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#+title: Elysium's Edge: Slang Dictionary
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#+author: Atlas Cove
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/Wouldn't be a sci-fi cyberpunk setting without one.../
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* Earth
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- Abe :: n. (from Japanese, 『相棒』, Aibō, "pal", accomplice) Friend, partner, "bro".
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- Drokk :: n. Euphamism for "shit".
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- Fuyoh :: excl. (from Hokkien, 『水喔』, via Malay) expression of surprise and admiration.
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- Gahyo :: excl. (from Cantonese, 『加油』, add oil) Go for it, godspeed, come on.
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- Gummy :: n. (influenced by Japanese, 『ごみ』, trash) Low quality synthetic food.
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- Haiya :: excl. (from Hokkien, 『哎呀』, via Malay) expression of surprise and dissapointment.
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- Pulcot :: n./adj. (from Korean, 『불꽃』, sparkle), Kitchy over-the-top-ness.
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* Moon
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- Brat :: n. (from Russian, "брат", brother) Friend, partner, bro, implies the listener is in the same group as the speaker.
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- Bone :: adj. (from Polari, "Bona", "good") Cool, awesome, dope.
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- Cake :: n. (from Japanese, 『計画』, "plan") plan, scheme, idea.
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- Gijer :: n. (from Japanese, 『外人』, influenced by romani "Gadzhe") Outsider, esp. of the moon.
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- Hein :: n. (from Robert A. Heinlein, author of /The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress/), A person who is hopeful to the point of being naive.
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- Jacks :: adj. (from Polari, "Ajax") Near.
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- Nico :: n. uncountable (from Italian, "Organico", personnel), Staff of a buisness
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- OB :: n. (from Japanese, 『親分』, *O*ya*b*un), boss
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- Juwet :: n. A lunar native.
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- Tikker :: excl. (from Hindi, ठीक हैं, "is right") Understood, perfect, OK.
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** Numbers
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The moon has it's own counting system
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1. Una
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2. Dwi
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3. Tri
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4. Kwat
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5. Chink
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6. Dit
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7. Seb
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8. Ot
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9. Novh
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10. Jech
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* Mars
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Mars has been settled by an equal number of Spanish and English speaking settlers, who have converged to create their own language, locally dubbee "Syano".
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Martian Spanish is notable for having a neuter case ("-e") for any animate noun.
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- Aus :: adv. (from German, aus, out) Outside.
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- Chergri :: n. (from Llanito, Echegarai), Guard, Watchman
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- Pane :: n. Good friend, pal.
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- Shtaubman :: n. German-speaking minority.
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- Syane :: (Corrupted from Spanish, Marciano), Martian native.
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* Other
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- Homebound :: n. Someone from Earth.
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- Delve :: n. A generic term for Direct Neural Interface VR, derived from a genericised trademark.
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- Delve :: v. To use a delver
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- Delver :: n. A device that uses the Delve technology.
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