Gore
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Violence
- Graphic violenceGraphic violenceGraphic violence is the depiction of especially vivid, brutal and realistic acts of violence in visual media such as literature, film, television, and video games...
visually depicted, especially the realistic depiction of serious physical injuries involving bloodBloodBlood is a specialized bodily fluid in animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells....
, flesh, bone and brain matter. This "gore effect" was first visualized in Wolfenstein 3DWolfenstein 3DWolfenstein 3D is a video game that is generally regarded by critics and gaming journalists as having both popularized the first-person shooter genre on the PC and created the basic archetype upon which all subsequent games of the same genre would be built. It was created by id Software and...
. - Splatter filmSplatter filmA splatter film or gore film is a subgenre of horror film that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence. These films, through the use of special effects and excessive blood and guts, tend to display an overt interest in the vulnerability of the human body and the...
, a horror genre also known as "gore film" - "Kensington Gore", English theatre slang for stage blood
Company
- W. L. Gore and Associates is the maker of Gore-Tex fabrics and other industrial products.
Triangular segments
- Gore (segment)Gore (segment)A gore is a segment of a three-dimensional shape fabricated from a two-dimensional material. The term was originally used to describe triangular shapes, but is now extended to any shape that can be used to create the third dimension.-Examples:...
, a triangular piece of cloth or metal used in three-dimensional fabrication - Gore (road)Gore (road)A gore, gore point, or gore zone is a triangular piece of land found where roads merge or split. When two roads merge, the area is sometimes referred to as a merge nose...
, a narrow, triangular area of land often found at road merges and diverges
Places
- Gore Mountain Ski ResortGore Mountain (ski resort)Gore Mountain is an alpine ski resort on Gore Mountain in the Adirondack Mountains, located in North Creek, New York. The mountain is a popular winter destination, attracting skiers from all over the east. It is the closest large mountain in New York to the Capital District metro area...
, a ski resort located in the Adirondacks - Kensington GoreKensington GoreKensington Gore is a street in central London, England, the same name having been formerly used for the piece of land on which it stands. It runs along the south side of Hyde Park, continuing as Kensington Road to both the east and west. A gore is a narrow, triangular piece of land.The road is part...
, a street in Kensington, West London - Gore (surveying)Gore (surveying)A gore , in parts of the northeastern United States , is an unincorporated area of a county that is not part of any town and has limited self-government ....
, an unincorporated area which is not part of any town and has limited self-government - Gore, EthiopiaGore, EthiopiaGore is a town in southwestern Ethiopia. Located south of Metu in the Illubabor Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 2085 meters....
- Gore, New ZealandGore, New ZealandGore is a town, surrounding borough, and district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.-Geography:The Gore District has a land area of 1,251.62 km² and a resident population of...
- Gore Township, MichiganGore Township, MichiganGore Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 139 at the 2000 census.Gore is a small, wedge-shaped township, consisting of only four full sections and six partial sections on the shore of Lake Huron just north of the village of Port...
- Gore, OklahomaGore, OklahomaGore is a town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 850 at the 2000 census...
- Gore (hundred)Gore (hundred)Gore was a hundred of the ancient county of Middlesex, England. It covered an area in the north of the county. According to it contained the following parishes and settlements*Edgware*Great Stanmore*Harrow on the Hill*Hendon*Kingsbury*Little Stanmore...
, a historic subdivision of Middlesex - Hibberts Gore, MaineHibberts Gore, MaineHibberts Gore is a gore in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. As of the 2010 census, one person lived there. Ignored by surveyors who mapped Maine, it remained unincorporated as the state was demarcated.- Geography :...
, an unincorporated area in Lincoln County, Maine - Gore RangeGore RangeThe Gore Range is a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of north central Colorado in the United States. The range runs for approximately 60 miles northwest-to-southeast, through western Grand and Summit counties, and eastern Routt and Eagle counties...
, Colorado - Gore CanyonGore CanyonGore Canyon is a short isolated canyon on the upper Colorado River in southwestern Grand County, Colorado in the United States. The steep and rugged canyon, approximately 3 miles long, was carved by the river as it passed the northern end of the Gore Range southwest of Kremmling...
