List of terms (TOS)

The Colonials and Cylons employ a distinct nomenclature of military jargon, colloquialisms, sayings, and technical terms to create a culture distinctly "alien" to the audience. This article serves to organize and summarize this terminology, leading to different articles if the term needs to be further expanded upon. 
The formatting of this article allows for its use in conjunction with the Lingo extension used throughout Battlestar Wiki. This includes multiple spellings, each listed on its own line, preceding the definition of the definidendum.
== Acronyms ==
;CORA
;C.O.R.A.
: Computer, Oral Response Activated; an artificial intelligence capable of operating a 
== Honorifics ==
;Count
: a title of nobility (e.g. Iblis)
;Lord
: a title of nobility (e.g. )
;Sire
: akin to "Sir," typically ascribed to a civilian of the male gender (e.g. Sire Uri, Sire Solon)
;Siress
: , typically ascribed to a civilian of the female gender (e.g. Siress Tinia, Siress Blassie)
== Colloquialisms ==
;astrum
: 
; Barge Lice
; barge lice
: disparaging term for prisoners on the Prison Barge
; crasoney
: disparagement, perhaps akin to "cretin"; refers to Sire Bogan's men thusly, after said men burgle Siress Belloby's energizer from Boomer and 's sled (see: )
; equinus' atrum
: disparagement, akin to "horse's ass"; reveals feeling thusly for disbelieving Chameleon's suggestion that he might be 's father 
; felgercarb
: expletive, similar to "crap" (see: )
; frack
: expletive, similar to "shit" (see: frack)
; galmonging
: an expletive, possibly similar to "asshole" or "God damned" (see: galmonging)
; Hades hole
: hell hole; used to describe the Red planet 
; mong-raking
: an expletive; after thwarting their attack on , Cain comments that "those mong-raking Cylons are in a state of shock right now" due to the appearance of 
; plant vapors
: a psychoactive drug familiar to the Colonials; comments that the Blonde Taurus woman on Carillon was probably "smoking plant vapors" 
; pogees
: expletive, similar to "shit" 
; socialator
: a sex worker, escort, prostitute 
== General Jargon ==
; Agro
; agro
: agriculture 
; ambrosa
: an expensive alcoholic intoxicant (see: ambrosa)
; auto-control
: auto-pilot; Brie is instructed by to activate this after having problems on her first launch from 
; bio-pulse line
: an unspecified body function, possibly an emotional state; attempts to use this as an excuse to not join 's mission to clear the Cylon minefield 
; boraton
: a liquid that extinguishes fires 
; breather
: a breathing mask, or a life support system supplying air 
; bureautician
: bureaucrat, politician 
; carbide
: a likely term for carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide 
; centura
: possibly an expression related to percentages; "If we just let him lie in that life pod he doesn't have a chance in a centura" .
; Chief Opposer
: a prosecuting attorney in a trial 
; chronometers
; chronometer
: a time keeping device, essentially a watch 
; computape
: a video recording; Sire Solon watched computapes of the triad match between Ortega and 
; crawlon
: a spider 
; comline
: a communication channel between ships
; cubit
; cubits
: a form of coined currency (see: cubit)
; daggit
: a domesticated canine, e.g. dog (see: daggit)
; death stone
: tombstone 
; drone
: a term for a robot, such as Muffit II 
; ducat
: a ticket; Cassiopeia acquires two tickets to the Spheroid concert 
; ducket
: a type of prepaid voucher used on the shuttle Canaris, typically collected at the end of the shuttle trip 
; flight slumber
: unintentionally sleeping while flying a craft, like a ; attempts to write off John and his second visit to the Ship of Lights as being a dream from a flight slumber 
; fumarello
: a small cigar that typically smokes (see: fumarello)
; furlon
: a furlough, or short leave of absence for Warriors in the Colonial Military service 
; geogram
: a diagram; Ravashol shows a geogram of the pulsar with instructions on how to destroy it 
; glaiders
: coined currency on Equellus 
; grog
: an intoxicating beverage, likely similar to beer (see: grog)
; Homemade Buzzer
: a version of "moonshine" on Equellus, see: Homemade Buzzer 
; hovermobile
: form of ground transportation that can be hot-wired 
; ion field
: a stellar phenomenon, which can cause scanner echoes 
; ion vapors
: likely term referring to the trail of a turbo engine 
; isoldin
: a type of intravenous fluid given to patients, see: isoldin 
; leisuron
: a vacation or leave of absence, similar to a furlon (TOS: deleted scene, "Saga of a Star World")
: Note: An alternate spelling, "liesuron," appears in the .
