Since no one on this thread has yet properly fed the GDC trolls, I guess I will
Ambiphasient Lunar Wane Shaft:
as the definitions appear on dictionary.com. most significant things bolded.
Ambiphasient:
No direct definition, so let's break it down:
/Ambi-/:
a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, meaning “
both” ( ambiguous ) and “
around” ( ambient ); used in the formation of compound words
/-Phasi- (root Phase)/:
1.
any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
2. a
stage in a process of change or development: Each phase of life brings its own joys.
3. a
side, aspect, or point of view: This is only one phase of the question.
4. a
state of synchronous operation: to put two mechanisms in phase.
5. Astronomy:
a. the particular appearance presented by the moon or a planet at a given time.
b.
one of the recurring appearances or states of the moon or a planet in respect to the form, or the absence, of its illuminated disk: the phases of the moon. See diag. under moon.
/-ent/:
causing or performing an action or existing in a certain condition; the agent that performs an action
Lunar:
1. of or
pertaining to the moon: the lunar orbit.
2. measured by the moon's revolutions: a lunar month.
3. resembling the moon;
round or crescent-shaped.
4.
of or pertaining to silver.
Wane:
verb (used without object)
1. to
decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
2. to
decline in power, importance, prosperity, etc.: Colonialism began to wane after World War II.
3. to draw to a close;
approach an end: Summer is waning.
4. (of the moon) to
decrease periodically in the extent of its illuminated portion after the full moon. Compare wax2 ( def 2 ) .
noun
5. a gradual decrease or decline in strength, intensity, power, etc.
6. the
drawing to a close of life, an era, a period, etc.
7. the
waning of the moon.
8. a period of waning.
9. a
defect in a plank or board characterized by bark or insufficient wood
at a corner or along an edge, due to the curvature of the log.
Shaft:
1.
a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
2.
something directed or barbed
as in sharp attack: shafts of sarcasm.
3. a
ray or beam: a shaft of sunlight.
4.
a long, comparatively straight handle serving as
an important or balancing part of an implement or device, as of a hammer, ax, golf club, or other implement.
5. Machinery .
a rotating or oscillating round, straight bar for transmitting motion and torque, usually supported on bearings and carrying gears, wheels, or the like, as a propeller shaft on a ship, or a drive shaft of an engine.
As you see, this phrase can be taken to mean a multitude of things. Take it as you wish...