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<blockquote data-quote="marcoasalazarm" data-source="post: 2989371" data-attributes="member: 26698"><p style="text-align: center"><u><strong>SLANG OF CORELINE</strong></u></p><p>Breaker Force: A convoy of Road Marshals, usually on a manhunt of some kind. Also called Breaker Squads. </p><p></p><p>Bronze, the: Slang term for the Road Marshals, usually used by the unlawful. The name refers to the bronze-colored shield badges worn by the Marshals. </p><p></p><p>Road Marshalls: An elite force of federally-appointed lawmen tasked with patrolling the roads of the western United States. </p><p></p><p>Road Warriors: Any motorist that does his battles on the highways, using hi-tech firepower or cars. Usually heard of in post-apocalyptic ‘verses.</p><p></p><p>Frag: Common epithet. (ie: "He even looks at my ride an' I'll frag him without another thought..."). Term used to denote a kill, usually involving a flashy and all-too-noisy (or bloody) method (like an explosion), typically used in FPS. Diminutive for ‘fragment’ or ‘fragmentation’ (usually used for grens).</p><p></p><p>Fragger: Person addicted to doing frags. Common epithet.</p><p></p><p>Fragged Up: Person kiled by a frag. Common epithet.</p><p></p><p>Greasemonkey: A mechanic, especially a good mechanic. </p><p></p><p>Junkers: Cars built from scavenged parts, usually owned and operated by mutants, bandits and other low-lifes. </p><p></p><p>Land Shark: Any dangerous individual, especially a skilled driver. </p><p></p><p>Scrap, Slag: Common epithets (ie: "I wouldn't be caught dead driving that pile of scrap!"). </p><p></p><p>Scrap-Collector: A merchant who find and sells scavenged parts. Not a term of respect! The term "vulture" is also used. </p><p></p><p>Zip Gun: A cheap or homemade firearm, one prone to misfiring or breaking.</p><p></p><p>BuzzGun: Any firearm with a high rate of fire, usually a sub-machine gun.</p><p></p><p>SmartGun: Any gun with computer-enhanced targeting systems.</p><p></p><p>SlugThrowers: Any weapon that uses bullets.</p><p></p><p>RayGun: Derogatory term for any weapon that fires lasers or its equivalent.</p><p></p><p>BoomGun: Any weapon that can fire projectiles at hyper-sonic speeds, usually with a loud </p><p>sonic boom following its firing. Taken from ‘Rifts’.</p><p></p><p>Cannon: Any high-calibered weapon. Term taken from ‘DeathLands’.</p><p></p><p>D-B: Character from a Dragon Ball universe.</p><p></p><p>Alternate, Aspect, Native, D-Alt: Common terms for alternate-reality versions of a person.</p><p></p><p>Grens, ‘Nades: Street diminutives for ‘grenade’ (it’s easier to yell ‘¡Nuke-Nade!’ or ‘Nuke-</p><p>Gren!’ in the middle of a fight than ‘¡Nuclear Grenade!’.) ‘Gren’ comes from ‘DeathLands’.</p><p></p><p>‘verse: Street diminutive for ‘universe’. Used as a determiner (‘it’s a BGC-verse’) or a counter (‘There are a lot of ‘verses out there in which she’s dead.’).</p><p></p><p>Alt-Verse, Altiverse: ALTernate uniVERSE. Used in a similar fashion to “ ‘verse”.</p><p></p><p>Fic: Diminutive for ‘fan fiction’. A ‘verse’s trigger.</p><p></p><p>Inserteds: Any ‘normal’ human (usually a fanfic author), that is living what could be described in a ‘Self-Insert’ Fic. (those who are living an Authored Rage are the ‘Revenged’ Inserteds).</p><p></p><p>Fiancée Brigade: A group of four or more fiancées (probably obtained in an unwanted fashion and/or HIGHLY unwanted in your way of life). Ranma Saotome has the prime example of a </p><p>Fiancée Brigade, both in reason, in action, and in side-effects (also, how NOT to treat a Brigade).</p><p></p><p>Fiancée Squad: Like Fiancée Brigade, but with a slightly larger number, from 5 up to 15 or 20 fiancées.</p><p></p><p>Fiancée Platoon: Like Fiancée Brigade, but with a highly larger number, from 25 up to 40+ and beyond fiancées.</p><p></p><p>“Knights-In-Shining-Kevlar”: Any character in cyberpunk ‘verses with a sense of chivalry (Inspector Leon McNichol, from ‘BGC’, might be considered one, as far as some things go).