Jerde glossary

This is a glossary of terms used in many Jerdiskar languages. They are translated into English.

A

* atheocracy - rule by extreme atheists, especially if it involves persecuting polytheist Jerdiskar. This is considered as a form of monoidom.

B

* by portal - to use a portal to travel across anywhere on Jerde.
	+ It is very easy to build and power up a portal with Jerde's level of tech advancement.
	+ This is especially very useful if a long queue is seen, so the security guards or mall staff will set up two portals for other customers to simply bypass the queue without going around a shopping mall, saving much time. Also, all such instant portals are free, requiring no fees for crossing at all, as such a cost is illegal under Jerdiskar laws.
* Bus Station, Great Bus Station, Interchange in the Sky, Sky Interchange - the Moon, especially stations on the Bujanski side of the Moon. Named because many space flights across Jerde use stations on the Moon to rest and refuel, and to avoid the war zones and tyrannies across the planet.

C

* "the colonies" - the former colonies and territories of the Vozonid Empire, including Bujan, Irajon, Siangwaan, Turodaron, and Josol. Now considered sometimes offensive, and replaced with "post-Vozonid" or "post-Sarmelonid nations".
	+ The Sarmelonid names used by those nations are "Arailaso" (sg. Arailaz) or "Trowilaso" (sg. Trowilaz. Turwilaz). The former means "New Lands", and the latter means "Reborn Lands" (as in "reborn through independence").
	+ With the few exceptions being Irajon and Josol, nearly all post-Sarmelonid nations abhor being part of a new Sarmelonid Empire.

E

* e-morality, e-thics (e-ethics) - a mandatory school subject all Jerdiskar children must attend to guide them on how to behave on the Internet. Most countries on Jerde do this to prevent their own people from becoming indoctrinated by extremism or behaving very rudely or in a sociopathic manner.

F

* forge of nations, forgeland, forgenation - a country that willingly invites refugees and trains them with skills, so when they can return home they use what they have learned to improve their homelands.
	+ Marnos is one example. While it favours ethnic Marnosyns over other people, Marnosyns spend their wealth to house said refugees and train them to adapt to Marnosyn norms. Extremists (like religious fundamentalists and terrorists) and criminal elements are harshly punished, while the rest tend to be encouraged to work together with the Marnosyn majority. That could be why so many refugees like Marnos, because they actually treat them fairly.
	+ For all of its nationalism, the Gauvajut Empire was another example.
	+ Vozolaz is another example, but instead of people it uses scrap and meat.
	+ In a sense, it is considered the inverse of the "culturally enriched" meme. Terrans use it to refer to refugees destroying towns ("enriched by the refugees"), while Marnosyns mockingly use it to refer to refugees in Marnos learning skills and rejecting destructive habits ("enriched by the Marnosyns").

G

* Great Game - A world war that broke out from 500 AT to around 1900s AT that began in Randros. This was when the Arnadjanai landed on Jerde.
	+ The empires of the Great Game were Ardesch, Zarijana, Thralond, Freyrgard, Baesorja, the Wannaenid Empire, and the Tornarin Empire. Later, Budino and Rabydos attempts to start their own reigns of terror.
	+ Although Zvesta, Umbirab, and Porashon were among the richest nations on Jerde, they wisely avoided the Great Game, and instead helped various allies across every continent to protect themselves. This made the three nations targets of the Great Game.

H

* hard - a payment of real money (not a digital payment). From "cold, hard cash"

I

* integration camp, integration town - camps or settlements where refugees live to learn the skills needed to become citizens, or survive and return with any skills to rebuild their homes. Integration towns are seen as more akin to suburbs or even universities. Poorer people without a home, especially dwellers of slums or very poor communities, are placed there to be improved.
	+ All refugees take a class for a job of their own choice (if available), and other lessons about morality, social skills, and important matters (like science, cooking, driving vehicles, etc.) and the culture of the nation. If they are adults, they may earn some money from their part time jobs.
	+ Poorer people have less classes as they are already citizens of their home. They are more likely to leave and get their new homes and jobs earlier.
	+ Poorer people are also put into the integration towns because of complaints about treating refugees better than their own people by nationalist groups. However, Terran factions accuse the Jerdiskar of brainwashing from people being brought to the camps to learn and live.
	+ Generally, people find the integration camps to be like some suburb - conditions are just decent (if not better than a slum, a prison camp, or a wartorn area), so there may be cases of the occasional vandal or hooligan who will amuse the other residents by becoming a fool.
	+ As much as some Terrans will accuse the Jerdiskar of promoting parasitical lifestyles by making things more comfortable, the integration towns also inspired some communities across the world to turn their own towns and villages into their own "integration towns", so that they can improve themselves and each other more quickly. Through their own labour, they also contributed to an end of poverty across the world!

