Streetslang
Some Common Terms In The Time Of The Red
Time of the Red: a slang term for the period from 2023 to the late 2040s, taken from the red skies common throughout the world as an aftereffect of the 4th Corporate War.
AV: Pronounced "Ay-Vee." Common slang for an aerodyne; an automobile-like vehicle powered by ducted jet fans.
AI: Artificial Intelligence; a computer with full self-awareness.
Beaverville: A safe suburban neighborhood primarily inhabited by mid-level Corporate executives and their families.
Bonanza: The location of a big score like an abandoned Corporate facility.
Booster: Any member of a gang that affects cyberware, leather clothing, and random violence.
Combat Drugs: Any one of a series of designer drugs created to increase speed, stamina, and reflexes.
Chilled: To be cool; to be together.
Chip: Any type of data recording, usually in the form of small colored, slivers of plastic.
Chippin' In: To buy cyberware for the first time. To cast your lot with a group. To connect with a machine.
Chombatta (Choomba): Neo-Afro American slang for friend, family member.
CHOOH2: Pronounced "Choo-Two." Streetslang for alcohol, as used in vehicle power plants. The vast majority of vehicles in the Time of the Red are fueled by an advanced form of alcohol with a higher burning temperature than normal methanol.
Chromer: A 21st-century heavy metal rock fan. See also Chromatic Rock.
Chromatic Rock: A type of heavy metal characterized by heavy electronics, simple rhythms, and violent lyrics.
Conapt: A 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 inputs, and keyboard.
'Dorphs: Streetslang for 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: Streetslang for hydrogen fuel, used to power some vehicles in the 2000s.
Input/Output: A mechanistic term for a casual lover.
Keyboard: Streetslang for a computer interface deck with manual keys. Also, a terminal.
Kombi: A large vehicle capable of carrying cargo and passengers. Popularly used by Nomads as housing on the road.
Lawman: Police officers or other law enforcers. Originally derived from Captain Max Hammerman's post-war police task force known on The Street as "The Lawmen," this streetslang has come to be synonymous with any and all law enforcers.
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. Powerful members of the criminal underworld often hold their meetings in private rooms in a Midnight Market.
Netrun: To interface with a NET Architecture and hack into its programs and controls. Also used to refer to running the Old NET until the advent of the 4th Corp War.
Night Market: Off-the-grid, temporary marketplaces set up by groups of Fixers with solid connections. In the Time of the Red a Night Market is the best place to find new cyberware and gear.
Polymer One Shot: Any cheap, plastic pistol, usually in the 5 to 9mm range.
Posergang: Any group whose members all affect a specific look, style, or bodysculpt job.
R.A.B.I.D.S.: A particularly deadly form of black ICE spread throughout the Old NET after the death of their creator, Netrunning Legend Roche Bartmoss.
Ripperdoc: A surgeon specializing in implanting illegal cyberware.
Ronin: A freelance assassin or mercenary. Usually considered to be untrustworthy.
Samurai: A Corporate assassin or mercenary, hired to protect Corporate property or make strikes against other Corporate holdings.
Slammit On: To get violent; to attack someone without reason.
The Street: Wherever you live, late at night. Also, the Subculture; the Underground.
Stuffit: To have sex. Also, to forget about something.
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