</p><p></p><p>Cute Killer: A hunter whose primary motivation is hatred towards all that is cute. Also a magical girl who hunts magical girls as hunters do.</p><p></p><p>Do, to: A quick, efficient, and not-too-noisy kill. Opposed to kicking the sugar out of someone (ex: you ever meet a natural born twit, you do her then and there).</p><p></p><p>Fuku: </p><p>Clothing: Costume for magical girls</p><p>Job: Term for refering to the job of being a magical girl.. ex: the fuku demands righteousness... ex2: to grab the fuku, ie to become a magical girl.</p><p>Counter: Term for counting magical girls (ex: a lotta fuku at the happydrome last night)</p><p></p><p>Girlfriend: A hunter's designated target at a specific job.</p><p></p><p>Mark: An assassin’s designated target.</p><p></p><p>Geek, Geeked: Term for ‘kill’, ‘killed’. Taken from ‘ShadowRun’.</p><p></p><p>Flat-Line, -Lined: Term for ‘kill’, ‘killed’. Taken from ‘ShadowRun’.</p><p></p><p>Chill, Chilled, Chiller, Chilling: Various terms used to describe kiling or death. Taken from ‘DeathLands’.</p><p></p><p>Sec Men: Guards or Security men.</p><p></p><p>Blaster: Generic term describing firearms (in some post-apoc verses), or energy weapons (mostly used in Star Wars verses). Taken from ‘DeathLands’ and ‘Star Wars’.</p><p></p><p>Fireblast: A curse. Taken from ‘DeathLands’.</p><p></p><p>Stupe: Stupid. Taken from ‘DeathLands’.</p><p></p><p>Rad Scum: An insult. Taken from ‘DeathLands’.</p><p></p><p>Dark Night: A curse or exclamation. Taken from ‘DeathLands’.</p><p></p><p>WarWag: Diminutive for ‘War Wagon’, used in some places as a term for military vehicles. Taken from ‘DeathLands’.</p><p></p><p>Mr. Johnson: Common denominator for a ‘customer’. Taken from ‘ShadowRun’.</p><p></p><p>Homer, to pull a: To come out victorious despite stupidity. Taken from ‘The Simpsons’.</p><p></p><p>Iron: Weapons, ammunition, and all other tools and gear of the trade.</p><p></p><p>Ironed: Armed to the teeth.</p><p></p><p>Kit: Read ‘Iron’. Taken from ‘ShadowRun’.</p><p></p><p>Kick the Sugar out of, to: To finish a magical girl with extreme prejudice, usually because of a personal vendetta. Not always a kill, but always involving a much too painful a process.</p><p></p><p>Kick the Hell out of, to: Read ‘to Kick the Sugar out of’, replace ‘magical girl’ with ‘anyone’.</p><p></p><p>Jewelry: Magical accesory that allows a magical girl to transform into her magical persona.</p><p></p><p>Vigilante: A self-appointed doer of justice. Not always believing that he’s above the law, but always believing that the ‘right’ method for justice is some other (maybe harder) than the local hero’s.</p><p></p><p>The Nick: The NICK-name. Used in the streets of Asgard.</p><p></p><p>Punishers: Street-slang for characters with an innate sense of (lawful) revenge that can carry up to ultra-violent actions to accomplish, normally vigilantes. Taken from (you guessed) ‘The Punisher’.</p><p></p><p>“Falling-Downers”: Street term for Pre-Vanishing Humans than, not able to ‘take it anymore’, explode in random (and extreme, or at least senseless) acts of violence. Usually identifiable for having short tempers (yet still trying to act calm and talking things out), and for getting angry at regular (yet annoying) things. Term created from seeing the Michael Douglas movie, “Falling Down”.</p><p></p><p>“He ‘Fell Down’...”: Regular way of expressing around “Falling-Downers”.</p><p></p><p>Digis: Digimon and everything that has to do with it.</p><p></p><p>Pokes: Pokemon and everything that has to do with it.</p><p></p><p>Talking Pet: Magical companion asigned to a magical girl. Usually an animal of the domestic variety.</p><p></p><p>Toddler: Magical girl under the age of 14.</p><p></p><p>Chummer: Regular term for ‘buddy’ or ‘pal’, usually heard in the Combat Zone. Taken from ‘ShadowRun’.</p><p></p><p>Drek: Regular cyberpunk-verse cuss-word. Taken from ‘ShadowRun’.</p><p></p><p>Chipped, Chromed: Term for people equipped with cyberware. Terms taken (respectively), from ‘ShadowRun’ and ‘CyberPunk 2020’.