Also, in the novel Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett, this slang is frequently used.

In the fictional Discworld universe created by author Terry Pratchett, the city-state of Ankh-Morpork contains numerous Guilds ( including respective Guilds for Assassins, Beggars and Fools, as well as Thieves and others ), all of which have a monopoly on the various trades which they dominate.

Terry Pratchett has written a non-Discworld novel called Dodger set in Victorian London.

Still, to quote the same reference: " Vorbis, on the other hand is named after the Terry Pratchett character from the book Small Gods.

* In the Discworld series of novels by Terry Pratchett, the practice of retrophrenology is mentioned.

* 2003 – Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

* Terry Pratchett intended his 1981 novel Strata to be a " pisstake / homage / satire " of Ringworld.

In the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett, the Patrician's Palace contains the Rats Chamber, an anagrammatical equivalent to the actual Star Chamber.

Raimi is slated to direct a film adaptation of The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett.

Mort is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett.

* The Unseen University, in the fictional Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett

" Vorbis " is named after a Discworld character, Exquisitor Vorbis in Small Gods by Terry Pratchett.

For example, J. K. Rowling maintains the painful transition between forms while Charles de Lint, Terry Pratchett, Fritz Leiber, and myriad others reach back to the non-painful medieval literary sources.

* In the novel Small Gods by Terry Pratchett the prophet Brutha encounters several Ephebian ( Greek ) philosophers in the country, attempting to disprove Zeno's paradox by shooting arrows at a succession of tortoises.

* April 28 – Terry Pratchett, English writer

Terry Pratchett authored the 1999 novel The Fifth Elephant centered around the theft of a Dwarfish coronation seat made from hardened bread and called the Scone of Stone.

A Terry Pratchett novel and his reading glasses were found next to him.

by Terry Pratchett.

In February 2010 Robinson, described as the ' stunt Pratchett ', read the main part of Terry Pratchett's BBC Richard Dimbleby Lecture.

Terry Pratchett had not heard of the bird when he came up with the name but retroactively associated the name with the bird in later books.

" Cats with these markings also played a starring role in the drawings illustrating The Unadulterated Cat, a book written by Terry Pratchett, with cartoons by Gray Jolliffe.

* Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett ( 1998 ).

* Eric, parody novel by popular author Terry Pratchett

Rainbows End mentions outdoor overlays based on popular fictional universes from H. P. Lovecraft and Terry Pratchett among others.

* Strata — a novel by Terry Pratchett, includes an unnamed artificial flat world.

She was even the basis of Terry Sullivan's 1908 tongue twister, " She sells seashells ," according to P. J.

In The Phantom Menace novelization by Terry Brooks, he is portrayed as a great deal braver than his film counterpart, standing his ground when Padmé holds him at gunpoint, and even standing up to Sidious, who accuses Gunray of defying him.

Police do not need a search warrant, or even probable cause, to perform a limited search of a suspect's outer clothing for weapons, if police have a reasonable suspicion to justify the intrusion — a Terry " stop and frisk ".

Terry Milewski reported in a 2006 documentary for the CBC that a minority within Canada's Sikh community was gaining political influence even while publicly supporting terrorist acts in the struggle for an independent Sikh state.

Terry is very arrogant and insults everyone, even his close friends.

Terry Venables replaced Taylor as manager after the unsuccessful 1994 World Cup qualifying campaign but Wright's appearances in the side became even more limited.

Raven then teamed with Terry Funk to defeat the Gathering, even though James Mitchell tried to interfere.

In the earlier series, Terry would succeed in seducing a ' dolly bird ', resulting in at least one scene of female semi-nudity per average episode, though as the series became more popular these instances were reduced ( and some repeat viewings, even those post-watershed, toned such scenes down ).

Bell even created a comedy subsidiary label, Partee Records, which released albums from the likes of Richard Pryor and Moms Mabley ; and he made a bid for the white pop market by signing Big Star and licensing albums by Terry Manning, the UK progressive rock band Skin Alley, and Lena Zavaroni.

On occasion, Terry is also forced to face his mentor's old foes, such as a rejuvenated Mr. Freeze ; common criminals using Bane's strength-enhancing Venom substance in the form of slap-on patches ; the longevous Ra's al Ghul ; and even the Joker himself.

Afterwards, World Class promoted the renewed Freebird-Von Erich rivalry pitting Terry Gordy, Buddy Roberts, King Parsons and The Angel of Death against Kevin and Kerry Von Erich and Chris Adams, with Steve or Shaun Simpson also helping to even the odds.

Weaver and Marr once recorded a prank version of the program, giving hilarious off-color answers to queries ranging from Terry Crowley, " team speed " and even growing tomatoes ( one of Earl's hobbies was gardening ).

In 1994, Terry Pluto, who covered the Indians for The Plain Dealer in the 1980s and became the top sports columnist for the Akron Beacon Journal ( but returned to The Plain Dealer in 2007 ), published The Curse of Rocky Colavito, a book that tried to explain why the Indians had not come within even 11 games of first place since 1959.

The programme was so successful that it launched two spin-offs: Wacaday, a programme for holiday mornings presented solely by Timmy Mallett ( joined by Terry a puppet during its first series and Michaela Strachan for later editions ) that became even more successful than its parent, and WAC Extra, a Sunday morning version of the show.

Terry, considered even by his friends as caustic and aggressive, made some inflammatory remarks at a party convention in Sacramento, which Broderick read.

One of Sabu's most infamous matches was the No-Rope Barbed-Wire match with Terry Funk at Born to be Wired, a match which was promoted as being " too extreme even for ECW " – and with good reason: both men bled profusely, and Funk nearly lost his life.

Topper also said that seeing the video of " Rock the Casbah " with " someone else ( Terry Chimes ) in my place playing my song " caused him to fall in even greater depression and heavier drug addiction.

: I read Wunder's Terry when I was a kid and even then was impressed by all the work he put into it.

Makélélé was captain even when Terry and Lampard returned, for a crucial Champions League tie against Olympiacos, but Terry returned as captain the following weekend for the League Cup defeat against Tottenham.

" As a former member of a street gang run by youthful racketeer Charlie " Big Time " Bigelow, Terry had his fair share of run-ins with the Gotham City Police at age fourteen while his parents were going through a divorce, even serving a three-month stint in juvenile hall ( having been underage, he is spared Charlie's three-year sentence ).

Even though the stern attitude of Bruce with Terry is meant to ensure that he pushes Terry both emotionally and physically, and even though Bruce can at times be very emotionally distant to the young Batman, there have also been times he has shown genuine concern and love for Terry.