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More Slang than you can handle, chum

So, Firestorm and I were sitting watching the players yammering away to each other on SIC and various other com channels, and we noticed that the word 'yo' was being used a lot. This was greatly upsetting to Firestorm, and to myself. Not because the term 'yo' is intrinsically out of theme, but because people have not bothered to use the dozens of other terms other than 'yo' that you can, and SHOULD be using.

So. To help you all get a little more into the CP theme, I am yet again posting links to Cyberpunk Slang terms, so you, and us staff, can all work to get these terms into the game, into our heads, and into our hearts.

Why, the other day I called a colleague of mine chummer. That is dedication to the bit, when you take the CP right on off the MOO.

Feel free to attempt to add your own lingo into the mix, who knows, it may catch on. Mano and Chummer did.


http://www.replicant.net/cyberpunk/whatis/cyberdef.html

http://www.balaan.com/xtra/slang.html

http://project.cyberpunk.ru/idb/cyberslang.html

http://www.ssgfx.com/CP2020/slang/


Enjoy. Use. And if you hear a term, and are confused, use OOC to ask what that means, and how it should be used.

Peace, yo.

Okay this has been bugging me for a while now but how do we know what the theme is? How do we know what kind of slang might be popular. I m not saying that people should use only 'yo' but that what is the theme I must not be clear on that or I am just really tired and need a cup of coffee.
Just go with the flow, mate.
Err,

You don't know what the theme here is? :shocked:

Jinkorei's mind boggles.

help theme  :mirrorshades:

You must have been really tired.  :biggrin:

Use more cyberpunk slang, I've noticed we are all slipping back towards non-cp slang in some cases.

:)

BUMP!

I have not used the word 'Yo' ICly once since you made that first post.   I am very proud.

I do like the idea that someone brought up.. Iga I think it was you.. about having the @who display a diffrent CP word everytime you use it.  I think that would get the flow of CP words going strong.

Not all of us can see @who. I think its all about making up your own CP words. Stupid shit that you think another player could conceive. Hell, if they don't they'll probably ask, right?
a) whats wrong with yo?
b) why cant you see @who, reefer?
a) I don't think there are any essential flaws with using 'yo' except that it starts to take the place of…everything. And is the gateway word to sounding like gangster...not a ganger.

b) It just stopped working one day, I kinda like not being able to see who's on anyway so I told admin not to bother.

oh
cool
I'd like to use some of the military slang used in here, but I wonder if anyone else playing a military char would understand.
Like, say I got some ex special forces turned hitman guy meeting with what he thinks is the runner bringing him his breifcase full of money, and turns out to be an ex special forces turned hitman character paid to kill the other ex special forces turned hitman character, and your char radio's/SIC's to your Sniper who has been watching your back the entire time that it's an Alpha Bravo (Ambush), and your sniper is all like huh?

So, I've been keeping a list of the phrases and words that I like the most, so I can refrence them without going to the sites to remember exactly what they mean, and to have something to look at when I'm havin' a conversation..  these are from the four sites that Iga posted, as well as some of the slang that I have heard ICly, and some that I made up.

I figured I'd post it here, maybe it will come in useful to some people.

Baka - (Spanish) Fool

BAKUTO - (jap) Gambler.

Pony n. A low-level streetdealer, lower on the social scale than a Fixer. (Origin: from a pony's ability to carry, but possibly also from London slang: pony = 20 pounds(�); ponies very rarely sell expensive items.)

BLEEDER - An extortionist.

BOPPER - A hitman.

Thirdman - Slang for Fixer.

Gato - A smooth operator, cool person; a Fixer.

Faceman: a sub-fixer in the employ of a major fixer, supporting that superiors network.

BUTTON MAN - Someone who selects or points out the job.

Buck Rogers - ph. Derogatory phrase for an individual (usually a Solo) obsessed with high-tech weaponry.

Bullet-Stopper - ph. A bodyguard (See Guardian Angel.)

Bushi - n. (Jap) Honor or Code of Honor. A key concept for most edgerunners (q.v.), as they

frequently have little else to call their own at times.

CAIN - A traitor, a backstabber.

CHIV - Knife.

Choombaka - (Derived from Choombata) Used to mock someone in a somewhat subtle way, Meaning fool/idiot.

Cement poisoning - ph. What a person dies of after being pushed off of a multi-story building

and hitting the sidewalk. Also known as deceleration trauma.

Chinese Take-out - ph. Anything extremely jumbled or messy. (e.g. "That riotgun made his chest look like Chinese take-out.").

COLD TEA - Alcohol.

CREASED - Killed.

