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Elysium's Edge: Slang Dictionary

Earth
Moon
- Numbers
Mars
Other

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Earth

Abe

(from Japanese, 『相棒』, Aibō, "pal", accomplice) Friend, partner, "bro".

Drokk

Euphamism for "shit".

Fuyoh

excl. (from Hokkien, 『水喔』, via Malay) expression of surprise and admiration.

Gahyo

excl. (from Cantonese, 『加油』, add oil) Go for it, godspeed, come on.

Gummy

(influenced by Japanese, 『ごみ』, trash) Low quality synthetic food.

Haiya

excl. (from Hokkien, 『哎呀』, via Malay) expression of surprise and dissapointment.

Pulcot

n./adj. (from Korean, 『불꽃』, sparkle), Kitchy over-the-top-ness.

Moon

Brat

(from Russian, "брат", brother) Friend, partner, bro, implies the listener is in the same group as the speaker.

Bone

adj. (from Polari, "Bona", "good") Cool, awesome, dope.

Cake

(from Japanese, 『計画』, "plan") plan, scheme, idea.

Gijer

(from Japanese, 『外人』, influenced by romani "Gadzhe") Outsider, esp. of the moon.

Hein

(from Robert A. Heinlein, author of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress), A person who is hopeful to the point of being naive.

Jacks

adj. (from Polari, "Ajax") Near.

Nico

uncountable (from Italian, "Organico", personnel), Staff of a buisness

OB

(from Japanese, 『親分』, *O*ya*b*un), boss

Juwet

A lunar native.

Tikker

excl. (from Hindi, ठीक हैं, "is right") Understood, perfect, OK.

Numbers

The moon has it's own counting system

Una
Dwi
Tri
Kwat
Chink
Dit
Seb
Ot
Novh
Jech

Mars

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".

Martian Spanish is notable for having a neuter case ("-e") for any animate noun.

Aus

adv. (from German, aus, out) Outside.

Chergri

(from Llanito, Echegarai), Guard, Watchman

Pane

Good friend, pal.

Shtaubman

German-speaking minority.

Syane

(Corrupted from Spanish, Marciano), Martian native.

Other

Homebound

Someone from Earth.

Delve

A generic term for Direct Neural Interface VR, derived from a genericised trademark.