Streetslang

Time of the Red : Period from 2023 to 2040s taken from the red skies common throughout the world as an aftereffect of the 4th Corporate War.
AV: Aerodyne (automobile-like vehicle powered by ducted jet fans)
Beaverville: Safe suburban neighbourhood inhabited by mid-level corpo execs and their families.
Bonanza: Location of a big score, like an abandoned Corporate facility.
Booster: Member of a gang that affects cyberware, leather clothing and random violence.
Chippin’ in: To buy cyberware for the first time. To cast your lot with a group. To connect with a machine.
Chombatta/Choomba/Choom: Neo-Afro American slang for friend, family member.
CHOOH2 (“Choo-Two”): Alcohol, as used in vehicle power plants.
Chromer: 21st century heavy metal rock fan.
Chromatic Rock: Type of heavy metal characterized by heavy electronics, simple rhythms and violent lyrics.
Conapt: Condominium apartment in a Corporate Zone.
Cybered-Up: To get as much cyberware implanted as possible before going over the Edge.
Data Term: A street corner information machine, with a screen, CitiNet input and keyboard.
‘Dorphs: Synthetic endorphins, a designer drug that increases healing powers, limits fatigue and produces a “rush” like a second wind.
Exotic: A human biosculpted with non-human elements; fur, long ears, fangs, etc.
The Face: The representative of a Megacorporation for legal purposes.
Flatline: To kill. A dead person or thing.
Go LEO: To make the trip into Low Earth Orbit, i.e., to visit one of the inner space stations.
Gyro: Small one or two seat helicopters, used mostly in police work and Corporate strike operations.
Handle: A nickname; a working name you are known by on The Street.
Hydro: Hydrogen fuel, used to power some vehicles in the 2000’s.
Input/Output: A mechanistic term for a casual lover.
Kombi: A large vehicle capable of carrying cargo and passengers. Popularly used by Nomads as housing on the road.
Lawman: Any and all law enforcers, be they Police officers or others.
Mainline: A term for your partner in a serious, long-term relationship.
Meatspace: A term commonly used by Netrunners to refer to the physical world.
Midnight Market: Top secret, temporary marketplaces put up by high level Fixers to sell highly illegal goods.
Netrun: To interface with a NET architecture and hack into its programs and controls.
Night Market: Off-the-grid, temporary marketplaces set up by groups of Fixers with solid connections. Best place to find new cyberware and gear.
Polymer One Shot: Any cheap, plastic pistol, usually in the 5 to 9 mm.
Posergang: Any group whose members all affect a specific look/style.
R.A.B.I.D.S: A particularly deadly form of black ICE spread throughout the Old NET after the death of their creator, Rache Bartmoss.
Ripperdoc: Surgeon specializing in implanting illegal cyberware.
Ronin: Freelance assassin or mercenary. Usually considered untrustworthy.
Samurai: Corporate assassin or mercenary, hired to protect Corporation property or make strikes against other Corporate holdings.
Slammit On: To get violent; to attack someone without reason.
Stuffit: To have sex. Also, to forget about something.