Where have all the Unipegs gone? They became Alicorns!

[Marigold]

Does anyone out there call them Unipegs and not Alicorns?   Or am I the only one?    And how did Alicorn come to mean winged unicorn anyway?   I thought it was the material the horn was made of.  It had nothing to do with wings. So how did it become the standard?

[TwistedWindSox]

I have no idea, and I've been wondering the same thing! I call them pegacorns or winged unicorns usually.
I think alicorn came about during the g4 craze, but I'm not sure.

[brittney_rochelle]

I'm pretty sure they came up with the alicorn thing when G4:FiM came about. I first heard it when I first seen Princess Celestia.
I've always called them unipegs!

[MikaylaIsSoCoolLike]

to quote the my little pony fan labor wiki: "The word in its new sense is said to be derived of Latin "ala" meaning "wing", and "cornu" meaning "horn", however no sources are cited for this claim."


i still call them alicorns. i think pegicorn or unipeg are things i would say if  i mess up a word. they sound awfully silly too. besides, names for real animals (and things in general) differ from person, for example: killer whale and orca. they're the same thing, just different titles.

[dxgirly]

I call them Unipegs as well.

[SourdoughStomper]

I've always called them winged unicorns. Anything else just sounds silly in my opinion. Alicorn just means the horn, to me.

[Lorelei Redfern]

the horn is called the alicorn.  i've never  hard the animal called that.  i  have called them pegicorns.. but i like winged unicorn better.

[StarDragon]

alicorn is a nicer sounding word, I actually like it. But I just call then flying unicorns or winged unicorns. I too wonder about where "alicorn" comes from, I know it only means the horn of the unicorn (thanks wikipedia!).

[Marigold]

I use Unipeg the most but pegacorn is equally good and winged unicorn works perfectly, but everytime I hear "alicorn" I feel like it is just not right because it is the horn material.


I did look up ala and it is winged in Latin but then shouldn't it be "alacorn"?

[will2Bfree]

I've known them as alicorns for well over a decade, so, no, the definition has nothing to do with the g4 line of MLP. They've been called alicorns outside of MLP for quite awhile.

In fact, until just a couple years ago, I'd never heard the term alicorn to specifically refer to the material of a unicorn's horn and was very confused before I realized what they were getting at. I think it was in an old '80s movie that was on tv.

[Marigold]

Interesting!  Thanks Will!  I wonder which definition came first. 

[NovelNerd]

I've always called them winged unicorns. Anything else just sounds silly in my opinion. Alicorn just means the horn, to me.

Agreed that's what I call mine.

[Binny]

Aside from being used to it I also like the way it sounds. :B

[Syrcaid]

All I know is Pegasus was the name of a particular Pterippus, but we all call them pegasi. I've heard them also called pegacorns.

[Axalth]

Ever since I was a kid I had been calling them Pegacorns. Only recently due to G4 have i been saying alicorn, then kick myself every time i do, it being the name for the horn and all