HEAD HUNTER - A female who does sexual acts for drugs.

KURUMAKU - (jap) Literally, black curtain, a term from traditional Kabuki theater.  Now used to denote a behind-the-scenes fixer, godfather, or powerbroker.

MATCHBOX - A sleep cube or coffin.

DELTA'D - To make maximum speed towards a place.

DIAMOND SEASON - Warm weather.

DIP - A pickpocket.

MR. JOHNSON - Refers to any anonymous employer or corporate agent.

DIRTY - To possess drugs or be under the influence.

CHIMPIRA - (jap) Derived from the Japanese word for "penis"; it is used on the street as Americans might use the word "prick".

Bac bac n. (Viet.) Bastardized Vietnamese for "To shoot."

SO KA - (jap) I understand.

Badge:
   n. Police or corporate security.

Bagged and Tagged:
   ph. To die.

SOLAR WIND - Hot air, ie, something that is pretty much bullshit.

Twitch:
   n. A careless, scatterbrained, or otherwise unreliable individual.

Leak in the brain:
  ph. Gun shot, or blunt trama to the head. (Eg. I left him with a leak in his brain.)

Seperation Trama:
  ph. The act of removing someones head from there body. (E.g. He got a bad case of seperation trama.)

Candy
  verb. A person that is afraid, or backs down.  Verb. A sweet person.

Chrome - n. 1) Flash, glitter, bells and whistles, tinsel. Material used to spice up the appearance of something. 2) Sexy features on a program, not needed for functionality but radiating style (e.g. a guillotine instead of a trash can icon). 3) Generic reference to cyberware.

Cowboy - n. A very hot, professional deckjockey.

Deceleration trauma - ph. See Cement poisoning.

Doughboy/girl - n. Derogatory term for someone wearing too much body armor.

Draga - adj. (Hungarian) Expensive.

Ferryman - n. Term for an expert assassin. Believed to be derived from the famed Eurosolo Charon, who took his handle from the figure in Greek mythology who ferried the dead across the river Styx to Hades.

Flash - 1) v. Anything spectacular (e.g. "That deck has a lot of flash!") 2) n. Hard currency (e.g. "Loan me some flash.") 3) adj. To move quickly. (e.g. "Lets flash to your coffin real  quick and grab that.")

Fodder - n. A derogatory term fixers use for solos.Gaijin - n. (Jap.) A derogatory term for a foreigner or outsider.

Gaijin - n. (Jap.) A derogatory term for a foreigner or outsider.

GoTo - n. A dossier, usually illegally compiled

Hurt when it rains
  ph. Someone that has metal left in there body from sharpnel or gunfire, or plates from surgery that ache during or before a storm.  (IE: I ain't gunna kill you, but when I'm through your gunna hurt when it rains.)

ACE KOOL - (gang) Best friend.  Back-up.

Paydata - n. Datafile worth money on the black market.

Ronin - n. A freelance assassin or mercenary. Usually considered to be untrustworthy. 2) A masterless samauri.

Sarariman - n. (Jap.) A corporate employee.

Shirt - n. A white-collar worker, usually a low level corporate employee.

Skirt - n. An ordinary (defenseless) person (male or female.)

Smudge - n. Pronunciation of the acronym SMG (SubMachineGun); thus, a submachinegun.

Solo - n. A mercenary who works the streets. A `for-hire' combat specialist. Used as bodyguards, assassins, and soldiers, individually or in groups.

Splash - v. To shoot down. E.g. to splash an idea, or "Splash that bastard!"

Splat job - n. A dead body, usually messy. Also sometimes used to describe a person (or persons) who are `cannon fodder' and are not expected to live much longer.

Wiz - v. Very impressive.

Blade - n. 1) A professional soldier or fighter, specializing in edged weapons. 2) A surgeon or doctor

Nemisis' shortened list is helpful, but I still find that I am a bit overwhelmed by the laundry list format of these terms.  I like the idea of having random words show up on @who, or some other place, so that we can slowly begin making use of them.

What would be really great is a categorized list of words specific to certain groups of SD, such as Military, WJF, Medical, Corporate, Mixer…and even get into certain sub-categories, such as Sinner slang vs. Arteries slang.

I think this could be tied into the work permits, since every woking group could have their own slang vocab.  Of course, it would help for us to immerse ourselves in the current slang first, so I am talking long term.

<aside>
My favorite slang experience was with the book, "A clockwork Orange".  My copy had a glossary in the back, but I think the original didn't.  Almost half the words were slang, and it was impossible to understand.  But by the time I was half way through the book, I was speaking in slang to a friend of mine who was also reading the book.
</aside>

I am in the works of building a page that sorts the slang into 'groups', not just alphabetical. Thanks for the idea there n8n.

