Talk:Scoria Dragon/@comment-4760920-20120724201219/@comment-68.35.238.35-20120724215143

Well, it does mean "slag" but it doesn't exactly hold the same connotation in Italian as it does in the Queen's English (personally, I'd been having a quiet chuckle at BF's expense since the release).

I wonder if BF considered the Greeks when they renamed the dragon, as the original Greek word (skōr) basically means poo. Latin speakers assimilated the word from them. Scoria is the *ahem* tailings, excrement, or unwanted remainders of the smelting process. This root word also colors the name of the chocolatey Hershey's® Skor bar rather interestingly. :D