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# '''Supernature & the occult''': [[Acts of God]] (monotheistic or polytheistic, including actions of prophets, seers, spirits, shamen, demigods and those claiming supernatural powers as a result of illegitimate divine involvement in their procreation including in each case their earthly or heavenly instruments of torment, temptation [[and/or]] confusion whether real, virtual, animate, inanimate, automatic, alive, dead, undead or having any other intermediate or indeterminate state of expiry, which such instruments shall include, and be deemed to include, any and all angels, devils, dæmons, cherubim, seraphim, incubi, succubi, chimæræ, banshees, basilisks, boggarts, bunyips, færies, phoenices, sprites, sphinxes, harpies, nymphs (aqueous or otherwise), dryads, elves, imps, ogres, genies, gargoyles, gnomes, gremlins, golems, gorgons, goblins, hobgoblins, titans, tricksters, ferrymen, trolls (whether mythical or internet-based), satyrs, fauns, centaurs, sirens, mermaids, mermen, merpersons and any other being prefixed with mer~ and having legal personality ()including without limitation mercorporations) and regardless of gender age or sense of perspective, griffins, dragons of any type, kind or variety, minotaurs, unicorns, leprechauns, wild men, first men, last men, green men or bogey-men (in each case regardless of age, gender or decrepitude), valkyries, vampires, werewolves, hellhounds, will ’o’ the wisps, wraiths, witches, warlocks, wizards, white-walkers, bigfeet, yeti, or snowmen (howsoever abominable); | # '''Supernature & the occult''': [[Acts of God]] (monotheistic or polytheistic, including actions of prophets, seers, spirits, shamen, demigods and those claiming supernatural powers as a result of illegitimate divine involvement in their procreation including in each case their earthly or heavenly instruments of torment, temptation [[and/or]] confusion whether real, virtual, animate, inanimate, automatic, alive, dead, undead or having any other intermediate or indeterminate state of expiry, which such instruments shall include, and be deemed to include (but shall not be limited to or [[deemed]] to be limited to), any and all angels, devils, dæmons, cherubim, seraphim, incubi, succubi, chimæræ, banshees, basilisks, boggarts, bunyips, drop-bears, færies, phoenices, sprites, sphinxes, harpies, nymphs (aqueous or otherwise), dryads, elves, imps, ogres, genies, gargoyles, gnomes, gremlins, golems, gorgons, goblins, hobgoblins, titans, tricksters, ferrymen, trolls (whether mythical or internet-based), satyrs, fauns, centaurs, sirens, mermaids, mermen, merpersons and any other being prefixed with mer~ and having legal personality ()including without limitation mercorporations) and regardless of gender age or sense of perspective, griffins, dragons of any type, kind or variety, minotaurs, unicorns, leprechauns, wild men, first men, last men, green men or bogey-men (in each case regardless of age, gender or decrepitude), valkyries, vampires, werewolves, hellhounds, will ’o’ the wisps, wraiths, witches, warlocks, wizards, white-walkers, bigfeet, yeti, or snowmen (howsoever abominable); | ||
#'''Skynet, [[singularity]] etc''': the malign, tiresome or inadvertently irritating interference of any form, database, network, [[Distributed ledger|distributed ledger]] or other [[technology]] however intelligent (whether naturally, artificially or generally artificially intelligent [[and/or]] stupid) including any file, document, template, macro, mail-merge, form field, snippet, cascading style-sheet, [[dialog box]], [[chatbot]], Turing or other learning or symbol-processing machine, robot vacuum-cleaner and/or lawnmower (whether or not LIDAR equipped), [[Zero-day vulnerability|zero-day vulnerability]], [[natural language | #'''Skynet, [[singularity]] etc''': the malign, tiresome or inadvertently irritating interference of any form, database, network, [[Distributed ledger|distributed ledger]] or other [[technology]] however intelligent (whether naturally, artificially or generally artificially intelligent [[and/or]] stupid) including any file, document, template, macro, mail-merge, form field, snippet, cascading style-sheet, [[dialog box]], [[chatbot]], terminator (past, present or future), highlander (mortal or immortal), Turing or other learning or symbol-processing machine, robot vacuum-cleaner and/or lawnmower (whether or not LIDAR equipped), [[Zero-day vulnerability|zero-day vulnerability]], [[natural language processing]], unnatural language processing, language bullying, language torture, language extraordinary rendition, [[neural network]], self-administering electronic contract (however [[smart contract|smart]], dull, hackable, virus-laden, annoying or plodding and unimaginative in nature), any autonomous organisation (whether centralised or decentralised), any crypto-currency, crypto-token, crypto-security or other crypto-asset (fungible or [[Non-fungible|non-fungible]] and however trustless or intermediated in nature), any stablecoin, unstablecoin, unity settlement coin, or other achingly fashionable web3 initiative notwithstanding the presence or (frankly far more likely) abject lack of any demonstrable point, reason, justification, need for it or other business or social use-case, however economically plausible; | ||
#'''Metereology''': any hurricane, cyclone, tempest, storm, shower, intermittent drizzle or other meteorological phenomenon; the operation or failure to operate when expected of any jet stream, trade wind, doldrum, el Niño, la Niña, Artic Dipole, Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation or other recognised wind or weather pattern; | #'''Metereology''': any hurricane, cyclone, tempest, storm, shower, intermittent drizzle or other meteorological phenomenon; the operation or failure to operate when expected of any jet stream, trade wind, doldrum, el Niño, la Niña, Artic Dipole, Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation or other recognised wind or weather pattern; | ||
#'''Hydration''': any deluge, flood, leak, dousing, unreasonable dampness or other unexpected aqueous invasion ([[whether or not]] having, or intended by supernatural power to have, remedial or punitive effect); any peril, danger, accident or vicissitude occurring on, in, under, above or courtesy of any ocean, sea, inlet, fjord, estuary, inland lake, lagoon, lido, pond, puddle, river, stream, brook, concourse, storm-water drain, firth, burn, loch, lochán, or other body of water having menacing aspect (however Roman, Saxon, Norse, Goth, Visigoth, Gallic Celtic or Iberian in etymological nature and [[whether]] fresh, brackish or saline) including for the avoidance of the doubt the unanticipated contents therein and thereof, whether in existence, plausibly hypothesised, suspected or plainly the product of public delusion or paranoid fantasy and whether by nature a reptile, lizard, giant squid, kraken, leviathan, mollusc, unusually shaped duck or other appalling creature of the deep howsoever described or such flotsam, jetsam, fly-tipped car tyres or other unidentified debris which may for the time being be reasonably mistaken for one or more of the foregoing; | #'''Hydration''': any deluge, flood, leak, dousing, unreasonable dampness or other unexpected aqueous invasion ([[whether or not]] having, or intended by supernatural power to have, remedial or punitive effect); any peril, danger, accident or vicissitude occurring on, in, under, above or courtesy of any ocean, sea, inlet, fjord, estuary, inland lake, lagoon, lido, pond, puddle, river, stream, brook, concourse, storm-water drain, firth, burn, loch, lochán, or other body of water having menacing aspect (however Roman, Saxon, Norse, Goth, Visigoth, Gallic Celtic or Iberian in etymological nature and [[whether]] fresh, brackish or saline) including for the avoidance of the doubt the unanticipated contents therein and thereof, whether in existence, plausibly hypothesised, suspected or plainly the product of public delusion or paranoid fantasy and whether by nature a reptile, lizard, giant squid, kraken, leviathan, mollusc, unusually shaped duck or other appalling creature of the deep howsoever described or such flotsam, jetsam, fly-tipped car tyres or other unidentified debris which may for the time being be reasonably mistaken for one or more of the foregoing; | ||
