The slang of Atlas

# Atlas slang lists

cred n. Money. Reputation, especially good reputation.

### Violence:

cleaner: n. An assassin (or team) used to eliminate all traces of a mission, including the participants.

geek: v. To kill.

wetwork: n. Assassination. Murder.

Flatline: To kill. A dead person or thing

Zero: to kill.

Slammit On: To get violent; to attack someone without reason.

#### Examples:

1. Geek the mage
2. Let's Slammit on (words of a merc moments before a bar fight)

### People:

burn out: n. a mage who has lost much of their magical ability due to installing cyberware. Also v., to lose your magical ability this way, and as an adj., "burned out."

chummer n. Friend, used in the same sense as “pal” or “buddy.”

go-gang: n. A motorized gang.

go-go-go: n. A bike gang or gang member.

meat: n. An unwired individual

mundane: n. (vul) Non-magician or non-magical.

razorgirl: n. A female with extensive combat enhancements.

razorguy n. A male with extensive combat enhancements.

street doc: n An unlicensed physician.

Alien: Derogatory Earthside term for someone who lives in space. (see Highrider)

vatjob: n. A person with extensive cyberware replacement, reference is to a portion of the process during which the patient must be submerged in nutrient fluid.

wagemage: n. A magician (usually mage) employed by a corporation.

wageslave: n. A low-level corporate employee.

'Borg: A full-body cyborg conversion.

Doughboy/girl: Someone who is wearing too much armor.

Booster or Boostergang: Any member of a gang that effects cyberware, leather clothing, and random violence.

Gibson: Strong foresight. A prophet; someone who tells the future. A psychic.

Puppet: Any gang or gang member who hires themselves out to a corporation or criminal organization; A sellout.

Tin Can: A suit of powered armor

Zombie: A member of a nihilistic movement dedicated to ending their lives in the most violent and spectacular way possible

Sardine: A powered armor trooper.

Gonk: Slang for idiot/dummy/fool. Most often used in a fond fashion between friends

#### Examples:

1. Me and my chummers just had a couple questions for you
2. The AAI's pet Gibson says there's a high chance of undead presence here so keep your weapons locked and loaded

### Swear/exclamation words:

drek: n. (vul) feces, excrement, as in "bulldrek!" or "drek-for-brains". adj: Drekky

frag: v. Common swear word; To desire or take joy in someone's death. Adj: Fragging. Derived from "Frag"-grenade.

fragged: adj. (vul) Broken, in trouble

hoop: n. (vul) A common curse word referring to a person's backside.

hose: v. Louse up. Screw up.

screamer: n. Credstick or other ID that triggers computer alarms if used

slot: n. Mild curse word. v. To insert a chip or credstick into chip or credstick reading device.

slot and run: v. Hurry up. Get to the point. Move it.

static: n. Trouble, usually social in nature.

Dirty: Derogatory term for anything low-tech; as in pencils, paper, walking, etc.

#### Examples:

1. Slot and run you drek heads, the guards almost here.
2. Ol billy got fragged back on venus, never was the same once he had to be chromed
3. You've hosed us now, that paydata you nabbed was a screamer

### Computers:

ice: n. Security software. "Intrusion Countermeasures," or IC.

to get iced: v. To get killed by IC.

#### Examples

1. I dunno about this boss, the Ice on their systems is nasty
2. You hear about Jemmima? She got iced during a job up on Luna

### General:

arctic: adj. Good, great.

arrow: n. Augmented Reality Object

body shop: n. An establishment offering cyberware (and bioware) implants.

buzz: v. Go away. Buzz off.

chill: adj. Good, cool, acceptable. v. To calm oneself.

chip truth: n. A fact or honest statement.

chipped: adj. Senses, skills, reflexes, muscles, and so on, enhanced by cyberware.

chop shop: n. An unlicensed body shop.

chrome: n. External cyberware.

comm: n. Short for commlink, your phone, handheld computer, music player, game device, and more in the palm of your hand.

corp: n. Corporation., adj. Corporate

hoi: interj. (Dutch) Familiar greeting

jander: v. To walk in an arrogant yet casual manner; to strut

link: n. Short for commlink

paydata: n. A datafile worth money on the black market.

swag adj. Awesome.

wetware: n Cyberware, also bioware.

wiz adj. Wonderful, excellent.

Ay-Vee: Common slang for an aerodyne-an automobile-like flying vehicle powered by ducted jet fan

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 a friend or a family membe

Chunking: Eating on the run, eating as a secondary activity

C-YA: Used as, and sounds like, "See ya," stands for "Cover Your Ass"

Delta: to leave; to depart

Detes: details

Draga: (Hungarian) Expensive.

Ram: Personality (from computer jargon, RAM).

Skeleton: All the collected electronic records kept on a person; their electronic identity.