Street Slang in 2070
arc – n. arcology.
beetle – n. Better Than Life (BTL) chip/download.
blank – n. a SINless person. v. to kill someone.
chiphead – n. someone hooked on Better Than
Life (BTL) chips/downloads.
chromed – adj. cybered.
corpse (also wageslave, zombie) – n. corporate
employee/citizen.
dandelion eater (also keeb) – n. vulg. derogatory
term for elf.
gaijin – n. Japanese. foreigner, anyone not local or
out of their element.
gillette – n. vulg. female street samurai or
razorgirl.
glitched – adj. messed up, crazy, drunk.
grep (also grok) – v. understand.
halfer (also stuntie, squat) – n. derogatory term
for dwarf
hermit – n. a commlink user who always operates
in hidden mode.
hez – n. Or’zet. courage, sexual prowess.
hoi – a greeting.
ice – n. security software. Intrusion
Countermeasures, or IC.
jacked in – adj. online, wired, having sex.
joyboy/joygirl/joytoy – n. prostitute.
kick artist (also cleaner) – n. assassin.
link (also comm) – n. commlink.
meshed – adj. online, networked.
Mr. Johnson – n. name often adopted by a person
who hires shadowrunners.
mundane – n. or adj. non-magical; a non-magical
person.
omae – n. Japanese. friend.
paydata – n. a datafile worth money on the black
market.
rad – n. political activist, agitator.
rip – v. download, copy
scan – v. look at, check out, read
skraa – Or’zet. Hello.
slitch – n. derogatory term for a woman.
slot – v. mild curse word. n. guy (“the poor slot
got cacked.”). adj. have sex.
slot and run – hurry up, move quickly.
smoothie – n. derogatory term for non-ork or
non-troll
so ka – Japanese. I get it, I understand.
spider – n. security rigger.
trog – n. vulg. derogatory term for troll.
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.
white hat – n. security hacker.
wiz – adj. cool.
wizworm – n. dragon
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