</p><p></p><p>Boomed, Boomed-Up: Terms for people equipped with cyberware, used mostly in the streets of MegaTokyo.</p><p></p><p>Fired Up: Shot dead.</p><p></p><p>“¡Fire ‘em Up!”: “¡Shoot Them!”, “¡Open Fire!”. Commonly used by American soldiers in ‘Nam.</p><p></p><p>“¡Let’s Rock ‘n’ Roll!”: “¡Get Ready For Action!”. Commonly used by American soldiers in ‘Nam.</p><p></p><p>Living Steel: Power Armor.</p><p></p><p>SPB: Super-Powered Being.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marcoasalazarm, post: 2989371, member: 26698"] [CENTER][u][b]SLANG OF CORELINE[/b][/u][/CENTER] Breaker Force: A convoy of Road Marshals, usually on a manhunt of some kind. Also called Breaker Squads. Bronze, the: Slang term for the Road Marshals, usually used by the unlawful. The name refers to the bronze-colored shield badges worn by the Marshals. Road Marshalls: An elite force of federally-appointed lawmen tasked with patrolling the roads of the western United States. Road Warriors: Any motorist that does his battles on the highways, using hi-tech firepower or cars. Usually heard of in post-apocalyptic ‘verses. Frag: Common epithet. (ie: "He even looks at my ride an' I'll frag him without another thought..."). Term used to denote a kill, usually involving a flashy and all-too-noisy (or bloody) method (like an explosion), typically used in FPS. Diminutive for ‘fragment’ or ‘fragmentation’ (usually used for grens). Fragger: Person addicted to doing frags. Common epithet. Fragged Up: Person kiled by a frag. Common epithet. Greasemonkey: A mechanic, especially a good mechanic. Junkers: Cars built from scavenged parts, usually owned and operated by mutants, bandits and other low-lifes. Land Shark: Any dangerous individual, especially a skilled driver. Scrap, Slag: Common epithets (ie: "I wouldn't be caught dead driving that pile of scrap!"). Scrap-Collector: A merchant who find and sells scavenged parts. Not a term of respect! The term "vulture" is also used. Zip Gun: A cheap or homemade firearm, one prone to misfiring or breaking. BuzzGun: Any firearm with a high rate of fire, usually a sub-machine gun. SmartGun: Any gun with computer-enhanced targeting systems. SlugThrowers: Any weapon that uses bullets. RayGun: Derogatory term for any weapon that fires lasers or its equivalent. BoomGun: Any weapon that can fire projectiles at hyper-sonic speeds, usually with a loud sonic boom following its firing. Taken from ‘Rifts’. Cannon: Any high-calibered weapon. Term taken from ‘DeathLands’. D-B: Character from a Dragon Ball universe. Alternate, Aspect, Native, D-Alt: Common terms for alternate-reality versions of a person. Grens, ‘Nades: Street diminutives for ‘grenade’ (it’s easier to yell ‘¡Nuke-Nade!’ or ‘Nuke- Gren!’ in the middle of a fight than ‘¡Nuclear Grenade!’.) ‘Gren’ comes from ‘DeathLands’. ‘verse: Street diminutive for ‘universe’. Used as a determiner (‘it’s a BGC-verse’) or a counter (‘There are a lot of ‘verses out there in which she’s dead.’). Alt-Verse, Altiverse: ALTernate uniVERSE. Used in a similar fashion to “ ‘verse”. Fic: Diminutive for ‘fan fiction’. A ‘verse’s trigger. Inserteds: Any ‘normal’ human (usually a fanfic author), that is living what could be described in a ‘Self-Insert’ Fic. (those who are living an Authored Rage are the ‘Revenged’ Inserteds). Fiancée Brigade: A group of four or more fiancées (probably obtained in an unwanted fashion and/or HIGHLY unwanted in your way of life). Ranma Saotome has the prime example of a Fiancée Brigade, both in reason, in action, and in side-effects (also, how NOT to treat a Brigade). Fiancée Squad: Like Fiancée Brigade, but with a slightly larger number, from 5 up to 15 or 20 fiancées. Fiancée Platoon: Like Fiancée Brigade, but with a highly larger number, from 25 up to 40+ and beyond fiancées. “Knights-In-Shining-Kevlar”: Any character in cyberpunk ‘verses with a sense of chivalry (Inspector Leon McNichol, from ‘BGC’, might be considered one, as far