Talk:vanilla

What about vanilla kernel, which is a linux kernel from kernel.org ?

The example sentence about New Coke is rather contentious! How about something more neutral? 86.131.102.228 19:02, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Would it be appropriate to add a definition to Vanilla for it's metaphorical meaning of "plain" or "simple"? I'm not up to date on how to edit Wiktionary entries, but I'd like to throw that out there for anyone who might.


 * It's already there. See the adjective section. &mdash; Paul G 14:31, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Scandinavian influence?
Is there any possibility that Scandinavian might have influenced or helped the adjectival sense, even though it most likely is a coïncidence? In Scandinavian, vanlig/-leg means 'common'; 'normal'; 'regular'; 'usual'. I would not bet on this to be the case, but I find it interesting. Has any such claim been made before? Has it been investigated? Funny coïncidence, either way. Skomakarn (talk) 02:10, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

gaming sense has sub senses
This post explains how vanilla can refer to a modded version of a game, so long as the mod contains no out-of-game content. It also has the antonym chocolate. But these senses may be restricted to just a subset of gaming, since I've only heard them specifically with reference to SNES Mario games, and most of the non-Mario references on Reddit seem to be about Pokemon, which is also a Nintendo property. Thus I havent added it to the entry yet. I'd like to see more varied use. — Soap — 10:34, 30 May 2024 (UTC)