TROJAN.
Oxford English Dictionary
trojan, a. and n.
A. adj.
1. a. Of or pertaining to ancient Troy or its inhabitants.
b. Trojan horse: according to epic tradition, the hollow wooden horse in which Greeks were concealed to enter Troy; fig. a person, device, etc., insinuated to bring about an enemy's downfall; a person or thing that undermines from within; also attrib.
2. Astr. The epithet of two groups of asteroids which are at the same distance as Jupiter from the sun and approximately 60 degrees ahead of it and 60 degrees behind it in their orbit, so that with the sun and Jupiter they occupy positions of stability at the corners of two equilateral triangles. [So called because the first ones to be discovered were named after heroes of the Trojan War.]
B. n.
1. An inhabitant or native of Troy. (In quot. 1910 used allusively.)
2. colloq. a. A merry or roystering fellow; a boon companion; a person of dissolute life; also (in later use only) as a vague term of commendation or familiarity: a good fellow (often with the alliterative epithet true or trusty). Cf. GREEK n. 5.
b. A brave or plucky fellow; a person of great energy or endurance: usu. in phr. like a Trojan.
3. Entom. A name given by Linnæus to certain species of butterflies, chiefly tropical, distinguished by crimson spots on the wings from allied species called Greeks.
4. Astr. A Trojan asteroid.
5. U.S. The proprietary name of a make of contraceptive sheath.
First registered as a proprietary term in the U.S. on 26 Apr. 1927.
Hence Trojanry (nonce-wd.), body or company of Trojans. See also TROYANISH, TROYISH.
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I see 3 other familiar names, (and yes, I can fit those familiar names to the familiar faces) but strangely, we aren't familiar with each other at all. Get the idea? I guess I should be comforted that the only familiar names I've heard, are actually all in the same group.
But I still find it a tad bit ridiculous one group has 27 people. Sigh.
Anyway, I guess I've kinda made up my mind on which camps to go already.....
all I have to say is, SORRY SUNSHINE :(
