4th, 2012, 05:59 PM

So I've opened a thread at the international skybar, too - to raise some more attention for this topic... http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...1#post92054341

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unterm_Schwanz

Cloudio for male/ Cloudia for female

joshsam · June 4th, 2012, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erbse

What about some latin-deduced elitist terms?

Altituder/s
Sublimer/s

Excelsior/s
Exalter/s

Majestic/s
Superdweller/s

Extenter/s
Airer/s

Cultor/s
Incolar/s

Ventilor/s

Aureon/s (my fav in this row)

Aureon defenately has my vote of these

Marcanadian · June 4th, 2012, 08:22 PM

High Riser.

Works on two levels: 'Rising' and 'riser' is used when talking about getting up from sleeping. 'Early riser', 'late riser', etc. Doing so in a tall building, such as a highrise, leads to the term High Riser/Highriser.

Innsertnamehere · June 4th, 2012, 09:21 PM

virticalians?

JoHaN 15 · June 4th, 2012, 09:50 PM

Gods

ChiSkyline · June 5th, 2012, 05:36 AM

Here are some off the top of my head:

Skytopia
Cloud watcher
Above & Beyond
Sky High
Cloud piercer

siamu maharaj · June 5th, 2012, 09:12 AM

From the sister thread in Skybar:

SKYHUGGER?

joshsam · June 5th, 2012, 03:38 PM

Englsh language is bad fro this, you can make a hundred words in a latinn language and they sound good but are utterly crap in English

Lets try Latin or Esperanto.

erbse · June 5th, 2012, 07:06 PM

Esperanto would be really interesting as well. Anyone in here familiar with that kind of stuff?

Some words that'd suit this purpose and are understandable for the rest of the world?

joshsam · June 5th, 2012, 07:09 PM

I don't know any Esperanto but the word for skyscraper is the same in Esperanto.

Bentag · June 5th, 2012, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erbse

What about Skypers?

Skype will be tumbling of joy 'bout this one...

I thought in something like that, Skryper.

Skyper is better. However, it can be confused with users of Skype.

Tim98 · June 6th, 2012, 12:12 AM

Sky diver. He/she dives into her bed high up in the sky!

erbse · June 6th, 2012, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshsam

I don't know any Esperanto but the word for skyscraper is the same in Esperanto.

What do you mean? Turdomego means "skyscraper" in Esperanto.

More perhaps useful expressions in Esperanto:

"Aero" = air

"Turo" = tower

"Loganto" = resident

"Cielo" = sky

"Nubo" = cloud

"aproba" = appreciating

"lunde" = wonderful

"malaca" = geil

"Domo" = house

"Konstruajo" = building

"logejo" = apartment

Turon/s could be something that comes closer to a practical expression we're looking for.

June 7th, 2012, 04:12 AM

Elevated Success
(Reference Donald Trump who lives in Trump Tower)

mj12 · June 7th, 2012, 04:26 AM

Son of a skyscraper

erbse · June 10th, 2012, 12:00 PM

^

Sounds more like an insult (SOB, ja)

June 4th, 2012, 09:57 AM	#41
erbse Leave UiG alone! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mecklenburg, California of Germany ja! Posts: 20,270 Likes (Received): 4798	What about some latin-deduced elitist terms? Altituder/s Sublimer/s Excelsior/s Exalter/s Majestic/s Superdweller/s Extenter/s Airer/s Cultor/s Incolar/s Ventilor/s Aureon/s (my fav in this row) __________________ MARS☻ONE *Making a Mars Settlement a Reality! (FAQ • SSC Thread • Mars One Fans Forum)*

June 4th, 2012, 08:22 PM	#47
Marcanadian Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 9,651 Likes (Received): 54	High Riser. Works on two levels: 'Rising' and 'riser' is used when talking about getting up from sleeping. 'Early riser', 'late riser', etc. Doing so in a tall building, such as a highrise, leads to the term High Riser/Highriser. __________________ Toronto - Southwest England - London - Chicago - Vancouver - Banff National Park - Montréal - Ottawa Last edited by Marcanadian; June 4th, 2012 at 08:29 PM.

June 4th, 2012, 09:50 PM	#49
JoHaN 15 Lebensraum Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Praetoria \| Centvrion Posts: 8,117 Likes (Received): 332	Gods __________________ The boys, the girls they all like Carmen She laughs like god, her mind's like a diamond

June 5th, 2012, 09:12 AM	#51
siamu maharaj تھپڑوں کی بارش Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 10,214 Likes (Received): 385	From the sister thread in Skybar: SKYHUGGER? __________________ تھپڑ جھانپڑ تماچہ الٹا ہاتھ چپیڑ چمبا چماٹ ریپٹا چپت

June 5th, 2012, 03:38 PM	#52
joshsam Bokparty Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sint-Truiden Posts: 4,210 Likes (Received): 145	Englsh language is bad fro this, you can make a hundred words in a latinn language and they sound good but are utterly crap in English Lets try Latin or Esperanto. __________________ *Be. Forum Meeting - Brussels* Morocco: Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz region- A small trip report Belgium's capital of fruit: Sint-Truiden

June 4th, 2012, 01:01 PM	#42
Tim98 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Sweetlake City Posts: 150 Likes (Received): 10	Sky high people

June 4th, 2012, 09:21 PM	#48
Innsertnamehere insertoronto Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,938 Likes (Received): 16	virticalians?

June 5th, 2012, 05:36 AM	#50
ChiSkyline Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Chicago, Il Posts: 288 Likes (Received): 26	Here are some off the top of my head: Skytopia Cloud watcher Above & Beyond Sky High Cloud piercer

June 5th, 2012, 07:06 PM	#53
erbse Leave UiG alone! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mecklenburg, California of Germany ja! Posts: 20,270 Likes (Received): 4798	Esperanto would be really interesting as well. Anyone in here familiar with that kind of stuff? Some words that'd suit this purpose and are understandable for the rest of the world? __________________ MARS☻ONE *Making a Mars Settlement a Reality! (FAQ • SSC Thread • Mars One Fans Forum)*

June 5th, 2012, 07:09 PM	#54
joshsam Bokparty Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sint-Truiden Posts: 4,210 Likes (Received): 145	I don't know any Esperanto but the word for skyscraper is the same in Esperanto. __________________ *Be. Forum Meeting - Brussels* Morocco: Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz region- A small trip report Belgium's capital of fruit: Sint-Truiden

June 6th, 2012, 12:12 AM	#56
Tim98 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Sweetlake City Posts: 150 Likes (Received): 10	Sky diver. He/she dives into her bed high up in the sky!

June 7th, 2012, 04:12 AM	#58
fish Guest Posts: n/a Likes (Received):	Elevated Success (Reference Donald Trump who lives in Trump Tower)

June 7th, 2012, 04:26 AM	#59
mj12 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 418 Likes (Received): 12	Son of a skyscraper

June 10th, 2012, 12:00 PM	#60
erbse Leave UiG alone! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mecklenburg, California of Germany ja! Posts: 20,270 Likes (Received): 4798	^ Sounds more like an insult (SOB, ja) __________________ MARS☻ONE *Making a Mars Settlement a Reality! (FAQ • SSC Thread • Mars One Fans Forum)*

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