Moon

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(thing) by Frater 219 (5.1 y) (print)   (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:06:29
A ball of rock that orbits a larger ball of rock and/or gas called a planet. Creates tides and eclipses.

Moons come in many colors, but that of Earth is grey.

A moon and a natural satellite are not the same thing; Earth's moon is not a true satellite since the barycenter of the Earth-Moon system is outside of the Earth.

Also, to moon someone is to expose one's buttocks to them as a joke or a sign of scorn.

(idea) by Sirius (2.5 y) (print)   (I like it!) 1 C! Fri Mar 24 2000 at 7:41:38
    the moon shines brightly through
      my window is open letting
        the cool air in
      my room is a mess
        I am lost
          in my soul
      searching for something
          I don't know
        what I'm
          looking for
            and I can't see anything
        but the Moon
(person) by Wintersweet (1.4 y) (print)   (I like it!) Fri Sep 15 2000 at 18:36:56
Moon is the round cat in Whispers of the Heart. He's a crucial element of the story. In the manga, there were two cats, but they bore too much of a resemblance to both Luna from Sailor Moon, and Jiji from Ghibli's own Kiki's Delivery Service. A Ghibli rep joked that this combination of two cats is why Moon is so plump.

Moon is mostly cream-colored but has one brown ear. He likes to tease dogs, and takes the train by himself. He seems to have some sort of mystical connection to Baron, but doesn't belong to the store where Baron resides. Instead, he travels all about. Different people call him different names. (They probably all feed him, too, which is probably really why he's so fat.)
(idea) by wharfinger (6.5 y) (print)   (I like it!) 1 C! Fri Sep 15 2000 at 18:54:14

"Moon" is also a verb.

To "moon" somebody is to turn one's back to that person, lean over, lower one's trousers, and display one's bottom. In some circles, "mooning" is considered vulgar, and in many situations it's just not okay at all. A job interview, for example, is a lousy choice of mooning venue1. This is so for two reasons: First, it's overwhelmingly likely that nobody wants to look at your ass. Second, mooning is usually taken to imply derision or defiance. If that's not what you want to convey, don't moon: Your intent may be friendly or even affectionate, but your audience probably won't realize that and they'll take it the wrong way. Intent is a funny thing. I agree that your ass has no intrinsic meaning: It signifies only itself, "ass". However, viewers will interpret your ass in many different ways. You could even say that, in a sense, the "text" that is your ass is created anew by each viewer. In short, don't go there. Keep your ass to yourself.

Depending on the physical attributes of the mooner (see "ugly as a man's ass"), mooning may be a bad idea in any context. Before you moon, please consider your ass and think of your audience.

Other noders may wish to share thoughts or fond memories about mooning. That won't be necessary, thank you. Really. Don't.



1 The lousiness of the idea depends on which side of the desk you're on. As an interviewer, I've often been filled with a great desire to moon applicants. Usually this happens with the ones who are lying just a little too outrageously and who think they're slick enough to get away with it. Then again, sometimes I'm just feeling capricious.
(thing) by Amoeba Protozoa (2.3 y) (print)   (I like it!) Sun Jun 03 2001 at 23:53:49

GETSU GATSU (moon, month)

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Character Etymology:

From a pictograph of a crecent moon with a pitted surface, stylized into its presnt form.

Popularly interpreted as a crecent moon behind wisply clouds, but this is incorrect.

A Listing of All On-Yomi and Kun-Yomi Readings:

on-yomi: GETSU GATSU
kun-yomi: tsuki

Nanori Readings:

Nanori: oto ga su zuki mori

English Definitions:

  1. GETSU: moon; month; Monday.
  2. GATSU: month (of the year).
  3. tsuki: moon, month.

Unicode Encoded Version:

月

Unicode Encoded Compound Examples:

今月 (kongetsu): this month.
月曜日 (getsuyoobi): Monday.
月見 (tsukimi): moon viewing; moonlight party.

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(thing) by 256 (13.2 hr) (print)   (I like it!) 2 C!s Tue Jul 30 2002 at 14:56:52
How many moons are there in the solar system? Do you know? Do you care? Well, you're about to find out:

There are 159 discovered moons in the solar system. I am only counting natural satellites of planets. There are asteroids with "moons", but they are not on this list. More moons are being discovered all the time, and names are intermittently assigned to those that have already been found but not properly named.

