Deal-slang

DEAL-SLANG
A
Acceptable losses: what the gambler would consider the least acceptable way to do business 
Achieve zero visibility: to hide 
B
Bad idea: a risky deal, potentially ending not being profitable 
Bantha fodder: when a promised deal did not come through 
Big finish: unexpected violent or dramatic ending to a deal 
Bilateral business: multiple deals 
Black box: deal for technology of a military nature 
Black hole: a deal that has gone so bad that the consequences seem to have no end 
Boba-ize: to do something stupid that would ruin a deal - like falling into the Sarlacc 
Boys-in-black: Imperial customs officers 
Boys-in-brown: Espo troops 
Boys-in-white: stormtroopers 
BTAD: boring typical average deal 
C
Cavalry: Rebel Alliance forces, later New Republic forces 
Chroma-Neeka: someone who was adept at slipping through the cracks in governments and large organizations 
Client: paying recipient of a deal 
Crash-and-bash: heist made to appear as common piracy 
Cue the soundtrack: turning around completely a bad deal at the appropriate moment 
Cut out/Count out: ending a deal before its completion 
D
Deal: business transaction 
Death Star: a big finish ending with a bang 
Drooling Drebble: bounty hunter 
Drooling Drebble with fangs: a nasty bounty hunter 
E
Escape pod: painless way out of a bad deal 
F
Fashionably dead: what all gamblers, swindlers and the like avoided to end up as 
G
Good idea: an above average deal 
Grand idea: an above average deal sounding too good to be true (often they were) 
Great idea: a risky deal, nonetheless profitable 
H
Hardware: a deal for weapons and military technology; roughly the same as "black box" 
Head for hyperspace: opting out of a deal 
I
Idea: average deal in its planning state 
Inherit: to acquire illegally 
K
Kessel run: turning a dangerous deal into more deals; overextending oneself to the point of it becoming dangerous 
L
Life detection: checking for intelligence in potential clients
M
Mon Cals in a fish bowl: many easy big deals from less than intelligent clients 
N
Nicely dressed: being blatantly heavily armed 
NRC: not really committed (a pun on "New Republic Council") 
Nuts-and-bolts: a deal for electronics, droids, or computers 
P
Pretty all-purpose object: object purportedly of value 
S
Scanning: fishing for new clients 
Sevari sidestep: elegantly eluding the authorities 
Shim: swindling one's clients 
Slug breath: Hutt 
Software: deal for recreation items like holos and alcohol 
Stompasseur: AT-AT walker 
Stylishly dressed: being discretely armed 
Sweets-and-seasonings: deal for spice 
T
Throw a hydrospanner in the works: forcing someone's business to an end 
Top of the tanks: making a risky deal seem more attractive to a client 
Tramp-with-a-cramp: unreliable tramp freighter or smuggler 
Vaccinate: prevent a deal from falling apart 
Wookinate: rendering an enemy harmless by use of excessive force 
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Examples of deal-slang in use 
Deal-slang expressions were used vividly in conversation among swindlers, conmen, dealmakers and the like, often resulting in some colorful deliberately ambiguous utterances as illustrated by the following attested utterances: 
1: "This is a very bad idea!" 
―Deal-slang for: "This is a very risky deal"
2: "Cue the soundtrack, boys, I'm back and I'm not happy to see you." 
―Deal-slang for: "Turn this bad deal around, boys, because I don't like what I'm seeing."
3: "I'm cutting myself out." 
―Deal-slang for: "I'm opting out of this deal."
4: "Count me out!" 
―Deal-slang for: "I do not want to be involved in this deal."
5: "Sounds like she's on the Kessel Run." 
―Deal-slang for: "She seems to have overextended herself with more deals than she can handle."
6:"I tell you, it was like blasting Mon Cals in a fishbowl." 
―Deal-slang for: "I tell you, I got so many easy deals out of this client."
7: "You go on ahead, I'll wookienate that scout walker." 
―Deal-slang for: "You go on ahead, I'll destroy that scout walker."
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