, Colorado - Gore, Nova ScotiaGore, Nova ScotiaGore is a Canadian rural community in central Hants County, Nova Scotia. It is named after Sir Charles Stephen Gore. The village was settled primarily by the 84th Regiment of Foot ....
- Gore, QuebecGore, QuebecGore is a township in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality. Its main community is Lakefield.-Geography:...
- Gore Bay, OntarioGore Bay, OntarioGore Bay is a town on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. Located on Gore Bay, a bay of Lake Huron's North Channel, it is one of the two incorporated towns of Manitoulin District....
- Goré, ChadGoré, ChadGoré is a town and the capital of the La Nya Pendé in Chad's Logone Oriental Region....
, in the Logone Oriental Region - A mythical place mentioned in Arthurian legend, ruled by King UrienUrienUrien , often referred to as Urien Rheged, was a late 6th century king of Rheged, an early British kingdom of the Hen Ogledd . His power and his victories, including the battles of Gwen Ystrad and Alt Clut Ford, are celebrated in the praise poems to him by Taliesin, preserved in the Book of Taliesin...
and probably based on the historical kingdom of RhegedRhegedRheged is described in poetic sources as one of the kingdoms of the Hen Ogledd , the Brythonic-speaking region of what is now northern England and southern Scotland, during the Early Middle Ages...
People
- Al GoreAl GoreAlbert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....
, environmental activist and US politician (45th Vice President of the United States, Tennessee senator) - Albert Gore, Sr.Albert Gore, Sr.Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Sr. was an American politician, serving as a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator for the Democratic Party from Tennessee....
, United States Senator from Tennessee; father of Al Gore - Bill GoreBill GoreWilbert L. "Bill" Gore was a businessman and entrepreneur who co-founded W. L. Gore and Associates with his wife, Genevieve . He gained international attention and respect for nurturing the company from a home-based family business into a worldwide corporation while practicing a unique management...
, founder of W. L. Gore and Associates, makers of Gore-Tex - Catherine GoreCatherine GoreCatherine Grace Frances Gore was a British novelist and dramatist, daughter of a wine merchant at Retford, where she was born. She is amongst the well-known of the silver fork writers - authors of the Victorian era depicting the gentility and etiquette of high society.-Biography:Gore was born in...
, a British novelist - Charles GoreCharles GoreCharles Gore was a British theologian and Anglican bishop.-Early life and education:Gore was the third son of the Honourable Charles Alexander Gore, and brother of the fourth Earl of Arran...
, an English divine and Anglican bishop who founded the Community of the Resurrection - Charles Gore (artist), landscape artLandscape artLandscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...
ist, Grand Tour traveler - Francis GoreFrancis GoreFrancis Gore, was a British officer and British colonial administrator.Gore was commissioned into the 44th Foot in 1787, but transferred to the 54th Foot in 1794 and the 17th Light Dragoons in 1795. He retired with the rank of major and then became Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada from 1806 to...
(1769–1852), a British officer and colonial administrator - Frank GoreFrank GoreFranklin Gore is an American football running back who plays for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Miami. NFL Network analysts have nicknamed Gore "The Inconvenient Truth".-High school career:Gore attended Coral Gables High...
, American football player - Ian GoreIan GoreIan George Gore is an English former professional footballer. He played as a centre-back.-Football career:...
, English footballer - Jack GoreJack GoreJack Gore was a Welsh international rugby flanker who played rugby union for Blaina and rugby league for Salford. His son, Billy Gore, played international rugby for Wales national rugby union team the same as his father....
, Wales international rugby player - James Howard GoreJames Howard GoreJames Howard Gore was a mathematical professor at The Corcoran Scientific School . In 1905, Gore was the head of the mathematics department and taught a majority of the undergraduate and graduate courses...
, American Mathematician - Kristin GoreKristin GoreKristin Carlson Gore is an American author and screenwriter. She is the second daughter of Al and Tipper Gore and the sister of Karenna Gore Schiff, Sarah and Albert III.-Background:...