Give me a little while and I will hand off the raw file to Johnny and he can stick it into the SINDOME pay data area.

Woo-Hoo!  I had a good idea!

Glad I could contribute.  Perhaps one day I'll take on scripting!

(Edited by n8n at 9:51 pm on Jan. 28, 2005)

Maybe accuracy isn't important for the late 21st century, but in any case… some notes on the "japanese"

"baka" is Japanese for stupid, or an idiot. Spanish too? I didn't know that.

Bakuto.. Ok, correct, but more commonly, "Bakuchi-uchi"

"Bushi" - Bushi is not a code, but the same as samurai. As in, "a bushi" = more or less "a samurai" (Person).. the code itself is "Bushido" as in "Bushi + do (path)" .. the way of Bushi...

Chimpira = Not a accurate description, the word is derogatory, but its more commonly associated with "thug", "punk"... and when you say "chimpira yakuza" it's basically a low-level street punk or wannabe.

"So ka" = "sou ka"... = "I see.." , "Is that so.."

Gaijin = NOT derogatory in meaning, but like any other word may be derogatory in use, like the English "foreigner", though for some reason most people think so. French for foreign = etranger, Japanese for foreign country = "Gai (outside) - Koku (country). So, "gaijin" = Gai (outside) + jin (person), i.e. "foreigner".


Learn Patois-
http://niceup.com/patois.txt

Idea-
Can we add aliases for slang vocabulary into Babble-On scripts? If we can promote slang use when using commands it'll become natural. Although, if you play this long it is natural.

What do you mean by aliases for slang? Just use it in the script dialogues…

and good link to learning patioses...

Figured I'd contribute a whee bit…
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Angel: Slang for the deployment of Tactical Operations Units via ACD.

Baseline: Someone who's not born in a tank, a term restricted for use by upper corporate echelon vat-grown being and illegal human genonme experiments alike. (Somewhat risky due to the illegal nature of possessing more then 5% HGM, See Timeline for details.)

Blank: A brain dead person, often the resulting of Burning Out too many times.

Burnout: Someone who overloads on a stimsim.

Comrade: Associate of the Russian Mafia.

Contact: Flashbacks a malfunctioning meatpuppet often receives. Usage: �Second I jacked in, dat avvy's ghost was on top of me likes o' contact.�  

Creep: Unusually Deformed Mixer

Diddy: A Dead man. Usage: �No worries, boyo. Dat chum be a diddy.�

Faader: Awesome

Indy: A Freelancer akin to that of a Ronin.

Ism's and Schism's: Term used to describe the vast class separation in Withmore City. Believed to be rooted in Patois.

Joe Hologram: Modern day equivalent of John Doe.

Juice: An easy target. Usage: �Dose immi's be Juice.�

Mona: Female equivalent of Mano. Often equated as the English version of �Monami� by under educated incorporated citizens.

Phob: Someone of weak-will; a coward. Usage: �Fuckin' phob, Get Back Here!!�

Prom Date: Intercourse with someone infected with the Prometheus Virus.

Robosexual: Someone who engages in "simulated intercourse" with a robotic organism.

Sico: Someone who refuses to shut up on the SIN network.

Slag: Someone who resides in The Wasteland. Usage: �You's gotsta watch outz fo' slag, dis deep in.�

Tranny: Method of Transportation. Usage: �Warez dey tranny?�

Zipperhead: A Decapitated or otherwise dead person lacking various limbs, often the result of their attacker using a large blade. Usage: �Its such a pain in the ass to keep track of all these bloody zipperheads!�

(Edited by ReeferMadness at 2:03 pm on Aug. 3, 2005)

(Edited by ReeferMadness at 10:03 pm on Aug. 28, 2005)

Judge Dredd Slang

'nuff said.

Classic Crime Fiction Hardboiled Slang…

I think its good shit.

