text: #!/usr/bin/env python
  # coding: utf-8
  #
  # Code (c) 2009 Liam Cooke
  # See LICENSE.txt
  #
  # Content (c) 2009 David Malki !
  # See http://wondermark.com/554/
  
  vocab = dict(
      location_adj = u"""
          neo-noir
          alternate-history
          ancient
          post-apocalyptic
          dystopian
          VR-simulated
          metaphorical
          anachronistic
          leather-clad
          coal-powered
          dragon-filled
          shrill
      """,
      location_noun = u"""
          America
          Japan
          Soviet Russia
          Victorian Britain
          medieval Europe
          Aztec empire
          Atlantis
          terraformed Mars
          Antarctica
          one-way spaceflight
          Outer Rim world
          set from <i>Road Warrior</i>
      """,
      protagonist = u"""
          flying message courier
          student of metaphysics
          milquetoast office drone
          schlub with mild <abbr>OCD</abbr>
          farm boy with dreams
          techno-obsessed geek
          brooding loner
          wisecracking mercenary
          idealistic revolutionary
          journeyman inventor
          collector of oddities
          author self-insert
      """,
      discovery = u"""
          magic diadem
          arcane prophecy
          dusty tome
          crazy old man
          alien artifact
          enchanted sword
          otherworldly portal
          dream-inducing drug
          encrypted data feed
          time-traveling soldier
          exiled angel
          talking fish
      """,
      adversary = u"""
          a megalomaniacal dictator
          a government conspiracy
          a profit-obsessed corporation
          a sneering wizard
          supernatural monsters
          computer viruses made real
          murderous robots
          an army led by a sadist
          forces that encourage conformity
          a charismatic politician on the rise
          humanity’s selfish nature
          his own insecurity <i>vis-à-vis</i> girls
      """,
      assistant = u"""
          sarcastic female techno-geek
          tomboyish female mechanic
          shape-shifting female assassin
          leather-clad female in shades
          girl who's always loved him
          bookish female scholar with mousy brown hair
          cherubic girl with pigtails and spunk
          female who inexplicably becomes attracted to the damaged protagonist for unstated reasons
      """,
      inventory = u"""
          wacky pet
          welding gear
          closet full of assault rifles
          reference book
          cleavage
          facility with magic
          condescending tone
          discomfort in formal wear
      """,
      conflict = u"""
          a fistfight atop a tower
          a daring rescue preceding a giant explosion
          a heroic sacrifice that no one will ever remember
          a philosophical argument punctuated by violence
          a false victory with the promise of future danger
          the invocation of a spell at the last possible moment
          eternal love professed without irony
          the land restored to health
          authorial preaching through the mouths of the characters
          convoluted nonsense that squanders the readers’ goodwill
          wish-fulfillment solutions to real-world problems
          a cliffhanger for the sake of prompting a series
      """,
      title_adj = u"""
          Chrono
          Neuro
          Aero
          Cosmo
          Reve
          Necro
          Cyber
          Astro
          Psycho
          Steam
          Meta
          Black
      """,
      title_noun = u"""
          punks
          mechs
          noiacs
          opolis
          nauts
          phages
          droids
          bots
          blades
          trons
          mancers
          Wars
      """
  )
  
  for part, words in vocab.items():
      vocab[part] = tuple(word.strip() for word in words.strip().split('\n'))
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      import json
      print json.dumps(vocab)
  