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'''Urist''' is also the term for the [[temperature]] units used by [[Toady One]] and has since been adopted by players. | '''Urist''' is also the term for the [[temperature]] units used by [[Toady One]] and has since been adopted by players. | ||
− | It has also unofficially expanded to be the tongue-in-cheek unit of measurement for ''any'' dwarven measuring system. For example, an artifact valued at 100,000☼ (normally "dwarfbucks") could be valued ''"at 100,000 urists!"'', or a room could measure ''"100 square urists"'', meaning that the room was 10 by 10 tiles. The use of Urist (or dwarfbucks) as the unit of currency has been challenged recently, with [https://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/comments/nzq4vi/i_present_a_lorefriendly_name_for_dwarfbucks Zathal] being proffered, as an eroded form of the Dwarven | + | It has also unofficially expanded to be the tongue-in-cheek unit of measurement for ''any'' dwarven measuring system. For example, an artifact valued at 100,000☼ (normally "dwarfbucks") could be valued ''"at 100,000 urists!"'', or a room could measure ''"100 square urists"'', meaning that the room was 10 by 10 tiles. The use of Urist (or dwarfbucks) as the unit of currency has been challenged recently, with [https://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/comments/nzq4vi/i_present_a_lorefriendly_name_for_dwarfbucks Zathal] being proffered, as an eroded form of the Dwarven Zathudduthal (judged-worth). |
== In popular culture == | == In popular culture == |