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Elysium's Edge: Slang Dictionary

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Earth

Abe
  1. (from Japanese, 『相棒』, Aibō, "pal", accomplice) Friend, partner, "bro".
Drokk
  1. 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
  1. (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
  1. (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
  1. (from Japanese, 『計画』, "plan") plan, scheme, idea.
Gijer
  1. (from Japanese, 『外人』, influenced by romani "Gadzhe") Outsider, esp. of the moon.
Hein
  1. (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
  1. uncountable (from Italian, "Organico", personnel), Staff of a buisness
OB
  1. (from Japanese, 『親分』, *O*ya*b*un), boss
Juwet
  1. A lunar native.
Tikker
excl. (from Hindi, ठीक हैं, "is right") Understood, perfect, OK.

Numbers

The moon has it's own counting system

  1. Una
  2. Dwi
  3. Tri
  4. Kwat
  5. Chink
  6. Dit
  7. Seb
  8. Ot
  9. Novh
  10. 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
  1. (from Llanito, Echegarai), Guard, Watchman
Pane
  1. Good friend, pal.
Shtaubman
  1. German-speaking minority.
Syane
(Corrupted from Spanish, Marciano), Martian native.

Other

Homebound
  1. Someone from Earth.