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- noun A
fiery demonic creature.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Avias (UID#2053) on November 13th, 2009 at 1: 37 pm balrog is taht joo??
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This particular drama unfolded just before a demon-like monster called a balrog appeared to challenge the fellowship (protagonists).
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Secrets of the Silver Screen: Telling 2006
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Monkey: * roaring like a balrog, scruffs cat and pulls off hair*
Cat V. Monkey: ultimate fighting matociquala 2008
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Though the screenplay never read more than something simple like, “characters rush to bridge to escape balrog,” Jackson added crumbling grounds in the too-deep mine, asked the characters to make life-risking leaps over an abyss, added arrow fire and even a teetering stair for one of the most edge-of-seat scenes in the flick.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Fighting the Sag in 10 Steps 2007
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I saw something that looked very much like a balrog, or his legs at least.
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LOOK AT STEVE'S SPIDER-MAN UNDERROOS! which showed how evil the balrog was.
Klausner Backlash? 2007
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Gandalf is two people at once: the fierce warrior-wizard who defeated the balrog, and the friendly old man with the funny hat.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Peter Jackson Reveals Some Details of Planned Hobbit Movie 2009
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The script itself said something along the lines of, “The fellowship runs from the balrog, down a staircase and across a bridge,” but director Jackson expanded on the concept based on imagery of a crumbling bridge that one of his artists composed.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Secrets of the Silver Screen: Telling 2006
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I thought Gothmog was the name of a balrog in the First Age, not an orc at all.
Disclaimer 2008
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I thought Gothmog was the name of a balrog in the First Age, not an orc at all.
chained_bear commented on the word balrog
Yarb's definition can be found in the comments on this list.
January 5, 2011