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Why do you people call it an avatar? Main Entry: av·a·tar Pronunciation: 'a-v&-"tär Function: noun Etymology: Sanskrit avatAra descent, from avatarati he descends, from ava- away + tarati he crosses over -- more at UKASE, THROUGH Date: 1784 1 : the incarnation of a Hindu deity (as Vishnu) 2 a : an incarnation in human form b : an embodiment (as of a concept or philosophy) often in a person 3 : a variant phase or version of a continuing basic entity none of these terms seem to apply to our ID pics we have here on the mb. where did you guys get that word from? |
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that may be because our id pics are called "avitars" |
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that's how most internet forums refer to them. |
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From the edit your ID page: Upload a picture (GIF or JPG, max size: 100 kbyte I don't see the word avatar, or avitar... so... i don't get it. |
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2 a : an incarnation in human form b : an embodiment (as of a concept or philosophy) often in a person (a visual representation of ourselves - however inaccurate it may be ;) |
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oh man...i wish there were a 'delete post' option.... /me blushes |
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I have a theory. One of the first popular massive multiplayer online roleplaying games was Ultima Online. The main character in the old Ultima games was the Avatar. So maybe people started calling their online characters avatars. It eventually trickled down to messageboards and so forth. |
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I prefer 'Custom picture' |
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that's actually a pretty original/creative idea...but knowing the internet populous...that's to SMART of an idea...:(. |
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that's funny joey, cos i always wondered that myself - that's why i hardly use the word either |
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Look at the dictionary definition guys... |
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strictly, only if it's a picture of yourself you can call it an avatar. but does it really matter? |
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well, this is me actually. i'm polish. |
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