====== Sunny's Guide to Runner Slang ====== **(Or: One elf's journey through the incomprehensible 6th World)** * Ace: //n.// Best in their field. * arc: //n.// An arcology. * arctic: //adj.// Good, great. * angel: //n.// A benefactor, especially an unknown one. * ASIST: //n.// "Artificial Sensory Induction System Technology." The industry name for simsense. * Avatar: //n.// Decker slang for a personal Matrix icon. See also, persona. * Awakened Creature: //n.// A critter altered genetically by the return of magic, eg, Hellhounds. * Azzie: //n.// Member of Aztechnology, derogatory * barrens: //n.// The bad side of town, the skids. * Badge: //n.// Police or corporate Security * bakebrain: //v.// idiot, jerk, moron - someone with limited or damaged mental faculties. * bagged and tagged: //n., v.//, dead, to die. * beetle: //n.// A BTL chip. * Big A: //n.// Short for Aztechnology * Big D: //n.// Short for Dunkelzahn (the Dragon) * Big R: //n.// Short for Renraku * Bit Jockey: //n.// programmer. * Biz: //n.// In the context of Shadowruning, Crime. * body shop: //n.// an establishment offering cyberware (and bioware) implants. Unlicensed establishments are called chop shops. * brain tap: //n.// datajack or chipjack. * breeder: //n.// Ork slang for a "normal" Human. * bug: //n.// An insect spirit. **THESE ARE TERRIFYING.** * burn out: //n.// a magician who has lost much of their magical ability due to installing cyberware. Also //v.//, to lose your magical ability this way, and as an //adj.//, "burned out." * business: //n.// In slang context, crime, Also "Biz." * buzz: //v.// Go away. Buzz off. * cetheral: //adj.// (Sperethiel) A rare pearly, iridescent skin color unique to elves. * chill: //adj.// Good, cool, acceptable. //v.// To calm oneself. * chiphead: //n.// A junkie addicted to BTLs * chip truth: //n.// A fact or honest statement. * chipped: //adj.// Senses, skills, reflexes, muscles, and so on, enhanced by cyberware. * chop shop: //n.// An unlicensed body shop. * chrome: //n.// External cyberware. * crash, the: //n.// Worldwide network failure of 2029 //((OOC: Awake is set BEFORE crash 2.0))// * chummer //n.// Friend, used in the same sense as “pal” or “buddy.” * cleaner: //n.// An assassin (or team) used to eliminate all traces of a mission, including the participants. * comm: //n.// Short for commlink, your phone, handheld computer, music player, game device, and more in the palm of your hand. * corp: //n.// Corporation., //adj.// Corporate * cred //n.// Money. Reputation, especially good reputation. * cyberzombie: //n.// A person who has so many cybernetic implants they are no longer considered human or alive. * dandelion eater: //n.// Elf or elven. Highly Insulting. * dataslave: //n.// Corporate decker or other data processing employee. * datasteal: //n.// Theft of data from a computer, usually by decking. * deck: //n.// A cyberdeck. Or, //v.// To use a cyberdeck, usually illegally. * deckhead: //n.// Simsense abuser; anyone with a datajack or chipjack. * delta: //adj., n.// Highest quality of wetware. * Domo: //expression.// (Japanese) thanks. Domo Arigato (Japanese) thank you very much. * Doc Wagon: //n.// Ambulence/paramedic. Your trusted for-profit healthcare providers across the UCAS! * drek: //n.// (vul) feces, excrement, as in "bulldrek!" or "drek-for-brains". //adj//: Drekky * dump: //v.// To be involuntarily ejected from the Matrix or rigged vehicle. * dumpshock: //n.// Nausea and disorientation from being Dumped out of a simsense interface (usually the Matrix or a remote control rig) * Dunkelzahn: //n.// (circa 13,000 BC – August 9, 2057) Western Great Dragon who was the 7th Elected President of the UCAS. * exec: //n.// Corporate executive. * extraction: //v.// A corporate kidnapping. * face: //n.// A shadowrunner specializing in social interaction. * fetishman: //n.// A talismonger. * Fixer: //n.// A go-between, deal maker, information broker. * frag: //v.// Common swear word; To desire or take joy in someone's death. //Adj//: Fragging. Derived from "Frag"-grenade. * fragged: //adj.// (vul) Broken, in trouble. * geek: //v.// To kill. * go-gang: //n.// A motorized gang. * go-go-go: //n.// A bike gang or gang member. * halfer: //n.// Dwarf or dwarven. Racially derogatory. * heatwave: //n.// Police crackdown. * hoi: //interj.// (Dutch) Familiar greeting * hoop: //n.// (vul) A common curse word referring to a person's backside. * hose: //v.// Louse up. Screw up. * ice: //n.// Security software. "Intrusion Countermeasures," or IC. * to get iced: //v.// To get killed by IC. * jack: //v.// jack in, or enter cyberspace. jack out, or to leave cyberspace. * jander: //v.// To walk in an arrogant yet casual manner; to strut. * Japanacorps: //n.// Slang for Japanese AAA-corporations * keeb: //n.// (vul) An Elf. From "Keebler Elves." Highly insulting. * kobun: //n.// (Japanese). Member of a Yakuza clan. * meat: //n.// Decker slang. An unwired individual, or the physical part of a Matrix user. * Mr. Johnson: //n.// Refers to an anonymous employer or corporate agent. * meshed: //adj.// Online, connected to the Matrix. * meta(s): //n.// Short for metahumanity. * Mierda: //n.