User blog comment:BeholdtheVision/COMMENT PLEASE/@comment-1897744-20100409025602

But the old tern 'orc' (which referred to a cup; you're actually thinking of 'orcus') is NOT SYNONYMOUS TO PRESENT DAY ORCS. IT HAS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MEANING. Present day orcs were COINED BY TOLKIEN.

And the elves never "joined the ring."