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#'''War''': any war (hot or cold), battle (on, above or under the land or sea or occurring otherwise in any frame of reference, geometry or part of the [[space-time continuum]] [[howsoever described]], and regardless of howsoever far, far away), siege, invasion, entrenchment, withdrawal, strategic retreat, tactical retreat, surrender, outright capitulation, evacuation ([[whether or not]] assisted by civilians) or other flight from conflict; | #'''War''': any war (hot or cold), battle (on, above or under the land or sea or occurring otherwise in any frame of reference, geometry or part of the [[space-time continuum]] [[howsoever described]], and regardless of howsoever far, far away), siege, invasion, entrenchment, withdrawal, strategic retreat, tactical retreat, surrender, outright capitulation, evacuation ([[whether or not]] assisted by civilians) or other flight from conflict; | ||
#'''Civil unrest''': any uprising, riot, looting, organised disobedience or other civil commotion (not including ironic “flash-mob” performances of songs from ''The Sound of Music'' and equivalent productions, however tiresome or poorly organised); | #'''Civil unrest''': any uprising, riot, looting, organised disobedience or other civil commotion (not including ironic “flash-mob” performances of songs from ''The Sound of Music'' and equivalent productions, however tiresome or poorly organised); | ||
#'''Treason''': any sedition, treason, espionage | #'''Treason''': any sedition, treason, espionage, agitation or other hostile action by or on behalf of an enemy of such King, Queen, Prince, Princess, Consort or Regent (in each case crowned or otherwise); Caesar, Kaiser, Tsar, Czar, Sultan, Emir, Caliph, Khan, Emperor, President, Chairman, Chief, General Secretary, Lord Protector, Great Leader, Dear Leader, Akond, Khaleesi or other monarch, ruler, titular head of state or representative of a deity (or deities) on Earth as may from time to time enjoy, have, be in, claim or, by conduct, assert authority and, in each case, however honourable, well-meant, nefarious or deserving of such seditionary action such person may be and regardless of how reasonably foreseeable at the time of contract such seditionary action was; | ||
#'''End of days''': Any Armageddon, Ragnarok, Götterdammerung, Götzendammerung, apocalypse (now, then or later, whether or not involving zombies and including horsemen, chess-playing reapers, plagues, lambs laying down with lions (on or off Broadway) and such other signs, seals or symbols thereof as may have been foretold in scripture, apocrypha, other generally accepted religious texts (howsoever canonical), or in extended universe or fan fiction), abyss, cataclysm, quickening, rapture, revelation, world’s end, great day of judgment (which shall include summary judgment and such other similarly final or existentially crushing ''ex parte'' order as shall be made or deemed to be made by or on behalf of such deities as have or allege competent jurisdiction over the souls of the relevantly afflicted), [[end of days]], [[omega]], singularity, showdown between the forces of good and evil, gnab-gib, cosmic- or global-scale tragedy, catastrophe, devastation, threnody, vicissitude, misfortune or setback including such ultimate resting entropic state of the universe as may finally occur; | |||
#'''Fauna''': the unwanted ministrations of any animal, [[whether]] naturally domesticated (''[[mansuetae naturae]]'') or wild (''[[ferae naturae]]''), the infestation of any insect, bird, fish, microbe or algal organism; | #'''Fauna''': the unwanted ministrations of any animal, [[whether]] naturally domesticated (''[[mansuetae naturae]]'') or wild (''[[ferae naturae]]''), the infestation of any insect, bird, fish, microbe or algal organism; | ||
#'''Personal injury by accident''': any injury, illness or childhood infection encountered during pretend military fitness training, on an assault course or in a plastic ball pool, Jungle Jim{{tm}}, Clown Town{{tm}} or other children’s play area however dismal, | #'''Personal injury by accident''': any injury, illness or childhood infection encountered during pretend military fitness training, on an assault course or in a plastic ball pool, Jungle Jim{{tm}}, Clown Town{{tm}} or other children’s play area however dismal, | ||