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This is the glossary of slang words, colloquial expressions, and useful translations from the world of Immersion.

 

 

This dictionary is updated along with each new episode so you can pop back at anytime for reference.

 

The story of Immersion is set in 2189 so people speak differently. Also. the Droids, Humans, Zoners and Midcast Dwellers have their own dialects based on two or more generations of separation and governance. *ableteen.....an extremely fast high tech solar powered android designed for households  *agitator.....disruptor, protestor, criminal *assemblers....a highly technical social grouping who make robots and equipment from found and stolen materials. They are not a gang, more a collection of like minded people who share ideas and information.

*bits......a type of unregistered monetary token used in the zones 

*bastardos.....a gang of robbers, muggers from the zones

*blessed....legally binding partner/husband/wife/chosen one

*brightside.....refers to any place outside the Zones with organised government because of their sanitised             homes and sophisticated lighting systems

*CASM .....abbreviation Crimes Against State Midcast

*coptor....any flying transportation with rotors *crimgangs....groups of humans involved in organised crime, similar to pirates, often operating on waterways

*datapods....podcast and video classes particularly used in educational facilities

*dinfant....any android made to look under 5 *DLD....abbreviation Dinfant Loss Depression *dark cycle....night *droids...abbreviation of android, a non-human made to look like a human *edge....an area of land about two miles wide that encircles the zones *fooksymess ....a mess or fuckup *freaks.... mutated humans caused by the effects of chemical warfare *frienly .....colloquial/comtracted 'friendly'

*fucksyfool....colloquial, poss. insult, idiot, damned fool, *fucksyoff....go away, leave me alone *fuxywot....zone slang for 'what the fuck' expressing disbelief *gaunty-travel......colloquial, zoners' language roughly translates as a very dangerous journey

*gilly......colloquialism meaning agile, quick and responsive

*hiddens....people living off grid without data trace *ishy...slang word used by zoners meaning issue *loney....a solitary traveller, often nomadic *lowers....an underclass of Urchs •metamorph.....a transition to the second or third life after a baby's birth or a passage the living transcend to upon dying

*midcast.... government-supervised enclosed safety habitats for professional workers *mudafinks....derogatory insult, slang, also motherfuckers *mumbachumba...mumbling or gossip *pipin'....abrreviation, piping, the smoking of substances in a pipe *ponybot....a pony robot

*POS....personal operating system, eg computer-operated technologies, androids, home tech etc *PF/Protector Force ....the police force operating in the Midcast Projects *Redact.... an underground secret organisation and headquarters housing a resistance led group of individuals *scritters....insect hybrids considered vermin *swapsie-trade....a swap of items that are traded without money, regional *tellywebs.....mobile viewing ports for entertainment worn on the wrist that can be enlarged into 3d virtual spaces •real-real.....(also RR) actual reality as opposed to augmented (AR) or virtual (VR) *third life.....the life after death *timeplenty ....plenty of time to do something *toggies...clothing, colloquial street term *vicular ....any type of vehicle that can directionally transport *vilarev.....zonespeak for Vive La Revolution

*Wappens..abbreviation what is happening? *wordysmith'....someone who talks well with many words *zoners....dwellers from the zones •zonespeak....a language invented by the zone dwellers to protect privacy and communicate without infiltration from enemies © 2022 Immersion / Sarnia de la Mare

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