And here they are:

If you notice that I have missed off any moons, please inform me.

Last updated: 23th June 2006.

(thing) by lj (7.9 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Thu Aug 29 2002 at 12:24:19
A wonderfully simple and horrifyingly addictive game for win32, written by Nozomi Matsuzaka.

In moon, you are a sleeping1 fish. 
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The fish follows the mouse pointer, but has a maximum speed and can't always keep up with it. Lots of stars enter the screen, traveling at various speeds and angles, but always downwards and left. In the corner a timer steadily counts up. As it progresses, the stars become larger, faster, and more numerous. A soothing midi file plays in the background2. When the fish collides with a star, the music stops, the game is over (and the fish dies).

Important milestones:
0 - start of game
2500 - larger stars appear
4000 - Enormous stars appear
5440 - My current high score3
69396 - the world high score, as of a few years ago.4

Tips:
Moon works best when you're not concentrating. Just play it forever until your mind is blank :)
Stars can pass through the fish's tail without injury. It's just the head you have to worry about.
Surprisingly, moon is just as playable with a touchpad or accupoint as a mouse. Perfect for airports! I'd appreciate expermental data from anyone with a tablet PC.

Moon is availible from the author's homepage at http://www.ymo.net/~nozomi/works/Moon/

1 - You can tell it's sleeping. It has its eyes shut.
2 - The moon ringtone, for nokia 'phones:
Tempo:160, Scale:6, Note duration, 1/4. Copy and paste the tiny line below:
2h5.,a5,c,h5,2g5.,2d5.,e5,f#5,g5,d5,f#5,g5,h5,c,h5,32a5,32h5,8a5.,g5,a5,2h5., a5,d,f#,2g,a,2h.,c7,h,a,g,f#,a,2g,16d,d,f#,e,c,2h5.,a5,c,h5,2g5.,2d5.,e5,f#5, g5,d5,f#5,g5,h5,c,h5,32a5,32h5,8a5.,g5,a5,2h5.,a5,d,f#,2g,a,2h.,c7,h,a,g,f#, a,2g,d,2g.,8f#,8f#,f#,f#,f#,d,a,g,d,h5,g5,d,g,8f#,8f#,f#,f#,f#,a,c7,8h,8c7,16a., 16h.,16a.,8g,8a,g,d,e,8f#,8f#,f#,f#,f#,d,a,g,d,h5,g5,d,g,8a,8d,a,h,16c7.,16d7., 16c7.,h,a,g,d,h,2a.
3 - Someone's got to have done better than this... feel free to sumbit your high-scores for the E2 moon top 10.
4 - Moon used to have a high-score table (http://www.ymo.net/~nozomi/works/Moon/ranking.html), but it appears to be no more.
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:17:22

Moon (?), n. [OE. mone, AS. mona; akin to D. maan, OS. & OHG. mano, G. mond, Icel. mani, Dan. maane, Sw., Lith. men, L. mensis month, Gr. moon, month, Skr. mas moon, month; prob. from a root meaning to measure (cf. Skr. ma to measure), from its serving to measure the time. 271. Cf. Mete to measure, Menses, Monday, Month.]

1.

The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month.

The crescent moon, the diadem of night. Cowper.

2.

A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn.

3.

The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month.

Shak.

4. Fort.

A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.

Moon blindness. (a) Far. A kind of ophthalmia liable to recur at intervals of three or four weeks. (b) Med. Hemeralopia. -- Moon dial, a dial used to indicate time by moonlight. -- Moon face, a round face like a full moon. -- Moon madness, lunacy. [Poetic] -- Moon month, a lunar month. -- Moon trefoil Bot., a shrubby species of medic (Medicago arborea). See Medic. -- Moon year, a lunar year, consisting of lunar months, being sometimes twelve and sometimes thirteen.

 

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Moon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mooning.]

To expose to the rays of the moon.

If they have it to be exceeding white indeed, they seethe it yet once more, after it hath been thus sunned and mooned. Holland.

 

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Moon, v. i.

To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner.

Elsley was mooning down the river by himself. C. Kingsley.

 

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