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====== Sunny's Guide to Runner Slang ======
**(Or: One elf's journey through the <del>incomprehensible</del> 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.
  * piasma: //n.// An Awakened black bear with tusks.
  * 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.
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