Cookie cuttin'

From: hcarteau_at_W72jrzoZPNZ7NJH1WTZXGyUiRKTtaDSKeK9oGPzba3I7FAT_C5HcfPOODrV_F7Ce9cA
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:16:46 +0100 (CET)

OK, thank you. Another idiom for my collection !

Hervé

• Mail d'origine ----- De: Phil Hibbs <snarks_at_Zs54owIYruEtVLHbUvQMbmw368nszndSvQBjVaZFek0lMKwqWmylz609F2LXyd8gwxxqi3lInA.yahoo.invalid>

"Cookie cutter" means something that is simplified - like a star or circle of gingerbread man made by a shaped pastry cutter. It means not very distinctive or original. For example, D&D elves are "cookie cutter" elves, Gloranthan elves are very much not. RuneQuest vampires are "cookie cutter" vampires - they can turn into wolves, bats, or mist with no real exploration or explanation of why, for example.

Phil.