BADGER GAME .- blackmail practised on a man who is lured by a woman into a compromising situation and then threatened by her male accomplice
BANG-TAIL, PONY- racehorse
BEAN-SHOOTER, CANNON, GAT, HEAT, HEATER, ROD, RODNEY, ROSCOE - gun [usually pistol or revolver)
BEEF - to grumble
BERRIES - dollars
BIG HOUSE, CABOOSE, CAN, COOLER, HOOSEGOW, PEN, STIR - jail
BIG ONE, CHICAGO OVERCOAT - death
BIRD-guy (also YEGG)
BLIP OFF, BLOW DOWN, BOP, BUMP, BUMP OFF, CROAK, KNOCK OFF, POOP, POP, RUB OUT - to kill
BOOB-fool also MUG, RUBE, SAP)
BOOBY HATCH - psychiatric hospital or jail
BOOZE HOUND, JUICER, LUSH, SOUSE - alcoholic
BOP, SOCK- to punch or hit
BRACE - to grab
BRACELETS, CUFFS, NIPPERS - handcuffs
BREEZE, DANGLE, DRIFT, DUST, DUST OUT, FADE, 60 TO READ AND WRITE, SCOOT, TAKE A POWDER, TAKE THE AIR - to leave, make oneself scarce, disappear
BROAD, DAME, DOLL-woman
BULL, BUTTON, COP, COPPER, FLATTY, JOHN -policeman
BUM STEER - something worthless or misleading
BUNCO -fraud, confidence trick
BUNK, HOOEY-nonsense
BURG - town
BURN, PUMP, SQUIRT, THROW METAL OR LEAD, SNAP CAPS - to fire bullets
BUSTED FLUSH -literally, in poker an incomplete hand of cards of the same suit; more generally, a failure
BUZZER - police badge

C, CENTURY, YARD - a hundred dollars
CHIPPY - flirtatious or promiscuous woman
CHIV, CHIVE, SHIV, SHIVE- knife
CHOPPER  machine gun
CINCH  something easy or certain
CLAMP, NAB, ROCK OFF - to arrest, catch (also PINCH)
CLIP JOINT bar or club which charges high prices or cheats customers
CLUBHOUSE - police station
CON - convict, person with criminal record
COP THE SNEAK, TAKE IT ON THE LAM - to escape
CRAP GAME, CRAPS - game of dice
CRASH OUT - to break out, escape from jail
CROAKER - doctor

DARK MEAT, DINGE, JIG, SMOKE - black person
DICK, GUM-HEEL, GUMSHOE, HAWKSHAW, OP, PEEPER, SHAMUS, SLEUTH, SNOOPER - private detective
DINGUS-thing
DIP - pickpocket
DIVE - disreputable bar or club
DOPE - information
DOPE, HOP, JUNK - drugs, especially heroin
DOUGH, JACK - money
DRILL - to shoot
DROPPER, GUN, HATCHETMAN, TORPEDO, TRIGGERMAN - hired killer or gunman
DRY-GULCH - to knock out
DUMMERER - beggar who poses as a deaf mute

FIN, FIVE SPOT - five dollars, five-dollar bill FINGER - to identify, inform on, or betray
FINK, PIGEON, STOOL-PIGEON, STOOLIE (or STOOLY) - informer [see also RAT)
FLIMFLAM -swindle
FLOP HOUSE - cheap hotel

GEE - guy
GLAUM, GLOM - to steal (also PINCH)
GONIF - thief
GOON, HOOD, HOODLUM, PUNK - criminal thug
GRAB AIR - to put one's hands up in surrender
GRAND, LARGE - a thousand dollars
GRIFTER - confidence trickster or fraudster
GUNSEL - young or kept homosexual
GYP - to cheat

HACK - taxi  
HASH HOUSE - cheap restaurant
HEAP - car
HEIST - theft or hold-up
HIGHBINDER - corrupt politician or official
HOOCH, HOOTCH - whisky, especially illicit whisky sold during Prohibition

ICE - diamonds

JOINT - place, especially a bar or club

KICK OFF - to die
KNOCKOVER  raid or robbery
LAV - job or situation
LUG - bullet (also PILL), or ear

MARBLE - pearl
MEAT WAGON - ambulance
MICKEY FINN, MICKEY - drugged drink
MITT - hand
MOB - gang
MOLL - girlfriend
MOUTHPIECE, SHYSTER - lawyer
MUG - face, or fool (also BOOB, RUBE, SAP)

NEVADA GAS - cyanide
NEWSHAWK - newspaper reporter
NEWSIE - newspaper seller
NICK, TRIM - to con or defraud (see also SHAKE DOWN)
NIX - no, nothing NOGGIN, NOODLE - head

PACK, PACK IRON, WEAR IRON - to carry a gun
PASTE - to punch
PETERMAN - safebreaker (also YEGG]
PIKER - vagrant (also VAG], small-time gambler, or poor sport
PILL - bullet (also LUG), or cigarette
PINCH - to arrest, or to steal
PORTRAIT OF MADISON - five hundred dollars, five-hundred-dollar bill
PUG - boxer (from pugilist)

