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ep·ic

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adjective Also, ep·i·cal.

1.

noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style: Homer's Iliad is an epic poem.

2.

resembling or suggesting such poetry: an epic novel on the founding of the country.

3.

heroic; majestic; impressively great: the epic events of the war.

4.

of unusually great size or extent: a crime wave of epic proportions.

 

 

noun

5.

an epic poem.

6.

epic poetry.

7.

any composition resembling an epic.

8.

something worthy to form the subject of an epic: The defense of the Alamo is an American epic.

9.

( initial capital letter ) Also called Old Ionic. the Greek dialect represented in the Iliad and the Odyssey, apparently Aeolic modified by Ionic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I bring this up because no word, aside perhaps from "literally," has been bastardized so badly by the internet as "epic" has. People whip it out like it's five cent candy, without really knowing what it means in relation to their sentence.

For instance, if someone were to say "Kingdom Hearts is epic," they would be correct. Kingdom Hearts is a very long story spanning a great period of time, with many impressive and heroic acts within it. However, if someone were to say that a trailer for Kingdom Hearts is epic, they would be completely wrong. The trailer is likely not longer than five minutes, and if there are any pictures of majestic and heroic acts within it, it is only fleeting and without the proper context of storytelling.

 

Remember: Epic =/= Cool.

Epic.

Cool story bro

Thanks for sharing lolz I hope you don't lose any sleep over that

Edited September 9, 201213 yr by Flaming Lea

8.

something worthy to form the subject of an epic

 

But what if I honestly think everything is awesome enough to become epic poetry? :'(

reached my quota ;_;

Your story is epic

3.

heroic; majestic; impressively great: the epic events of the war.

 

I think that's the part of the definition that's epically overused /shot

Considering many KH trailers are ten minutes long, relative to pretty much any other trailer... they ARE epic

Lol. Epic

Everbody else took what I was gonna say