Ace - n.
1) An expert in the field.
2) Friend, buddy, pal.
Ace of Spades - ph. Solo term for death in combat. To "draw the ace" is to die in battle. "Drawing the ace" is a short-hand expression with the same meaning.
Aesthetics - n. Simple cosmetic surgery.
Alien - n. Derogatory grounder term for someone who lives in space (a highrider).
AniMan, AniMen - n. Derogatory term for a body sculpted individual who resembles an animal form.
Apter - n. Pronunciation of the acronym APTR (Augmented Program Trained Reflex). (Syn. skillsoft or reflex chip.) This type of chip provides new reflex-based skills for the user.
Bakebrain - n. General purpose derogatory term indicating someone with limited or damage mental faculties (frequently due to excessive use of neural cyberware.) (Syn. asshole, idiot, jerk, moron.)
Bit Jockey - ph. Programmer.
Black, Big Black - ph. Space. The final frontier. Where no man... well, you get the idea.
Black Clinic - n. A medical facility which specializes in the implant of illegal or unregistered cyberware.
Blade - n.
1) A professional soldier or fighter, specializing in edged weapons.
2) A surgeon or doctor.
Blood Money - ph. Income from the illegal sale of organs to a body bank.
Breetva - n. (Rus.) Razor literally, mechanic.
Buck Rogers - ph. Derogatory phrase for an individual obsessed with high-tech weaponry.
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.").
Chop - n. A credcard or credchip.
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 Chrome (cont)-trash can icon).
Chunking - v. Eating on the run, eating as a secondary activity.
Crease - v. To kill. - Creased: Killed.
C-YA - ph. Pronounced as "see ya", acronym for "Cover Your Ass".
Dead Presidents - n. Old (pre-collapse) United States paper currency.
DeeVee - v. Devalue. To make something worthless.
Derm - n. An adhesive skin patch used to apply medication.
Die of the measles - ph. In military parlance, an assassination which makes the death appear to be of natural causes.
Dirtside - n. (HR) A reference to a planetary surface (as opposed to space).
Dirtsider - n. (HR) Derogatory term for someone who rarely or never is in space.
Dock - v. (HR) To have sex.
Double Tap - v. To kill cleanly with a single gunshot (ref. entry and exit wounds). (E.g."Someone double tapped him right between the eyes.")
Doughboy/girl - n. Derogatory term for someone wearing too much body armor.
Exotic - n. An obviously biosculpted individual, usually with non-human features (fangs, fur, tail, etc.).
Flash -
1) v. Anything spectacular (e.g. "That deck has a lot of flash!"
2) n. Hard currency (e.g. "Loan me some flash.")
Fold -
1) n. A slang term for flexible (paper or plastic) currency.
2) v. To shut down something or someone (e.g. "This operation is about to fold.")
Footprint - n. A characteristic `hacking' style; consisting of such elements as speed, number and length of pauses, commonly-appearing commands, words, phrases, and mistakes.
Frag - v.
1) Common curse word. adj: Fragging.
2) To kill someone with a fragmentation grenade.
Fred - n.
1) Any straight, unimaginative citizen, usually a shirt (q.v.).
2) An elder person or someone who clings to outmoded ideas or practices (from Fred Flintstone).
Gaijin - n. (Jap.) A derogatory term for a foreigner or outsider.
Gewalt - n. (Ger.) Violence.
Giri - n. (Jap.) A debt of honor; duty or obligation.
Gomi - n. (Jap.) Junk, garbage.
Gou'pi -n. Substitute for bovine fecal matter.
Gumby - n. From Monty Python, an act of minor but conspicuous stupidity (e.g. "Pulling a gumby.")
Heater -n. "So I pulled out my gat and I was like 'pow-pow ratta-tat-tat' and it was super tight."
Hose - v.
1) Make a mistake; screw up.
2) adj. To spray someone with automatic weapons fire.
Input - n. Girlfriend, female companion.
Jam -
1) v. To fight or run away.
2) To have sex.
Jock, Jockey - n. A person with technical skills of a high order (e.g. deckjockey, deltajock, panzerjock).
JoyBoy/JoyGirl - n. Prostitute.
Keiretsu - n. (Jap.) A corporate, cartel, or conglomerate.
Khorosho - adj. (Rus.) Good. OK. Fine.
Klepto, Kleptoid - n. Thief, prowler.
Krovvy - adj. (Rus.) Bloody.
Leech - n. Street-doc or med-tech.
Like kicking dead whales down the beach - ph. Any slow and disgusting job or process
Maglev - n. Shorthand term for a magnetic levitation train.
Make a deposit in the body bank - ph. to die.
Meat Puppet - ph. A prostitute whose memory and/or senses are disabled temporarily.
Mentat - n. Brainy individual, specifically one who will stare at a problem without moving for a while and come up with an answer without doing any apparent intermediate steps (like writing things down).
Mileetsya - n. (Rus.) Corruption of the Russian pronunciation of `Militia', typically used in reference to corporate security or the military.
Monkey - n. The business term for an expendable person.
Mushi - n. (Jap.) Computer glitch.
Neh - exp. (Jap.) Interrogative; "Right?"
Oo'zhas - v. (Rus.) Awful. Terrible.
Output - n. Boyfriend, male companion.
Panzer - n. Any ground-effect combat vehicle.
Panzerjock - n. An expert panzer operator.
Paranoid - adj. Someone who has all the facts.
Polymer One-shot - n. A cheap line of polymer plastic, non-reloadable handguns. Very inexpensive, and very unreliable, they come in a variety of colors.
Recycling - v. Environmentally friendly act of killing someone and taking the corpse to a body bank.
Ripperdoc - n. A surgeon who specializes in implanting illegal or unregistered cyberware.
Sardine - n. A soldier wearing Powered Armor.
Screamer - n.
1) Slang for mouth (e.g. "Hey asshole, shut down (q.v.) your screamer!"
2) Something fast, sleek, and sexy, used as an expression of admiration (e.g. "She/He/It's a real screamer!)
3)Somebody who screams a lot while being reduced (q.v.)
4) Somebody who screams a lot while being tightly interfaced (q.v.).
5) Credstick (orcard) or other ID that triggers computer alarms if used.
SIN - n. Single (or System) Identification Number. An ID number unique to each citizen. Many streetpeople (nomads, derelicts) are said to be "SINless", i.e. without a SIN. This makes them unknown (non-existent) to the system. It allows them to move about in society more freely than a `recorded' citizen, but also allows the enforcers of society (police and corp. security) to punish/abuse them without due process since, technically, they `do not exist'.
Slot - v.
1) Mild curse word (i.e. "Slot THIS, chummer!").
2) To have sex.
Slot and run - ph. Hurry up, get to the point, move it.
So ka - ph. (Jap.) I understand, I get it.
Soykaf - n. Coffee substitute made from soybeans.
Sphincter Factor - ph. A level of disgust, nervousness, or fear (usually on a scale of 1 to 10.)
Svoluch - n. (Rus.)
1) Derogatory term for someone with honor.
2) A bastard.
Twinkie - n. A naive, defenseless, vulnerable, or otherwise useless person.
Tyur'ma -n. Jail
Valuta - n. (Rus.) Literally "foreign currency". Refers to any hard currency, either electronic (cards, sticks) or scrip.
Yono - n. (Kor.) A person who is scum or a low life. (From the Korean"Yonomoseki").