Vorpal (disambiguation)

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Vorpal is a nonsense word from the 1872 poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll.

Vorpal or vorpal sword may also refer to:

Vorpal sword

"Vorpal sword" and "vorpal blade" are phrases used by Lewis Carroll in his nonsense poem "Jabberwocky", which have been taken up in several other media. Carroll never provided a definition of what it really meant. The term has been adopted by the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons, where "vorpal" blades have the ability to decapitate opponents on lucky strikes.

The Epyx Fast Load is a floppy disk fast loader cartridge made by American software company Epyx in 1984 for the Commodore 64 home computer. It was programmed by Epyx employee Scott Nelson, who was originally a programmer for Starpath and later designed the Epyx Vorpal fastloading system for the company's games.

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