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[–] krellor@kbin.social 61 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Shouldn't it be pictures of a warehouse first, and then on the full moon it turns into a house making it a werehouse? A werewolf turns into a wolf on the full moon, so the "were" prefix should proceed what it turns into. Unless this is supposed to be a were-warehouse.

[–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck you and your logic.

But yes…

[–] motorheadkusanagi@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

We're werehouses here, not swearhouses.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

A werewolf is always a werewolf that transforms from man (prey) to wolf (predator) when there is a full moon. So in this example the werehouse would go from house to wrecking ball.

[–] quaver@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

kinda, the "were" actually comes from old Germanic "wer", meaning "man". Werewolf just means "man wolf" lol. So I suppose a warehouse could be a human who turns into a house at full moon

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Were/wer is old English for man. I think the word is related to the Gaelic word “fear” (pronounced fare), also meaning man.

Thus a werehouse would be a man that is cursed to transform into a house.