; lextrium
; lextrium III
: a fuel used by the Eastern Alliance destroyer 
; life pod
: a life support bed used in life center 
; lupus
: a wolf-like animal (see: lupus)
; mega star
: a star; in a deleted scene, Omega reports of the "mega star" they detect as they leave the magnetic void 
; mega sun
: a star; the Nomen come from the "land of the mega sun" 
; med tech
: a medical technician, such as a nurse or orderly (e.g. Cassiopeia)
; meteor fire
: meteor storm; likens the readouts on his instrument panel "lighting up like a meteor fire" upon coming across the magnetic void 
; modocker
: an unknown term, likely of endearment; Cain asks how Adama is by asking, "Well, how is he? How is that old modocker?" 
; mushies
: a food (see: mushies) 
; nightflyer
: an owl-like creature on Equellus that hoots; Red-Eye asks Vella and Puppis about the "strange sound" heard by Lacerta in town, to which Puppis offers that he heard a "nightflyer hoot down by the woods" . 
; officiator
: someone who oversees a triad game 
; Orion hasher
: something that is black and blue; Cassiopeia comments that looks like one after his matches with Ortega 
; oviner
: a rancher 
; pluton
: a radioactive material whose radiation breaks down food (see: pluton poisoning) 
; pods
: a Cylon outpost 
; primaries
: basic food groups 
; Protector
: a defense attorney in a tribunal 
; protein
: another type of food
; protest
: the equivalent of saying "objection" in a Colonial Tribunal 
; pulse scrambled code
: secure method of communication used by the Colonial Fleet 
; pyramid
: a card game, similar to poker (see: pyramid)
; quadrant
: region of space, see also Sector. Usually named after a Greek letter, or (less frequently) a star system or planet.
; scorpius
: scorpion; Maga comments that Borellian Nomen have the patience of such a creature, he also comments that the name "Borellian Nomen" strike fear at the hearts of those who hear it like the scorpius 
; sector
: region of space or planet, see also Quadrant. Usually named after a Greek letter (space sectors), or a geographic formation on the surface of a planet (geographic sector, e.g. Sector Hekla on the planet Arcta")
; sleep period
: bedtime
; seal
: marriage
; sickbed
: term for bed rest when one is recovering from an illness 
; skybus
: a type of starship 
; solium
: a type of fuel (see: solium)
; solonite
: an explosive used in demolitions (see: solonite) 
; spacedrome
: a planet-based space port (see: spacedrome) 
; star speed
: a speed which is used by Eastern Alliance 
; telecom
: internal communications phone aboard Galactica 
; tinhead
: epithet used to describe Cylons 
; tribunal
: a Colonial court hearing (see: Law of the Twelve Colonies)
; turbo
: Warrior slang for their 's high-velocity booster engines, e.g. "hit your turbos"
; turboflush
: a toilet 
; turboram thruster
: a type of engine or thruster; in a deleted scene where Serina completes her first landing, Serina turns off this part of the Colonial shuttle as a part of her landing sequence 
; turboshower
: a shower 
; travelator
: a travel agent 
; triad
: a contact sport, similar to football or basketball (see: triad)
; tylium
: a highly combustible fuel (see: tylium) 
; vertical supporter
: a pillar or support beam structure; Boomer instructs Taba to discharge his laser bola against one in Rising Star's Astral Lounge
; wardaggit
: "war dog" 
== Technology ==
; gyro capacitors
; transmit tek
; zonar modules
: component of a 's stabilizer system As noted from Sheba's scanner readout in "The Living Legend, Part I". Refer to this image.