// (vul) A Spanish equivalent to drek. * mundane: //n.// (vul) Non-magician or non-magical. * Night of Rage: //n.// Violent events of February 7, 2039 * norm or normie: //n.// Human. * nuyen: //n.// World standard of currency. * omae: //n.// (Japanese) Friend, mate, you bastard. Friendly. * oyabun: //n.// (Japanese) Head of a Yakuza clan. * panzer: //n.// Any ground-effect combat vehicle. * pawn: //n.// (derogatory) Street slang for Knight Errant of officers * paydata: //n.// A datafile worth money on the black market. * pixie: //n.// (vul) An elf. Or elf poser. Or a pixie. * plex: //n.// A metropolitan complex, short for "metroplex". * pocsec: //n.// Pocket Secretary: palmtop computer and telephone handset in one. * poli: //n.// A policlub (political action group) or policlub member. * policlub: //n.// A political organization (eg, Humanis policlub) * razorgirl: //n.// A female with extensive combat enhancements. * razorguy //n.// A male with extensive combat enhancements. * roke: //adj.// Overly elaborate or unnecessarily detailed. From a shortening of Baroque. * run: //n.//: Short for shadowrun. * runner: //n.// Short for shadowrunner. * salaryman: //n.// see sarariman * sam: //n.// Short for samurai * samurai: //n.// (Japanese) Mercenary or muscle for hire. Implies honor code. * sarariman: //n.// (Engrish) A corporate employee. From mispronunciation of salaryman. * screamer: //n.// Credstick or other ID that triggers computer alarms if used. * scrip: //n.// A currency that is not nuyen, usually referring to currency issued by a megacorporation. * seoul man: //n.// A member of a Seoulpa ring. * shadowrun: //n., adj.// an illegal operation * shaikujin: //n.// (Japanese) Lit. "Honest citizen." A corporate employee. * SINless: //adj.// Lacking a System Identification Number * SINner: //n.// A person with a SIN. An honest person. * Sixth World, the: //n.// the world as it exists in The Sixth Age which began on Dec 24, 2011 when magic returned. * slitch: //n.// (vul) a portmanteau of "slut" and "bitch." See, Slitch Pit. * Slitchpit, the: //n.// A popular runnerbar in Seattle. * slot: //n.// Mild curse word. //v.// To insert a chip or credstick into chip or credstick reading device. * slot and run: //v.// Hurry up. Get to the point. Move it. * so ka: //expression.// (Japanese) I understand. I get it. * spellworm: //n.// Derogative term for a mage * spider: //n.// Corporate decker or rigger, usually tasked with defense of corporate facilities. * sprawl: //n.// a metroplex (see plex); //v.// fraternize below one's social level. * squat: //n.// Abandoned urban area used for housing. (vul) A dwarf. * squatter: //n.// a resident of a squat * squishy //n.// (vul) A dwarf, elf, or human. Usually used by orks and trolls. * Star, the: //n.// The police. Originally referring to Lone Star specifically. * static: //n.// Trouble, usually social in nature. * street doc: //n.// An unlicensed physician. * street samurai: //n.// A shadowrunner or merc specializing in melee or ranged combat without the magic enhancement * suit: //n.// A "straight citizen." See Shaikujin, Sarariman. * SURGE: //n.// Sudden Unexplained Recessive Genetic Expression. The second wave of UGE (see also goblinization) that occurred in 2061. * swag //adj.// Awesome. * System Identification Number (SIN): //n.// Identification number assigned to each person in the society. * Talislegging: //n.// The underground trade in telesma and other magical objects * T-bird: //n.// Low-altitude vehicle (LAV), usually vectored thrust. Named after but not to be confused with a paracritter Thunderbird. * trid, trideo: //n.// Holographic animated media; Three-dimensional successor to video. * trog: //n.// (vul) An Ork or Troll. From "troglodyte." Highly insulting. Reclaimed by the Trogs gang in the Seattle Ork Underground. Also an English/Or'zet pidgin that succeeded Tunnel Talk in the OU. * tusker: //n.// Ork. Racially derogatory. * UGE: //n.// Unexplained Genetic Expression. Begun in 2011, when human mothers gave birth to children that looked like elves or dwarfs. See also goblinization, SURGE. * vatjob: //n.// A person with extensive cyberware replacement, reference is to a portion of the process during which the patient must be submerged in nutrient fluid. * wagemage: //n.// A magician (usually mage) employed by a corporation. * wageslave: //n.// A low-level corporate employee. * wetware: //n.// Body tissue as compared with cyberware or bioware. * wetwork: //n.// Assassination. Murder. * wired: //adj.// Equipped with cyberware, especially increased reflexes. * wiz //adj.// Wonderful, excellent. * wizkid //n.// A young magician, probably a teenager. * wizgang: //n.// A gang composed only of magically active members. * wizard: //n.// A magician, usually a mage * wizworm: //n.// A dragon. * Word, the: //n.// any kind of information, gossip, or news. * wyrm: //n.// Another slang for a dragon. * Yak: //n.// (Japanese) Yakuza. Either a clan member or a clan itself. * Year of Chaos: //n.// 2011. The year magic came back and the Sixth World begun. * Year of the Comet: //n.// 2061. The year 2061, when Halley's Comet visited, causing SURGE and other magical phenomena.