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  • angel: n. A benefactor, especially an unknown one.

  • barrens: n. The bad side of town, the skids.

  • breeder: n. Ork slang for a "normal" Human.

  • business: n. In slang context, crime, Also "Biz."

  • buzz: v. Go away. Buzz off.

  • chill: adj. Good, cool, acceptable.

  • chip truth: n. A fact or honest statement.

  • chipped: adj. Senses, skills, reflexes, muscles, and so on, enhanced by cyberware.

  • chrome: n. External cyberware.

  • 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.

  • clip: n. A box magazine for a  rearm.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Decker: n. Pirate cyberdeck user. Derived from 20th-century term "Hacker".

  • deckhead: n. Simsense abuser; anyone with a datajack or chipjack.

  • drek: n. (vul) feces, excrement, as in "bulldrek!" or "drek-for-brains". adj: Drekky

  • dump: v. To be involuntarily ejected from the Matrix.

  • dumpshock: n. Nausea and disorientation from being Dumped out of a simsense interface (usually the Matrix or a remote control rig)

  • exec: n. Corporate executive.

  • fetishman: n. A talismonger.

  • 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.

  • frozen: adj.

  • geek: v. To kill.

  • go-gang: n. A vehicular gang.

  • go-go-go: n. A bike gang or gang member.

  • hacker: n. Someone who illegally interacts with the Matrix, either by using a cyberdeck (as a “decker”) or with the power of their mind (as a “technomancer”).

  • halfer: n. Dwarf or dwarven. Racially derogative.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • keeb: n. (vul) An Elf. From "Keebler Elves." Highly insulting.

  • kobun: n. Member of a Yakuza clan. (Japanese)

  • Mr. Johnson: n. Refers to an anonymous employer or corporate agent.

  • mundane: n. (vul) Non-magician or non-magical.

  • nutrisoy: n. Cheaply processed food product, derived from soybeans

  • nuyen: n. World standard of currency.

  • omae: n. (Japanese) Friend.

  • 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. An elf poser.

  • plex: n. A metropolitan complex, short for "metroplex".

  • poli: n. A policlub (political action group) or policlub member.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Seoulpa ring: n. A small criminal gang with connections to others like it.

  • shaikujin: n. (Japanese) Lit. "Honest citizen." A corporate employee.

  • Simsense: n. ASIST sensory broadcast or recording.

  • SIN: n. System Identification Number. Identification number assigned to each person in society.

  • SINless: adj. Lacking a System Identification Number

  • SINner n. A person with a SIN. An honest person.

  • 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: (Japanese) I understand. I get it.

  • soykaf: n. Ersatz coffee substitute made from soybeans.

  • 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.

  • suit: n. A "straight citizen." See Shaikujin, Sarariman.

  • swag adj. Awesome.

  • System Identification Number (SIN): n. Identification number assigned to each person in the society.

  • T-bird: n. Low-altitude vehicle (LAV), usually vectored thrust. Also Panzer or Thunderbird.

  • trid, trideo: n. Holographic animated media; Three-dimensional successor to video.

  • trog: n. (vul) An Ork or Troll. From "troglodyte." Highly insulting.

  • tusker: n. Ork. Racially derogatory.

  • 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.

  • wetwork: n. Assassination. Murder.

  • wired: adj. Equipped with cyberware, especially increased reflexes.

  • wiz adj. Wonderful, excellent.

  • wizard: n. A magician, usually a mage

  • wizworm: n. slang. A dragon.

  • Yak: n. (Japanese) Yakuza. Either a clan member or a clan itself.

  • zaibatsu n. (Japanese) A megacorporation.

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