Scutter Smack Language in Horizon of the Void | World Anvil

Scutter Smack

"Gah I hate these freaking thick-throated, meteor pelted, gland choked, twig armed, skin wrapped collection of paper bones I have to work for because they'll kill me with their freaking throat magic if I refuse."
— Disgruntled Bounty Hunter
  The language of the disgruntled and the downtrodden in the criminal underworld, Scutter Smack is the use of ever more colorful insults to use behind the backs of the criminal overlords known as the Geckil. Every member of this seedy way of life knows how to speak it and add to its ever growing collection of linguistic lashing. The one true rule of this pseudo-language is to never get caught speaking it around the boss, for while it is fun to call the atrophied body of a Geckil a skin skeleton half way into the next grave it is far less enjoyable to be torn limb from limb in front of your loving family.   This aspect of criminal life started when a particularly prominent bounty hunter, named Scutter, was fed up with his low pay by his current Geckil employer. He began to lay into his powerful financier, and continued to do so even while his skin was being pulled from his very body. The Geckil responsible, half-way through his so-called punishment, decided to broadcast the event on all criminal channels, wishing to make an example out of the mouthy mercenary. What he didn't account for was that he could still talk, and decided to continue to insult him and ever more inventive ways despite the immense pay he was in. By the time the other Geckil watching realized a martyr was being made, it was too late, and the beginnings of Scutter Smack was born.
Common Phrases
Thick throat!
Swollen stick!
Fat throat!
Skin skeleton!
Paper sack!
Bone bag!
Money pimp!
Bubble baby!
Gland choker!

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