; laser controller
; otron extension
; point diverters
; proton activator
: component of a 's weapon system 
; proton energizer
: a type of weapon on an Eastern Alliance destroyer 
; scanner
: interchangeable term for a computer monitor and television set (see: scanner)
; tape coder
: a voice recording device; Thane successfully passes off a hand mine as a device 
== Military Jargon ==
; flash inspection
: an inspection of military assets that is performed without prior notice by a superior officer 
; four-point peel off
: a maneuver performed with a group of four s 
; free flight jump
: an infantry parachute landing, having jumped out of a shuttle 
; life station relief
: sick call 
; maximum G-climb
: a maneuver done near a celestial body, which may cause the pilot to blackout; Starbuck orders C.O.R.A. to perform this maneuver, which causes the pursuing Raider to crash into the loading docks on Proteus 
; stand alert
: Colonial term for "attention" 
; stripped and moduled
: a consequence of severe infractions in military law, likely similar to being stripped of one's rank and thrown in hack; Greenbean expresses a fear of this happening as Giles asks where he got the alcohol from 
; Warrior
: an all-purpose term for Colonial soldier and Viper pilot (see: Warrior)
== Sayings ==
; By your command
: a typical Cylon response to an order (see: By your command) (TOS: "Saga of a Star World," et al.)
; By your leave
: a Colonial response to an order (see: By your leave) (TOS: "Saga of a Star World," et al.)
; clear as the Nubian sun
: a saying, similar to "as clear as day"; Cain uses this saying when referencing to the non-existent Raiders he allegedly pursued when he made his attack on the Cylon fuel tankers (see: Nubian sun) 
; daggit drivel
: a term used to describe someone's lies, similar to "garbage" or "bullshit"; Lucifer uses this term when asking if believes Specter's false reports 
; For the glory of Caprica
: saying used by the Colonials, particularly those from Caprica 
; Go rust yourself
: Colonial equivalent to "go fuck yourself," typically used towards Cylons; Cadet Cree says this to Vulpa while the Cylons interrogate him 
; laser in their side
: analogue to "thorn in their side," uses this term to describe how the actions of Megan's surviving children have kept their father alive at Cylon hands 
; like a daggit on a sunspot
: fidgety; points out that acts this way during his pre-flight meeting on destroying the mines in the Straits of Madagon 
=== Units of Measure ===
==== Time ====
; yahren
: unit of time akin to a "year" (see: Yahren)
; quatron
: unit of time akin to a "month"
; secton
: unit of time akin to a "week"
; time cycle
: unit of time akin to a "day"
; centar
: unit of time akin to an "hour"
; millicenton
: unit of time; approx. 10 minutes
; centon
: a unit of time akin to a "minute"; in earlier episodes (e.g. "Saga of a Star World," "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I"), centon is used as the Colonial equivalent of a week before being retconned in later episodes
; microcenton
; micron
: unit of time akin to a "second"; Microcenton is likely another term for "micron"; uses this term when he says "switching off of you for a microcenton to scan ahead" 
==== Distance ====
; parsec
: a unit of distance, the Earth measurement being equivalent to 90 million miles
; hectar
: a unit of distance, the Earth measurement being equivalent to 9 million miles (i.e. 1/10th of a parsec)
; sectar
; sectares
: an unspecified measure of distance, interchangeably used as an unspecified measure of time (see: sectar (unit))
; metric
: a unit of distance, the Earth measurement being equivalent to a kilometer
; maxim
: a unit of distance, the Earth measurement being equivalent to 10 meters (see: maxim)
; metron
: unit of distance of smaller denomination than maxim, the Earth measurement being equivalent to meter; used in a deleted scene as Serina approaches the starboard landing bay 
==== Scientific measurements ====
; ergon
; ergons
: unspecified unit of radiation (laser) energy, used to measure output of energizers and laser weapons 
; megon
: unit of weight, akin to a megaton
; radion
: unit of energy, akin to a rad
; volton
: unit of energy, akin to a volt
; wavelon
: unit of energy, akin to wavelength
== Notes ==
== See also ==
* Battlestar Galactica - Writers Guide, transcribed by Chris Pappas
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