40k

Grimdark tabletop universe

40k is shorthand for forty thousand, used for salaries, prices, distances, or any large quantity: The job pays 40k a year.

In gaming circles, 40k specifically refers to Warhammer 40,000, a tabletop miniature wargame set in a dystopian far future: I spent the weekend painting my 40k army.

warhammer

miniatures

Tiny representations of larger things

armies · grimdark · codex · lore · factions · kitbashing · primers · Chaos · battle · dice

salary

income

Regular monetary receipts

wage · job · career · middle-class · benefits · bracket · paycheck · take-home · gross · net

marathon

ultramarathon

Race longer than 26.2 miles

kilometers · training · elevation · trail · finish · runners · race · stamina · hydration · nutrition

followers

influencer

Person with promotional reach

social media · engagement · reach · viral · content · creator · fanbase · YouTube · Instagram · TikTok

Opposites
scale and tone

40kStar Trek

Spacefaring TV franchise

solarpunk · utopia · The Jetsons · bright future · cozy games

temporal setting

40khistorical fiction

Novels set in actual pasts

period drama · present-day · historical reenactment

warfare context

40kCivil War reenactment

Staged historical battle recreation

military history · non-fiction

Family

forty, thousand, forties, fortieth, thousands, thousandth, thousandths

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Rated G