Streetslang in Cyberpunk Time of the Red | World Anvil
BUILD YOUR OWN WORLD Like what you see? Become the Master of your own Universe!

Remove these ads. Join the Worldbuilders Guild

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.

Remove these ads. Join the Worldbuilders Guild