RyverStyx: Sandbox

Slang

• Tadpole - a young or juvenile individual.
• Brown Dwarf - an individual that has failed to reach its potential.
• Protostar - a young, ambitious individual.
• Supernova - an individual that has slowly begun leaving the public eye.
• Voidbeckoned - an individual that is careless, reckless or dangerous.
• Atoms - a close friend of an individual.
• Sparks - slang for non-Skrell, due to their comparatively short lifespans.
• Sims - abbreviated version of simians, a slur for humans.
• Symp - abbreviated version of sympathizers of Glorsh, or Robots. It is considered a slur.
• Inclems - an abbreviated version of Inclements, which stems from unpleasantly cold, a slur for the Tajara.
• Wasters - an abbreviated version of Wastelanders, which stems from the situation on Moghes. It is a slur for Unathi.
• Senseless - non-Skrell not outfitted with a psionic implant.
• Elder - an accomplished, elderly individual.
• I've Tup'd - a form of "I've won".
• I've been Tup'd - a form of "I've lost".
• Wake up - a dismissive form of saying an individual is lazy.
• Too moist - a scornful way of saying an individual is too traditional, and not adapting to modern culture.
• Too dry - a scornful way of saying an individual is far too progressive, radical even.
• The stars grow brighter - a euphemism for an individual dying.
• Astray - a criminal.
• Steel Rained - an expression coined shortly after the aftermath of Glorsh-Omega, where orbital installations rained back down onto the planetary surface due to lack of maintenance. It means to be "brick-walled" or "firewalled".
• Drylister - A Skrell (or non-Skrell) who has been born abroad but finds themself under Jargon surveillance by the Ruupkala due to perceived deviancy against the Jargon Federation; landing them on the “drylist”.

Gasrider Slang

• Gasrunner - Someone involved in the importing or dealing of Xu’Xi Gas.
• Orb - A common means of transporting Xu’Xi Gas

“I’ve got an Orb of Xu’Xi here.”

• Coral Stem - Inhaler from which Xu’Xi gas is infested from.
• Webfoot - Discreet term for someone who partakes in Xu’Xi gas.
• Sqrug - Normally a derogatory term for an addict with no future (Xu’Xi or other drugs); can also be used in jest between gasriders
• Mudvein - Withdrawal
• Piisz - A batch of synthetic Xu’Xi or Xu’Xi of questionable quality
• Zip’d - To be high on Xu’Xi Gas.
• Algae - All good
• Den - Building in which Xu’Xi gas is inhaled.
• Ratsnatcher - Derogatory term for a Tajara (only common amongst Gasriders of the Starlight zone)