, American Screenwriter - Lesley GoreLesley GoreLesley Gore is an American singer. She is perhaps best known for her 1963 pop hit "It's My Party", which she recorded at the age of 16. Following the hit, she became one of the most recognized teen pop singers of the 1960s.- Biography :Gore was born in New York City, New York. She was raised in...
, American singer - Martin L. Gore, a member of synthpop band Depeche Mode
- Richard CorbenRichard CorbenRichard Corben is an American illustrator and comic book artist best known for his comics featured in Heavy Metal magazine...
, cartoonist who uses Gore as a non-de-plume - Shane GoreShane GoreShane Gore is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Shane currently plays for Chesham United of the Southern Premier League.-Career:...
, English footballer - Spencer Gore (sportsman), cricketer, and first Wimbledon tennis championship winner
- Spencer Gore (artist)Spencer Gore (artist)Spencer Frederick Gore was a British painter of landscapes, music-hall scenes and interiors, usually with single figures...
, British painter - Tipper GoreTipper GoreMary Elizabeth "Tipper" Gore , née Aitcheson, is an author, photographer, former second lady of the United States, and the estranged wife of Al Gore...
, author, photographer, former "Second Lady of the United States"; wife of Al Gore - Thomas GoreThomas GoreThomas Gore was a Democratic politician. He was blind and served as a United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1907 until 1921 and from 1931 until 1937. He was the maternal grandfather of author Gore Vidal.-Life and career:...
, United States senator - Gore VerbinskiGore VerbinskiGregor "Gore" Verbinski is an American film director, writer and musician. He is best known for directing the films The Ring, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Rango.-Early life:...
, an American director - Gore VidalGore VidalGore Vidal is an American author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and political activist. His third novel, The City and the Pillar , outraged mainstream critics as one of the first major American novels to feature unambiguous homosexuality...
, an American author
Entertainment
- The Unseen (book)The Unseen (book)The Unseen is a 1990 horror/mystery novel written by Vermont author Joseph A. Citro. The book examines mysterious goings-on in the middle of the wilderness of the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. A former journalist becomes curious after an area man kills himself having witnessed something horrific in...
, a horror-mystery novel by Joseph Citro also known as The Gore - Gore: Ultimate SoldierGore: Ultimate SoldierGore: Ultimate Soldier is a first-person shooter video game for Microsoft Windows, released on June 5, 2002. It was published by DreamCatcher Games and developed by .-Gameplay:...
, a first-person shooter videogame published by DreamCatcher Games - Gore (band)Gore (band)Gore were a Dutch rock band formed in 1985, characterized as instrumental noise rock, who released six studio albums, one live album, and had two compilation appearances between 1986 and 1997. One of the band's studio albums was released on the Megadisc label...
, a Dutch rock band formed in 1986 - Gore lyrical themes in GoregrindGoregrind-History:Despite the early impact of albums such as Repulsion's Horrified and Impetigo's Ultimo Mondo Cannibale, the origins of the genre really lie with the British band Carcass, who began their career in the late 1980s...
, a Death Metal subgenre - Splatter filmSplatter filmA splatter film or gore film is a subgenre of horror film that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence. These films, through the use of special effects and excessive blood and guts, tend to display an overt interest in the vulnerability of the human body and the...
, a horror genre also known as "gore film" - "Kensington Gore", English theatre slang for stage blood
- The Gore, a wrestling move used by Rhyno
Other
- Gore (surveying)Gore (surveying)A gore , in parts of the northeastern United States , is an unincorporated area of a county that is not part of any town and has limited self-government ....
, an unincorporated area which has limited self-government - Gore (segment)Gore (segment)A gore is a segment of a three-dimensional shape fabricated from a two-dimensional material. The term was originally used to describe triangular shapes, but is now extended to any shape that can be used to create the third dimension.-Examples:...
, a piece of cloth or metal used in three-dimensional fabrication - Gore (road)Gore (road)A gore, gore point, or gore zone is a triangular piece of land found where roads merge or split. When two roads merge, the area is sometimes referred to as a merge nose...
, a narrow, triangular area of land often found at road merges and diverges - Goré, ChadGoré, ChadGoré is a town and the capital of the La Nya Pendé in Chad's Logone Oriental Region....
, a town