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We are all Dog Soldiers. Here, a knight receives his Sartrean Sword. Another name for it is a Vorpal Sword.
Craig Conway and Tina Landini in the movie 'Dog Soldiers' (aka 'Conway's Game of Life'). In the movie, Conway loses.
Camper (Conway): You were right. This is definitely better than being at work. One thing you didn't warn us about though - bloody midges.
Camper (Tina): You big girl's blouse. Anyway, now that you've mentioned work, seeing as I've bullied you to come all the way out here to celebrate the fact... here. Congratulations. No knight should be without his sword.
Camper (Conway) receives 'Excalibur'.
Camper (Conway): I don't know what to say.
Camper (Tina): What? My writer lost for words?
Camper (Conway): It's perfect.
Camper (Tina): Yeah, and it's also solid silver, so don't lose it.
Watch (Movie): Dog Soldiers.
Vorpal is used to describe a sword in terms of lethality. Up until that point, it was a nonsense word but now it's colloquially used to describe something deadly. [Not so daft and mythological as some might think.]
In Jabberwocky, the word vorpal means dangerous, deadly, or keen in reference to the sword used to fight the Jabberwock.
Etymology: coined by Lewis Carroll in The Poem Jabberwocky to describe a sword, likely modeled after warp and vortex.
Read: Jabberwocky - A Poem by Lewis Carroll.