RAP - criminal charge, or information (RAP SHEET = criminal record)
RAT - to inform
RATS AND MICE - dice
RINGER - fake
RUBE - easy target, or fool (also BOOB, MUG, SAP)

SAP - blackjack, or fool (also BOOB, MUG, RUBE) SAWBUCK-ten dollars, ten-dollar bill
SHAKE DOWN - to extort or defraud, or to search thoroughly
SHINE - bootleg liquor (moonshine), or black person [see also DARK MEAT, etc.)
SHOOT THE WORKS - to risk everything on one throw, or to tell the whole truth
SNATCH - kidnapping
SOAK - to pawn [HOCK-SHOP = pawnbroker's shop)
SPEAKEASY, SPEAK - illicit bar
STIFF - corpse

TICKET - private investigator's licence
TWO BITS - twenty-five cents
TWO-TIME LOSER - twice-convicted criminal

VAG, WAG - down-and-out (from vagrant)

YAP - petty swindler
YEGGMAN - safebreaker
YOUSE - plural form of  you

Link:http://www.classiccrimefiction.com/hardboiled-slang.htm

(Edited by BuddhaBrand at 2:30 pm on Oct. 6, 2005)

Just a few more words and phrases I've come across that made an impression…

Paper Suit - The cheap paper clothing given to immigrents, new clones, and anyone in a quarintine.

Pink Mist - Whats left of a person after a bomb or fragmentation grenade goes off at clsoe range.

Bloody Rain - Whats left of a person when a bomb goes off at a medium range.

Jakes - Slang for Police.

Mix Walker - 1. Someone in a slightly above average standing in the mix.  2. A street hustler.  (Up for discussion, the exact meaning)

Shadow Walker - A bad ass chummer, usualy one that prefers to strike at the time of their choosing, many times without warning.

(Edited by Nemisis at 7:18 pm on Mar. 6, 2006)

Well, it seems like we've racked up quite a bit of slang…what now, brown cow?
You start to use it bakassss!
Woah!  How long has Gorram been on the Sci-Fi explecitives poll?  I sware it wasn't there before!
Yr hopeless. It was there from the beginning :P

I voted then and was most disappointed at how poorly it was doing. Glad to see it's shaped up a bit!

It's alll about Snu-Snu… what ever the hell that means.
Futurama, bro…when the big ass giant allandra's ride fry and Captain Umm...whatever dry. Never trust a woman who calf is bigger then your skull.
can I get that retyped in English?

:P

Big ass giant amazonian woman from some wacky ass planet demand satisfaction from Fry and he's forced to deliver. Non-stop.

Snu-Snu = Sweet Sweet Amazonian Love…until they crush your hips and you die a wonderful death somewhere between climax and bone crunching madness.

And here I thought it was a referance to sno-cones.
Don't get me started on sno-cones. GoOod times.
captain zap brannigan.
Here's some russian slang I've been using to make fun of you all for a good amount of time. Enjoy. :mirrorshades:

Alkash: Drunk/Alchoholic

Ambal: Bruiser

Babnik: Womanizer

Bazar: Talk

Bez Bazara: No problems

Blin: Expletive

Bratan: Dude

Detka: Baby

gemorroj: Big Problem

glyuk: Glitch

govno: shit

govnyuk: bastard

hren: dick

havchik: food

Kalancha: tall person

kalanchuka: Tall Bitch. (Allandra)

Krysha: Protection by Criminals

Klyovo: cool

komp: Computer

mobila: Cell phone

ment: cop/judge

oj!: Ouch

pojlo: booze

suka: bitch

travka: weed

yajtza: balls

vzadnitze: Be in a difficult situation

Vali Otsyuda: Fuck off.

Vasya Pupkin: John Doe

v'ezzhat': To comprehend

Zatknis': Shut up!

Zanuda: Buzzkill

zhmurik: corpse

zhopa: Asshole

zhrat: devour/drink heavily

is that slang, or russian?

… or russian slang?

not that there's anything wrong with that.

i've been using the following:

dag - dang it or dammit
grinner - punk / someone i dont care for

(Edited by SoulExistence at 1:16 pm on June 28, 2006)

Fuck if I know, I don't speak the language.
lol
Just read A Clockwork Orange and you're groody.
Haha that books has some fucked up slang.
Quote: from Nemisis on 10:54 pm on Jan. 27, 2005[br]

Baka - (Spanish) Fool

Ya know, Slither.. I actually was watching an anime a coupla weeks ago, and i believe baka is actually a japanese word. It may also be spanish, but this little bishoujo turns and speaks slowly so they understand, "Ba… ka..." and the translation says moron

so… ya. japanese for moron. and perhaps spanish for fool.