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noun

Say it like: Fla-nje-s

The correct spelling is flanges. An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place. For example: "1998: Mr MI Pennington, Can the Players be Trusted? on rec.games.frp.live-action http//groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.games.frp.live-action/browse_thread/thread/13742e3a1c45df34/f9662af9a11a42d3?lnk=st&q=flange+roleplay&rnum=1#f9662af9a11a42d3 [The] enduring problem with the Gathering is that [players] can't affect anything that happens ... whatever they do, the LT just flange it back to the original plot line."

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1998: Mr MI Pennington, Can the Players be Trusted? on rec.games.frp.live-action http//groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.games.frp.live-action/browse_thread/thread/13742e3a1c45df34/f9662af9a11a42d3?lnk=st&q=flange+roleplay&rnum=1#f9662af9a11a42d3 [The] enduring problem with the Gathering is that [players] can't affect anything that happens ... whatever they do, the LT just flange it back to the original plot line.

1980s (first use), Rowan Atkinson - Not the Nine O'clock News

Definition

noun

  1. 1.An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
  2. 2.The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.
  3. 3.An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.
  4. 4.A vulva.
  5. 5.The collective noun for a group of baboons.

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