RyverStyx: Sandbox

Typical Skrell Slang

Labels

• 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.
• Sparks - slang for non-Skrell, due to their comparatively short lifespans.
• Elder - an accomplished, elderly individual.
• Webfoot - discreet term for someone who partakes in Xu’Xi gas.
• Gasrunner - someone involved in the importing or dealing of Xu’Xi Gas.


Insults, Slurs, and Crude Slang

• Sims - abbreviated version of simians, a slur for humans.
• Symp - abbreviated version of sympathizers of Glorsh. It is considered a slur.
• Skinjob - a derogatory slur for synthetic shells.
• Canner - a derogatory slur for synthetics.
• Inclems - an abbreviated version of Inclements, which stems from unpleasantly cold, a slur for the Tajara.
• Ratsnatcher - another derogatory slur for 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. In recent days it has come to mean someone who has a dull mind.
• Orb - a common container used in the transporting of Xu’Xi Gas.
• Sqrug - normally a derogatory term for an addict with no future, Xu’Xi or other drugs, that is said by non-users; can also be used in jest between Gasriders.
• Gupkala/Guppi - a mocking word for law enforcement within the Federation or abroad.
• Grotto - a rundown building in which Xu’Xi gas is inhaled.
• Piisz - a batch of synthetic Xu’Xi or Xu’Xi of questionable quality.
• Toady - a criminal.
• Coral Stem - inhaler from which Xu’Xi gas is ingested from.
• 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”.


Sayings

• 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.
• Algae - shorthand for "all good".
• Mudvein - a word used to describe withdrawal symptoms of Xu'Xi gas since withdrawal is said to feel like mud flowing through your veins.
• 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.
• Zip’d - to be high on Xu’Xi Gas.
• The stars grow brighter - a euphemism for an individual dying.
• 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".