K

* key day - the day when a refugee or poor person receives his own house key and some money to start a new life.
	+ A key day is like a birthday celebration and a graduation ceremony. A refugee who completes his lessons and earns money from a job may be given a key, a sack of money (the real money is given to him later or transferred into a digital account if any), and sometimes a sword as symbols of his new life.
	+ For poorer citizens, a key day is a much happier celebration. They have less time to take classes, but even though they have less time to earn a huge profit from a job (still decent), they have more freedom to choose where their new home and job will be in.

L

* late pickup - a taxi that goes around late in the night to send people to their destinations. The price for using one is rather cheap, as cheap as a loaf of bread or an energy bar, but because every driver gets paid decently by the government or private companies (who earn from other products), this has attracted a handful of volunteers who work as drivers or technicians for driverless cars.

M

* minema - a smaller cinema, a sort of movie room
	+ Established during early Denlotian times so people would not need to pirate films or spend a lot on going to a cinema. Later, prices of tickets went up in some minemas as an "artist fee" to support the creators of any film released there.
* monoi - a monotheist who wages war against society, seeking to dominate it in the name of his god; a religious or atheist fanatic. "Monoi" are seen as paranoid and hateful, disgusted by the society around them as utterly sinful and hopeless.
	+ A monotheist who does not behave like this is not considered as a "monoi", but a polytheist who has the same behaviour is also condemned as a "monoi"!
* monoidom - domination by monoi. Monoidom is depicted as dysfunctional, where not only an existing culture is erased, but either everyone is a slave to a corrupt elite, or the whole land is torn by warlords and murderers who slaughter in the names of their gods.
	+ This is in contrast with a typical Jerdiskar society - polytheist, rational, modern, and loving fun and higher forms of art.
	+ A stereotypical "polytheist" or "heathen" barbarian, the stereotype of the monoi or Terrans, would instead be considered as monoidom because his society involves rejecting science and murdering people.
* moonpath - a space path that uses the shorter distance to the Moon, reducing the time needed for a space flight to another part of Jerde.
	+ Space travel has become more affordable, and most importantly to avoid the various war zones and tyrannies in parts of Jerde.
	+ Because of the shorter distance using a moonbase, especially the Bujanski or dark side of the Moon, all flights using a moonpath tend to be discounted, usually by a half.

O

* Old World - a dystopia where corruption, fanaticism, and irrational behaviour are dominant, killing more lives.

P

* polloi - a polytheist who is so obsessed with his religion, that he tortures and attacks people to force them to convert. He is then seen as an enemy of society for behaving like a stereotypical "monoi".
	+ In Terran monotheist civilisations and armies, stereotypical polytheists were depicted as barbarians who killed people for monstrous gods and idols.
	+ The stereotypical pagan in Terran monotheist propaganda is also considered as a "polloi", because even though he is polytheistic, he rejects modernity and rationalism in favour of superstition, and especially autocracy, chaos, brutality, and murder.

Q

* quick - electronic payment; a payment with online wallets.
	+ "Can it have quicks?" - "Does it accept electric payments?"

R

* rise day - when a young adult has secured a new home and a job to accompany it, then he may be ready to leave his parent's home. Usually, Jerdiskar treat it like a birthday party to celebrate the youngster's ascension to adulthood in comfort.
	+ Rise days are themed after things that fly, like eagles, balloons, birds, thrown ribbons, phoenixes, stars, celestials, spirits, angels, and gods.

S

* slave of Terra - a Jerdiskar nation that willingly obeys a tyrant from Terra, or such a country that willingly allows itself to be annexed by a Terran ruler.

T

* Terra - several similar dimensions home to dysfunctional civilisations and empires; "Hell".
* Terran - humans from the Terra universes, seen as selfish, insane, cruel, sadistic, and corrupt.
* third - someone who is neither male nor female, usually due to culture or religion. A "nonbinary" person.
* tin can knight - a person who wears the armour of a knight, but doesn't actually follow a knighthood.

W

* workhouse - apartments where young people live after leaving their parents to find new jobs. They tend to be rather comfortable, with good Internet, functioning electricity and water, access to public transport, and some cafes, restaurants, and shops. Best of all, the rent is somewhat low, as some workhouses are paid by the local government!
	+ In some richer countries, even though the rental fees may be a bit higher, workhouses are as luxurious as hotels!

Y

* yoffil, yollin - a "yellow flag", someone who is neither male nor female. Yellow is used on Jerde for people who are culturally or religiously not male or female, like blue for men and pink for women. Later "yollin" was preferred by nonbinary Jerdiskar instead of "yoffil", because it sounded nicer.

## Very common terms in Jerdiskar languages

### Bujanski

* davai (давай) - go on! (a cheering slogan in sports)
* idi na khui - get lost, loser!
* mudak - failure, loser
* pashol na khui - we lost (originally "get lost")

## See also

* Denlotian glossary
* Great Consensus
* Jerdiskar society