as some things go). Cute Killer: A hunter whose primary motivation is hatred towards all that is cute. Also a magical girl who hunts magical girls as hunters do. Do, to: A quick, efficient, and not-too-noisy kill. Opposed to kicking the sugar out of someone (ex: you ever meet a natural born twit, you do her then and there). Fuku: Clothing: Costume for magical girls Job: Term for refering to the job of being a magical girl.. ex: the fuku demands righteousness... ex2: to grab the fuku, ie to become a magical girl. Counter: Term for counting magical girls (ex: a lotta fuku at the happydrome last night) Girlfriend: A hunter's designated target at a specific job. Mark: An assassin’s designated target. Geek, Geeked: Term for ‘kill’, ‘killed’. Taken from ‘ShadowRun’. Flat-Line, -Lined: Term for ‘kill’, ‘killed’. Taken from ‘ShadowRun’. Chill, Chilled, Chiller, Chilling: Various terms used to describe kiling or death. Taken from ‘DeathLands’. Sec Men: Guards or Security men. Blaster: Generic term describing firearms (in some post-apoc verses), or energy weapons (mostly used in Star Wars verses). Taken from ‘DeathLands’ and ‘Star Wars’. Fireblast: A curse. Taken from ‘DeathLands’. Stupe: Stupid. Taken from ‘DeathLands’. Rad Scum: An insult. Taken from ‘DeathLands’. Dark Night: A curse or exclamation. Taken from ‘DeathLands’. WarWag: Diminutive for ‘War Wagon’, used in some places as a term for military vehicles. Taken from ‘DeathLands’. Mr. Johnson: Common denominator for a ‘customer’. Taken from ‘ShadowRun’. Homer, to pull a: To come out victorious despite stupidity. Taken from ‘The Simpsons’. Iron: Weapons, ammunition, and all other tools and gear of the trade. Ironed: Armed to the teeth. Kit: Read ‘Iron’. Taken from ‘ShadowRun’. Kick the Sugar out of, to: To finish a magical girl with extreme prejudice, usually because of a personal vendetta. Not always a kill, but always involving a much too painful a process. Kick the Hell out of, to: Read ‘to Kick the Sugar out of’, replace ‘magical girl’ with ‘anyone’. Jewelry: Magical accesory that allows a magical girl to transform into her magical persona. Vigilante: A self-appointed doer of justice. Not always believing that he’s above the law, but always believing that the ‘right’ method for justice is some other (maybe harder) than the local hero’s. The Nick: The NICK-name. Used in the streets of Asgard. Punishers: Street-slang for characters with an innate sense of (lawful) revenge that can carry up to ultra-violent actions to accomplish, normally vigilantes. Taken from (you guessed) ‘The Punisher’. “Falling-Downers”: Street term for Pre-Vanishing Humans than, not able to ‘take it anymore’, explode in random (and extreme, or at least senseless) acts of violence. Usually identifiable for having short tempers (yet still trying to act calm and talking things out), and for getting angry at regular (yet annoying) things. Term created from seeing the Michael Douglas movie, “Falling Down”. “He ‘Fell Down’...”: Regular way of expressing around “Falling-Downers”. Digis: Digimon and everything that has to do with it. Pokes: Pokemon and everything that has to do with it. Talking Pet: Magical companion asigned to a magical girl. Usually an animal of the domestic variety. Toddler: Magical girl under the age of 14. Chummer: Regular term for ‘buddy’ or ‘pal’, usually heard in the Combat Zone. Taken from ‘ShadowRun’. Drek: Regular cyberpunk-verse cuss-word. Taken from ‘ShadowRun’. Chipped, Chromed: Term for people equipped with cyberware. Terms taken (respectively), from ‘ShadowRun’ and ‘CyberPunk 2020’. Boomed, Boomed-Up: Terms for people equipped with cyberware, used mostly in the streets of MegaTokyo. Fired Up: Shot dead. “¡Fire ‘em Up!”: “¡Shoot Them!”, “¡Open Fire!”. Commonly used by American soldiers in ‘Nam. “¡Let’s Rock ‘n’ Roll!”: “¡Get Ready For Action!”. Commonly used by American soldiers in ‘Nam. Living Steel: Power Armor. SPB: Super-Powered Being. [/QUOTE]
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