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[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

Trebuchets are just medieval siege weapons from the Trebuch region of France. Everything else are just sparkling catapults.

[–] mikyopii@programming.dev 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I thought it was tree-bucket as a kid.

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

And when you have many together in one place, it's a yeet fleet!

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I had tredge-bucket.

Thanks AOE2

[–] mikyopii@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

I'm pretty sure that is where I was introduced to that word lol

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

TIL when you rearrange the letters in “trebuchet” you get “yeet engine”

[–] Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

If you rearrange the letters of postmen, you make them very angry

[–] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

No, it's a gravi-yeet